7th Edition. — Morton Publishing, 2013. — 244 p. — ISBN: 978-1-61731-060-7 This full-color photographic atlas provides clear photographs and drawings of tissues and organisms similar to specimens seen in a zoology laboratory. This new edition includes many new illustrations, photographs, photomicrographs, and several animal dissections. Taxonomic classifications have been...
Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. - 256 p. Do baboons have a sense of right and wrong? Do cats and dogs have their feelings hurt? Animal behavior expert Jonathan Balcombe, Ph.D. , makes the case that animals, once viewed only as mindless automatons, actually have rich sensory experiences and emotional complexity. Drawing on new research, observational studies, and personal anecdotes to...
Springer, 2008, ISBN: 1402082584, 637 p. The Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment gives a state of the art assessment of the diversity and distribution of Metazoa in the continental waters of the world. The project deals with all major animal groups plus the macrophytes, and encompasses the complete array of terrestrial aquatic ecosystems. It is the most comprehensive study...
Prentice Hall, 2003. - 726 p. ISBN: 0130899364 Animal behaviour has been one of the fastest-growing scientific disciplines of recent years. Its impact on the way we think about biology has spawned lucid 'best sellers' like The Selfish Gene and widespread scientific and public debate about our view of the natural world and our place in it. This book provides a comprehensive...
Originally version by Chicago,A. N. Marquis,1895: 642 p. Scanned by Cornell University Library, 2008, 642 p. This book, "The animals of the world. Brehm's life of animals; (1895)", by Brehm, Alfred Edmund, 1829-1884, Pechuel-Loesche, Eduard, 1840-1913, Haacke, Wilhelm, 1855-1912, Schmidtlein, Richard, is a replication of a book originally published before 1895. It has been...
Zweite umgearbeitete und vermehrte Auflage Leipzig (Verlag des Bibliographischen Instituts) 1876-79. Erste Abtheilung — Säugethiere. Erster Band: Affen und Halbaffen, Flatterthiere, Raubthiere. XVI, 706 p. This second edition of "Brehms Thierleben" is enriched with illustrations by Gustav Mützel (1839-1893) and Eduard Oscar Schmidt (entomologist, 1823-1886), of which Charles...
Zweite umgearbeitete und vermehrte Auflage Leipzig (Verlag des Bibliographischen Instituts) 1876-79. Vierte Abtheilung — Wirbellose Thiere. Zweiter Band 1878: Krebse, Würmer, Weichthiere, Stachelhäuter, polypenartige Thiere, Urthiere. XXVI, 582 p. / PART 1 (until p. 555). This second edition of "Brehms Thierleben" is enriched with illustrations by Gustav Mützel (1839-1893) and...
Zweite umgearbeitete und vermehrte Auflage Leipzig (Verlag des Bibliographischen Instituts) 1876-79. Erste Abtheilung — Säugethiere. Zweiter Band 1877: Raubthiere, Kerfjäger, Nager, Zahnarme, Beutel- und Gabelthiere.XII, 628 p. This second edition of "Brehms Thierleben" is enriched with illustrations by Gustav Mützel (1839-1893) and Eduard Oscar Schmidt (entomologist,...
Zweite umgearbeitete und vermehrte Auflage Leipzig (Verlag des Bibliographischen Instituts) 1876-79. Erste Abtheilung — Säugethiere. Dritter Band 1877: Hufthiere, Seesäugethiere. XII, 756 p. This second edition of "Brehms Thierleben" is enriched with illustrations by Gustav Mützel (1839-1893) and Eduard Oscar Schmidt (entomologist, 1823-1886), of which Charles Darwin said they...
Zweite umgearbeitete und vermehrte Auflage Leipzig (Verlag des Bibliographischen Instituts) 1876-79. Zweite Abtheilung — Vögel. Erster Band 1878: Papageien, Leichtschnäbler, Schwirrvögel, Spechte und Raubvögel. XVI, 754 p. This second edition of "Brehms Thierleben" is enriched with illustrations by Gustav Mützel (1839-1893) and Eduard Oscar Schmidt (entomologist, 1823-1886), of...
Zweite umgearbeitete und vermehrte Auflage Leipzig (Verlag des Bibliographischen Instituts) 1876-79. Zweite Abtheilung — Vögel. Zweiter Band 1879: Raubvögel, Sperlingsvögel und Girrvögel. XVI, 699 p. This second edition of "Brehms Thierleben" is enriched with illustrations by Gustav Mützel (1839-1893) and Eduard Oscar Schmidt (entomologist, 1823-1886), of which Charles Darwin...
Zweite umgearbeitete und vermehrte Auflage Leipzig (Verlag des Bibliographischen Instituts) 1876-79. Zweite Abtheilung — Vögel. Dritter Band 1879: Scharrvögel, Kurzflügler, Stelzvögel, Zahnschnäbler, Seeflieger, Ruderfüßler, Taucher. XVI, 671 p. This second edition of "Brehms Thierleben" is enriched with illustrations by Gustav Mützel (1839-1893) and Eduard Oscar Schmidt...
Zweite umgearbeitete und vermehrte Auflage Leipzig (Verlag des Bibliographischen Instituts) 1876-79. Dritte Abtheilung — Kriechthiere, Lurche und Fische. Erster Band 1878: Die Kriechthiere und Lurche (Schildkröten, Panzerechsen, Schuppenechsen, Schlangen, Lurche). XVI, 673 p. This second edition of "Brehms Thierleben" is enriched with illustrations by Gustav Mützel (1839-1893)...
Zweite umgearbeitete und vermehrte Auflage Leipzig (Verlag des Bibliographischen Instituts) 1876-79. Dritte Abtheilung — Kriechthiere, Lurche und Fische. Zweiter Band 1879: Die Fische. XVI, 426 p. This second edition of "Brehms Thierleben" is enriched with illustrations by Gustav Mützel (1839-1893) and Eduard Oscar Schmidt (entomologist, 1823-1886), of which Charles Darwin said...
Zweite umgearbeitete und vermehrte Auflage Leipzig (Verlag des Bibliographischen Instituts) 1876-79. Vierte Abtheilung — Wirbellose Thiere. Erster Band 1877: Die Insekten, Tausendfüßler und Spinnen. XXX, 710 p. / PART 1 (until p. 569). This second edition of "Brehms Thierleben" is enriched with illustrations by Gustav Mützel (1839-1893) and Eduard Oscar Schmidt (entomologist,...
Zweite umgearbeitete und vermehrte Auflage Leipzig (Verlag des Bibliographischen Instituts) 1876-79. Vierte Abtheilung — Wirbellose Thiere. Erster Band 1877: Die Insekten, Tausendfüßler und Spinnen. XXX, 710 p. / PART 2 (pp. 570-711)
Skyhorse Publishing, 2014. — 224 p. — ISBN10: 1629144584. — ISBN13: 978-1629144580 The most comprehensive guide to reading the signs and tracks of dozens of animals! “To derive the greatest pleasure from the pursuit of game,” Brunner writes in the foreword to this classic hunting guide, “it is necessary to be versed in the science of interpreting the meaning of tracks and...
Csiro, 2017. — 630 p. — ISBN10: 1486307620. Echinoderms - including feather stars, sea stars, brittle stars, sea urchins and sea cucumbers - are some of the most beautiful and interesting animals in the sea. They play an important ecological role, and several species of sea urchins and sea cucumbers form the basis of important fisheries. Over 1000 species live in Australian...
Academic Press, 2020. — 616 p. — (Biodiversity of the World: Conservation from Genes to Landscapes). — ISBN: 978-0-12-815507-3. This book brings together experts from around the world to document the most up-to-date scientific knowledge on pangolins and their conservation. It chronicles threats facing the species, explores the current initiatives required to protect them, and...
Digital Edition. — Princeton University Press, 2016. — 544 p. — (Princeton Field Guides). — ISBN: 978-0691139753. The Arctic Guide presents the traveler and naturalist with a portable, authoritative guide to the flora and fauna of earth's northernmost region. Featuring superb color illustrations, this one-of-a-kind book covers the complete spectrum of wildlife--more than 800...
Princeton University Press, 2016. — 544 p. "The Arctic Guide" presents the traveler and naturalist with a portable, authoritative guide to the flora and fauna of earth's northernmost region. Featuring superb color illustrations, this one-of-a-kind book covers the complete spectrum of wildlife — more than 800 species of plants, fishes, butterflies, birds, and mammals — that...
Princeton University Press, 2016. — 544 p. "The Arctic Guide" presents the traveler and naturalist with a portable, authoritative guide to the flora and fauna of earth's northernmost region. Featuring superb color illustrations, this one-of-a-kind book covers the complete spectrum of wildlife — more than 800 species of plants, fishes, butterflies, birds, and mammals — that...
Princeton University Press, 2016. — 544 p. "The Arctic Guide" presents the traveler and naturalist with a portable, authoritative guide to the flora and fauna of earth's northernmost region. Featuring superb color illustrations, this one-of-a-kind book covers the complete spectrum of wildlife — more than 800 species of plants, fishes, butterflies, birds, and mammals — that...
Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, 2004. — 227 p. Animal Diversity, as a part of the Glencoe Science 15-Book Series, provides students with accurate and comprehensive coverage of the animal kingdom. The strong content coverage integrates a wide range of hands-on experiences, critical-thinking opportunities, and real-world applications. The modular approach allows you to mix and match books...
Springer, 2016. — 473 p. — ISBN10: 9811015929. — ISBN13: 978-9811015922. Acarology - the study of mites and ticks, is a subdiscipline of Zoology, and is many times considered in the field of Entomology (the study of insects). Mites and ticks are distributed throughout the world and inhabit almost every ecosystem (both terrestrial and aquatic) including grassland soils. More...
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2015. — 312 p. — ISBN13: 978-0691169781. While we joke that men are from Mars and women are from Venus, our gender differences can't compare to those of many other animals. For instance, the male garden spider spontaneously dies after mating with a female more than fifty times his size. And male blanket octopuses employ a copulatory arm...
University of Chicago Press, 2018. — 212 p. — ISBN10: 022647593X, 13 978-0226475936. Few things get our compassion flowing like the sight of suffering. But our response is often shaped by our ability to empathize with others. Some people respond to the suffering of only humans or to one person's plight more than another's. Others react more strongly to the suffering of an...
InTech, March 23, 2012. - 206 p. ISBN: 978-953-51-0360-8. The present book is not a classical manual on Zoology and the reader should not expect to find the usual treatment of animal groups. As a consequence, some people may feel disappointed when consulting the index, mainly if searching for something that is considered standard. But the reader, if interested in Zoology,...
Springer, 2017. — 260 p. — ISBN: 978-3-319-57023-5. This book will take you on an exciting journey made up of texts and images. Spectacular, large-scale photographs printed on double pages and accompanied by explanatory texts will arouse the reader’s curiosity about evolution’s accomplishments in the world of flying: from the botanical air fleet (pollen grains, flying seeds…),...
Fulcrum Publishing, 1997. - 272 p. This long-awaited, new and expanded edition provides invaluable information to any homeowner who seeks to live in harmony with the wildlife in his backyard and in his community. Wild Neighbors provides practical, humane, and effective advice on how to share living space with 35 of the most common species, from alligators to woodpeckers, found...
3e édition. — Dunod, 2008. — 135 p. Les ouvrages de la série " Atlas " sont abondamment illustrés de photographies en microscopies optique ou électronique et de schémas explicatifs. Destinés en priorité aux étudiants en licences ou préparant des concours (PCEM, classes préparatoires, CAPES...), ces ouvrages de référence sont aussi utiles aux étudiants en Master et aux...
14 Edition.— McGraw-Hill, 2009. — 928 p. — ISBN 978–0–07–297004–3. Emphasizing the central role of evolution in generating diversity, this best-selling text describes animal life and the fascinating adaptations that enable animals to inhabit so many ecological niches. Featuring high quality illustrations and photographs set within an engaging narrative, Integrated Principles of...
New York: McGraw-Hill, 2002. — 457 p. This is the third edition of Animal Diversity, and presents a survey of the animal kingdom with emphasis on diversity, evolutionary relationships, functional adaptations, and environmental interactions. It is tailored for a one-semester or one-quarter course and is appropriate for both non-science and science majors.
Mc-Graw Hill, 1999. – 942 p. ISBN: 8448602056 Hay dos clases de textos científicos: los que “explotan” y rápidamente desaparecen, soto fuegos de artificio que se agocan en si mismos, y los que perduran a lo largo de los años, brillando con luz propia edición tras edición. Este libro, "nuestro" Hickman. ha alcanzado la décima de las suyas de forma especialmente brillante....
Seventeenth Edition. — McGraw-Hill Education, 2017. — 913 p. — ISBN: 978-1-259-56231-0. Emphasizing the central role of evolution in generating diversity, this best-selling text describes animal life and the fascinating adaptations that enable animals to inhabit so many ecological niches. Featuring high quality illustrations and photographs set within an engaging...
McGraw-Hill Sciene, 2000. - 928 p. Emphasizing the central role of evolution in generating diversity, this best-selling text describes animal life and the fascinating adaptations that enable animals to inhabit so many ecological niches. Featuring high quality illustrations and photographs set within an engaging narrative, Integrated Principles of Zoology is considered the...
McGraw-Hill Sciene, 2000. - 928 p. Emphasizing the central role of evolution in generating diversity, this best-selling text describes animal life and the fascinating adaptations that enable animals to inhabit so many ecological niches. Featuring high quality illustrations and photographs set within an engaging narrative, Integrated Principles of Zoology is considered the...
Oxford University Press, 2011. — 246 p. — (Very Short Introductions). The animal world is immensely diverse, and our understanding of it has been greatly enhanced by molecular biology and the study of evolution and development ("evo-devo"). Moreover, groundbreaking research on genes, and especially key families of genes such as the Homeobox genes which control the development...
Rosen Publishing Group, 2011. - 64 p. Introduction to Biology Distinguished by their highly developed mental faculties and their capacity for reason, humans are often said to reign sovereign in the animal kingdom. With their complex interactions, intricate social structures, and extensive range of displayed emotions, however, all creatures can be said to contribute uniquely to...
Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2005. - 176 p. Animals (Short Course B) is a textbook that engages middle school students in science through an accessible design, student-friendly narrative, and vivid visuals. A multitude of activities reinforce and extend students understanding of life science content.
Oxford University Press, 2019. — 192 p. Anthrozoology, the study of human-animal interactions (HAIs), has experienced substantial growth during the past 20 years and it is now timely to synthesise what we know from empirical evidence about our relationships with both domesticated and wild animals. Two principal points of focus have become apparent in much of this research. One...
K.: Akademperiodyka, 2008. — 290 p. — ISBN: 978-966-360-111-3. This book is devoted to review of fauna of mites of family Scutacaridae ( Acari: Heterostigmata ) in territory of former USSR. The basic purpose of this book is to show the large diversity of species of Scutacaridae of the Eastern Palearctic and to identify these mites to species. Here the descriptions and figures...
Second Edition, Academic Press, 2012. - 513 p. ISBN: 0123868998 The second edition of Manual of Techniques in Invertebrate Pathology is written by an international group of experts that contribute a broad array of techniques for the identification, isolation, culture, bioassay, propagation, and storage of the major groups of entomopathogens. The manual provides general and...
A Bradford Book, 1996. — 644 p. — (Complex Adaptive Systems). — ISBN10: 0262631784, 13 978-0262631785. The Animals to Animats Conference brings together researchers from ethology, psychology, ecology, artificial intelligence, artificial life, robotics, engineering, and related fields to further understanding of the behaviors and underlying mechanisms that allow natural and...
Wageningen Academic, 2016. — 271 p. — ISBN10: 9086862608, 13 978-9086862603. Killing animals is common practice, yet it is not morally neutral. The end of animal life is related to many societal and ethical questions and concerns. Questions such as how long should we continue to treat an animal before putting it down? But also the question whether it could be legitimate to kill...
5th ed. — McGraw-Hill, 2001. — 538 p. — ISBN: 0072504943 This Book is not only useful for those who are doing MSc in zoology, but it is useful for other competitive exams also like CSS, and it can be used as a reference book by Bsc students. As authors, we are honored to play a key role in the instruction of future generations of zoologists, ecologists, wildlife managers, and...
5th Edition. — Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2001. — 560 p. — ISBN: 978-0072504941. The 5th edition of "Zoology" continues to offer students an introductory general zoology text that is manageable in size and adaptable to a variety of course formats. It is a principles — oriented text written for the non-majors or the combined course, presented at the freshman and sophomore level....
10th Edition. — Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2016. — 640 p. — ISBN: 0077837274. The 10th edition of Zoology continues to offer students an introductory general zoology text that is manageable in size and adaptable to a variety of course formats. It is a principles-oriented text written for the non-majors or the combined course, presented at the freshman and sophomore level. Introducing...
CAB International, 2010. — 1082 p. Welfare research has established a range of scientific indicators of stress, welfare and suffering in animals that can be applied to all aspects of improving their welfare through good housing and management, and the topic continues to grow in importance among both professionals and the public. The practical focus of this authoritative,...
InTech, 2013. — 140 p. — ISBN13: 978-9535110750. This book provides convincing reasons which explain sex differences. The book also shows that, even if considered that some living things do not have sex differences, in reality they do. The somewhat different data on sex differences in this book will offer new ideas not only to life scientists and biologists, but social and...
2nd ed. — Cambridge University Press, 2017. — 264 p. — ISBN10: 1107052254. — ISBN13: 978-1107052253. How do animals communicate using sounds? How did animal vocal communication arise and evolve? Exploring a new way to conceptualize animal communication, this new edition moves beyond an earlier emphasis on the role of senders in managing receiver behaviour, to examine how...
Princeton University Press, 2013. — 272 p. — ISBN13: 978-0691157535. This beautifully illustrated field guide enables you to easily identify the tracks and signs left by a wide variety of mammal and bird species found in Britain and Europe, covering behaviors ranging from hunting, foraging, and feeding to courtship, breeding, and nesting. Introductory chapters offer detailed...
Springer, 1983. — 217 p. — ISBN: 3-540-13353-4. A wealth of information on osmotic and ionic reaulation in Estuarine and Marine Animals has been accumulated over the past decades. Beyond early studies of whole-animal responses to changes in environmental salinities, efforts have been made later on to identify, to localize and to characterize the organs and structures...
Princeton University Press, 2014. — 304 p. — ISBN10: 0691153825. — ISBN13: 978-0691153827. — Princeton Pocket Guides This is the first comprehensive illustrated guide to the natural world of the Caribbean islands. It contains 600 vivid color images featuring 451 species of plants, birds, mammals, fish, seashells, and much more. While the guide primarily looks at the most...
2nd ed. — Oxford University Press, 2013. — 504 p. — ISBN: 019974405X, 9780199744053. Biology of Ticks is the most comprehensive work on tick biology and tick-borne diseases. This second edition is a multi-authored work, featuring the research and analyses of renowned experts across the globe. Spanning two volumes, the book examines the systematics, biology, structure,...
2nd ed. — Oxford University Press, 2013. — 557 p. — ISBN: 019974405X, 9780199744053. Biology of Ticks is the most comprehensive work on tick biology and tick-borne diseases. This second edition is a multi-authored work, featuring the research and analyses of renowned experts across the globe. Spanning two volumes, the book examines the systematics, biology, structure,...
Tamil nadu textbook corporation, Government of Tamilnadu, 2005. — 247 p. This book has been prepared with an idea that on completion of thecourse, the student can opt for any field related to the Biological Sciences in his / her higher studies. A foundation for learning various subjects had already been provided in the lower classes through appropriate revisions in the...
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1951. — 832 p. This text is general introduction to zoology at the college and university level. The subject matter is arranged to facilitate readings with either lectures or laboratory work and for reference use. Part I deals with general principles of animal biology. After a brief introduction and some history of zoology, the frog is discussed...
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