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Behavioural Ecology. An Evolutionary Approach
Krebs John R.
Intended for graduate and upper level undergraduate courses in behavioural ecology where students are already familiar with the basic ideas, this book continues to define the subject. A completely new set of contributions has been brought...
Marine Ecology. Concepts and Applications
Speight Martin R.
This book began life as a series of lectures given to second and third year undergraduates at Oxford University. These lectures were designed to give students insights as to how marine ecosystems functioned, how they were being affected by...
Writing Scientific Research Articles. Strategy and Steps
O'Connor Patrick
This book shows scientists how to apply their analysis and synthesis skills to overcoming the challenge of how to write, as well as what to write, to maximise their chances of publishing in international scientific journals. The book uses...
Antarctic Ecosystems
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Since its discovery Antarctica has held a deep fascination for biologists. Extreme environmental conditions, seasonality and isolation have lead to some of the most striking examples of natural selection and adaptation on Earth. Paradoxically,...
Biodiversity and Insect Pests
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Biodiversity offers great potential for managing insect pests. It provides resistance genes and anti-insect compounds; a huge range of predatory and parasitic natural enemies of pests; and community ecology-level effects operating at the local...
Ecosystem Services in Agricultural and Urban Landscapes
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Ecosystem services are the resources and processes supplied by natural ecosystems which benefit humankind (for example, pollination of crops by insects, or water filtration by wetlands). They underpin life on earth, provide major inputs to many...
Ecology and Behaviour of the Ladybird Beetles (Coccinellidae)
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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...
Insect Outbreaks Revisited
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The abundance of insects can change dramatically from generation to generation; these generational changes may occur within a growing season or over a period of years. Such extraordinary density changes or «outbreaks» may be abrupt and...
Climate Change Impacts on Freshwater Ecosystems
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This text examines the impact of climate change on freshwater ecosystems, past, present and future. It especially considers the interactions between climate change and other drivers of change including hydromorphological modification, nutrient...
Oxidative Stress in Aquatic Ecosystems
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Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are increasingly appreciated as down-stream effectors of cellular damage and dysfunction under natural and anthropogenic stress scenarios in aquatic systems. This comprehensive volume describes oxidative stress...
An Introduction to Behavioural Ecology
John R. Krebs
Additional resources for this book can be found at: www.wiley.com/go/davies/behaviouralecology This textbook helped to define the field of Behavioural Ecology. In this fourth edition the text has been completely revised, with new chapters and...
The Giraffe
Bryan Shorrocks
Provides a comprehensive overview of one of nature's most engaging mammals Covers fossil history, taxonomy, genetics, physiology, biomechanics, behavior, ecology, and conservation Includes genetic analysis of five of the six subspecies of modern...
The Braconid and Ichneumonid Parasitoid Wasps
Donald L. J. Quicke
The Ichneumonoidea is a vast and important superfamily of parasitic wasps, with some 60,000 described species and estimated numbers far higher, especially for small-bodied tropical taxa. The superfamily comprises two cosmopolitan families –...
Dictionary of Zoo Biology and Animal Management
Paul A. Rees
This dictionary is intended as a guide to the terminology used in a wide range of animal-related programmes of study including agriculture, animal care, animal management, animal production, animal welfare, veterinary nursing, wildlife...
Oocyte Physiology and Development in Domestic Animals
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Oocyte Physiology and Development in Domestic Animals reviews the most recent advances in the research of physiological and biochemical mechanisms underlying oocyte growth and development, providing readers with the fundamental understanding of...
Feed Efficiency in the Beef Industry
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Feed Efficiency in the Beef Industry provides a thorough and concise overview of feed efficiency in beef cattle. It frames the great importance of feed efficiency to the industry and details the latest findings of the many scientific disciplines...
Species Conservation in Managed Habitats
Werner Kunz
Written by an author with longstanding experience in the ecology of insects and birds and with a stellar academic record in molecular life sciences, this is a welcome challenge to the widely held beliefs in conventional environmental policies....
Natural Systems
Markus Eichhorn
Organised into four sections, this text discusses the organisation of the living world. Links Ecology, Biodiversity and Biogeography Bridges modern and conventional Ecology Builds sequentially from the concept and importance of species, through...
Career Planning for Research Bioscientists
Sarah Blackford
Career Planning for Research Bioscientists is an essential careers guide for bioscience doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers. It contains a wealth of information and resources specifically targeted at research bioscientists, with...
Handbook of Agricultural Entomology
Helmut F. van Emden
Handbook of Agricultural Entomology by Helmut van Emden is a landmark publication for students and practitioners of entomology applied to agriculture and horticulture. It can be used as a reference and as a general textbook. The book opens with...
Mimicry, Crypsis, Masquerade and other Adaptive Resemblances
Donald L. J. Quicke
Deals with all aspects of adaptive resemblance Full colour Covers everything from classic examples of Batesian, Mullerian, aggressive and sexual mimicries through to human behavioural and microbial molecular deceptions Highlights areas where...
Mammal Societies
Tim Clutton-Brock
The book aims to integrate our understanding of mammalian societies into a novel synthesis that is relevant to behavioural ecologists, ecologists, and anthropologists. It adopts a coherent structure that deals initially with the characteristics...
Ecology of Urban Environments
Kirsten M. Parris
Provides an accessible introduction to urban ecology, using established ecological theory to identify generalities in the complexity of urban environments. Examines the bio-physical processes of urbanization and how these influence the dynamics...
A Century of Parasitology
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Reviews key areas in ecological, medical and molecular parasitology Features essays from some of the world's leading parasitologists Each topic is set in context by featuring a key paper from the Journal of Paraistology over the past 100 years
The Insects
P. J. Gullan
Insects represent over half of the planet’s biological diversity. This popular textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to this extraordinary diversity, and places entomology central to the theory and practice of evolutionary and...
Freshwater Algae
Edward G. Bellinger
This is the second edition of Freshwater Algae; the popular guide to temperate freshwater algae. This book uniquely combines practical information on sampling and experimental techniques with an explanation of basic algal taxonomy plus a key to...
Ecology of Invertebrate Diseases
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A rapidly growing interdisciplinary field, disease ecology merges key ideas from ecology, medicine, genetics, immunology, and epidemiology to study how hosts and pathogens interact in populations, communities, and entire ecosystems. Bringing...
Handbook of Bird Biology
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Selected by Forbes.com as one of the 12 best books about birds and birding in 2016 This much-anticipated third edition of the Handbook of Bird Biology is an essential and comprehensive resource for everyone interested in learning more about...
Artenschutz durch Habitatmanagement
Werner Kunz
Ein wichtiger Beitrag zur aktuellen Debatte uber die Zukunft des Natur- und Artenschutzes, der zeigt, wie durch aktive Gestaltung von Lebensraumen die historische Artenvielfalt in Mitteleuropa erhalten werden kann.
Sociobiology of Caviomorph Rodents
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Fully integrative approach to the socibiology of caviomorph rodents Brings together research on social systems with that on epigenetic, neurendocrine and developmental mechanisms of social behavior Describes the social systems of many previously...
Global Challenges in Integrated Coastal Zone Management
Josianne St?ttrup
Growing pressure from increasingly diverse human activities coupled with climate change impacts threaten the functional integrity of coastal ecosystems around the globe. A multi-disciplinary approach towards understanding drivers, pressures and...
Handbook of Major Palm Pests
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Handbook of Major Palm Pests: Biology and Management contains the most comprehensive and up-to-date information on the red palm weevil and the palm borer moth, two newly emergent invasive palm pests which are adversely affecting palm trees...
Chemical Ecology of Insect Parasitoids
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Insect parasitoids are a fascinating group of animals in many respects. Perhaps the most fascinating point is that these insects, in the course of the evolutionary time, have developed an impressive way to use chemical compounds to dialogue with...
Insect Biodiversity
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Volume One of the thoroughly revised and updated guide to the study of biodiversity in insects The second edition of Insect Biodiversity: Science and Society brings together in one comprehensive text contributions from leading scientific experts...
Global Climate Change and Terrestrial Invertebrates
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Invertebrates perform such vital roles in global ecosystems—and so strongly influence human wellbeing—that biologist E.O. Wilson was prompted to describe them as “little things that run the world.” As they are such powerful shapers of the world...
Biological Sampling in the Deep Sea
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The deep sea covers over 60% of the surface of the earth, yet less than 1% has been scientifically investigated. There is growing pressure on deep-sea resources and on researchers to deliver information on biodiversity and the effects of human...
Insect Histology
Pedro Barbosa
This title is a much needed update of Barbosa's self-published Manual of Basic Techniques in Insect Histology. It is a laboratory manual of 'traditional' and 'modern' insect histology techniques, completely revised using cutting-edge methodology...
Elephants and Savanna Woodland Ecosystems
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During the nineteenth century, ivory hunting caused a substantial decrease of elephant numbers in southern Africa. Soon after that, populations of many other large and medium-sized herbivores went into steep decline due to the rinderpest...
The Biology and Ecology of Tintinnid Ciliates
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Planktonic protists both produce and consume most of the primary production in the world ocean. They not only play key roles in the oceans but also represent an astounding amount of diversity: ecological morphological and genetic. However, for...
Fishes of the World
Joseph S. Nelson
Take your knowledge of fishes to the next level Fishes of the World, Fifth Edition is the only modern, phylogenetically based classification of the world’s fishes. The updated text offers new phylogenetic diagrams that clarify the relationships...
Forest Insect Population Dynamics, Outbreaks, And Global Warming Effects
Vladislav G. Soukhovolsky
Research in insect population dynamics is important for more reasons than just protecting forest communities. Insect populations are among the main ecological units included in the analysis of stability of ecological systems. Moreover, it is...
Систематика и распространение живоглотовых рыб рода Pseudoscopelus (Chiasmodontidae)
А. М. Прокофьев
Рассмотрены систематика и распространение живоглотовых рыб рода Pseudoscopelus. Тринадцать видов этого рода признаны валидными, из них два (P. albeolus Prokofiev et Kukuev и P. vityazi Prokofiev spp. n.) описаны как новые, хотя можно...
Список птиц Российской Федерации
Евгений Коблик
Список птиц Российской Федерации, подготовленный Инициативной группой при Мензбировском орнитологическом обществе, включает все виды и подвиды птиц, достоверно зарегистрированные на ныне входящей в Российскую Федерацию территории, за весь период...
Личинки жуков-листоедов России
Юрий Зайцев
В работе рассматривается одно из крупнейших семейств отряда жесткокрылых, многие из которых являются опасными вредителями растений сельского и лесного хозяйства. Дана морфо-экологическая характеристика преимагинальных стадий жуков-листоедов...
Стрекозы Восточной Сибири и Кавказа: Атлас-определитель
Владимир Скворцов
Эта книга – одновременно и серьезная научная монография, и богато иллюстрированное полевое руководство, пригодное даже для любителей, – не имеет аналогов в русскоязычной литературе по стрекозам. Она полностью двуязычна и призвана объединить...
Стайное поведение рыб
Д. С. Павлов
Книга представляет собой анализ современного состояния исследований стайного поведения рыб, его основных закономерностей и механизмов. Рассмотрено распространение стайного образа жизни, форма, численность и плотность стай, их размерный и видовой...
Complex Biological Systems. Adaptation and Tolerance to Extreme Environments
Vladislav Soukhovolsky G.
Global climate change is one of the most serious and pressing issues facing our planet. Rather than a “silver bullet” or a single study that solves it, the study of global climate change is like a beach, with each contribution a grain of sand,...
Азиатская божья коровка Harmonia axyridis: глобальная инвазия
Илья Захаров-Гезехус
В книге описаны биологические особенности азиатской божьей коровки Harmonia axyridis и ее распространение по четырем континентам за последние 35 лет. Инвазия этого вида имеет ряд отрицательных последствий как для местной энтомофауны, так и для...
Алекс и я
Айрин Пепперберг
В книге описывается серия уникальных научных экспериментов американской исследовательницы Айрин Пепперберг по изучению умственных способностей попугаев жако, известных своим умением подражать речи человека. В результате 30-летних опытов с...
Peer Review and Manuscript Management in Scientific Journals
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This comprehensive yet concise book provides a thorough and complete guide to every aspect of managing the peer review process for scientific journals. Until now, little information has been readily available on how this important facet of the...
