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Astrophysics of Life
By: Livio, Mario; Reid, Neill; Sparks, William; Fall, Michael
Published by: Cambridge University Press
A new title in the Space Telescope Science Institute Symposium series which details the astrophysical groundwork required for locating habitable places in the Universe. Written by leading scientists in the field, this is an indispensable collection of articles for research.
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Price: $94.00
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Beasts of Eden
By: Wallace, David Rains
Published by: University of California Press
Mammals first evolved at about the same time as dinosaurs, and their story is perhaps the more fascinating of the two--in part because it is also our own story. In this literate and entertaining book, eminent naturalist David Rains Wallace brings the saga of ancient mammals to a general audience for the first time.
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Price: $12.95
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Biased Embryos and Evolution
By: Arthur, Wallace
Published by: Cambridge University Press
This is the first book on the new field of Evolutionary Developmental Biology that is aimed primarily at an undergraduate and general readership. It focuses on the question of how embryonic development changes in the course of evolution, thus giving rise to new types of creatures.
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Price: $34.00
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Big Questions in Ecology and Evolution
By: Sherratt, Thomas N. (ed.); Wilkinson, David M. (ed.)
Published by: OUP Oxford
This book provides an introduction to a range of fundamental questions that have taxed evolutionary biologists and ecologists for decades. All of the questions posed have at least a partial solution, all have seen exciting breakthroughs in recent years, yet many of the explanations have been hotly debated. - ;Why do we age? Why cooperate? Why do so many species engage in sex? Why do the tropics have so many species? When did humans start to affect world climate?. This book provides an introduction to a range of fundamental questions that have taxed evolutionary biologists and ecologists for decades. Some of the phenomena discussed are, on first reflection, simply puzzling to understand from an evolutionary perspective, whilst others have direct implications for the future of the planet. All of the questions posed have at least a partial solution, all have seen exciting breakthroughs in recent years, yet many of the explanations continue to be hotly. debated. Big Questions in Ecology and Evolution is a curiosity-driven book, written in an accessible way so as to appeal to a broad audience. It is very deliberately not a formal text book, but something designed to transmit the excitement and breadth of the field by discussing a number of major questions in ecology and evolution and how they have been answered. This is a book aimed at informing and inspiring anybody with an interest in ecology and evolution. It reveals to the reader the. immense scope of the field, its fundamental importance, and the exciting breakthroughs that have been made in recent years. -
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Price: $45.00
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Biochemical Adaptation
By: Hochachka, Peter W.; Somero, George N.
Published by: Oxford University Press (US)
The study of biochemical adaption provides fascinating insights into how organisms "work" and how they evolve to sustain physiological function under a vast array of environmental conditions. This book describes how the abilities of organisms to thrive in widely different environments derive from two fundamental classes of biochemical adaptions: modifications of core biochemical processes that allow a common set of physiological functions to be conserved, and "inventions" of new biochemical traits that allow entry into novel habitats. Biochemical Adaptation: Mechanisms and Process in Physiological Evolution asks two primary questions. First, how have the core biochemical systems found in all species been adaptively modified to allow the same fundamental types of physiological processes to be sustained throughout the wide range of habitat conditions found in the biosphere? Second, through what types of genetic and biochemical processes have new physiological functions been fabricated? The primary audience for this book is faculty, senior undergraduates, and graduate students in environmental biology, comparative physiology, and marine biology. Other likely readers include workers in governmental laboratories concerned with environmental issues, medical students interested in some elements of the book, and medical researchers.
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Price: $69.99
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Biology at Work
By: Browne, Kingsley R.
Published by: Rutgers University Press
Biology at Work brings an evolutionary perspective to bear on issues of women in the workplace: the "glass ceiling," the "gender gap" in pay, sexual harassment, and occupational segregation. While acknowledging the role of discrimination and sexist socialization, Browne suggests that until we factor real biological differences between men and women into the equation, the explanation remains incomplete. Browne looks at behavioral differences between men and women as products of different evolutionary pressures facing them throughout human history. Women’s biological investment in their offspring has led them to be on average more nurturing and risk averse, and to value relationships over competition. Men have been biologically rewarded, over human history, for displays of strength and skill, risk taking, and status acquisition. These behavioral differences have numerous workplace consequences. Not surprisingly, sex differences in the drive for status lead to sex differences in the achievement of status. Browne argues that decision makers should recognize that policies based on the assumption of a single androgynous human nature are unlikely to be successful. Simply removing barriers to inequality will not achieve equality, as women and men typically value different things in the workplace and will make different workplace choices based on their different preferences. Rather than simply putting forward the “nature” side of the debate, Browne suggests that dichotomies such as nature/nurture have impeded our understanding of the origins of human behavior. Through evolutionary biology we can understand not only how natural selection has created predispositions toward certain types of behavior but also how the social environment interacts with these predispositions to produce observed behavioral patterns.
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Biomedicine and the Human Condition
By: Sargent, Michael G.
Published by: Cambridge University Press
How to avoid disease, how to breed successfully, and how to live to a reasonable age are questions that have long perplexed humankind. This book explores our progress in understanding these challenges, and the risks and rewards of our attempts to find solutions.
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Birds and Climate Change, Volume 35
By: Moller, Anders Pape; Fiedler, Wolfgang; Caswell, Hal
Published by: Academic Press (Elsevier Science & Technology Books)
Presents a broad understanding of ecology and how it is essential to us as we seek to both exploit and preserve the world around us
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Price: $185.00
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The Birds of Northern Melanesia
By: Mayr, Ernst; Diamond, Jared
Published by: OUP Oxford
Origins and Acknowledgements. Introduction. Part 1. Northern Melanesia's Physical and Biological Environment. 1. Geology and geological history. 2. Climate. 3. Habitats and vegetation. 4. Terrestrial vertebrates other than birds. Part 2. Human History and Impacts. 5. Human history. 6. Ornithological exploration of Northern Melanesia. 7. Exterminations of bird populations. Part 3. The Northern Melanesia Avifauna. 8. Family composition. 9. Determinants of island species number. 10. Level of endemism, habitat preference, and abundance of each species. 11. Overwater dispersal ability of each species. 12. Distributional ecology. Part 4. Colonization Routes. 13. Proximate origins of Northern Melanesian populations. 14. Upstream colonization and faunal dominance. 15. Ultimate origins of Northern Melanesian populations. Part 5. Taxonomic Analysis: Differences among Species. 16. The problem of speciation. 17. Stages of geographic speciation among the birds of Northern Melanesia. 18. Absence of geographic variation. 19. Geographic variation: subspecies. 20. Geographic variation: megasubspecies. 21. Geographic variation: allospecies. 22. Complete speciation. 23. Hybridization. 24. Endemic species and genera. Part 6. Geographical Analysis: Differences among Islands. 25. Endemism index. 26. Pair-wise differentiation index. 27. Pair-wise non-sharing indices: differences in island species compositions. 28. The establishment of geographic isolates. 29. Inter-archipelagal barriers. 30. Barriers within the Bismarcks. 31. Barriers within the Solomons. 32. Speciation on fragmented Solomon islands. 33. Differential extinction and species occurrences on fragmented Pleistocene islands. Part 7. Synthesis, Conclusions, and Prospects. 34. Conclusions about speciation. 35. Species differences: taxon cycles, and the evolution of dispersal. 36. Promising directions for future research. Maps. Appendices. References. Index
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