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Monograph of the Amphisiellidae and Trachelostylidae (Ciliophora, Hypotricha)
Springer 2008; US$ 349.99Reviews the Hypotricha, a major group of the spirotrichous ciliates. This book deals with Amphisiellidae, the Trachelostylidae, and some genera of unknown position in the Hypotricha. It comprises supplements to the Oxytrichidae and the Urostyloidea. more...
Meiobenthology
Springer 2008; US$ 129.99Meiobenthology is the science of the tiny animals that live in huge numbers in all aquatic sediments. This fully revised and enlarged second edition emphasizes new discoveries and developments in this field. Major progress has been made in three general areas: - Systematics, diversity and distribution, - Ecology, food webs, and energy flow, - Environmental... more...
Programmed Cell Death in Protozoa
Springer 2008; US$ 149.99Under the name of programmed cell death (PCD) are included diverse molecular mechanism of cell suicide which play an essential role in the development of multicellular organisms. The best known PCD mechanism in multicellular organisms is called apoptosis. This title discusses progress in the understanding of the mechanisms of PCD in protozoa. more...
Serengeti III
University of Chicago Press 2009; US$ 39.00Serengeti National Park is one of the world’s most diverse ecosystems, a natural laboratory for ecology, evolution, and conservation, with a history that dates back at least four million years to the beginnings of human evolution. The third book of a ground- breaking series, Serengeti III is the result of a long-term integrated research... more...
Annelids in Modern Biology
Wiley 2009; US$ 159.95Annelids offer a diversity of experimentally accessible features making them a rich experimental subject across the biological sciences, including evolutionary development, neurosciences and stem cell research. This volume introduces the Annelids and their utility in evolutionary developmental biology, neurobiology, and... more...
Tagging and Tracking of Marine Animals with Electronic Devices
Springer 2009; US$ 159.99Accurate documentation of animal movements and behaviors in critical marine habitats are impossible to obtain with other technologies. This title contains papers that describe insights in behavior achieved using acoustic, archival, and novel tags, reporting on advances in methods of geolocation. more...
Jane Goodall
Infobase Publishing 2003; US$ 36.00These biographies explore the contributions of women to the sciences, detailing the paths that led these women to break gender barriers. Goodall arrived in Africa as an enthusiast primatologist with little education and the backing of only one major scientist. Since then, her name has become synonymous with primatology, and her work has extended to... more...
The Invertebrates
Wiley 2009; US$ 139.95The majority of undergraduate texts in invertebrate zoology (of which there are many) fall into one of two categories. They either offer a systematic treatment of groups of animals phylum by phylum, or adopt a functional approach to the various anatomical and physiological systems of the better known species. The Invertebrates is the first and only... more...
Comparative Veterinary Histology
Manson Publishing Ltd 2001; US$ 64.00A highly illustrated volume covering the normal histological appearance of tissues in a wide range of animals, both domestic and exotic species, with relevant clinical correlates emphasising the need to appreciate the normal in order to recognise the abnormal. more...
The Philosophy of Zoology Before Darwin
Springer 2009; US$ 129.99Presents a survey of the development of evolutionary theory. This work follows the work of naturalists of many nationalities who used paleontology, comparative anatomy, and embryology in order to establish a linear continuity of evolving life through the long span of geological time. more...









