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  • An Introduction to Behavioural Ecology

    This textbook helped to define the field of Behavioural Ecology. In this fourth edition the text has been completely revised, with new chapters and many new illustrations and full colour photographs. The theme, once again, is the influence of natural selection on behaviour – an animal's struggle to survive and reproduce by exploiting and competing for resources, avoiding predators, selecting mates ... Read more

    $75.00 USD

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  • Honeybee Democracy

    Honeybees make decisions collectively--and democratically. Every year, faced with the life-or-death problem of choosing and traveling to a new home, honeybees stake everything on a process that includes collective fact-finding, vigorous debate, and consensus building. In fact, as world-renowned animal behaviorist Thomas Seeley reveals, these incredible insects have much to teach us when it comes ... Read more

    $23.09 USD

  • Moths of the Limberlost: A Book About Limberlost Cabin

    "Moths of the Limberlost: A Book About Limberlost Cabin" by Gene Stratton-Porter is a beautifully written natural history book that focuses on the moths found in the Limberlost Swamp, a vast wetland in Indiana. Stratton-Porter, a passionate naturalist and photographer, uses her experiences at Limberlost Cabin as the foundation for an engaging exploration of the life cycles, behaviors, and habitats ... Read more

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  • Cheats and Deceits

    How Animals and Plants Exploit and Mislead

    In nature, trickery and deception are widespread. Animals and plants mimic other objects or species in the environment for protection, trick other species into rearing their young, lure prey to their death, and deceive potential mates for reproduction. Cuckoos lay eggs carefully matched to their host's own clutch. Harmless butterflies mimic the wing patterning of a poisonous butterfly to avoid ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Australia's Fossil Heritage

    A Catalogue of Important Australian Fossil Sites

    The National Heritage List was created in January 2004 to recognise, celebrate and protect places of outstanding heritage value to the nation. National heritage encompasses those places that reveal the richness of Australia's extraordinarily diverse natural, historic and Indigenous heritage. One aspect of natural heritage that has been little explored is Australia’s wealth of exceptional fossil ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • Boom and Bust

    Bird Stories for a Dry Country

    In Boom and Bust, the authors draw on the natural history of Australia's charismatic birds to explore the relations between fauna, people and environment in a continent where variability is 'normal' and rainfall patterns not always seasonal. They consider changing ideas about deserts and how these have helped us understand birds and their behaviour in this driest of continents. The book describes ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • The Evolution of Insect Mating Systems

    Edited by David Shuker, Leigh Simmons ...
    Insects display a staggering diversity of mating and social behaviours. Studying these systems provides insights into a wide range of evolutionary and behavioural questions, such as the evolution of sex, sexual selection, sexual conflict, and parental care. This edited volume provides an authoritative update of the landmark book in the field, The Evolution of Insect Mating Systems (Thornhill and ... Read more

    $69.29 USD

  • Orange Animals On The Planet

    Animal Encyclopedia for Kids

    Series Book 3 - Colorful Animals on the Planet
    How many orange animals do you know? I bet not too many! Open the pages of this book to increase your knowledge on these brightly-colored animals. Picture books are excellent study tools that improve your photo memory, focus and love for learning too. DonÕt forget to grab your copy today! ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • A Less Green and Pleasant Land

    Our Threatened Wildlife

    Disentangling the facts from the hype, this 'Domesday book' of the British and Irish countryside offers a definitive and up-to-date survey of the state of our wildlife today. Norman Maclean, editor of the bestselling Silent Summer, examines the latest findings of Britain and Ireland's top wildlife experts and interprets them for a wider audience. Each chapter provides reliable estimates of animal ... Read more

    $28.69 USD

  • The Evolution of Parental Care

    Parental care includes a wide variety of traits that enhance offspring development and survival. It is taxonomically widespread and is central to the maintenance of biodiversity through its close association with other phenomena such as sexual selection, life-history evolution, sex allocation, sociality, cooperation and conflict, growth and development, genetic architecture, and phenotypic ... Read more

    $79.99 USD

  • Statistics for Ecologists Using R and Excel

    Data Collection, Exploration, Analysis and Presentation

    by Mark Gardener ...
    Series series Data in the Wild
    This is a book about the scientific process and how you apply it to data in ecology. You will learn how to plan for data collection, how to assemble data, how to analyze data and finally how to present the results. The book uses Microsoft Excel and the powerful Open Source R program to carry out data handling as well as producing graphs.Statistical approaches covered include: data exploration; ... Read more

    $43.99 USD

  • Crap Taxidermy

    by Kat Su ...
    A humorous look at what happens when taxidermy goes terribly wrong, by the founder of the hit website crappytaxidermy.com.A relaxed toad enjoying a smoke and a brew. A cat with eerily flexible front legs. A smiling lion with receding gums. Whether you choose to laugh or cringe at these spectacularly bad attempts at taxidermy, you won't be able to tear your eyes away from the curiosities inside. ... Read more

    $4.99 USD