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Marine Ecology
Wiley 2013; US$ 99.95This book began life as a series of lectures given to second and third year undergraduates at Oxford University. These lectures were designed to give students insights as to how marine ecosystems functioned, how they were being affected by natural and human interventions, and how we might be able to conserve them and manage them sustainably for... more...
Biological Invasions
CRC Press 2011; US$ 119.95The impact of invasive species is second only to that of human population growth and associated activities as a cause of the loss of biodiversity throughout the world. In the United States, invasions of nonnative plants, animals, or microbes cause major environmental damage. The second edition of Biological Invasions: Economic and Environmental Costs... more...
New Frontiers in Crustacean Biology
BRILL 2011; US$ 240.00This volume contains the Proceedings of The Crustacean Society Summer Meeting held between 20 and 24 September 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. It is the world's premier event on crustacean biology and organized under the auspices of the Carcinological Society of Japan and The Crustacean Society. It reports presentations of plenary keynote addresses, special... more...
Megafauna
Indiana University Press 2013; US$ 54.99More than 10,000 years ago spectacularly large mammals roamed the pampas and jungles of South America. This book tells the story of these great beasts during and just after the Pleistocene, the geological epoch marked by the great ice ages. Megafauna describes the history and way of life of these animals, their comings and goings, and what befell... more...
The Monkeys of Stormy Mountain
Cambridge University Press 2012; US$ 96.00Reviews the most important topics in current primatology using research on the long-studied Arashiyama population of Japanese macaques. more...
Consanguinity in Context
Cambridge University Press 2012; US$ 84.00An essential guide to the sensitive topic of cousin marriage, examining its social, medical, political and legal connotations. more...
Nerve Cells and Animal Behaviour
Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 38.00Explains the neuronal basis of animal behaviour to final year undergraduates and postgraduates without needing detailed knowledge of neurophysiology. more...
The Illustrated Guide to Pigs
Bloomsbury Publishing 2013; US$ 27.99The Illustrated Guide to Pigs covers the 35 most familiar breeds of pigs in Europe and North America. The breed profiles are written in engaging text that covers the history of each breed, its main characteristics and information about how to look after them. Each breed has been illustrated with delightful paintings by the author. Introductory sections... more...
Modeling of Living Systems
Wiley 2012; US$ 245.00Modeling is now one of the most efficient methodologies in life sciences. From practice to theory, this book develops this approach illustrated by many examples; general concepts and the current state of the art are also presented and discussed. An historical and general introduction informs the reader how mathematics and formal tools are used to... more...
Tool Use in Animals
Cambridge University Press 2013; US$ 88.00Presentation of groundbreaking research on an extensive range of tool using animals, looking particularly at the evolution of cognitive abilities. more...









