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Living in a Dynamic Tropical Forest Landscape
Wiley 2009; US$ 114.95This book brings together a wealth of scientific findings and ecological knowledge to survey what we have learned about the “Wet Tropics” rainforests of North Queensland, Australia. This interdisciplinary text is the first book to provide such a holistic view of any tropical forest environment, including the social and economic dimensions.... more...
Management of Disease in Wild Mammals
Springer 2008; US$ 129.99Wildlife populations may be a significant source of infection for humans and domestic animals while in some cases being themselves endangered by pathogens. This book provides a contemporary review of the major issues and challenges in the management of disease in wild mammals. more...
Introduction to Population Ecology
Wiley 2009; US$ 84.95Introduction to Population Ecology is an accessible and up-to-date textbook covering all aspects of population ecology. Discusses field and laboratory data to illustrate the fundamental laws of population ecology. Provides an overview of how population theory has developed. Explores single-species population growth and self-limitation; metapopulations;... more...
The Philosophy of Animal Minds
Cambridge University Press 2009; US$ 26.00Do animals think? Are they self-aware? Do they have emotions? This book explores the philosophical issues concerning animal minds. more...
Cellular Basis of Morphogenesis
Wiley 2008; US$ 175.00Contributors to this symposium focus on the interface between genes and cells, covering genetic analysis, cloning studies, and the investigation of cell lineages and cellular interactions. They note how the body axes are already determined in the eggs of invertebrates and amphibia, then consider the mechanisms as the egg cleaves, in annelids, arthropods,... more...
Sensory Evolution on the Threshold
University of California Press 2008; US$ 60.00From crocodiles and penguins to seals and whales, this comprehensive and authoritative synthesis explores the function and evolution of sensory systems in animals whose ancestors lived on land. Together, the contributors explore the dramatic transformation of smell, taste, sight, hearing, balance, mechanoreception, magnetoreception, and electroreception... more...
Sensuous Seas
Princeton University Press 2006; US$ 30.95Learning marine biology from a textbook is one thing. But take readers to the bottom of the sea in a submarine to discover living fossils or to coral reefs to observe a day in the life of an octopus, and the sea and its splendors come into focus, in brilliant colors and with immediacy. In Sensuous Seas , Eugene Kaplan offers readers an irresistibly... more...
Chronobiology of Marine Organisms
Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 70.00Describes biological rhythms and clocks evolved by marine organisms in relation to tidal, daily, lunar and seasonal life cycle events. more...
Carnivoran Evolution
Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 51.00Showcases current advances in our understanding of the evolution of the mammalian order Carnivora. more...









