Biology, Life Sciences Books

A compact, informative and beautifully illustrated RSPB guide to 174 of the most common birds found in Britain. It features concise descriptions of each bird's main characteristics, including plumage, population, habitat, voice and confusion species. This guide features a species per page, including a colour distribution map.

A guide to the birds of Britain and Europe, with 3,500 illustrations.

Helps you spot and identify several species of animals that you are likely to come across in the countryside and towns, from hares and field mice to deer and badgers. This book contains facts on how wild animals live, where they breed, and, what they feed on.

A portfolio of panda which show them throughout the seasons as they feed, drink, lounge, play, climb trees and even slide down snowy slopes. It includes images which are accompanied by informative text giving an insight into the way of life of an iconic animal.

Offers an insight into the lives of insects. This book helps the reader have a glimpse of their almost alien world and includes information on various aspects of their lives, from their lifecycle and habitats to the amazing ingenuity of their defence tricks. It contains colour photographs that cover a myriad of species from around the globe.

The most complete guide to the 49 species of bird of prey (eagles, vultures, hawks, buzzards, osprey and falcons) found in Europe

Represents the analysis of the evolutionary significance of sperm phenotypes and derived sperm traits and the possible selection pressures responsible for sperm-egg coevolution. This book focuses on the intricacies of reproduction and the coevolution of sperm, egg and reproductive behaviour.

Ecdysone is the steroidal prohormone of the major insect moulting hormone 20-hydroxyecdysone. This book describes RNA interference, the ecdysone receptor crystal structures and structure activity relationships. It is suitable for scientists, students, and professionals alike in entomology, endocrinology, physiology, and agricultural sciences.

Nematodes are the most wide spread multicellular animals in nature and analysis of nematodes in terrestrial, freshwater and marine environments as well as their role and function in ecosystems can be used for environmental monitoring. This book addresses classical and molecular approaches to nematode community analysis.

How do young and old social animals view each other? Are aged animals perceived by others as weaker? Or wiser? What is the relationship between age and power among social animals? This title probes the lives of older mammals and birds. It explores how aging affects the lives and behavior of animals.

Assesses a wide range of problems presented by poisonous snakes like the Habu and the Brown Treesnake. Topics include behavioral and sensory biology, capture and detection, and biological, ecological, and chemical control. Emphasizes the importance of understanding natural history in formulating management programs. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc.

The study of epidemiology is an essential part of understanding how infectious diseases emerge, and how they affect humans, wildlife and wildlife conservation. This book deals with the subject of wildlife epidemiology, covering the empirical and theoretical developments in the field.

This, the 6th volume in a set of seven, follows the standard taxonomic sequence and deals with songbirds from the babblers to the starlings. Overviews of the families are followed by genus summaries and the species accounts themselves are organised under standard headings.

A comprehensive treatment of the biology of the genus Martes that illuminates, among other things, the gaps in knowledge about some species and geographical regions. Covers evolution and biogeology, population ecology, the management of populations, the status and conservation of Holarctic Martes , habitat ecology, managed habitats, and

Features a comprehensive atlas of the brain of the domestic sheep, featuring photographs of Nissl-stained coronal hemi-sections and complementary schematics of major nuclei and fiber tracts. This work also contains photos and schematics of the whole sheep brain for aid in dissection and to identify major functional systems and their pathways.

This comprehensive ornithology book covers all five species of the Dipper, including the single United States species. It includes a classic treatment of conservation and ecological findings such as the effects of acidification of water via the insects eaten by this species.

This study addresses issues of interest to entomologists and pest control specialists involving the German cockroach. Topics discussed include taxonomy and distribution, morphology, genetics and behaviour, as well as control technology and strategies.