Adaptive Genetic Variation in the Wild

Edited by Timothy Mousseau, Barry Sinervo and John Endler

Fine selection of papers from leading authors, summarising the state of current understanding of the extent of genetic variation within wild populations and the ways to ....

Advanced Distance Sampling

Estimating Abundance of Biological Populations

ST Buckland, DR Anderson, KP Burnham, JL Laake, DL Borchers and L Thomas

This advanced text focuses on the uses of distance sampling to estimate the density and abundance of biological populations. It addresses new methodologies, new technologies ....

Against Extinction

The Story of Conservation

William M Adams

The story of conservation from its origins in 1903, when the Society for the Preservation of the Wild Fauna of the Empire was founded in London, to the present day ....

Aging of the Genome

The Dual Role of DNA in Life and Death

Jan Vijg

Aging has long since been ascribed to the gradual accumulation of DNA mutations in the genome of somatic cells. However, it is only recently that the necessary sophisticated ....

Alien Species and Evolution

The Evolutionary Ecology of Exotic Plants, Animals, Microbes and Interacting Native Species

George W Cox

Reviews and synthesises emerging information on the evolutionary changes that occur in plants, animals, and microbial organisms when they colonise new geographical areas, and ....

The Altruism Equation

Seven Scientists Search for the Origins of Goodness

Lee Alan Dugatkin

In a world supposedly governed by ruthless survival of the fittest, why do we see acts of goodness in both animals and humans? This problem plagued Charles Darwin in the 1850s ....

Amazing Numbers in Biology

Rainer Flindt

With hundreds of tables and over 10,000 entries anyone who works or studies in the life sciences or those with a curious mind will find exact answers to many questions ....

Analysis of Phylogenetics and Evolution with R

Emmanuel Paradis

This book integrates a wide variety of data analysis methods into a single and flexible interface: the R language, an open source language is available for a wide range of ....

The Ancestor's Tale

A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Life

Richard Dawkins

Dawkins's definitive work - a pilgrimage back through time to explore the history of life. Told largely in a series of tales by a wide variety of creatures, it demonstrates ....

Ancestral Sequence Reconstruction

Edited by David A Liberles

Ancestral sequence reconstruction is a technique of growing importance in molecular biology and comparative genomics. As a powerful technique for both testing evolutionary ....

Animal Architects

Building and the Evolution of Intelligence

James L Gould and Carol Grant Gould

Examines animal architecture across a range of species, from those whose blueprints are largely innate (such as spiders and their webs) to those whose challenging structures ....

Animal Behaviour

An Evolutionary Approach

J Alcock

New edition of this standard text. ....

Animal Signals

John Maynard-Smith and David Harper

John Maynard-Smith is one of the most influential scientists of his generation and his theories have transformed our understanding of animal behaviour, whilst David Harper is ....

Anthropological Genetics

Theory, Methods, and Applications

Edited by Michael Crawford

Anthropological genetics is a field that has been in existence since the 1960s and has been growing within medical schools and academic departments, such as anthropology and ....

Antipredator Defences in Birds and Mammals

T Caro

Authoritative synthesis of what has been learned about predator defences in birds and mammals over the last century. ....

Applied Palaeontology

Robert Wynn Jones

Palaeontology has developed from a descriptive science to an analytical science used to interpret relationships between earth and life history. Applied Palaeontology adopts a ....

Archaea

Evolution, Physiology and Molecular Biology

Roger Garrett and Hans-Peter Klenk

Introduced by Crafoord Prize winner Carl Woese, this volume combines reviews of the major developments in archaeal research over the past 10-15 years with more specialized ....

Assembling the Tree of Life

Edited by J Cracraft and MJ Donoghue

Provides an authoritative synthesis of knowledge about the history of life. All the major groups of organisms are treated, by the leading workers in their fields. An ....

The Atlas of Climate Change

Mapping the World's Greatest Challenge

Kirstin Dow and Thomas E Downing

Today's headlines and recent events reflect the seriousness of climate change. Heat waves, droughts, and flooding are causing deaths among vulnerable populations, ....

Australia's Mammal Extinctions

A 50,000 Year History

Chris Johnson

Of the forty mammal species known to have vanished in the world in the last 200 years, almost half have been Australian. The continent has the worst record of mammal ....

Avoiding Attack

The Evolutionary Ecology of Crypsis, Warning Signals and Mimicry

G Ruxton, T Sherratt and M Speed

This book discusses the evolution of the mechanisms by which prey avoid attack by their potential predators and questions how such defences are maintained through natural ....

Bat Ecology

Edited by Thomas H Kunz and M Brock Fenton

New paperback edition of this essential text on bat ecology. ....

Battle of the Genomes

The Struggle for Survival in a Microbial World

HM Lachman

We live in a microbial world populated by millions of species of bacteria, viruses, fungi and protozoa. Peaceful coexistence usually prevails. Occasionally, though, a ....

Bayesian Methods for Ecology

Michael A McCarthy

The interest in using Bayesian methods in ecology is increasing, however many ecologists have difficulty with conducting the required analyses. McCarthy bridges that gap, using ....

The Beetles of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador

Evolution, Ecology, and Diversity (Insecta: Coleoptera)

Stewart B. Peck

This book is a synthesis of both previously published information and abundant new data derived from extensive recent field studies on Galapagos beetles, and is a companion to ....

The Behavior of Animals

Mechanisms, Function and Evolution

Edited by Johan Bolhuis and Luc-Alain Giraldeau

This book draws on the work of the pioneering Dutch Ecologist, Niko Tinbergen. It addresses all four of Tinbergen's key questions: causation, development, function and ....

Beyond Conservation

A Wildland Strategy

Peter Taylor

A much needed visionary book that reappraises current wildlands strategy in Britain, and makes recommendations on how existing wild areas can be managed, and expanded and ....

Biodiversity

An Introduction

Kevin J Gaston and John I Spicer

This primer is designed for undergraduate students taking short courses in biodiversity and aims to provide an overview of the subject, as well as acting as an entry point to ....

Biodiversity Databases

Techniques, Politics, and Applications

Gordon Curry and Chris Humphries

Computing and database management has shifted from cottage industry-style methods - the small independent researcher keeping records for a particular project - to ....

Biodiversity Planning and Design

Sustainable Practices

Jack Ahern, Elisabeth Leduc and Mary Lee York

How do you measure biodiversity, and why should landscape architects and planners care? What are the essential issues, the clearest terminology, and the most effective methods ....

Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning

Synthesis and Perspectives

Edited by Michel Loreau, Shahid Naeem and Pablo Inchausti

How does loss of biodiversity affect the functioning and stability of natural and managed ecosystems? This book presents empirical and theoretical research on this ....

Biogeography

Mark V Lomolino, James H Brown and Brett R Riddle

First published in 1983, this is is one of the most comprehensive textbooks on biogeography. This new third edition is a substantial update. ....

Biogeography

An Ecological and Evolutionary Approach

CB Cox and PD Moore

The latest edition of this highly successful and popular textbook has been completely revised and updated to include the latest developments in biogeography. It offers ....

Biogeography in a Changing World

Edited by Malte C Ebach and Raymond S Tangney

This is the first volume to fully investigate this rapidly emerging subdiscipline. In addition to providing a critique and an historical perspective, Biogeography in a ....

A Biologist's Guide to Mathematical Modeling in Ecology and Evolution

Sarah P Otto and Troy Day

Thirty years ago, biologists could get by with a rudimentary grasp of mathematics and modeling. Not so today. In seeking to answer fundamental questions about how biological ....

Biology of Floral Scent

Edited by Natalia Dudreva and Eran Pichersky

Serving as the first book of its kind, Biology of Floral Scent provides comprehensive coverage of state-of-the-art floral scent research. This book explores the major aspects ....

Bioluminescence

Chemical Principles and Methods

Osamu Shimomura

This book, written by a distinguished scientist in the field, provides a comprehensive overview of the biochemical aspects of all luminous organisms currently known. It is the ....

Biometry

Robert Sokal

This easily understood but rigorous introduction to biological statistics is a standard text and valuable reference for anyone doing scientific research. The fourth edition has ....

Biostratigraphy

Microfossils and Geological Time

Brian McGowran

In modern geochronology - timescale-building and making correlations between oceans, continents and hemispheres - the microfossil record of speciations and extinctions is ....

Bird Coloration, Volume 1

Mechanisms and Measurements

Edited by Geoffrey E Hill and Kevin J McGraw

It has been more than 40 years since the mechanisms of color production of birds have been reviewed and synthesized and in those 40 years new pigments have been discovered, ....

Bird Coloration, Volume 2

Function and Evolution

Edited by Geoffrey E Hill and Kevin J McGraw

In this companion volume to "Bird Coloration: Volume 1, Mechanisms and Measurements", Geoffrey E. Hill and Kevin J. McGraw have assembled some of the world's leading experts ....

Birds and Climate Change

Edited by Anders Moller, Wolfgang Fiedler and P Berthold

Temperature and other climate variables are currently changing at a dramatic rate. As observations have shown, these climatic changes have serious consequences for all ....

Birds in Europe

Population Estimates, Trends and Conservation Status

BirdLife International

New review of bird conservation compiled by Ian Burfield and Frans van Bommel ....

The Blind Watchmaker

Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design

Richard Dawkins

20th anniversary edition of one of the most influential works on evolution written in the last hundred years, The Blind Watchmaker offers an inspiring and accessible ....

Body Size

The Structure and Function of Aquatic Ecosystems

Edited by Alan Hildrew, David Raffaelli and Ronni Edmonds-Brown

Ecologists have long struggled to predict features of ecological systems, such as the numbers and diversity of organisms. The wide range of body sizes in ecological ....

Building a Successful Career in Scientific Research

A Guide for PhD Students and Postdocs

Phil Dee

From PhD student to post-doc, Phil Dee has been sharing his career experiences with fellow scientists in his regular and acclaimed Science Next Wave column since 2000. Now ....

The Cambridge Dictionary of Human Biology and Evolution

Larry L Mai, Marcus Young Owl and M Patricia Kersting

Invaluable research and study tool for both professionals and students covering a broad range of subjects within human biology, physical anthropology, anatomy, auxology, ....

The Changing Role of the Embryo in Evolutionary Thought

Roots of Evo-Devo

Ron Amundson

In this book Ron Amundson examines two hundred years of scientific views on the evolution-development relationship from the perspective of evolutionary developmental ....

The Chemistry of Evolution

The Development of our Ecosystem

RJP Williams and JJR Frausto Da Silva

Conventionally, evolution has always been described in terms of species. The Chemistry of Evolution takes a novel, not to say revolutionary, approach and examines the ....

Choosing and Using Statistics

A Biologist's Guide

Calvin Dytham

A handbook for biologists who want to process their data through a statistical package on the computer, to select the most appropriate methods, and extract the important ....

The Chosen Species

The Long March of Human Evolution

Juan Luis Arsuaga and Ignacio Martinez

This engaging book tells the story of human evolution, asking if man is indeed the "chosen species" or merely an evolutionary accident. ....

Cladistics

A Practical Primer on CD-ROM

Peter Skelton, Andrew Smith and Neale Monks

CD-ROM providing a complete self-study introductory course in plylogenetic reconstruction using cladistic analysis. The CD is fully interactive and includes ....

Climate Change and Biodiversity

Edited by Thomas E Lovejoy and Lee Hannah

Comprehensive assessment of the state of knowledge on climate change and biodiversity, an essential reference, and now available in paperback. ....

Cognitive Ecology of Pollination

Animal Behaviour and Floral Evolution

Edited by L Chittka and JD Thomson

Important breakthroughs have recently been made in our understanding of the cognitive and sensory abilities of pollinators: how pollinators perceive, memorise and react to ....

Collapse

How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive

Jared Diamond

Jared Diamond investigates the fate of past human societies, and the lessons for our own future. What happened to the people who built the ruined temples of Angkor Wat, the ....

Collins Bird Guide

Lars Svensson, Killian Mullarney, Dan Zetterstrom and Peter J Grant

Written by one Europe's leading ornithologists and illustrated by two of the world's finest bird illustrators - Killian Mullarney and Dan Zetterstrom ( with a translation by ....

Collins Field Guide to the Mammals of Britain and Europe

David MacDonald

Re-release of David MacDonald's definitive field guide to over 230 species of mammal found in Europe and the surrounding seas. ....

Collins Field Guide to the Reptiles and Amphibians of Britain and Europe

Nick Arnold

Describes and illustrates all the British and European species of Salamander, frogs and tree frogs, toads, tortoises, turtles, and terrapins, geckoes, agamas, lizards, and ....

Collins Field Guide to the Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe

Michael J Roberts

Major identification guide to 450 species of spider, designed for easy use without any complicated keys or equipment. Each species is described in detail and illustrated in ....

Collins Pocket Guide: Freshwater Life of Britain and Northern Europe

Malcolm Greenhalgh and Denys Ovenden

A beautifully illustrated guide to the wide variety of species found in rivers, streams, lakes and ponds in Britain and Europe. ....

Collins Tree Guide

Owen Johnson and David More

Published in the same format as the bestselling Collins Bird Guide, the Collins Tree Guide is a definitive, fully-illustrated guide to the trees of Britain and ....

Coming to Life

How Genes Drive Development

Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard

Coming to Life is a remarkable journey through developmental biology to reveal the current state of knowledge of the microscopic world of cells, in particular in relation ....

Communities and Ecosystems

Linking the Aboveground and Belowground Components

David A Wardle

Wardle integrates a vast body of literature from numerous fields - including population ecology, ecosystem ecology, ecophysiology, ecological theory, soil science, and ....

Community Ecology

Peter J Morin

Standard textbook for community ecology and population, and community ecology courses. Revised edition in preparation, due to be published at the end of 2007. ....

Complex Population Dynamics

A Theoretical/Empirical Synthesis

Peter Turchin

By bringing together mathematical models, statistical analyses, and field experiments, this book offers a comprehensive new synthesis of the theory of population oscillations. ....

Compositional Evolution

The Impact of Sex, Symbiosis, and Modularity on the Gradualist Framework of Evolution

Richard A Watson

No biological concept has had greater impact on the way we view ourselves and the world around us than the theory of evolution by natural selection. Darwin's masterful ....

Computational Molecular Evolution

Ziheng Yang

The field of molecular evolution has experienced explosive growth in recent years due to the rapid accumulation of genetic sequence data, continuous improvements to computer ....

Conceptual Issues in Evolutionary Biology

Second Edition

Edited by E Sober

These essays by leading scientists and philosophers address conceptual issues that arise in the theory and practice of evolutionary biology. The third edition of this widely ....

Concise Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland

M Townsend and P Waring

Nearly all the resident and migrant British and Irish species of macro-moths have been illustrated and described in this portable guide. Concise field descriptions written by ....

Connectivity Conservation

Edited by Kevin R Crooks and M Sanjayan

One of the biggest threats to the survival of many plant and animal species is the destruction or fragmentation of their natural habitats. The conservation of landscape ....

Conservation

Clive Hambler

Accessible introduction to conservation biology and the practical application of conservation techniques, which will act as an aid to both learning and field work. It ....

Conservation Across Borders

Biodiversity in an Interdependent World

Charles C Chester

Conservationists have long been aware that political boundaries rarely coincide with natural boundaries. From the establishment of early "peace parks" to the designation of ....

The Conservation Handbook

Research, Management and Policy

William J Sutherland

Textbooks on the principles of conservation biology abound, but how does one put this theoretical knowledge into practice? The aim of The Conservation Handbook is to ....

The Conservation Professional's Guide to Working with People

Scott A Bonar

Successful natural resource management is much more than good science; it requires working with landowners, meeting deadlines, securing funding, supervising staff, and ....

Conservation and the Genetics of Populations

Fred W Allendorf and Gordon Luikart

Comprehensive overview of the essential background, concepts, and tools needed to understand how genetic information can be used to develop conservation plans for species ....

Conservation of Exploited Species

Edited by John D Reynolds, Georgina M Mace, Kent H Redford and John G Robinson

Brings together international experts to examine interactions between the biology of wildlife and the divergent goals of people involved in hunting, fishing, gathering and ....

Conservation of Wildlife Populations

Demography, Genetics, and Management

L Scott Mills

Conservation of Wildlife Populations provides an accessible introduction to the most relevant concepts and principles for solving real-world management problems in ....

Consumer-Resource Dynamics

William W Murdoch, Cheryl J Briggs and Roger M Nisbet

The core of the book synthesizes and extends the authors' own models involving insect parasitoids and their hosts, and explores in depth how consumer species compete for a ....

Corridor Ecology

The Science and Practice of Linking Landscapes for Biodiversity Conservation

Jodi A Hilty, William Z Lidicker and Adina M Merenlender

"Corridor Ecology" presents guidelines that combine conservation science and practical experience for maintaining, enhancing, and creating connectivity between natural areas ....

The Cultured Chimpanzee

Reflections on Cultural Primatology

William C McGrew

Explores the astonishing variation in chimpanzee behaviour across their range, which cannot be explained by individual learning, genetic or environmental influences. The ....

DNA and Tissue Banking for Biodiversity and Conservation

Theory, Practice and Uses

Edited by Vincent Savolainen, Martyn P Powell, Kate Davis et al

The world is facing a biodiversity crisis of unprecedented magnitude. Unless there are radical changes in human behaviour, we can expect significant and alarming species loss ....

Darwin and the Barnacle

The Story of One Tiny Creature and History's Most Spectacular Scientific Breakthrough

Rebecca Scott

Beautifully written story of how genius sometimes proceeds through indirection, and how one small creature proved the theory behind history's most spectacular scientific ....

Darwin's Fishes

An Encyclopedia of Ichthyology, Ecology and Evolution

Daniel Pauly

Everything Charles Darwin ever wrote about fishes is assembled and presented here as an encyclopedia of evolutionary ichthyology. Entries were extracted from Darwin's books, ....

Darwin's Origin of Species

A Biography

Janet Browne

No book has changed our understanding of ourselves more than "Darwin's Origin of Species". It caused a sensation on its first day of publication in 1859 and went on to ....

Darwinian Reductionism

Or, How to Stop Worrying and Love Molecular Biology

Alex Rosenberg

After the discovery of the structure of DNA in 1953, scientists working in molecular biology embraced reductionism-the theory that all complex systems can be understood in ....

Darwinism and its Discontents

Michael Ruse

Presenting an ardent defence of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, this book offers a clear and comprehensive exposition of Darwin's thinking. Michael Ruse brings the story ....

Dawkins vs. Gould

Survival of the Fittest

Kim Sterelny

Sterelny moves beyond caricature to expose the real differences between the conceptions of evolution of these two leading scientists. He shows that the conflict extends beyond ....

Dawn of the Dinosaurs

Life in the Triassic

Nicholas C Fraser

During the Triassic, the Earth took its first steps toward the creation of modern terrestrial ecosystems. This exciting period is brought vividly to life in the words of ....

Deconstructing Olduvai

A Taphonomic Study of the Bed I Sites

Manuel Dominguez-Rodrigo, Rebeca Barba and Charles P Egeland

The Olduvai Bed I archaeological sites, dating back to almost 2 million years, have been at the epicenter of the debate on how early humans were. The present book presents a new ....

The Deep

The Extraordinary Creatures of the Abyss

Edited by Clare Nouvian

On dry land, most organisms are confined to the surface, or at most to altitudes of a hundred meters-the height of the tallest trees. In the oceans, though, living space has ....

Demons in Eden: The Paradox of Plant Diversity

Jonathan Silvertown

Looks set to become a classic work on plant ecology. ....

The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex

Charles Darwin

Re-issue of this classic work. ....

Describing Species

Practical Taxonomic Procedure for Biologists

Judith E Winston

There are still millions of undescribed species. New species are often discovered during biological or paleontological studies: yet there is no one source a student or ....

The Development of Animal Form

Ontogeny, Morphology and Evolution

Alessandro Minelli

Uniquely integrates the wealth of data available from traditional disciplines, such as comparative morphology, with contemporary molecular genetics. The book also deals with ....

Developmental Plasticity and Evolution

Mary Jane West-Eberhard

Developmental Plasticity and Evolution is the first comprehensive synthesis on development and evolution: it applies to all aspects of development, at all levels of ....

A Dictionary of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Roger J Lincoln, Geoff A Boxshall and Paul F Clark

New edition of the most wide-ranging and comprehensive dictionary in the field, especially useful for biodiversity students. Much revised and expanded, it now includes ....

A Dictionary of Genetics

RC King, WD Stansfield and Pamela K Mulligan

Fully updated, contains 7,000 definitions, as well as a listing of relevant internet sites and databases. ....

Discovering Evolutionary Ecology

Bringing together ecology and evolution

Peter J Mayhew

Why are some kinds of organism species-rich and others species-poor? How do new species arise and why do some go extinct? Why do organisms grow and behave the way they do? This ....

The Discovery of Evolution

David Young

The Discovery of Evolution explains what the theory of evolution is all about by providing a historical narrative of discovery. Some of the major puzzles that confront ....

Do Conservation Targets Help?

Second Sibthorp Seminar

Edited by Edward Maltby, Conor Linstead and Vernon Heywood

Do Conservation Targets Help? - This question was based on an article published in Science by Soule and Sajayan, and then broadened to take a wider look at nature ....

Dodo: The Bird Behind the Legend

Alan Grihault

It took less than a hundred years of human influence in Mauritius to wipe out the Dodo. The delicate balance of nature was suddenly tipped and became a ....

The Driving Forces of Evolution

Genetic Processes in Populations

David Wool

The book gives the reader the basic tools for understanding the results of evolutionary studies, through the calculation of genetic equilibrium frequencies, mutation, ....

Ecological Census Techniques

A Handbook

Edited by William J Sutherland

The revised second edition of this bestselling text is still an invaluable aid for all those involved in field ecology and conservation. ....

Ecological Consequences of Artificial Night Lighting

Edited by Catherine Rich and Travis Longcore

While certain ecological problems associated with artificial night lighting are widely known-for instance, the disorientation of sea turtle hatchlings by beachfront ....

Ecological Corridors in Land Use Planning and Development Policies

Robert Jongman and Dana Kamphorst

Ecological Genetics

Design, Analysis and Application

Paul Ashton, Stephen Harris and Andrew Lowe

The use of molecular markers has revolutionised ecological genetics in the last 20 years. The fundamental problem facing new researchers is which of the many markers ....

Ecological Networks and Greenways

Concept, Design, Implementation

Edited by Rob Jongman and Gloria Pungetti

Provides a thorough overview of recent developments in this emerging field, combining theoretical concepts of landscape ecology with the actual practice of landscape planning ....

Ecological Niches

Linking Classic and Contemporary Approaches

Jonathan M Chase and Mathew A Leibold

Chase and Leibold define the niche as including both what an organism needs from its environment and how that organism's activities shape its environment. Drawing on the ....

Ecology and Evolution in the Tropics

A Herpetological Perspective

Edited by Maureen A Donnelly, Brian I Crother, Craig Guyer, Marvalee H Wake et al

In these essays that survey the burgeoning field of tropical herpetology, former students and associates pay tribute to Jay Savage's four decades of mentoring. Covering ....

The Ecology and Evolution of Ant-Plant Interactions

Victor Rico-Gray and Paulo S Oliveira

Ants are probably the most dominant insect group on Earth, representing ten to fifteen percent of animal biomass in terrestrial ecosystems. Flowering plants, meanwhile, owe ....

Ecology and Evolution of Cooperative Breeding in Birds

Edited by Walter Koenig and Janis Dickinson

Cooperative breeding (where individuals in addition to parents are involved) is found in only a few hundred bird species; understanding this seemingly altruistic behaviour has ....

Ecology and Evolution of Darwin's Finches

Peter R Grant

"There is poetic justice in science: this classic modern study of natural selection in operation, by Peter Grant , has been carried out with Darwin's own Galapagos finches, ....

Ecology and Evolution of Flowers

Edited by Lawrence D Harder and Spencer CH Barrett

The reproductive organs and mating biology of angiosperms exhibit greater variety than those of any other group of organisms. Flowers and inflorescences are also the most ....

The Ecology and Evolution of Inducible Defences

Edited by Ralph Tollrian and C Drew Harvell

Examines organisms as different as unicellular algae and higher vertebrates, and considers defences ranging from immune systems to protective changes in morphology, ....

Ecology of Insects

Concepts and Applications

Martin R Speight, Mark D Hunter and Allan D Watt

Provides a sound background on insect evolutionary ecology, population dynamics and environmental interactions. These concepts are subsequently applied to a number of ....

Ecology of Populations

Esa Ranta, Per Lundberg and Veijo Kaitala

The theme of the book is the distribution and abundance of organisms in space and time. The core of the book lies in how local births and deaths are tied to emigration and ....

Ecology of Wildlife Diseases

Edited by P Hudson, A Rizzoli, B Grenfell, H Heesterbeek and A Dobson

The study of epidemiology is an essential part of understanding how infectious diseases emerge, and how they affect humans, wildlife and wildlife conservation. The integration ....

Ecology of Woodlands and Forests

Description, Dynamics and Diversity

Peter A Thomas and John R Packham

Taking a functional rather than an ecosystem or a utilitarian approach, Thomas and Packham provide a concise account of the structure of woodlands and forests. Using ....

Ecology, Genetics and Evolution of Metapopulations

Edited by Ilkka A Hanski and Oscar E Gaggiotti

Looks at fragmented habitats, bringing together recent theoretical advances and empirical studies applying the metapopulation approach. Several chapters closely ....

Embryology, Epigenesis and Evolution

Taking Development Seriously

Jason Scott Robert

Explores the nature of development in the light of current trends in biological theory and practice and looks at the interrelations between development and evolution ....

Endless Forms Most Beautiful

The New Science of EvoDevo and the Making of the Animal Kingdom

Sean Carroll

What Brian Greene did for string theory, Sean Carroll does for Evo Devo. ....

Epigenetic Inheritance and Evolution

The Lamarckian Dimension

Edited by E Jablonka and MJ Lamb

Discusses the evidence for and against the heritability of acquired characters, providing a basis for work on modelling and experimental investigation of ....

Essentials of Conservation Biology

Richard B Primack

Essentials of Conservation Biology, Fourth Edition combines theory and applied and basic research to explain the connections between conservation biology and environmental ....

Evolution

An Introduction

Stephen Stearns and Rolf Hoekstra

New edition of this excellent introduction to evolution. ....

Evolution

What the Fossils Say and Why it Matters

Donald R Prothero

Over the past twenty years, paleontologists have made tremendous fossil discoveries, including fossils that mark the growth of whales, manatees, and seals into land mammals ....

Evolution

A Scientific American Reader

Edited by Scientific American

From the Scopes "Monkey Trial" of 1925 to the court ruling against the Dover Area School Board's proposed intelligent design curriculum in 2005, few scientific topics have ....

Evolution

Mark Ridley and David Jones

A major textbook, now also available on CD, integrating all levels of evolutionary biology, including molecular evolution and palaeobiology. The latest edition reflects ....

Evolution

Douglas J Futuyma

In its scope and emphases, Evolution is a readily recognized descendant of the author's previous textbook, Evolutionary Biology. The content of all chapters has been updated, ....

Evolution Illuminated

Salmon and their Relatives

Edited by Andrew P Hendry and Steve C Stearns

Variation in salmonids can