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Unraveling the Voynich Codex
Av Jules Janick, Arthur O. Tucker
Inbunden, 2018
736 kr
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Unraveling the Voynich Codex reviews the historical, botanical, zoological, and iconographic evidence related to the Voynich Codex, one of the most enigmatic historic texts of all time.The bizarre Voynich Codex has often been referred to as the most mysterious book in the world. Discovered in an …
Urban Bats
Biology, Ecology, and Human Dimensions
Av Lauren Moretto, Joanna L. Coleman m. fl.
Inbunden, 2023
1316 kr
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The Anthropocene is the “age of human influence”, an epoch well known for its urban impact. More than half of all people already live in cities, and this proportion is expected to rise to almost 70 percent by 2050. Like other species in urban areas, bats must contend with the pressures of profound …
Unraveling the Voynich Codex
Av Jules Janick, Arthur O. Tucker
Häftad, 2019
736 kr
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Unraveling the Voynich Codex reviews the historical, botanical, zoological, and iconographic evidence related to the Voynich Codex, one of the most enigmatic historic texts of all time.The bizarre Voynich Codex has often been referred to as the most mysterious book in the world. Discovered in an …
Avian Brood Parasitism
Behaviour, Ecology, Evolution and Coevolution
Av Manuel Soler
Häftad, 2018
1425 kr
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Brood parasitism has become one of the most flourishing areas of research in evolutionary ecology and one of the best model systems for investigating coevolution. This subject has undergone remarkable advances during the last two decades, but has not been covered by any book in the 21st century. …
Mosquitoes
Identification, Ecology and Control
Av Norbert Becker, Dušan Petrić m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
1752 kr
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“Mosquitoes – Identification, Ecology and Control” presents a wealth of information on the bionomics, systematics, ecology, research techniques and control of both nuisance and disease vector mosquitoes. It provides practical guidance and important information in an easily readable style, suitable …
Feeding in Vertebrates
Evolution, Morphology, Behavior, Biomechanics
Av Vincent Bels, Ian Q. Whishaw
Inbunden, 2019
1534 kr
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This book provides students and researchers with reviews of biological questions related to the evolution of feeding by vertebrates in aquatic and terrestrial environments. Based on recent technical developments and novel conceptual approaches, the book covers functional questions on trophic …
Old Questions and Young Approaches to Animal Evolution
Av José M. Martín-Durán, Bruno C. Vellutini
Inbunden, 2019
1207 kr
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Animal evolution has always been at the core of Biology, but even today many fundamental questions remain open. The field of animal ‘evo-devo’ is leveraging recent technical and conceptual advances in development, paleontology, genomics and transcriptomics to propose radically different answers to …
Old Questions and Young Approaches to Animal Evolution
Av José M. Martín-Durán, Bruno C. Vellutini
Häftad, 2020
1207 kr
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Animal evolution has always been at the core of Biology, but even today many fundamental questions remain open. The field of animal ‘evo-devo’ is leveraging recent technical and conceptual advances in development, paleontology, genomics and transcriptomics to propose radically different answers to …
Evolution of Feathers
From Their Origin to the Present
Av Christian Foth, Oliver W. M. Rauhut
Inbunden, 2020
1425 kr
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Feathers are one of the most unique characteristics of modern birds and represent the most complex and colourful type of skin derivate within vertebrates, while also fulfilling various biological roles, including flight, thermal insulation, display, and sensory function. For years it was generally …
Evolution of Feathers
From Their Origin to the Present
Av Christian Foth, Oliver W. M. Rauhut
Häftad, 2021
1207 kr
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Feathers are one of the most unique characteristics of modern birds and represent the most complex and colourful type of skin derivate within vertebrates, while also fulfilling various biological roles, including flight, thermal insulation, display, and sensory function. For years it was generally …
Behavioral Ecology of the Tibetan Macaque
Av Jin-Hua Li, Lixing Sun m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
551 kr
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This open access book summarizes the multi-disciplinary results of one of China’s main primatological research projects on the endemic Tibetan macaque (Macaca thibetana), which had continued for over 30 years, but which had never been reported on systematically. Dedicated to this exceptional Old …
Behavioral Ecology of the Tibetan Macaque
Av Jin-Hua Li, Lixing Sun m. fl.
Häftad, 2020
552 kr
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This open access book summarizes the multi-disciplinary results of one of China’s main primatological research projects on the endemic Tibetan macaque (Macaca thibetana), which had continued for over 30 years, but which had never been reported on systematically. Dedicated to this exceptional Old …
Neotropical Diversification: Patterns and Processes
Av Valentí Rull, Ana Carolina Carnaval
Inbunden, 2020
1643 kr
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This book provides a comprehensive overview of the patterns of biodiversity in various neotropical ecosystems, as well as a discussion on their historical biogeographies and underlying diversification processes. All chapters were written by prominent researchers in the fields of tropical biology, …
Neotropical Diversification: Patterns and Processes
Av Valentí Rull, Ana Carolina Carnaval
Häftad, 2021
1643 kr
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This book provides a comprehensive overview of the patterns of biodiversity in various neotropical ecosystems, as well as a discussion on their historical biogeographies and underlying diversification processes. All chapters were written by prominent researchers in the fields of tropical biology, …
Why Every Fly Counts
Value and Endangerment of Insects
Inbunden, 2019
667 kr
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What exactly is our relationship with insects? Are they more beneficial or harmful? What role do they play in the world? What are the effects of climate change: Will the number of insects continue to increase? This book discusses the beneficial and harmful effects of insects and explains their …
Why Gut Microbes Matter
Understanding Our Microbiome
Inbunden, 2020
672 kr
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Given the at times confusing new information concerning the human microbiome released over the last few years, this book seeks to put the research field into perspective for non-specialists. Addressing a timely topic, it breaks down recent research developments in a way that everyone with a …
Why Gut Microbes Matter
Understanding Our Microbiome
Häftad, 2021
435 kr
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Given the at times confusing new information concerning the human microbiome released over the last few years, this book seeks to put the research field into perspective for non-specialists. Addressing a timely topic, it breaks down recent research developments in a way that everyone with a …
50 Years of Bat Research
Foundations and New Frontiers
Av Burton K. Lim, M. Brock Fenton m. fl.
Inbunden, 2021
1098 kr
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With more than 1,400 species, bats are an incredibly diverse and successful group of mammals that can serve as model systems for many unique evolutionary adaptations. Flight has allowed them to master the sky, while echolocation enables them to navigate in the dark. Being small, secretive, …
Stingless Bees
Their Behaviour, Ecology and Evolution
Inbunden, 2020
1534 kr
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Stingless bees (Meliponini) are the largest and most diverse group of social bees, yet their largely tropical distribution means that they are less studied than their relatives, the bumble bees and honey bees. Stingless bees produce honey and collect pollen from tens of thousands of tropical plant …
Stingless Bees
Their Behaviour, Ecology and Evolution
Häftad, 2021
1534 kr
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Stingless bees (Meliponini) are the largest and most diverse group of social bees, yet their largely tropical distribution means that they are less studied than their relatives, the bumble bees and honey bees. Stingless bees produce honey and collect pollen from tens of thousands of tropical plant …
Soul Mate Biology
Science of attachment and love
Inbunden, 2021
1316 kr
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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 …
Soul Mate Biology
Science of attachment and love
Häftad, 2022
1316 kr
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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 …
Ecological Physiology of Daily Torpor and Hibernation
Av Fritz Geiser
Inbunden, 2021
1128 kr
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This book provides an in-depth overview on the functional ecology of daily torpor and hibernation in endothermic mammals and birds. The reader is well introduced to the physiology and thermal energetics of endothermy and underlying different types of torpor. Furthermore, evolution of endothermy as …
Ecological Physiology of Daily Torpor and Hibernation
Av Fritz Geiser
Häftad, 2022
1128 kr
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This book provides an in-depth overview on the functional ecology of daily torpor and hibernation in endothermic mammals and birds. The reader is well introduced to the physiology and thermal energetics of endothermy and underlying different types of torpor. Furthermore, evolution of endothermy as …
Caterpillars in the Middle
Tritrophic Interactions in a Changing World
Av Robert J. Marquis, Suzanne Koptur
Inbunden, 2022
573 kr
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Caterpillars are excellent model organisms for understanding how multiple selective forces shape the ecology and evolution of insects, and organisms in general. Recent research using the tools of modern molecular biology, genetics, metabolomics, microbial ecology, experiments conducted at a global …
Caterpillars in the Middle
Tritrophic Interactions in a Changing World
Av Robert J. Marquis, Suzanne Koptur
Häftad, 2023
573 kr
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Caterpillars are excellent model organisms for understanding how multiple selective forces shape the ecology and evolution of insects, and organisms in general. Recent research using the tools of modern molecular biology, genetics, metabolomics, microbial ecology, experiments conducted at a global …
Hidden Pathways to Extinction
Inbunden, 2022
1425 kr
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This book provides, for the first time, a comprehensive overview of the fundamental roles that ecological interactions play in extinction processes, bringing to light an underground of hidden pathways leading to the same dark place: biodiversity loss.We are in the midst of the sixth mass …
Hidden Pathways to Extinction
Häftad, 2023
1425 kr
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This book provides, for the first time, a comprehensive overview of the fundamental roles that ecological interactions play in extinction processes, bringing to light an underground of hidden pathways leading to the same dark place: biodiversity loss.We are in the midst of the sixth mass …
Paleogene Fossil Birds
Av Gerald Mayr
Inbunden, 2022
1425 kr
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This second, completely revised edition of “Paleogene fossil birds” gives a comprehensive, updated overview of the avian fossil record from a geological period that lasted from the end-Cretaceous mass extinction event (66 million years ago) to the end of the Oligocene epoch (23 mya). Paleogene …
Paleogene Fossil Birds
Av Gerald Mayr
Häftad, 2023
829 kr
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This second, completely revised edition of “Paleogene fossil birds” gives a comprehensive, updated overview of the avian fossil record from a geological period that lasted from the end-Cretaceous mass extinction event (66 million years ago) to the end of the Oligocene epoch (23 mya). Paleogene …
