Zoology category: 2375 books
A Functional Biology of Parasitism
Ecological and evolutionary implications
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2013
Series Editor: Peter Calow, Department of Zoology, University of Sheffield, England The main aim of this series will be to illustrate and to explain the way organisms 'make a living' in nature. At the heart of this - their functional biology - is the way organisms acquire and then make use of resources...
Animals Without Backbones
An Introduction to the Invertebrates
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2013
Animals Without Backbones has been considered a classic among biology textbooks since it was first published to great acclaim in 1938. It was the first biology textbook ever reviewed by Time and was also featured with illustrations in Life. Harvard, Stanford, the University of Chicago, and more than...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2014
The scientific study of networks - computer, social, and biological - has received an enormous amount of interest in recent years. However, the network approach has been applied to the field of animal behaviour relatively late compared to many other biological disciplines. Understanding social network...
Studying Captive Animals
A Workbook of Methods in Behaviour, Welfare and Ecology
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2015
Studying Captive Animals outlines the methods that may be used to study the behaviour, welfare and ecology of animals living under the control of humans, including companion animals, feral populations, and those living on farms and in zoos.
This book is a step-by-step guide to the whole process...
Forebrain Atlas of the Short-tailed Fruit Bat, Carollia perspicillata
Prepared by the Methods of Nissl and NeuN Immunohistochemistry
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2013
The Forebrain Atlas of the Short-tailed Fruit Bat, Carollia perpicillata, is unique among brain atlases. Not only is this the first quality atlas treatment of a bat species, but the atlas is also unique in its use of NeuN staining.
Carollia perpicillata, a tropical species, is the only bat that...
Respiratory Physiology of Newborn Mammals
A Comparative Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Respiratory Physiology of Newborn Mammals: A Comparative Perspective emphasizes common trends among mammalian species in an effort to extract general rules about both the structure and the mechanisms of neonatal respiration. Jacopo P. Mortola outlines the key aspects of developmental respiratory physiology...
by Barbara E. Curry
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2015
The series Advances in Marine Biology has been providing in-depth and up-to-date reviews on all aspects of marine biology since 1963 — more than 50 years of outstanding coverage from a reference that is well known for its contents and editing. This latest addition to the series includes...
by Seán Commins
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2018
Brain and behaviour are intrinsically linked. Animals demonstrate a huge and complex repertoire of behaviours, so how can specific behaviours be mapped onto the complicated neural circuits of the brain? Highlighting the extraordinary advances that have been made in the field of behavioural neuroscience...
by Frank B. Jensen, J.C. Rankin
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Among the fishes. a remarkably wide range of biological adaptations to diverse habitats has evolved. As well as living in the conventional habitats of lakes. ponds, rivers, rock pools and the open sea, fish have solved the problems of life in deserts. in the deep sea. in the cold antarctic. and in...
by David McFarland
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2014
Covering every aspect of animal behaviour from adaptation to warning, this accessible A-Z also includes terms from the related fields of ecology, physiology and psychology. Clear and informative entries on topics such as communication, learning, and navigation are backed up by examples and illustrations...
by Md Ali, Alharbi Abdullah Naif, Dingcheng Huang
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2012
Scientific Study from the year 2012 in the subject Biology - Zoology, , language: English, abstract: The spider mite, Tetranychus macferlani (Baker and Pritchard) (Acari: Tetranychidae) is a pest of various crops and trees with a cosmopolitan geographic range that includes the country of Bangladesh....
The Rat
A Study in Behavior
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2017
The laws of animal behavior have been revised and revealed through research performed by zoologists, physiologists and experimental psychologists. Each has contributed much. Their main meeting ground has been the study of mammals, especially rats. This classic book is unique in bringing together the...
Photographic and Descriptive Musculoskeletal Atlas of Bonobos
With Notes on the Weight, Attachments, Variations, and Innervation of the Muscles and Comparisons with Common Chimpanzees and Humans
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2017
Chimpanzees, including bonobos and common chimpanzees, are our closest living relatives. However, surprisingly, the information about the soft tissues of bonobos is very scarce, making it difficult to discuss and understand human evolution. This book, which is the first photographic and descriptive...
by Markus Holotta
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2008
Master's Thesis from the year 2007 in the subject Biology - Zoology, grade: 1,0, University of Innsbruck (Zoologie), 90 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: The transcription factor GATA-1 is essential for the development of the erythroid cell lineage in vertebrates. In this article...