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Reference Module Biomedical and Life Sciences eBook Series

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  • Terrestrial Cetartiodactyla

    Edited by Luca Corlatti, Frank E. Zachos ...
    Series series Reference Module Biomedical and Life Sciences
    This volume provides comprehensive overviews of each terrestrial cetartiodactyl species’ biology including palaeontology, physiology, genetics, reproduction and development, ecology, habitat and diet. Their economic significance and management, as well as future challenges for research and conservation are also addressed. Each chapter includes a distribution map, a photograph of the animal and key ... Read more

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  • Red Panda

    Biology and Conservation of the First Panda

    Edited by Angela R. Glatston ...
    Red Panda: Biology and Conservation of the First Panda provides a broad-based overview of the biology of the red panda, Ailurus fulgens. A carnivore that feeds almost entirely on vegetable material and is colored chestnut red, chocolate brown and cream rather than the expected black and white. This book gathers all the information that is available on the red panda both from the field and ... Read more

    $83.69 USD

  • Handbook of Marine Model Organisms in Experimental Biology

    Established and Emerging

    Edited by Agnes Boutet, Bernd Schierwater ...
    The importance of molecular approaches for comparative biology and the rapid development of new molecular tools is unprecedented. The extraordinary molecular progress belies the need for understanding the development and basic biology of whole organisms. Vigorous international efforts to train the next-generation of experimental biologists must combine both levels – next generation molecular ... Read more

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  • Ecology and Behaviour of the Ladybird Beetles (Coccinellidae)

    Edited by Ivo Hodek, A. Honek, Helmut F. van Emden ...
    Ladybirds are probably the best known predators of aphids and coccids in the world, though this greatly underestimates the diversity of their biology. Maximising their impact on their prey is an important element in modern conservation biological control of indigenous natural enemies in contrast to the classical approach of releasing alien species.Ivo Hodek is one of the most internationally ... Read more

    $191.00 USD

  • Key to the identification and ecology of Daphnia (Crustacea: Cladocera) of North America (north of Mexico)

    by Leszek Bledzki ...
    The key to North American (north of Mexico) Daphnia (Crustacea, Cladocera), along with the information about species ecology, distribution and recent taxonomic progress of the field, constructed in such a way that should be easy to use by unexperienced person. ... Read more

    Was $65.99 USD Now $26.99 USD

  • Small Carnivores

    Evolution, Ecology, Behaviour and Conservation

    by Emmanuel Do Linh San, Jun J. Sato, Jerrold L. Belant, Michael J. Somers ...
    Small Carnivores: Evolution, Ecology, Behaviour, and ConservationThis book focuses on the 232 species of the mammalian Order Carnivora with an average body mass < 21.5 kg. Small carnivores inhabit virtually all of the Earth's ecosystems, adopting terrestrial, semi-fossorial, (semi-)arboreal or (semi-)aquatic lifestyles. They occupy multiple trophic levels and therefore play important roles in the ... Read more

    $87.00 USD

  • A Handbook of Global Freshwater Invasive Species

    Edited by Robert A. Francis ...
    Invasive non-native species are a major threat to global biodiversity. Often introduced accidentally through international travel or trade, they invade and colonize new habitats, often with devastating consequences for the local flora and fauna. Their environmental impacts can range from damage to resource production (e.g. agriculture and forestry) and infrastructure (e.g. buildings, road and ... Read more

    $94.99 USD

  • Ungulate Management in Europe

    Problems and Practices

    Edited by Rory Putman, Marco Apollonio, Reidar Andersen ...
    This book considers a number of problems posed by ungulates and their management in Europe. Through a synthesis of the underlying biology and a comparison of the management techniques adopted in different countries, the book explores which management approaches seem effective - and in which circumstances. Experts in a number of different areas of applied wildlife biology review various management ... Read more

    $154.99 USD

  • Ecology, Systematics, and the Natural History of Predaceous Diving Beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)

    Edited by Donald A. Yee ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    The 2nd edition of this comprehensive book provides one of the most complete overviews of the aquatic beetles in the family Dytiscidae, also known as predaceous diving beetles. Dytiscids constitute one of the largest families of freshwater insects with approximately 4,650 named species that come in a variety of sizes, colors, and habitat affinities. Although dytiscid adults and larvae are ... Read more

    $224.09 USD

  • The Process of Animal Domestication

    by Marcelo Sánchez-Villagra ...
    The first modern scholarly synthesis of animal domesticationAcross the globe and at different times in the past millennia, the evolutionary history of domesticated animals has been greatly affected by the myriad, complex, and diverse interactions humans have had with the animals closest to them. The Process of Animal Domestication presents a broad synthesis of this subject, from the rich biology ... Read more

    $38.89 USD

  • Sparidae

    Biology and Aquaculture of Gilthead Sea Bream and Other Species

    Edited by Michalis A. Pavlidis, Constantinos C. Mylonas ...
    The Sparidae, commonly known as breams and porgies, is a family of fishes of the order Perciformes, and includes about 115 species of mainly marine coastal fish of high economic value, exploited and farmed for human consumption, as well as for recreational purposes.This landmark publication brings together a huge wealth of information on the biology and culture of gilthead sea bream and other ... Read more

    $217.00 USD

  • Amphibian Biology, Volume 11, Part 5

    Status of Conservation and Decline of Amphibians: Eastern Hemisphere: Western Europe

    Edited by Harold Heatwole, John W. Wilkinson ...
    Series Book 11.5 - Amphibian Biology
    Amphibian species around the world are unusually vulnerable to a variety of threats, by no means all of which are properly understood. Volume 11 in this major series will be published in parts devoted to the causes of amphibian decline and to conservation measures in regions of the world; this Part 3 is concerned with Western Europe (Britain, Ireland, The Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain and ... Read more

    $97.19 USD