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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “michael a huffman”
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  • Monkeys, Apes, and Humans

    Primatology in Japan

    by Michael A. Huffman, Naofumi Nakagawa, Yasuhiro Go, Hiroo Imai, Masaki Tomonaga ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book introduces to the reader unfamiliar with primatology in Japan three research projects representative of the unique multidisciplinary approach carried out by scientists at Kyoto University, the country’s premier institution for primate studies. The projects are all aimed at understanding the age-old questions, where did we come from, and what makes us unique or similar to our primate ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • The Macaque Connection

    Cooperation and Conflict between Humans and Macaques

    Edited by Sindhu Radhakrishna, Michael A. Huffman, Anindya Sinha ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    The concept of this book arises from a symposium entitled “Human-Macaque Interactions: Traditional and Modern Perspectives on Cooperation and Conflict ” organized at the 23rd Congress of the International Primatological Society, that was held in Kyoto in September 2010. The symposium highlighted the many aspects of human-macaque relations and some of the participants were invited to contribute to ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • The Monkeys of Stormy Mountain

    60 Years of Primatological Research on the Japanese Macaques of Arashiyama

    Edited by Jean-Baptiste Leca, Michael A. Huffman, Paul L. Vasey ...
    Series Book 61 - Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology
    The Arashiyama group of Japanese macaques holds a distinguished place in primatology as one of the longest continuously studied non-human primate populations in the world. The resulting long-term data provide a unique resource for researchers, allowing them to move beyond cross-sectional studies to tackle larger issues involving individual, matrilineal and group histories. This book presents an ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

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  • Field and Laboratory Methods in Primatology

    A Practical Guide

    Edited by Joanna M. Setchell, Deborah J. Curtis ...
    Building on the success of the first edition and bringing together contributions from a range of experts in the field, the second edition of this guide to research on wild primates covers the latest advances in the field, including new information on field experiments and measuring behaviour. It provides essential information and advice on the technical and practical aspects of both field and ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Dispersing Primate Females

    Life History and Social Strategies in Male-Philopatric Species

    Edited by Takeshi Furuichi, Juichi Yamagiwa, Filippo Aureli ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Why do females in male-philopatric species seem to show larger variation in their life history strategies than males in female-philopatric species? Why did females in human societies come to show enormous variation in the patterns of marriage, residence and mating activities?To tackle these important questions, this book presents the latest knowledge about the dispersing females in male ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • How the Snake Lost its Legs

    Curious Tales from the Frontier of Evo-Devo

    by Lewis I. Held, Jr ...
    How did the zebra really get its stripes, and the giraffe its long neck? What is the science behind camel humps, leopard spots, and other animal oddities? Such questions have fascinated us for centuries, but the expanding field of evo-devo (evolutionary developmental biology) is now providing, for the first time, a wealth of insights and answers. Taking inspiration from Kipling's 'Just So Stories' ... Read more

    $43.99 USD

  • Evolutionary Developmental Biology of Invertebrates 6

    Deuterostomia

    Edited by Andreas Wanninger ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This multi-author, six-volume work summarizes our current knowledge on the developmental biology of all major invertebrate animal phyla. The main aspects of cleavage, embryogenesis, organogenesis and gene expression are discussed in an evolutionary framework. Each chapter presents an in-depth yet concise overview of both classical and recent literature, supplemented by numerous color illustrations ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • The Biology of Hover Wasps

    by Stefano Turillazzi ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book represents the culmination of the author’s lifetime work on a single fascinating group of insects, the hover wasps, Stenogastrinae. The author explores the biology of these little-known wasps at the threshold of sociality, presenting an ambitious survey of ideas about their evolution and an assessment of the current standing of controversial concepts.Following taxonomic and morphological ... Read more

    $143.99 USD

  • Animal Madness

    How Anxious Dogs, Compulsive Parrots, and Elephants in Recovery Help Us Understand Ourselves

    by Laurel Braitman ...
    ****“Science Friday” Summer Reading Pick****Discover magazine Top 5 Summer Reads****People magazine Best Summer Reads**“A lovely, big-hearted book…brimming with compassion and the tales of the many, many humans who devote their days to making animals well” (The New York Times).**Have you ever wondered if your dog might be a bit depressed? How about heartbroken or homesick? Animal Madness takes ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Gerald Durrell

    The Authorised Biography (Text Only)

    by Douglas Botting ...
    This edition does not include illustrations.The authorised biography of the great naturalist and conservationist Gerald Durrell, who died aged seventy in January 1995 in Jersey, where he founded the zoo he’d dreamed of as a small boy and pioneered the captive breeding of animals for conservation.Gerald Durrell was a world-famous naturalist and popular author who wrote, in all, some thirty-seven ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Improbable Destinies

    Fate, Chance, and the Future of Evolution

    by Jonathan B. Losos ...
    A major new book overturning our assumptions about how evolution worksEarth’s natural history is full of fascinating instances of convergence: phenomena like eyes and wings and tree-climbing lizards that have evolved independently, multiple times. But evolutionary biologists also point out many examples of contingency, cases where the tiniest change—a random mutation or an ancient butterfly sneeze ... Read more

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  • Mutualistic Networks

    by Jordi Bascompte, Pedro Jordano ...
    Series Book 53 - Monographs in Population Biology
    Mutualistic interactions among plants and animals have played a paramount role in shaping biodiversity. Yet the majority of studies on mutualistic interactions have involved only a few species, as opposed to broader mutual connections between communities of organisms. Mutualistic Networks is the first book to comprehensively explore this burgeoning field. Integrating different approaches, from the ... Read more

    $43.99 USD