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Robustness, Plasticity, and Evolvability in Mammals

A Thermal Niche Approach

by Clara B. Jones ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Among the unresolved topics in evolutionary biology and behavioral ecology are the origins, mechanisms, evolution, and consequences of developmental and phenotypic diversity. In an attempt to address these challenges, plasticity has been investigated empirically and theoretically at all levels of biological organization—from biochemical to whole organism and beyond to the population, community, ... Read more

$49.49 USD

Among the unresolved topics in evolutionary biology and behavioral ecology are the origins, mechanisms, evolution, and consequences of developmental and phenotypic diversity. In an attempt to address these challenges, plasticity has been investigated empirically and theoretically at all levels of biological organization—from biochemical to whole organism and beyond to the population, community,
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Monkeys

by Alfred Russel Wallace ...

This early work by Alfred Russel Wallace was originally published in 1882 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Monkeys' is an article that appeared in Popular Science Monthly and details the characteristics and geographical distribution of many species of monkey. Alfred Russel Wallace was born on 8th January 1823 in the village of Llanbadoc, in Monmouthshire, ... Read more

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This early work by Alfred Russel Wallace was originally published in 1882 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Monkeys' is an article that appeared in Popular Science Monthly and details the characteristics and geographical distribution of many species of monkey. Alfred Russel Wallace was born on 8th January 1823 in the village of Llanbadoc, in Monmouthshire,
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Liv og breve. Bind 3

by Charles Darwin ...

Translated by Martin Simon Søraas ...

Charles Darwin er en af verdenshistoriens mest kendte og indflydelsesrige videnskabsmænd. "Liv og breve" er udgivet af hans søn Francis Darwin og gengiver foruden en lang række af den store videnskabsmands breve biografiske tekster om både Charles Darwin selv og hans slægt.I tredje del af "Liv og Breve" får vi blandt andet et indblik i Charles Darwins korrespondance omkring værket "Dyrs og ... Read more

$13.39 USD

Charles Darwin er en af verdenshistoriens mest kendte og indflydelsesrige videnskabsmænd. "Liv og breve" er udgivet af hans søn Francis Darwin og gengiver foruden en lang række af den store videnskabsmands breve biografiske tekster om både Charles Darwin selv og hans slægt.I tredje del af "Liv og Breve" får vi blandt andet et indblik i Charles Darwins korrespondance omkring værket "Dyrs og
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Global Vegetation

Fundamentals, Ecology and Distribution

by Jörg S. Pfadenhauer, Frank A. Klötzli ...

Translated by Christine von Gadow ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This up-to-date textbook of global vegetation ecology, which comprises the current state of knowledge, is long overdue and much-needed. It is a translation of the textbook “Vegetation der Erde” (Springer-Spektrum, Heidelberg). A short introductory chapter deals with the fundamentals of vegetation ecology that are of importance for the delimitation and characterization of the global vegetation ... Read more

$116.09 USD

This up-to-date textbook of global vegetation ecology, which comprises the current state of knowledge, is long overdue and much-needed. It is a translation of the textbook “Vegetation der Erde” (Springer-Spektrum, Heidelberg). A short introductory chapter deals with the fundamentals of vegetation ecology that are of importance for the delimitation and characterization of the global vegetation
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Techno-Cultural Evolution

by William McDonald Wallace ...

Evolution has long shaped human behavior. Yet just recently have we learned that evolution based on natural selection is not the continuous process Darwin assumed. It is instead a two-part process of change and stability called punctuated equilibrium, with natural selection operating mainly on the frontiers of change. Taking account of biologyÆs latest understanding of evolution, it becomes ... Read more

$17.95 USD

Evolution has long shaped human behavior. Yet just recently have we learned that evolution based on natural selection is not the continuous process Darwin assumed. It is instead a two-part process of change and stability called punctuated equilibrium, with natural selection operating mainly on the frontiers of change. Taking account of biologyÆs latest understanding of evolution, it becomes
... Read more
Selección y evolución adaptativa

Fundamentos teóricos y empíricos desde la perspectiva de los lagartos

by Daniel Pincheira ...

Los organismos vivos existen gracias a las adaptaciones. La evolución adaptativa toma lugar cuando los genes y fenotipos más competitivos de una población, en términos de su influencia en la supervivencia y reproducción de su portador, son mantenidos por el proceso de selección desde una generación a la siguiente. A partir de la revolucionaria publicación de "El Origen de las Especies" de Charles ... Read more

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Los organismos vivos existen gracias a las adaptaciones. La evolución adaptativa toma lugar cuando los genes y fenotipos más competitivos de una población, en términos de su influencia en la supervivencia y reproducción de su portador, son mantenidos por el proceso de selección desde una generación a la siguiente. A partir de la revolucionaria publicación de "El Origen de las Especies" de Charles
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Mycoheterotrophy

The Biology of Plants Living on Fungi

Edited by Vincent Merckx ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Over the course of evolution, several plant lineages have found ways to obtain water, minerals, and carbohydrates from fungi. Some plants are able exploit fungi to such an extent that they lose the need for photosynthesis. The ability of a plant to live on fungal carbon is known as mycoheterotrophy. This intriguing process has fascinated botanists for centuries, yet many aspects of ... Read more

$143.09 USD

Over the course of evolution, several plant lineages have found ways to obtain water, minerals, and carbohydrates from fungi. Some plants are able exploit fungi to such an extent that they lose the need for photosynthesis. The ability of a plant to live on fungal carbon is known as mycoheterotrophy. This intriguing process has fascinated botanists for centuries, yet many aspects of
... Read more
Das optimistische Gehirn

Warum wir nicht anders können, als positiv zu denken

by Tali Sharot ...

Translated by Jorunn Wissmann ...

Series series Humanities, Social Science (German Language)
Das Gehirn ist die Zuversicht in PersonWie erzeugt unser Gehirn Hoffnung? Wie bringt es uns dazu, positiv in die Zukunft zu blicken? Was geschieht, wenn ihm das nicht gelingt? Wie unterscheiden sich die Gehirne von Optimisten und Pessimisten? Warum ist für die einen das Glas halbvoll, für die anderen halbleer? Tali Sharots These: Optimismus ist so überlebenswichtig für uns, dass er in unserem ... Read more

$14.29 USD

Das Gehirn ist die Zuversicht in PersonWie erzeugt unser Gehirn Hoffnung? Wie bringt es uns dazu, positiv in die Zukunft zu blicken? Was geschieht, wenn ihm das nicht gelingt? Wie unterscheiden sich die Gehirne von Optimisten und Pessimisten? Warum ist für die einen das Glas halbvoll, für die anderen halbleer? Tali Sharots These: Optimismus ist so überlebenswichtig für uns, dass er in unserem
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From Strange Simplicity to Complex Familiarity

A Treatise on Matter, Information, Life and Thought

by Manfred Eigen ...

This book presents a vivid argument for the almost lost idea of a unity of all natural sciences. It starts with the "strange" physics of matter, including particle physics, atomic physics and quantum mechanics, cosmology, relativity and their consequences (Chapter I), and it continues by describing the properties of material systems that are best understood by statistical and phase-space concepts ... Read more

$202.49 USD

This book presents a vivid argument for the almost lost idea of a unity of all natural sciences. It starts with the "strange" physics of matter, including particle physics, atomic physics and quantum mechanics, cosmology, relativity and their consequences (Chapter I), and it continues by describing the properties of material systems that are best understood by statistical and phase-space concepts
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At the Top of the Grand Staircase

The Late Cretaceous of Southern Utah

by L. Barry Albright, Michael A. Arthur, Richard Barclay, Clint Boyd, Donald B. Brinkman, Michael E. Burns, Richard L. Cidelli, Leon P. Claessens, Walter E. Dean, Don DeBlieux, Jeffrey G. Eaton, Andrew A. Farke, James D. Gardner, Terry A. Gates, Gerard D. Gierlinski, David D. Gillette, Martha C. Hayden, Hannah Hilbert-Wolf, Randall Irmis, Zubair Ali Jinnah, Kirk Johnson, Gy-Su Kim, James I. Kirkland, Douglas Kline, Lindsay Zanno, Michael Knell, Eric K. Lund, Ian M. Miller, Andrew G. Neuman, Michael Newbrey, Randall L. Nyoam, Patrick M. O’Connor, Tomas Prikryl, Eric M. Roberts, Zbynek Rocek, Scott D. Sampson, Joseph Sertich, Leif Tapanila, Edward L. Simpson, Matthew K. Vickaryous, Jelle Wiersma, Thomas E. Williamson, Michael Wizevich, Sarah E. Tindall ...

Series series Life of the Past
The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah is the location of one of the best-known terrestrial records for the late Cretaceous. A major effort in the new century has documented over 2,000 new vertebrate fossil sites, provided new radiometric dates, and identified five new genera of ceratopsids, two new species of hadrosaur, a probable new genus of hypsilophodontid, new ... Read more

$9.99 USD

The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah is the location of one of the best-known terrestrial records for the late Cretaceous. A major effort in the new century has documented over 2,000 new vertebrate fossil sites, provided new radiometric dates, and identified five new genera of ceratopsids, two new species of hadrosaur, a probable new genus of hypsilophodontid, new
... Read more
Nature's Holism

by Laurence Evans ...

In the association of the bee and the flower is a very advanced reflection of the process of evolution through natural selection. Nature's Holism explores the coevolution of long associated species arriving at a holistic view of nature where the compatibility between species is significant. In nature there are two interacting forces. There is the numerical increase in numbers of a species, termed ... Read more

$3.99 USD

In the association of the bee and the flower is a very advanced reflection of the process of evolution through natural selection. Nature's Holism explores the coevolution of long associated species arriving at a holistic view of nature where the compatibility between species is significant. In nature there are two interacting forces. There is the numerical increase in numbers of a species, termed
... Read more
Processes and Perspectives; Sacred and Secular

by D. George Harrison ...

PROCESSES AND PERSPECTIVES deals with the evolution/creation issue, but in a different manner from the usual mainstream works. As a retired professional biologist and Christian, I defend Darwins basic concepts of natural selection and disagree with the creationists perspective on Darwin in general and this topic specifically. This work focuses on modern science and scriptures commonalities by ... Read more

$8.69 USD

PROCESSES AND PERSPECTIVES deals with the evolution/creation issue, but in a different manner from the usual mainstream works. As a retired professional biologist and Christian, I defend Darwins basic concepts of natural selection and disagree with the creationists perspective on Darwin in general and this topic specifically. This work focuses on modern science and scriptures commonalities by
... Read more
Orchid Species from Himalaya and Southeast Asia Vol. 1 (A - E)

by Eng Soon Teoh ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
A presentation of 491 popular orchid species with 13 varieties and 3 natural hybrids in 51 genera with names beginning with A to E carefully detailed with beautiful photographs and concise descriptions of the plants, their distribution and habitats by a well-known author and photographer. Each genus is assigned a separate chapter. Coverage of the most commonly cultivated Asian species including ... Read more

$215.09 USD

A presentation of 491 popular orchid species with 13 varieties and 3 natural hybrids in 51 genera with names beginning with A to E carefully detailed with beautiful photographs and concise descriptions of the plants, their distribution and habitats by a well-known author and photographer. Each genus is assigned a separate chapter. Coverage of the most commonly cultivated Asian species including
... Read more
Darwin's House of Cards

by Tom Bethell ...

In this provocative history of contemporary debates over evolution, veteran journalist Tom Bethell depicts Darwin's theory as a nineteenth-century idea past its prime, propped up by logical fallacies, bogus claims, and empirical evidence that is all but disintegrating under an onslaught of new scientific discoveries. Bethell presents a concise yet wide-ranging tour of the flash points of modern ... Read more

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In this provocative history of contemporary debates over evolution, veteran journalist Tom Bethell depicts Darwin's theory as a nineteenth-century idea past its prime, propped up by logical fallacies, bogus claims, and empirical evidence that is all but disintegrating under an onslaught of new scientific discoveries. Bethell presents a concise yet wide-ranging tour of the flash points of modern
... Read more
Evolutionstheorie im Wandel

Ist Darwin überholt?

by Axel Lange ...

Series series Life Science and Basic Disciplines (German Language)
Die klassische Evolutionstheorie ist unvollständig. Zwar ist die heutige Theorie, die auf Darwin basiert, anhaltend erfolgreich. Doch auf viele Fragen bietet sie keine Erklärung. Welche Vererbungsformen existieren neben der genetischen? Wie entstehen komplexe Variationen im Embryo und evolutionäre Innovationen, z.B. Vogelfeder oder Schildkrötenpanzer? Wie wirkt die Umwelt auf die Entwicklung der ... Read more

$31.49 USD

Die klassische Evolutionstheorie ist unvollständig. Zwar ist die heutige Theorie, die auf Darwin basiert, anhaltend erfolgreich. Doch auf viele Fragen bietet sie keine Erklärung. Welche Vererbungsformen existieren neben der genetischen? Wie entstehen komplexe Variationen im Embryo und evolutionäre Innovationen, z.B. Vogelfeder oder Schildkrötenpanzer? Wie wirkt die Umwelt auf die Entwicklung der
... Read more
Horizontal Gene Transfer

Breaking Borders Between Living Kingdoms

Edited by Tomás G. Villa, Miguel Viñas ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
The book focuses on the evolutionary impact of horizontal gene transfer processes on pathogenicity, environmental adaptation and biological speciation. Newly acquired genetic material has been considered as a driving force in evolution for prokaryotic genomes for many years, with recent technical developments advancing this field further. However, the extent and implications of gene transfer ... Read more

$143.09 USD

The book focuses on the evolutionary impact of horizontal gene transfer processes on pathogenicity, environmental adaptation and biological speciation. Newly acquired genetic material has been considered as a driving force in evolution for prokaryotic genomes for many years, with recent technical developments advancing this field further. However, the extent and implications of gene transfer
... Read more
Things You'll Never Hear

by Anonymous ...

This is a summary of scientific evidence that refutes particles-to-people evolution. Over 300 footnotes allow the reader to easily research each subject. Every single quote in this book is from an evolutionist.Consider that:Stretchy blood vessels and DNA have been found in dinosaur bones, along with over 120 similar devastating finds.Thirteen studies of erosion rates show that the continents could ... Read more

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This is a summary of scientific evidence that refutes particles-to-people evolution. Over 300 footnotes allow the reader to easily research each subject. Every single quote in this book is from an evolutionist.Consider that:Stretchy blood vessels and DNA have been found in dinosaur bones, along with over 120 similar devastating finds.Thirteen studies of erosion rates show that the continents could
... Read more
Cognitive Evolution

From Single Cells to the Human Mind

by David B. Boles ...

Cognitive Evolution provides an in-depth exploration of the natural history of cognition, from the beginning of life on Earth to present-day humans. Drawing together evolutionary, comparative, and neuroscience research, the book brings a unique cognitive perspective to evolutionary psychology.The second edition features the latest research and illustrations on emerging topics, making it a true ... Read more

$72.99 USD

Cognitive Evolution provides an in-depth exploration of the natural history of cognition, from the beginning of life on Earth to present-day humans. Drawing together evolutionary, comparative, and neuroscience research, the book brings a unique cognitive perspective to evolutionary psychology.The second edition features the latest research and illustrations on emerging topics, making it a true
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Dominance Behavior

An Evolutive and Comparative Perspective

by Jorge A. Colombo ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book approaches two behavioral domains involved with human nature and actions related to dominance, an ancient animal, survival-linked, behavioral drive anchored in basal neural brain circuits. These domains result in latent or manifest conflicts among components of human animal nature and cultural profiles.The first domain refers to evolutive animal behavioral inertias that affect the basic ... Read more

$134.09 USD

This book approaches two behavioral domains involved with human nature and actions related to dominance, an ancient animal, survival-linked, behavioral drive anchored in basal neural brain circuits. These domains result in latent or manifest conflicts among components of human animal nature and cultural profiles.The first domain refers to evolutive animal behavioral inertias that affect the basic
... Read more
Evolutionary Biology: Contemporary and Historical Reflections Upon Core Theory

Edited by Thomas E. Dickins, Benjamin J.A. Dickins ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book is reflecting upon core theories in evolutionary biology – in a historical as well as contemporary context. It exposes the main areas of interest for discussion, but more importantly draws together hypotheses and future research directions.The Modern Synthesis (MS), sometimes referred to as Standard Evolutionary Theory (SET), in evolutionary biology has been well documented and discussed ... Read more

$197.99 USD

This book is reflecting upon core theories in evolutionary biology – in a historical as well as contemporary context. It exposes the main areas of interest for discussion, but more importantly draws together hypotheses and future research directions.The Modern Synthesis (MS), sometimes referred to as Standard Evolutionary Theory (SET), in evolutionary biology has been well documented and discussed
... Read more
Milestones in the Evolving Theory of Evolution

by David Wool ...

The book illustrates how Darwin's theory has evolved, about the development of the biological world before Darwin, and great changes that took place with the incorporation of statistics, and after Darwin's death of genetics and mathematics. The formation of ‘Modern Synthesis’, protein electrophoresis, Discovery of DNA opened new avenues for the study of evolution. ... Read more

$110.99 USD

The book illustrates how Darwin's theory has evolved, about the development of the biological world before Darwin, and great changes that took place with the incorporation of statistics, and after Darwin's death of genetics and mathematics. The formation of ‘Modern Synthesis’, protein electrophoresis, Discovery of DNA opened new avenues for the study of evolution.
... Read more
Soul Mate Biology

Science of attachment and love

by Gregor Majdic ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Love, one of the most profound of human emotions, love that accompanies us from puberty to old age, love that follows us from ancient times to modern, from ancient writings, through the Bible and the texts of medieval scribes to modern day books and movies. Through the millennia love has lost none of its secrecy, charm, attractiveness, craziness, even in this digital age, when we are overwhelmed ... Read more

$107.09 USD

Love, one of the most profound of human emotions, love that accompanies us from puberty to old age, love that follows us from ancient times to modern, from ancient writings, through the Bible and the texts of medieval scribes to modern day books and movies. Through the millennia love has lost none of its secrecy, charm, attractiveness, craziness, even in this digital age, when we are overwhelmed
... Read more
The Taphonomy of Echinoids

Skeletal Morphologies, Environmental Factors, and Preservation Pathways

by James H. Nebelsick, Andrea Mancosu ...

Series series Elements of Paleontology
The study of echinoid evolution, diversity, and ecology has always suffered from the fact that they are represented by taxa showing widely differing architectural designs of their multi-plated skeletons, inhabiting a large range of marine paleoenvironments, which result in highly varying taphonomic biases dictating their presence and recognition. This Element addresses the taphonomy of echinoids ... Read more

$20.49 USD

The study of echinoid evolution, diversity, and ecology has always suffered from the fact that they are represented by taxa showing widely differing architectural designs of their multi-plated skeletons, inhabiting a large range of marine paleoenvironments, which result in highly varying taphonomic biases dictating their presence and recognition. This Element addresses the taphonomy of echinoids
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Somos inteligentes o bastante para saber quão inteligentes são os animais?

by Frans de Waal, Rafael Nobre ...

Translated by Paulo Geiger ...

Neste livro que já se tornou um clássico, o renomado primatólogo Frans de Waal analisa a ascensão e a queda da visão mecanicista sobre os animais e nos mostra que eles possuem mentes muito mais complexas e intrincadas do que costumamos supor.O que diferencia a mente humana da mente de um animal? De modo geral, rebatemos que é o senso de identidade, a capacidade de construir ferramentas, de ... Read more

$9.99 USD

Neste livro que já se tornou um clássico, o renomado primatólogo Frans de Waal analisa a ascensão e a queda da visão mecanicista sobre os animais e nos mostra que eles possuem mentes muito mais complexas e intrincadas do que costumamos supor.O que diferencia a mente humana da mente de um animal? De modo geral, rebatemos que é o senso de identidade, a capacidade de construir ferramentas, de
... Read more

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