зоология
Stable Isotopes in Ecology and Environmental Science
Robert Michener
This book highlights new and emerging uses of stable isotope analysis in a variety of ecological disciplines. While the use of natural abundance isotopes in ecological research is now relatively standard, new techniques and ways of interpreting...
Chemoecology of Insect Eggs and Egg Deposition
Monika Hilker
This is the first book focusing on the chemoecology of insect eggs and egg deposition. It covers a wide range of different issues including herbivorous and carnivorous insects, social insects and those of medical and veterinary importance. The...
Living in a Dynamic Tropical Forest Landscape
Nigel Stork
This book brings together a wealth of scientific findings and ecological knowledge to survey what we have learned about the “Wet Tropics” rainforests of North Queensland, Australia. This interdisciplinary text is the first book to provide such a...
Advances in the Biology and Management of Modern Bed Bugs
Chow-Yang Lee
The first comprehensive scholarly treatment of bed bugs since 1966 This book updates and expands on existing material on bed bugs with an emphasis on the worldwide resurgence of both the common bed bug, Cimex lectularius L., and the tropical bed...
Managing and Designing Landscapes for Conservation
David B. Lindenmayer
The distinctive relationships between landscape change, habitat fragmentation, and biodiversity conservation are highlighted in this original and useful guide to the theory and practice of ecological landscape design. Using original,...
Mathematical Ecology of Populations and Ecosystems
Группа авторов
Population ecologists study how births and deaths affect the dynamics of populations and communities, while ecosystem ecologists study how species control the flux of energy and materials through food webs and ecosystems. Although all these...
Behavioural Ecology of Insect Parasitoids
Eric Wajnberg
Written by a team of leading international specialists, Behavioral Ecology of Insect Parasitoids examines the optimal behaviors that parasitoids exhibit in order to maximize long term offspring production. It is an essential reference for...
Applied Ecology and Environmental Management
Edward Newman I.
This book explains ways that ecological science can be applied to solving some of the most crucial problems facing our world today. A major theme is how resources can be effectively managed and exploited in as near a sustainable manner as...
Pattern and Process in Macroecology
Kevin Gaston
Issues of scale have become increasingly important to ecologists. This book addresses the structure of regional (large-scale) ecological assemblages or communities, and the influence this has at a local (small-scale) level. This macroecological...
Insect Sampling in Forest Ecosystems
Simon Leather R.
Insect Sampling in Forest Ecosystems highlights the problems faced by entomologists working in forest ecosystems. Insects play a major part in all aspects of ecology Brings together the methodology needed to investigate insects through the...
Biogeochemistry of Marine Systems
Kenneth Black D.
Marine systems vary in their sensitivities to perturbation. Perturbation may be insidious – such as increasing eutrophication of coastal areas – or it may be dramatic – such as a response to an oil spillage or some other accident. Climate change...
Statistics for Terrified Biologists
Helmut Emden van
“We highly recommend it—not just for statistically terrified biology students and faculty, but also for those who are occasionally anxious or uncertain. In addition to being a good starting point to learn statistics, it is a useful place to...
Tropical Forest Community Ecology
Stefan Schnitzer
Historically, tropical ecology has been a science often content with descriptive and demographic approaches, which is understandable given the difficulty of studying these ecosystems and the need for basic demographic information. Nonetheless,...
Writing Scientific Research Articles
Patrick O'Connor
Margaret Cargill's background as a linguist and research communications educator and Patrick O'Connor's experience as both research scientist and educator synergize to improve both the science and art of scientific writing. If the authors' goal...
Ecology of Fresh Waters
Brian Moss R.
This new edition of an established textbook provides a comprehensive and stimulating introduction to rivers, lakes and wetlands, and was written as the basis for a complete course on freshwater ecology. Designed for undergraduate and early...
Integrated Environmental Planning
James Lein K.
This up-to-date and comprehensive reference presents the fundamentals of environmental planning, incorporating theory, practice and case studies. The book includes balanced coverage and real world examples to illustrate the concepts. Political,...
Essential Animal Behavior
Graham Scott
Essential Animal Behavior provides a comprehensive introduction to all areas of the subject: from the genetic and neurobiological control of behavior to the learning, development, and function of behavior in an evolutionary context. Social...
Global Coastal Change
Ivan Valiela
Global Coastal Changeprovides a comprehensive overview of the environmental factors changing the marine systems of the world including atmospheric changes, sea level rise, alterations in freshwater and sediment use and transport, toxins,...
Marine Mammal Biology
A. Hoelzel Rus
This book provides a general introduction to the biology of marine mammals, and an overview of the adaptations that have permitted mammals to succeed in the marine environment. Each chapter, written by experts in their field, will provide an...
Marine Fisheries Ecology
Simon Jennings
This topical and exciting textbook describes fisheries exploitation, biology, conservation and management, and reflects many recent and important changes in fisheries science. These include growing concerns about the environmental impacts of...
Introduction to Ecotoxicology
Paul Lam
Environmental pollution is one of the most serious threats to the future health of our planet. A wide and ever increasing range of chemicals from industry, agriculture, medicine and a host of other sources continue to contribute to the earth's...
Insect Biodiversity
Peter Adler H.
Volume Two of the new guide to the study of biodiversity in insects Volume Two of Insect Biodiversity: Science and Society presents an entirely new, companion volume of a comprehensive resource for the most current research on the influence...
The Insects
P. Gullan J.
TO ACCESS THE ARTWORK FROM THE BOOK, PLEASE VISIT www.blackwellpublishing.com/gullan. This established and popular textbook is the definitive guide to the study of insects; a group of animals that represent over half of the planet’s biological...
The Insects
P. Gullan J.
This established, popular textbook provides a stimulating and comprehensive introduction to the insects, the animals that represent over half of the planet's biological diversity. In this new fourth edition, the authors introduce the key...
Commerical Fishing
Simon Jennings
Fishing provides food, income and employment for millions of people. However, fishing has environmental costs that threaten rare species, marine ecosystems and the sustainability of the resource. Based on the research expertise of leading...
Land Management
Colin Hindmarch
Mature ecological criticism of agricultural policies is not easy: targets agreed in Biodiversity Action Plans must be achieved within a framework of agricultural and economic policies. Developing a balanced solution is the essence of...
Population Parameters
Hamish McCallum
Ecologists and environmental managers rely on mathematical models, both to understand ecological systems and to predict future system behavior. In turn, models rely on appropriate estimates of their parameters. This book brings together a...
Insect Biodiversity
Peter Adler H.
Insect Biodiversity: Science and Society brings together leading scientific experts to assess the impact insects have on humankind and the earth’s fragile ecosystems. It examines why insect biodiversity matters and how the rapid evolution of...
Ecological Modeling
Todd Swannack M.
Ecological Modeling:A Commonsense Approach to Theory and Practice explores how simulation modeling and its new ecological applications can offer solutions to complex natural resource management problems. This is a practical guide for students,...
Biological Oceanography
Charles Miller B.
This modern textbook of biological oceanography is aimed at students taking oceanography, marine biology and marine sciences courses. It covers recent developments such as the molecular techniques (including sequence data) that have allowed a...
Freshwater Ecology
Andrew Boulton
Freshwater ecosystems are under increasing pressure as human populations grow and the need for clean water intensifies. The demand for ecologists and environmental managers who are trained in basic freshwater ecology has never been greater....
Vegetation Ecology
Eddy van der Maarel
Vegetation Ecology is a comprehensive account of plant communities and their environments. Written by leading experts in their field from four continents, this up-to-date, innovative text: covers the composition, structure, ecology, diversity,...
Introductory Ecology
Peter Cotgreave
In this age of increasing human domination of the Earth's biological and physical resources, a basic understanding of ecology is more important than ever. Students need a textbook that introduces them to the basic principles of ecological...
Ecological Economics
Ben Davies
Ecological economics is an exciting interdisciplinary field of study that combines insights from the natural sciences, economics, philosophy and other fields to develop innovative approaches to environmental problems. It draws on a wide range of...
The Invertebrates
Peter Calow P.
The majority of undergraduate texts in invertebrate zoology (of which there are many) fall into one of two categories. They either offer a systematic treatment of groups of animals phylum by phylum, or adopt a functional approach to the various...
Species Coexistence
M. Tokeshi
As a novel endeavour in ecological science, this book focuses on a major issue in organismal life on Earth:species coexistence. The book crosses the usual disciplinary boundaries between palaeobiology, ecology and evolutionary biology and...
Water Quality
Jim Perry
Once a purely technical sub-discipline of hydrology, water quality management is now a social and political discipline, with concerns ranging from ensuring adequate health standards to preserving biological diversity and ecosystem integrity....
Navigating an Academic Career: A Brief Guide for PhD Students, Postdocs, and New Faculty
Jeffrey J. McDonnell
Demystifies the academic career path with practical advice With the number of people being awarded PhDs growing far more rapidly than the supply of academic jobs, those at an early-career stage must think strategically in order to be competitive...
Наблюдая за китами
Ник Пайенсон
Книга рассказывает о прошлом, настоящем и будущем самых, быть может, загадочных созданий на Земле. О том, как выглядели древнейшие, ранние киты, как эти обитавшие на суше животные миллионы лет назад перешли к водному образу жизни, мы узнаем по...
История Зоологического музея МГУ. Идеи, люди, структуры
Г. Ю. Любарский
Книга посвящена проблемам истории науки. История развития зоологии в России рассмотрена через возникновение и развитие одного из центральных хранилищ зоологических коллекций – Зоологического музея МГУ. В первой части книги приведена история...
Zoo Animal Learning and Training
Группа авторов
Comprehensively explains animal learning theories and current best practices in animal training within zoos This accessible, up-to-date book on animal training in a zoo/aquaria context provides a unified approach to zoo animal learning, bringing...
Жужжащие. Естественная история пчёл
Тор Хэнсон
Пчелы подобны кислороду – они вездесущи, невероятно важны для нас и по большей части невидимы. Хотя мы их часто не замечаем, эти насекомые составляют важную часть отношений человека с миром природы.
В книге «Жужжащие» Тор Хэнсон приглашает нас...
Рыбообразные от начала до наших дней
Наталья Балеева
Разнообразие и необычность древних рыбообразных поражают воображение. До наших дней из бесчелюстных дожили только миноги и миксины, а в древних морях их было гораздо больше: костнощитковые, бесщитковые, телодонты… Среди челюстноротых были такие...
Жизнь замечательных жуков
Сергей Ижевский
Жуки достойны внимания хотя бы по той причине, что многие из них появились на Земле задолго до человека. Они превратились в наиболее многочисленную по числу видов группу животных более 300 млн. лет назад. За этот астрономический срок жуки...
Язык на ногах. Очерки о насекомых
Сергей Ижевский
У кого язык на ногах, зачем муравьям-листорезам противовоздушная оборона, о чём молит богомол, откуда родом колорадский жук, что такое сосновый мёд? Ответы на эти и многие другие необычные вопросы вы найдёте в сборнике «Язык на ногах. Очерки о...
Пчёлы, осы, пауки и другие строители
Владимир Карцев
Многие животные строят для себя разнообразные убежища, и самыми умелыми строителями надо признать насекомых. Многие видели бумажные осиные гнёзда, холмики муравьев, восковые пчелиные соты. В данном издании впервые в России описаны постройки...
Рассказы о двукрылых с обзором основных семейств отряда
Никита Вихрев
Двукрылые – отряд животных, добившийся феноменального успеха: мух и комаров мы встречаем чаще любых других насекомых. Обычно эти встречи не радуют нас: двукрылые навязчивы, а отдельные их представители и вовсе портят людям жизнь. Однако мир...
Муравей. Семья. Колония
Анатолий Захаров
В книге «Муравей. Семья. Колония» рассказывается о социальной жизни муравьёв и о месте каждого муравья в ней. Рассмотрены принципы организации семьи, её состав и жизнедеятельность: как согласовываются действия отдельных муравьёв, распределяется...
