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 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 –...
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 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 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...
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....
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 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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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: 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Монография содержит видовой каталог основных таксонов фауны обрастания антропогенных субстратов Мирового океана. Приведены сведения о систематическом положении более 1500 видов-обрастателей, их распространении, особенностях экологии и...
Веслоногие ракообразные отряда Harpacticoida являются одной из ведущих групп в большинстве морских мейобентосных сообществ. Данная монография представляет собой первый полный обзор Harpacticoida Белого моря, охватывающий как фауну литорали и...
Монография – первая специализированная работа такого рода по мейобентосу водохранилищ. В книге подводится итог исследований сообщества в одном из крупнейших в Волжском каскаде Рыбинском водохранилище за полувековой период существования водоема...
The book is a taxonomic guide to serpulid polychaetes (including the subfamily Spirorbinae) of the Arctic Ocean. Taxonomic keys include 37 serpulid spesies described and illustrated in detail. It starts with a description of serpulid morphology...
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...
В каталоге рассматриваются представители 91 семейства чешуекрылых насекомых, известных к настоящему времени с территории Российской Федерации. Всего приведено 2166 родов и 8879 видов (Microlepidoptera – 1016 родов и 5047 видов, Macrolepidoptera...
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...
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...
Предлагаемая специалистам-ихтиологам и рыбоводам-сиговодам книга является подведением итогов и обобщением как теоретических, так и практических знаний об особенностях размножения и развития сиговых рыб. Сделана попытка объяснения и...
В учебнике и практикуме доступной для понимания форме изложены основные дидактические единицы дисциплины. Кроме традиционных разделов дендрологии, в издании освещены такие важнейшие темы, как морфология и анатомия древесных растений с их...
В настоящее учебное пособие включены работы по основным темам общей генетики, в том числе и по генетике человека. Каждая глава пособия состоит из теоретической части, включающей графологические схемы основных понятий и дидактический материал, и...
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,...
В учебнике описаны жизненные формы древесных растений; даны понятия об ареалах; основы экологии древесных растений, фенологии, интродукции и акклиматизации растений; основы декоративной дендрологии; даны характеристики классов, подклассов,...
Данная работа является попыткой систематизации, структурирования и «сжатия» информации о процессах жизнедеятельности организма человека, и их саморегуляции в рамках системного подхода. Описание различных аспектов жизнедеятельности и их регуляции...
В книге в краткой форме представлены биографии ряда выдающихся биологов и характеристики их научной деятельности, указаны источники, содержащие более полные биографические сведения о них. Содержит вопросы и тесты для самоконтроля знаний....
В учебнике рассматриваются основы содержания пчелиных семей, факторы, влияющие на их продуктивность и жизнеспособность, характеристики кормов, уход за пчелами в течение всего года, селекционно-племенная работа. Помимо теоретических материалов...