Zoology & animal sciences
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Zoology & animal sciences
Hardback. Explores the strikingly similar ways in which information is encoded in nonverbal man-made signals and animal-evolved signals. This book also considers some coding principles for reducing certain unwanted redundancies and explains how desirable redundancies enhance communication reliability. Num Pages: 272 pages, 25 line illustrations, 14 tables. BIC Classification: GTE; PSVP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674027954
- ISBN
- 9780674027954
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.63
€ 80.63
Paperback. Examines how the environment shapes the way an animal processes information and makes decisions, and how constraints imposed on nervous systems affect an animal's activities. To help answer these questions, this text integrates evolutionary ecology and cognitive science. Num Pages: 428 pages, 97 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JMR; PSAJ; PSVP; PSVS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 233 x 29. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226169330
- ISBN
- 9780226169330
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.53
€ 72.53
Paperback. Num Pages: 60 pages, b/w illus & tables. BIC Classification: PSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 6. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 60
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781616682934
- ISBN
- 9781616682934
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.63€ 50.67
€ 71.63
€ 50.67
Paperback. Fish travel in schools, birds migrate in flocks, honeybees swarm, and ants build trails. How and why do these collective behaviors occur? Exploring how coordinated group patterns emerge from individual interactions, this work reveals why animals produce group behaviors and examines their evolution across a range of species. Num Pages: 312 pages, 7 halftones. 61 line illus. 3 tables. BIC Classification: PSVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691148434
- ISBN
- 9780691148434
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.79
€ 74.79
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, col. Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; PSVW6; WNCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820338286
- ISBN
- 9780820338286
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.60
€ 30.99
€ 28.60
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, col. Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; PSVW6; WNCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820338255
- ISBN
- 9780820338255
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.24
€ 26.99
€ 25.24
Hardback. Spiders are among the most diverse groups of terrestrial invertebrates, yet they are among the least studied and understood. Suitable for curious naturalists who want to understand this ubiquitous and ecologically critical component of our biosphere, this introduction to spider biology and anatomy explains spider relationships. Illustrator(s): Buchanan, Steve. Num Pages: 288 pages, 88 color illustrations, 25 b/w photographs, 27 line illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KB; PSVT7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 187 x 261 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1174. 288 pages, illustrations. Illustrator(s): Buchanan, Steve. Spiders are among the most diverse groups of terrestrial invertebrates, yet they are among the least studied and understood. Suitable for curious naturalists who want to understand this ubiquitous and ecologically critical component of our biosphere, this introduction to spider biology and anatomy explains spider relationships. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KB; PSVT7. Dimension: 187 x 261 x 26. Weight: 1166.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520274884
- ISBN
- 9780520274884
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.51
€ 112.51
hardcover. Num Pages: 268 pages, figures, tables, 24 colour plates. BIC Classification: PSAF; PSVW6. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 250 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- New India Publishing Agency India
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789380235165
- ISBN
- 9789380235165
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.12
€ 164.12
Paperback. Succinct, highly readable and thought provoking, this important new text is designed to raise awareness of the potential economic impact of companion animals in the UK. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFFZ; MZC; MZDH; PSV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 201 x 12. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786391728
- ISBN
- 9781786391728
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.40
€ 34.40
Paperback. Presenting the major principles of nutrition of both domestic and wild animals, this book takes a comparative approach, recognising that there are considerable differences in nutrient digestion, metabolism and requirements among various mammalian and avian species. Num Pages: 352 pages, 218 illustrations. BIC Classification: MZL; PSV; TVH. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 241 x 189 x 23. Weight in Grams: 978. 352 pages, 218 illustrations. Presenting the major principles of nutrition of both domestic and wild animals, this book takes a comparative approach, recognising that there are considerable differences in nutrient digestion, metabolism and requirements among various mammalian and avian species. Cateogry: (UF) Further/Higher Education. BIC Classification: MZL; PSV; TVH. Dimension: 241 x 189 x 23. Weight: 958.
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845936310
- ISBN
- 9781845936310
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.61
€ 77.61
Hardcover. Editor(s): Prosser, C. Ladd. Series: Comparative animal physiology. Num Pages: 786 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: PSVD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 258 x 180 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1357.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Number of pages
- 786
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471560715
- ISBN
- 9780471560715
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 477.02
€ 477.02
Paperback. Here is a uniquely modern approach to the study of physiological diversity that builds on the tradition established by C. Ladd Prosser's Comparative Animal Physiology. Responding to the need for a rigorously up-to-date, comprehensive survey of function and integrative systems in a variety of species, which is also easily accessible to the user, Dr. Num Pages: 592 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: PSAJ; PSVD; PSVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 250 x 190 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1086.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471857679
- ISBN
- 9780471857679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 558.00
€ 558.00
Hardback. Num Pages: 640 pages, 11 halftones. 250 line illus. 40 tables. BIC Classification: MFGV; PSVD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 255 x 209 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1704.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Second
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691155661
- ISBN
- 9780691155661
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.83
€ 134.83
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107648319
- ISBN
- 9781107648319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.56
€ 59.56
Paperback. A photographic atlas of common North American animal bones designed for use as a laboratory and field guide by the forensic scientist or archaeologist. Num Pages: 460 pages, Approx. 592 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; MMQ; PSVD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 202 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1190.
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 460
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Spi
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780123884374
- ISBN
- 9780123884374
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.96
€ 75.96
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849057431
- ISBN
- 9781849057431
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.93
€ 39.93
Paperback. Num Pages: 688 pages, 228 black & white illustrations, 59 black & white tables, 22 black & white halftones, 206. BIC Classification: JM; PSVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 688
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138788152
- ISBN
- 9781138788152
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 92.68
€ 92.68
Hardcover. Provides an exciting new synthesis and integrative understanding of brain evolution based on new insights in the exploding field of evolutionary developmental biology. * Discusses recent homology concepts (i.e. , sameness of characteristics across animal groups). Num Pages: 744 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAN; PSVW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 284 x 220 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1948.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 744
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471210054
- ISBN
- 9780471210054
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 287.78
€ 287.78
Hardcover. Num Pages: 334 pages, colour & b/w illus. BIC Classification: PSVW6; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 288 x 227 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1740.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Canada
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888392534
- ISBN
- 9780888392534
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.92€ 53.55
€ 58.92
€ 53.55
Hardcover. A comprehensive, in-depth study of North American waterfowl. This study is covered in three lavishly illustrated volumes. Volume II covers ducks of the deeper waters, often salty, who have marvelously adapted themselves to feeding below the surface, sometimes at incredible depths. Num Pages: 280 pages, 107 color plates/680 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; PSVW6. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 225 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1348.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Pub Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887400261
- ISBN
- 9780887400261
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 31.52
€ 47.99
€ 31.52