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 be used to illustrate virtually all evolution. This book provides a critical overview of the ecology, evolution and population biology of salmon ....

Evolution and Biogeography of Australasian Vertebrates

Edited by JR Merrick, M Archer, GM Hickey and MSY Lee

Provides a comprehensive overview of the knowledge of vertebrate diversity within Australasia, together with discussion of the factors that influenced the evolution and ....

Evolution and Emergence

Systems, Organisms, Persons

Edited by Nancey Murphy and William Stoeger

A collection of essays by experts in the field, exploring how nature works at every level to produce more complex and highly organized objects, systems, and organisms from ....

The Evolution and Extinction of the Dinosaurs

David E Fastovsky and David B Weishampel

This new edition of The Evolution and Extinction of the Dinosaurs is a unique, comprehensive treatment of this fascinating group of organisms. It is a detailed survey ....

Evolution and Learning

The Baldwin Effect Reconsidered

Edited by Bruce H Weber and David J Depew

Contains essays on the contributions to historical and contemporary evolutionary theory of the Baldwin effect, which postulates the effects of learned behaviors on evolutionary ....

Evolution and the Diversity of Life

Selected Essays

Ernst Mayr

Selected papers on the diversity of living forms and the unity of evolutionary processes, from the pen of one of the masters of evolutionary biology, and a leading ....

Evolution and the Levels of Selection

Samir Okasha

Does natural selection act primarily on individual organisms, on groups, on genes, or on whole species? Samir Okasha provides a comprehensive analysis of the debate in ....

Evolution in Four Dimensions

Genetic, Epigenetic, Behavioural, and Symbolic Variation in the History of Life of Life

Eva Jablonka and Marion J Lamb

Ideas about heredity and evolution are undergoing a revolutionary change. New findings in molecular biology challenge the gene-centered version of Darwinian theory according ....

Evolution in Health and Disease

Edited by Stephen S Stearns and Jacob C Koella

In this fully revised and updated edition, the editors have integrated a completely new set of contributions from the leading researchers in the field to describe the latest ....

The Evolution of Animal Communication

Reliability and Deception in Signaling Systems

William A Searcy and Stephen Nowicki

Gull chicks beg for food from their parents. Peacocks spread their tails to attract potential mates. Meerkats alert family members of the approach of predators. But are ....

The Evolution of Artiodactyls

Edited by Donald R Prothero and Scott E Foss

Artiodactyls are diverse and successful hoofed mammals. A tremendous amount of research has been conducted on this important order. This work synthesizes this research and ....

The Evolution of Begging

Competition, Cooperation and Communication

Edited by Jonathan Wright and Marty L Leonard

Begging by nestling birds has become the model system for investigating evolutionary conflicts of interest within families and their theoretical resolution provided by ....

The Evolution of Life Histories

Stephen C Stearns

Introduces life history evolution to postgraduate students doing research in population biology, ecology or evolutionary biology. It discusses major analytical tools, gives ....

The Evolution of Organ Systems

Andreas Schmidt-Rhaesa

Systematics has developed rapidly during the past two decades. A multitude of new methods and contributions from a diversity of biological fields including molecular ....

The Evolution of Plants

K J Willis and J C McElwain

Incorporates many recent studies on the morphological evolution of plants, enlivens the subject with current research on ancient DNA and other biomolecular markers, and places ....

The Evolution of Social Wasps

James H Hunt

Social behavior occurs in some of the smallest animals as well as some the largest, and the transition from solitary life to sociality is an unsolved evolutionary mystery. ....

Evolution of the Insects

David Grimaldi and Michael Engel

Major new reference, the most complete evolutionary history of insects available. ....

Evolution through Genetic Exchange

Michael L Arnold

Even before the publication of Darwin's Origin of Species, the perception of evolutionary change has been a tree-like pattern of diversification - with divergent ....

Evolution: A Reader

Edited by Mark Ridley

Presents a wide spectrum of views and issues involved in the ever expanding debates about evolution. It includes extracts which look at the roles of mutations, inbreeding, ....

Evolution: A Very Short Introduction

Brian Charlesworth and Deborah Charlesworth

Introductory guide explaining the most important basic findings and procedures in evolutionary biology, and how it has developed since the first publications of Darwin ....

Evolutionary Analysis

Scott Freeman and Jon C Herron

Building on the strengths of the first edition, this undergraduate textbook continues to present evolution as a process, emphasizing the interplay between theory, observation, ....

Evolutionary Biology

Douglas Futuyma

Covers the genetic, developmental and ecological mechanisms of evolutionary change, the major features of evolutionary history as revealed by phylogenetic and palaeontological ....

Evolutionary Dynamics

Exploring the Equations of Life

Martin A Nowak

At a time of unprecedented expansion in the life sciences, evolution is the one theory that transcends all of biology. Any observation of a living system must ultimately be ....

Evolutionary Ecology

Concepts and Case Studies

Edited by Charles W Fox, Derek A Roff and Daphne J Fairbairn

Focuses on current concepts in evolutionary ecology and the empirical study of these concepts. Chapters are written by prominent biologists who have made significant ....

Evolutionary Ecology of Birds

Life Histories, Mating Systems and Extinction

Peter Bennett and Ian Owens

Birds show bewildering diversity in their life histories, mating systems and risk of extinction, and offer a unique opportunity for investigating many classic problems in ....

Evolutionary Ecology of Parasites

Robert Poulin

Parasites have evolved independently in numerous animal lineages, and they now make up a considerable proportion of the biodiversity of life. Not only do they impact humans and ....

Evolutionary Ecology of Social and Sexual Systems

Crustaceans As Model Organisms

J Emmett Duffy and Martin Thiel

Understanding of animal social and sexual evolution has seen a renaissance in recent years with discoveries of frequent infidelity in apparently monogamous species, the ....

Evolutionary Ecology: The Trinidadian Guppy

Anne E Magurran

Great new book on a totemic species in evolutionary ecology by the leading ecologist and writer. ....

Evolutionary Game Theory, Natural Selection, and Darwinian Dynamics

Thomas Vincent and Joel Brown

All of life is a game and evolution by natural selection is no exception. The evolutionary game theory developed in this book provides the tools necessary for ....

Evolutionary Genetics

Concepts and Case Studies

Edited by Charles W Fox and Jason B Wolf

The diverse field of evolutionary genetics is unified by two goals: to understand the impact that evolutionary processes have on genetic variation, and to understand the ....

Evolutionary Pathways in Nature

A Phylogenetic Approach

John C Avise

Reconstructing phylogenetic trees from DNA sequences has become a popular exercise in many branches of biology, and here the well-known geneticist John Avise explains why. ....

Evolutionary Theory

Mathematical and Conceptual Foundations

Sean H Rice

Lays out the mathematical and biological reasoning that underlies evolutionary theory. The book covers all of the major theoretical approaches used to study the mechanics of ....

Evolving Eden

An Illustrated Guide to the Evolution of the African Large Mammal Fauna

Alan Turner and Mauricio Antón

The Garden of Eden as the ideal and untouched site of life's creation persists in popular thought, even as we have uncovered a lengthy fossil record and developed a ....

The Evolving World

Evolution in Everyday Life

David P Mindell

In the 150 years since Darwin, evolutionary biology has proven as essential as it is controversial, a critical concept for answering questions about everything from the ....

Experimental Design and Data Analysis for Biologists

Gerry P Quinn and Michael J Keough

Topics covered include linear and logistic regression, simple and complex ANOVA models (for factorial, nested, block, split-plot and repeated measures and covariance designs), ....

The Extended Phenotype

The Long Reach of the Gene

Richard Dawkins

`I regard this book as my most important and original contribution' Richard Dawkins`Although Dawkins has aimed his second book primarily at professional ....

Extreme Nature

M Cawardine

A beautiful and fascinating portrait of the world's most extreme wildlife, from the sexiest beast to the smelliest plant. ....

Feathered Dragons

Studies on the Transition from Dinosaurs to Birds

Edited by Philip J Currie, Eva B Kopplehus, Martin A Shugar and Joanna L Wright

Meat-eating theropod dinosaurs have been recognised as potential ancestors of birds since the C19, but it was not until the 1960's that work on Deinonychus revealed the ....

Female Infidelity and Paternal Uncertainty

Evolutionary Perspectives on Male Anti-Cuckoldry Tactics

Edited by Stephen Platek and Todd Shackelford

Although commonly believed that males are more promiscuous than females, new research has revealed that female infidelity is a common occurrence throughout the animal ....

A Field Guide to Little Known Genetically Engineered Organisms

Including Revisionary Interpretations About their Impact on World History

JC Avise

A behind the scenes journey into the little-known world of genetic engineering. Field marks, behaviors, and geographic ranges are provided for 35 of the world's most ....

Field Guide to the Dragonflies of Britain and Europe

Klaas-Douwe B Dijkstra

Identification guide to all resident and migrant dragonflies and damselflies in Europe, from the Arctic to the Sahara, including western Turkey, Cyprus, Morocco, Algeria, ....

Fins into Limbs

Evolution, Development and Transformation

Edited by Brian K. Hall

Long ago, fish fins evolved into the limbs of land vertebrates and tetrapods. During this transition, some elements of the fin were carried over while new features ....

Fitness Landscapes and the Origin of Species

Sergey Gavrilets

A systematic attempt to summarize and generalize what mathematical models tell us about the dynamics of speciation. ....

Flowering and its Manipulation

Edited by Charles Ainsworth

The flowering plants now dominate the terrestrial ecosystems of the planet, and there are good reasons for supposing that the flower itself has been a major contributing ....

Forest Ecology and Conservation

A Handbook of Techniques

Adrian C Newton

Forest conservation has become one of the most important environmental issues currently facing humanity, as a result of widespread deforestation and forest degradation. ....

Forest Genetics

TL White, WT Adams and DB Neale

Trees continue to maintain a unique significance in the social, ecological and economic systems of the world - as large, long-lived perennials covering 30% of land on Earth; ....

Fossils

A Photographic Field Guide

Chris Pellant and Helen Pellant

This photographic field guide covers all classifications of fossils. Information given for each fossil includes its genus, characteristics, maximum or average size, ....

Foundation Papers in Landscape Ecology

Edited by John A Wiens, Michael R Moss, Monica G Turner and David J Mladenoff

Landscape ecology focuses on spatial heterogeneity, or the idea that where things are and where they are in relation to other things can have important consequences for a ....

Foundations of Biogeography

Classic Papers with Commentaries

Edited by Mark V Lomolino, Doc F Sax and James H Brown

This book provides facsimile reprints of 72 papers that have proven fundamental to the development of the field. From classics by Georges-Louis LeClerc, Comte de Buffon, ....

From DNA to Diversity

Molecular Genetics and the Evolution of Animal Design

Sean B Carroll, Jennifer K Grenier and Scott D Weatherbee

Represents the synthesis of new material on developmental genetics and evolutionary biology. The authors delve into new discoveries since the first edition, including new ....

From Embyology to Evo-Devo

A History of Developmental Evolution

Edited by Manfred D Laubichler and Jane Maienshein

Although we now know that ontogeny (individual development) does not actually recapitulate phylogeny (evolutionary transformation), contrary to Ernst Haeckel's famous ....

Frontiers of Biogeography

New Directions In The Geography of Nature

Edited by MV Lomolino and LR Heaney

This is the first book in the Frontiers of Biogeography series, which includes integrative and interdisciplinary volumes developed and published in association with ....

Functional Plant Genomics

Edited by JF Morot-Gaudry, P Lea and JF Briat

The openings offered by functional genomics reconciles organism biology and molecular biology, in order to define an integrative biology that should allow new insights about ....

The Functional and Evolutionary Biology of Primates

Russell H Tuttle

Reprint of the original edition, published in 1972. ....

Functional and Evolutionary Ecology of Bats

Edited by Thomas Kunz, Akbar Zubaid and Gary F McCracken

The proceedings of the 12th International Bat Research Conference present the current state of understanding of bat ecology and biology. Bats are the second most populous ....

Fundamental Molecular Biology

Lizabeth A Allison

While Molecular Biology has become the underpinning in any advanced cellular/molecular biology course, the books that service that underpinning are predominantly ....

Fungal Biology

Jim Deacon

Fungal Biology is the fully updated new edition of this undergraduate text, covering all major areas of fungal biology and providing insights into many topical areas such as: ....

Garden Natural History

Stefan Buczacki

A history of gardens in Britain with special reference to the evolution of different styles and the changing importance in them of native and exotic plant species. ....

Gene Cloning and DNA Analysis

An Introduction

TA Brown

The fifth edition of Gene Cloning and DNA Analysis addresses new and growing areas of research whilst retaining the philosophy of the previous editions. Assuming the reader ....

Gene Cloning and Manipulation

Christopher Howe

Now fully updated to reflect recent advances, this introduction provides a broad, but concise, coverage of recombinant DNA techniques. Written for advanced undergraduates, ....

Gene Sharing and Evolution

The Diversity of Protein Functions

Joram Piatigorsky

"Gene sharing" means that the different functions of a protein may share the same gene--that is, a protein produced by a gene evolved to fulfill a specialized function ....

Gene-Environment Interactions

Fundamentals of Ecogenetics

Lucio G Costa and David L Eaton

Ecogenetics can be defined as the study of genetic determinants that dictate susceptibility to environmentally-influenced adverse health effects. The explosion in ....

Genes In Conflict

The Biology of Selfish Genetic Elements

A Burt and R Trivers

In evolution, most genes survive and spread wihin populations because they increase the ability of their hosts (or their close relatives) to survive and reproduce. But some ....

Genes, Culture, and Human Evolution

A Synthesis

Linda Stone, Paul F. Lurquin and Luca Cavalli-Sforza

Genes, Culture, and Human Evolution: A Synthesis is a textbook on human evolution that offers students a unique combination of cultural anthropology and genetics. ....

The Genesis of Animal Play

Testing the Limits

Gordon M Burghardt

In this text, Gordon Burghardt examines the origins and evolution of play in humans and animals. He asks what play might mean in our understanding of evolution, the brain, ....

The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection

A Complete Variorum Edition

Edited by RA Fisher and Henry Bennett

This is a definitive edition of R.A. Fisher's classic - probably the best known book in evolutionary biology after Darwin's Origin of Species. Incorporated into the text ....

Genetics in the Wild

John C Avise

Avise, an award-winning geneticist, describes how scientists examine DNA to address long-standing questions about wild animals, plants, and microbes. Through dozens of ....

Genetics of Populations

Philip W Hedrick

Undergraduate textbook providing an integrated presentation of theory with empirical and experimental population genetics. ....

Genetics, Demography and Viability of Fragmented Populations

Edited by Andrew G Young and Geoffrey M Clarke

Provides a detailed introduction to the genetic and demographic issues relevant to the conservation of fragmented populations and presents two sets of case studies, one on ....

Genomics and Evolution of Microbial Eukaryotes

Edited by Laura A Katz and Debashish Bhattacharya

This book synthesizes the rapidly emerging fields of eukaryotic diversity and genome evolution. Eukaryotes, cells with nuclei, evolved as microbes and have existed on Earth ....

Genomics and Genetics - 2 Volume Set

From Molecular Details to Analysis and Techniques

Edited by Robert A Meyers

With contributions by two Nobel Laureates, this careful selection of high-quality articles from the Encyclopedia of Molecular Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine spans ....

The Geographic Mosaic of Coevolution

John N Thompson

Coevolution - reciprocal evolutionary change in interacting species driven by natural selection - is one of the most important ecological and genetic processes organizing the ....

Geographical Genetics

Bryan K Epperson

Population genetics has made great strides in applying statistical analysis and mathematical modeling to understand how genes mutate and spread through populations over ....

The Geometry of Evolution

Adaptive Landscapes and Theoretical Morphospaces

George McGhee

The metaphor of the adaptive landscape - that evolution via the process of natural selection can be visualized as a journey across adaptive hills and valleys, mountains ....

Global Warming

The Complete Briefing

John T Houghton

Completely revised and updated edition of a well-known textbook. Comprehensive guide exploring the scientific basis of global warming and the likely impacts of climate ....

The God Delusion

Richard Dawkins

Richard Dawkins was recently voted one of the world's top three intellectuals (alongside Umberto Eco and Noam Chomsky) by "Prospect" magazine. As the author of many, now famous, ....

Gorilla Society

Conflict, Compromise, and Cooperation Between the Sexes

Alexander H Harcourt and Kelly J Stewart

Societies develop as a result of the interactions of individuals as they compete and cooperate with one another in the evolutionary struggle to survive and reproduce ....

Habitat Management for Conservation

A Handbook of Techniques

Malcolm Ausden

Habitat management is commonly used to maintain and enhance the biological interest of many areas of semi-natural habitat where natural processes no longer create suitable ....

Handbook of Biodiversity Methods

Survey, Evaluation and Monitoring

Edited by David Hill, Matthew Fasham, Graham Tucker, Michael Shewry and Philip Shaw

A key reference, compiled by conservation practitioners (Hill, Fasham and Tucker are environmental consultants, Shewry and Shaw are at Scottish Natural Heritage, the ....

Handbook of Evolution, Volume 1: The Evolution of Human Societies and Cultures

Edited by Franz Wuketits and Christoph Antweiler

Overview of the history and methods used in the study of evolution, including controversial theories and discussions. ....

Handbook of Evolution, Volume 2: The Evolution of Living Systems (Including Hominids)

Edited by Franz M Wuketits and Francisco J Ayala

This three volume handbook spans the entire field of evolution: the development of life, the formation of social structures and the origin of the universe. One subject is ....

A Handbook of Statistical Analyses Using R

BS Everitt and Torsten Hothorn

Doing for R what Everitt's other Handbooks have done for S-PLUS, STATA, SPSS, and SAS, A Handbook of Statistical Analyses Using R presents straightforward, self-contained ....

The Heretic in Darwin's Court

The Life of Alfred Russel Wallace

Ross A Slotten

The book begins with Wallace's 12 years of often harrowing travels in the Western and Eastern Tropics, which place him in the pantheon of the greatest explorer-naturalists of ....

Homo Britannicus

The Incredible Story of Human Life in Britain

Chris Stringer

Homo Britannicus tells the epic history of life in Britain, from man's very first footsteps to the present day. Drawing on all the latest evidence and techniques of ....

Homosexual Behaviour in Animals

An evolutionary perspective

Edited by Volker Sommer and Paul L Vasey

Homosexual behaviour is widespread throughout the animal kingdom. Homosexual Behaviour in Animals seeks to examine the evolutionary aspects of same-sex sexual ....

How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper

Robert A Day and Barbara Gastel

New edition of one of the world's bestselling scientific writing guides. ....

Human Evolution

Trails from the Past

Camilo J Cela-Conde and Francisco J Ayala

This book is intended as a comprehensive overview of hominid evolution, synthesising data and approaches from physical anthropology, genetics, archaeology, psychology and ....

Human Mitochondrial DNA and the Evolution of Homo sapiens

Edited by Hans-Jürgen Bandelt, Vincent Macaulay and Martin Richards

Mitochondrial DNA is one of the most explored genetic systems because of what it can tell us about the human past. This volume takes a unique perspective, presenting the ....

Individual-based Modeling and Ecology

Volker Grimm and Steven F Railsback

Individual-based models are an exciting and widely used new tool for ecology. These computational models allow scientists to explore the mechanisms through which population ....

Inferring Phylogenies

Joseph Felsenstein

Explains clearly the assumptions and logic of making inferences about phylogenies, and using them to make inferences about evolutionary processes. Aspects covered include: ....

The Inner Bird

Anatomy and Evolution

Gary W Kaiser

Birds are among the most successful vertebrates on Earth. An important part of our natural environment and deeply embedded in our culture, birds are studied by more ....

Insect Evolutionary Ecology

Edited by M Fellowes, G Holloway and J Rolff

This book is developed from the proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society's international symposium held at the University of Reading in July 2003. Topics include ....

Insect Sampling in Forest Ecosystems

Edited by Simon Leather

Brings together the methodology needed to investigate insects through the various strata of the forest canopy, covering techniques associated with various specialised groups of ....

Insect-Plant Biology

Louis M Schoonhoven, Joop JA Van Loon and Marcel Dicke

New edition of this key text, first published by Chapman & Hall in 1997. ....

Insects of Britain and Western Europe

Michael Chinery

Over 2000 of the most commonly observed and most distinctive insect species of Britain and western Europe, from all orders and most families, are illustrated in this essential ....

Integrating Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use

Lessons Learned from Ecological Networks

Graham Bennett

Reviews 8 examples - in the Baltic, the Netherlands, Nepal, Congo, Russian Far East and North, Central and South America - of management models designed to integrate ....

Intraspecific Genetic Diversity

Monitoring, Conservation, and Management

Yuri P Altukhov

The unique treatise of Yuri P. Altukhov is based on several decades of research on natural communities, modelling them in experiments and with computer analysis. Essential ....

Introduction to Computer-Intensive Methods of Data Analysis in Biology

Derek A Roff

This guide to the contemporary toolbox of methods for data analysis will serve graduate students and researchers across the biological sciences. Modern computational tools, ....

Introduction to Distance Sampling

Estimating Abundance of Biological Populations

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

Updates the 1993 book 'Distance Sampling', which was the first, and until now only book devoted to the topic. The book is aimed at quantitative biologists, wildlife ....

Introduction to Genetic Analysis

AJF Griffiths, SR Wessler, RC Lewontin and S Carroll

First published in 1976, "Introduction to Genetic Analysis" set the standard for introducing students to genetic analysis and quickly established itself as the premier ....

Introduction to Genomics

Arthur M Lesk

Introduction to Genomics is a fascinating insight into what can be revealed from the study of genomes: how organisms differ or match; how different organisms evolved; how ....

Introduction to Geomicrobiology

Kurt Konhauser

Introduction to Geomicrobiology is a timely and comprehensive overview of how microbial life has affected Earth's environment through time. The book covers the following ....

Introduction to Modeling in Wildlife and Resource Management

Norman Owen-Smith

This book develops thought-provoking applications which emphasize the value of modelling as a learning tool. Beginning with basic descriptive equations, matrix representations ....

An Introduction to Molecular Ecology

Trevor Beebee and Graham Rowe

How do we know whether a particular species is monogamous or promiscuous? How can we monitor the illegal trafficking of wildlife? How can we differentiate between the many ....

Introduction to Population Ecology

Larry Rockwood

New textbook, aiming to be an accessible and up-to-date textbook covering all aspects of population ecology. ....

Invasion Ecology

Julie L Lockwood, Martha F Hoopes and Michael P Marchetti

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of biological invasion by non-native species. Highlighting important research findings associated with each stage ....

Invasive Alien Species

A New Synthesis

Harold A Mooney et al

In 1997, a consortium of scientific organizations including SCOPE, IUCN and CABI developed the Global Invasive Species Programme (GISP) with the explicit objective of ....

Invasive Species

Vectors and Management Strategies

Edited by Gregory M Ruiz and Jame T Carlton

Presents extensive information and new analyses on mechanisms of species transfer, or vectors, as the latest contribution from the Global Invasive Species Programme (GISP). ....

Iridescences

The Physical Colors of Insects

Serge Berthier

Butterflies and coleoptera are the most beautifully coloured insects we can find. This book wants to understand the origin of these brilliant colours from a physics ....

Island Biogeography

Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation

Robert J Whittaker and Jose Maria Fernandez-Palacios

Island biogeography is the study of the distribution and dynamics of species in island environments. Due to their isolation from more widespread continental species, islands ....

Key Topics in Landscape Ecology

Edited by Jianguo Wu and Richard J Hobbs

Landscape ecology is a relatively new area of study, which aims to understand the pattern of interaction of biological and cultural communities within a landscape. This ....

Keywords and Concepts in Evolutionary Developmental Biology

Edited by Brian K Hall and Wendy M Olson

The new field of evolutionary developmental biology is one of the most exciting areas of contemporary biology. The fundamental principle of evolutionary developmental biology ....

Large Herbivore Ecology, Ecosystem Dynamics and Conservation

Edited by Kjell Danell, Roger Bergstrom, Patrick Duncan and John Pastor

Most large herbivores require some type of management within their habitats. Some populations of large herbivores are at the brink of extinction, some are under ....

The Last Human

A Guide to Twenty Species of Extinct Humans

E Sarmiento, GJ Sawyer and R Milner

This book tells the story of human evolution, the epic of Homo sapiens and its colourful precursors and relatives. The story begins in Africa, six to seven million ....

Lemurs of Madagascar

RA Mittermeier, WR Konstant, Frank Hawkins, Edward E. Louis et al

Long-awaited second edition of this definite guidebook on these primates that are only found on the island of Madagascar. ....

Life History Evolution

DA Roff

Represents a synthetic approach to the understanding of the evolution of life history variation using the three types of environment (constant, stochastic, predictable) as ....

Life's Solution

Inevitable Humans in a Lonely Universe

Simon Conway Morris

Challenges the view that the course life on earth has taken is due to a series of accidents. Conway Morris explores the evidence demonstrating life's almost eerie ability ....

Linnaeus - Genius of Uppsala

Helena Harnesk

Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778) lived and worked in Uppsala for the greater part of his life. This book, published on the occasion of the tercentenary of his birth, celebrates the ....

Linnaeus: The Compleat Naturalist

Wilfrid Blunt

New edition of Blunt's 1971 title. Celebrates the father of modern taxonomy, the man who invented the system of giving living organisms two Latin names. This volume charts the ....

Macroevolution: Diversity, Disparity, Contingency

Essays in Honor of Stephen Jay Gould

Edited by Elisabeth S Vrba and Niles Eldredge

A fine tribute to the late Stephen Jay Gould, with contributions from many leading paleontologists and evolutionary biologists. ....

Making Sense of Evolution

The Conceptual Foundations of Evolutionary Biology

Massimo Pigliucci and Jonathan Kaplan

Making Sense of Evolution explores contemporary evolutionary biology, focusing on the elements of theories-selection, adaptation, and species-that are complex and open to ....

Mammalian Diversification

From Chromosomes to Phylogeography

Eileen A Lacey and Philip Myers

This volume combines a series of rigorous, original research papers with more informal recollections of James L. Patton, who served as Curator of Mammals in the Museum of ....

A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations

Chicago Style for Students and Researchers

Kate L Turabian

Now, with this seventh edition, Turabian's Manual has undergone its most extensive revision, ensuring that it will remain the most valuable handbook for writers at every ....

Mathematical Models of Social Evolution

A Guide for the Perplexed

Richard McElreath and Robert Boyd

Over the last several decades, mathematical models have become central to the study of social evolution, both in biology and the social sciences. But students in these ....

Mating Systems and Strategies

Stephen M Shuster and Michael J Wade

Presents the first unified conceptual and statistical framework for understanding the evolution of reproductive strategies. Illustrates how and why sexual selection, though ....

Measuring Behaviour

An Introductory Guide

Paul Martin and Patrick Bateson

Measuring Behaviour has established itself as a standard text. Largely rewritten, updated and reorganised, this third edition is, as before, a guide to the principles and ....

Measuring Biological Diversity

Anne E Magurran

This hugely welcome update to Ecological Diversity and its Measurement provides practical means of quantifying and interpreting patterns of ecological diversity, ....

Mechanistic Home Range Analysis

Paul R Moorcroft and Mark A Lewis

Spatial patterns of movement are fundamental to the ecology of animal populations, influencing their social organization, mating systems, demography, and the spatial ....

Meta-Analysis and Combining Information in Genetics

Rudy Guerra, David B Allison and Darlene Goldstein

With contributions from leading experts, Meta-Analysis and Combining Information in Genetics provides theory, methods, and guiding principles for meta-analysis and ....

Metapopulation Ecology

Ilkka Hanski

Ilkka Hanski, widely acknowledged to be one of the most outstanding population biologists of his generation, reviews our understanding of metapopulation dynamics, ....

Milestones in Systematics

David M Williams and Peter Forey

Covering historical analyses of the evolution of systematics in the last 100 years, this book covers areas such as the development of the phenetic and cladistic methods of ....

Modeling Biology

Structures, Behaviors, Evolution

Edited by Manfred D Laubichler and Gerd B Muller

Abstract and conceptual models have become an indispensable tool for analyzing the flood of highly detailed empirical data generated in recent years by advanced techniques in ....

Modelling for Field Biologists

and Other Interesting People

Hanna Kokko

Students of evolutionary and behavioural ecology are often unfamiliar with mathematical techniques, though much of biology relies on mathematics. Evolutionary ideas are often ....

Models of Adaptive Behaviour

An Approach Based on State

Alasdair I Houston and John M McNamara

Sets out a framework for adaptive explanations of behaviour, and applies this to give analyses of a range of biological issues such as energetic gain, energy-predation ....

Molecular Biology and Genomics

Cornel Mülhardt

This lab book illustrates ways out of experimental dead ends and teaches a feeling for doing the right experiment at the right time." ....

Molecular Biology and Genomics

Cornel Mülhardt

This lab book illustrates ways out of experimental dead ends and teaches a feeling for doing the right experiment at the right time." ....

Molecular Evolution

A Phylogenetic Approach

Roderic DM Page and Edward C Holmes

Taking the phylogenetic tree as a central metaphor of evolution, the authors develop a rigorous approach to molecular evolution that will equip both undergraduate and graduate ....

Molecular Evolution and Adaptive Radiation

Edited by Thomas J Givnish and Kenneth J Sytsma

Synthesizes the recent explosion of research in this area, involving organisms as diverse as epiphytic and terrestrial orchids, New World monkeys, North American daphnia, ....

Molecular Evolution and Phylogenetics

Masatoshi Nei and Sudhir Kumar

Presents statistical methods that are useful in the study of molecular evolution, and illustrates how to use them in actual data analysis. It is appropriate for graduate ....

Molecular Markers, Natural History and Evolution

John C Avise

This treatment of molecular natural history and evolution addresses the many biological applications for molecular genetic markers from the perspectives of population biology, ....

Monitoring Ecological Change

IF Spellerberg

New edition of the leading textbook on monitoring ecological change. ....

Monogamy

Mating Strategies and Partnerships in Birds, Humans and other Mammals

Edited by Ulrich Reichard and Christophe Boesch

This book explores social, sexual and reproductive monogamy in a diversity of birds and mammals and draws implications for humans. ....

Multivariate Statistics for Wildlife and Ecology Research

K McGarigal, S Cushman and S Stafford

Provides the reader with a solid conceptual understanding of the use of multivariate statistics in ecological applications and the relationships among various techniques, ....

Natural Selection in the Wild

JA Endler

`... what do we mean, exactly, by natural selection, how can we recognize and measure it, and what do these measurements tell us about evolution? Each of these questions has ....

Nature via Nurture

Genes, Experience and What Makes Us Human

Matt Ridley

The nature-nurture debate was re-ignited when in February 2001 it was announced that the genome contains only 30,000 genes instead of the 100,000 originally expected. This ....

Niche Construction

The Neglected Process in Evolution

F John Odling-Smee, Kevin N Laland and Marcus W Feldman

By transforming biotic and abiotic sources of natural selection in external environments, niche construction generates feedback in evolution on a scale hitherto ....

Nonequilibrium Ecology

Klaus Rohde

Ecology has long been shaped by ideas that stress the sharing of resources and the competition for those resources, and by the assumption that populations and communities ....

On Evolution

John C Avise

John Avise is one of the most distinguished evolutionary biologists of our time. From how to define a species to the folly of faulty applications of cladistics to connections ....

On the Origin of Phyla

James W Valentine

Groundbreaking investigation of the mystery of the origin of phyla. The distinguished paleobiologist integrates data from molecular genetics, evolutionary developmental ....

On the Origin of Species

A Facsimile of the First Edition

Charles Darwin

With an introduction by Ernst Mayr, author of Growth of Biological Thought. Mayr's introduction places Darwin in his historical and philosophical context. 1998 reprint. ....

On the Wings of Checkerspots

Edited by PR Ehrlich and I Hanski

Reports on the major long-term research on the population biology of checkerspot butterflies by Hanski, the leading thinker and worker on metapopulation ecology and ....

Organelles, Genomes and Eukaryote Phylogeny

An Evolutionary Synthesis in the Age of Genomics

Edited by Robert P Hirt and David S Horner

Covers recent developments in the field of 'deep level' phylogenetic inference of eukaryotes, especially with respect to the origin and evolution of eukaryotic cells and ....

The Origin and Evolution of Mammals

TS Kemp

An account of the remarkable fossil record that documents the origin of mammals since the extinction of the dinosaurs, which traces their evolution over the last 35 million ....

The Origin of Species

A Variorum Text

Charles Darwin and Morse Peckham

The phenomenal importance of Darwin's brilliant studies is universally recognized. This volume covers all of the extensive variants in the six texts published between 1859 and ....

The Origins of Genome Architecture

Michael Lynch

With official genomic blueprints now available for hundreds of species, and thousands more expected in the near future, the field of biology has been forever transformed. ....

Ornithology, Evolution, and Philosophy

The Life and Science of Ernst Mayr 1904-2005

Jürgen Haffer

This book is the first detailed biography of Ernst Mayr (1904 - 2005). Ernst Mayr was the `architect' of the Synthetic Theory of Evolution, and the greatest evolutionary ....

Otters

Ecology, Behaviour and Conservation

Hans Kruuk

Otters are highly charismatic and popular animals of very considerable concern to conservationists worldwide. Written by the pre-eminent authority in the field, this book ....

Our Inner Ape

The Best and Worst of Human Nature

Frans De Waal

We have long attributed man's violent, aggressive, competitive nature to his animal ancestry. But what if we are just as given to cooperation, empathy, and morality by ....

Outdoor Photographer Landscape and Nature Photography with Photoshop CS2

Rob Sheppard

This book is not about "fixing it in Photoshop." It's about how you, the serious nature photographer, can use technology to enhance your art. Rob Sheppard sees Photoshop not as ....

PaleoBase

Macrofossils Part 3

Norman MacLeod

PaleoBase Macrofossils Part 3 contains over 350 records of Cnidaria, Echinoderms (incl. asteroids, blastoids, carpoids, crinoids, cyclocystoids, cystoids, echinoids, ....

Paleontological Data Analysis

Oyvind Hammer and David Harper

During the last 10 years numerical methods have begun to dominate paleontology. These methods now reach far beyond the fields of morphological and phylogenetic analyses to ....

Parasitism

The Ecology and Evolution of Intimate Interactions

Claude Combes

Explores the fascinating adaptations parasites have developed through their intimate interactions with their hosts. He begins with the biology of parasites - their life ....

Peer Review and Manuscript Management in Scientific Journals

Guidelines for Good Practice

Irene Hames

This comprehensive yet concise book provides a thorough and complete guide to every aspect of managing the peer review process for scientific journals. Until now, little ....

Phenotypic Integration

Studying the Ecology and Evolution of Complex Phenotypes

Edited by M Pigliucci and K Preston

A new voice in the nature - nurture debate can be heard at the interface between evolution and development. Phenotypic integration - or, how large numbers of ....

Phenotypic Plasticity

Functional and Conceptual Approaches

Edited by Thomas J DeWitt and Samuel M Scheiner

Phenotypic plasticity in environmentally cotingent trait expression. It's a simple concept with profound implications. Because alternative environments typically ....

Phenotypic Plasticity

Beyond Nature and Nurture

Massimo Pigliucci

`Refreshing and enlightening....It is difficult to identify an ecologist or evolutionary biologist who would not be interested in this book.' Jeffrey Hutchings, ....

Phylogenetic Analysis of Morphological Data

Edited by John J Wiens

An overview of recent advances and controversies in the field of morphological phylogenetics by eleven leading systematists. They summarize new methological ....

The Phylogenetic Handbook

A Practical Approach to DNA and Protein Phylogeny

Edited by Marco Salemi and Anne-Mieke Vandamme

A broad introduction to the theory and practice of nucleotide and amino acid phylogenetic analysis. As a unique feature of this book, each chapter contains an ....

Phylogenetic Trees Made Easy

A How-To Manual for Molecular Biologists

Barry G Hall

Phylogenetic Trees Made Easy helps beginners get started in creating phylogenetic trees from protein or nucleic acid sequence data. Although aimed at molecular and cell ....

Phylogeny and Conservation

Edited by Andrew Purvis, John L Gittleman and Thomas Brooks

Phylogeny is a potentially powerful tool for conserving biodiversity. This book explores how it can be used to tackle questions of great practical importance and urgency for ....

Phylogeny and Evolution of Angiosperms

Douglas E Soltis, Pamela S Soltis, Peter K Endress and Mark W Chase

Major new Sinauer textbook, originally announced as a Smithsonian Institution Press title (Smithsonian IP has now ceased publishing). ....

Phylogeography

The History and Formation of Species

John C Avise

Phylogeography is a discipline concerned with various relationships between gene genealogies - phylogenetics - and geography. The study of phylogeography grew out of the ....

Phytoliths

A Comprehensive Guide for Archaeologists and Paleoecologists

Dolores R Piperno and MD Lanham

The study of phytoliths - inorganic silica remnants plants leave behind when they die and decay - has developed dramatically over the last twenty years. New publications have ....

Planet Earth - DVD

The Complete Series

Alastair Fothergill and David Attenborough

The makers of The Blue Planet present the epic story of life on Earth. Five years in production, over 2000 days in the field, using 40 cameramen filming across 200 ....

Plant Diversity and Evolution

Genotypic and Phenotypic Variation in Higher Plants

Edited by RJ Henry

Reviews aspects of plant evolution as it relates to variation in plant genomes and associated variations in plant phenomes. Topics ....

Plant Systematics

Michael G Simpson

Looks set to become a major text. ....

Plant-Animal Interactions

An Evolutionary Approach

Edited by CM Herrera and O Pellmyr

Undergraduate textbook outlining the recent advances in the field of plant-animal interactions.`This text is designed for more senior undergraduate courses. As such ....

Plant-Pollinator Interactions: From Specialization to Generalization

Edited by Nickolas M Waser and Jeff Ollerton

Just as flowering plants depend on their pollinators, many birds, insects, and bats rely on plants for energy and nutrients. This plant-pollinator relationship is essential to ....

Plants: Diversity and Evolution

Martin J Ingrouille and William Eddie

Plants are so much part of our environment that we often take them for granted, yet beautiful, fascinating and useful plants are everywhere, from isolated moss colonies on ....

The Plausibility of Life

Resolving Darwin's Dilemma

Marc W Kirschner and John C Gerhart

In the 150 years since Darwin, the field of evolutionary biology has left a glaring gap in understanding how animals developed their astounding variety and complexity. The ....

Population Ecology of Individuals

A Lomnicki

A common tendency in the field of population ecology has been to overlook individual differences by treating populations as homogeneous units; conversely, in behavioral ....

Population Genetics and Microevolutionary Theory

Alan R Templeton

Modern approach to population genetics, incorporating modern molecular biology, species-level evolutionary biology, and quantitative genetics. Organized into 3 main ....

Populations, Species and Evolution

Ernst Mayr

An Abridgement of Animal Species and Evolution. `A masterful exposition of what has come to be called the `synthetic theory' of biological evolution . . . strongly ....

Power, Sex, Suicide

Mitochondria and the meaning of life

Nick Lane

Mitochondria are tiny structures, located inside our cells, that carry out the essential task of producing energy for the cell. They are found in all complex living things, and ....

Practical Pollination Biology

Edited by Amots Dafni, Peter G Kevan and Brian C Husband

This book is written to provide practitioners of pollination biology with a broadly based source of methodologies as well as the basic conceptual background to aid in ....

Practical Statistics for Field Biology

Jim Fowler, Lou Cohen and Phil Jarvis

This book acknowledges the peculiarities of field-based data and its interpretation, and aims to provide biologists with sufficient grounding in statistical principles and ....

Predator-Prey Dynamics

The Role of Olfaction

Michael R Conover

By presenting an abundance of scientific evidence on olfaction and olfactory concealment theory throughout the text, "Predator-Prey Dynamics" reshapes the way that scientists ....

Predatory Prokaryotes - Biology, Ecology and Evolution

Edited by Edouard Jurkevitch

Predatory Prokaryotes focuses on the ecology of predation at the microbial level. It aims to increase the awareness of the great possibilities that predation between ....

Primates in Perspective

Edited by CJ Campbell et al

Primates in Perspective is the first edited volume to offer a comprehensive overview of primatology since 1987. Forty-four original essays--by fifty-nine leading researchers in ....

A Primer of Conservation Genetics

Richard Frankham, Jonathan D Ballou and David A Briscoe

Provides an introduction to the importance of genetic studies in conservation and presents the essentials of the discipline in an easy-to-follow format, with main points ....

A Primer of Ecological Genetics

Jeffrey K Conner and Daniel L Hartl

Covers basic concepts in population and quantitative genetics, including measuring selection on phenotypic traits. The emphasis is on material applicable to field studies ....

Principles of Conservation Biology

MJ Groom, GK Meffe and CR Carroll

Principles of Conservation Biology, 3rd edition is a complete revision of the most comprehensive textbook on conservation biology. First published in 1994 the book is ....

Principles of Gene Manipulation and Genomics

SB Primrose, RM Twyman and RW Old

Provides basic and advanced gene-manipulation techniques, genome analysis, genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics, as well as the applications of these ....

Principles of Paleontology

Michael Foote and Arnold I Miller

When published in 1978, Principles of Paleontology by David Raup and Steven Stanley revolutionized both textbooks and teaching in paleontology. Now Michael Foote and Arnold ....

Principles of Plant Genetics and Breeding

George Acquaah

Provides a comprehensive presentation of both classical and molecular plant breeding tools. This title includes industry highlight essays from over 25 professional plant ....

Principles of Population Genetics

Daniel L Hartl and Andrew G Clark

Thoroughly updated introduction to the field that is at last ascending to its rightful position of centrality to evolutionary genomics and human genetics. Rapid and ....

Punctuated Equilibrium

Stephen Jay Gould

In 1972, Stephen Jay Gould took the scientific world by storm with his paper on punctuated equilibrium, written with Niles Eldredge. Challenging a core assumption of ....

The R Book

Michael J Crawley

The R language is recognized as one of the most powerful and flexible statistical software packages, and it enables the user to apply many statistical techniques that ....

The RNA World

The Nature of Modern RNA Suggests a Prebiotic RNA World

Edited by Raymond F Gesteland, Thomas R Cech and John F Atkins

Revised, updated, and extended edition offering a completely current perspective on the modern world of RNA and the light it sheds on a prebiotic era perhaps dominated by this ....

RSPB Guide to Digital Wildlife Photography

David Tipling

This is a helpful and practical RSPB guide to all aspects of digital wildlife photography, accessibly written by and beautifully illustrated with the work of one of ....

Recombinant DNA

Genes and Genomes - A Short Course

James D Watson, Amy A Caudy, Richard M Myers and Jan A Witkowski

Provides an introduction to the concepts and techniques of recombinant DNA research and their dramatic results. This book explores core concepts in molecular biology in a ....

Reconstructing Evolution

New Mathematical and Computational Advances

Edited by Olivier Gascuel and Mike Steel

Evolution is a complex process, acting at multiple scales, from DNA sequences and proteins to populations of species. Understanding and reconstructing evolution is of ....

Reconstructing the Tree of Life

Taxonomy and Systematics of Species-Rich Taxa

Edited by Trevor R Hodkinson and John AN Parnell

Of relevance to both systematic and evolutionary biologists, Reconstructing the Tree of Life: Taxonomy and Systematics of Species-Rich Taxa draws from taxonomy and ....

The Regulatory Genome

Gene Regulatory Networks in Development and Evolution

Eric Davidson

Gene regulatory networks are the most complex, extensive control systems found in nature. The interaction between biology and evolution has been the subject of great ....

The Revenge of Gaia

Why the Earth is fighting back - and how we can still save humanity

James Lovelock

New installment of Lovelock's writings on Gaia, in which he argues that the only way for humankind to come to terms with Gaia now, and have a chance of surviving, is to embrace ....

Richard Dawkins

How a scientist changed the way we think

Edited by Alan Grafen

Published to coincide with the 30th anniversary of The Selfish Gene, this sparkling collection explores the impact of Richard Dawkins as scientist, rationalist, and one of ....

The Richness of Life

The Essential Stephen Jay Gould

Stephen Jay Gould, Paul McGarr and Steven Rose

Gould's written legacy is prodigious - the unbroken series of 300 essays published in "Natural History" magazine, a clutch of books culminating in the monumental 1400 page ....

The Rise of Animals

Evolution and Diversification of the Kingdom Animalia

Mikhail A Fedonkin, James G Gehling et al

Among the major events in evolutionary history, few rival in importance the appearance of animals. A reference providing a synthesis of the early radiation of the animal ....

Robustness and Evolvability in Living Systems

Andreas Wagner

Explores why genetic changes do not cause organisms to fail catastrophically and how evolution shapes organisms' robustness. This book looks at this problem, starting with ....

The Rough Guide to Climate Change

Robert Henson

"The Rough Guide to Climate Change" is a complete guide to one of the most pressing problems facing humanity. From the current situation and background science to the ....

Saving Planet Earth

What Is Destroying The Earth And What You Can Do To Help

Tony Juniper

Saving Planet Earth is the BBC's follow-up to the multi award winning and bestseller Planet Earth. The new 11 part BBC 1 series, plus a three hour special, ....

Scaling Biodiversity

David Storch, Pablo Marquet and James Brown

We know that there are tens of millions of plant and animal species, but we do not know enough to be able to describe the patterns and processes that characterise the ....

Selection

The Mechanism of Evolution

Graham Bell

Adaptation is caused by selection continually winnowing the genetic variation created by mutation. In the last decade, our knowledge of how selection operates on populations in ....

Self-Organization in Complex Ecosystems

Richard V Sole and Jordi Bascompte

Can physics be an appropriate framework for the understanding of ecological science? Most ecologists would probably agree that there is little relation between the ....

The Selfish Gene

Richard Dawkins

A commemorative anniversary edition of the landmark work first published 30 years ago. There is a new introduction by Richard Dawkins, plus the original prefaces and Robert ....

Seven Deadly Colours

Genius of Nature's Palette and How It Eluded Darwin

Andrew Parker

'To suppose that the eye ...should have formed by natural selection, seems, I freely confess, absurd in the highest degree' - thus wrote Charles Darwin in 'On the Origin Of ....

Sex Ratios

Concepts and Research Methods

Edited by Ian CW Hardy

Covering sex allocation, sex determination and operational sex ratios, this multi-author volume provides both a conceptual context and an instruction in methods for many aspects ....

Sex, Size and Gender Roles

Evolutionary Studies of Sexual Size Dimorphism

Edited by Daphne J Fairbairn, Wolf U Blanckenhorn and Tamás Székely

Investigates the genetic, developmental, and physiological basis of sexual size dimorphism found within and among the major taxonomic groups of animals. Carefully ....

Sexual Conflict

G Arnqvist and L Rowe

The past decade has seen a profound change in the scientific understanding of reproduction. The traditional view of reproduction as a joint venture undertaken by two ....

Sexual Selection in Primates

Edited by Peter Kappeler and Carel van Schaik

Provides the first comprehensive summary of the various forms of sexual communication and behaviour, and the consequences of interaction between the sexes. Topics include sex ....

Sexual Selections

What We Can and Can't Learn About Sex from Animals

Marlene Zuk

Zuk, a respected biologist and a feminist, gives an eye-opening tour of some of the latest developments in our knowledge of animal sexuality and evolutionary biology. ....

Shape of the Secret of Life: A New Research Study Linking Vertebrate Animal Shapes, Embryological Development and Evolution

Theodore L Sarkin

Appraisal of the evolution of vertebrates including practical applications (cancer transplantation) in which an understanding of pattern and shape of life show promise for ....

Spatial Analysis

A Guide for Ecologists

Marie-Josee Fortin and Mark Dale

The spatial and temporal dimensions of ecological phenomena have always been inherent in the conceptual framework of ecology, but only recently have they been incorporated ....

Spatial Data Analysis

Theory and Practice

Robert Haining

Provides a wide-ranging treatment of the field of spatial data analysis. The book begins with an overview of spatial data analysis and the importance of location (place, context ....

Speaking about Science

A Manual for Creating Clear Presentations

Scott Morgan and Barrett Whitener

A practical manual aimed at graduate students, junior researchers, nervous professionals, or clinicians who are preparing to present talks at meetings and academic ....

Speciation

Jerry A Coyne and H Allen Orr

Over the last two decades, the study of speciation has expanded from a modest backwater of evolutionary biology into a large and vigorous discipline. Thus, the literature on ....

Speciation and Biogeography of Birds

Ian Newton

A major synthesis of current knowledge of species formation in birds and of the factors that influence their geographical distributions. It draws on information from the earth ....

Species Invasions: Insights into Ecology, Evolution, and Biogeography

Edited by Dov F Sax, John J Stachowicz and Steven D Gaines

Major new Sinauer textbook. ....

State of the World's Forests 2007

FAO

FAO's biennial 'State of the World's Forests' series offers a global perspective on the forest sector, including its environmental, economic, and social dimensions. This ....

Statistical Genetics

Gene Mapping Through Linkage and Association

Edited by Ben Neale, Manuel Ferreira, Sarah Medland and Danielle Posthuma

The mapping of the human genome means it is now feasible to conduct large genome-wide linkage and association studies for complex behaviours and diseases. This means that the ....

Statistics Explained: An Introductory Guide for Life Scientists

Steve McKillup

Statistics Explained is a reader-friendly introduction to experimental design and statistics for undergraduate students in the life sciences, particularly those who do ....

Structural Approaches to Sequence Evolution

Molecules, Networks, Populations

Edited by U Bastolla, M Porto, HE Roman and M Vendruscolo

Structural requirements constrain the evolution of biological entities at all levels, from macromolecules to their networks and up through populations of biological ....

Structural Equation Modeling and Natural Systems

James B Grace

There is growing recognition that ecological systems are so complex that major advances will only come as techniques are developed for analysing networks of variables, rather ....

The Structure of Evolutionary Theory

Stephen Jay Gould

In this major theoretical work, Stephen Jay Gould offers at the same time a masterly critique of Darwinism and a definitive statement of his own position on evolution. He ....

Systematics and the Origin of Species: On Ernst Mayr's 100th Anniversary

Edited by Jody Hey, Walter M Fitch and Francisco Ayala

In December 2004, the National Academy of Sciences sponsored a colloquium on Systematics and the Origin of Species to celebrate Ernst Mayr s 100th anniversary and to explore ....

Tangled Trees

Phylogeny, Cospeciation, and Coevolution

Edited by Roderic DM Page

Provides an up-to-date review and synthesis of current knowledge about phylogeny, cospeciation, and coevolution. The opening chapters present various methodological and ....

Taxonomy and Plant Conservation

Edited by Etelka Leadlay and Stephen Jury

This book illustrates the key role played by taxonomy in the conservation and sustainable utilisation of plant biodiversity. It is a tribute to the work of Professor ....

Telling the Evolutionary Time

Molecular Clocks and the Fossil Record

Edited by Phillip Donoghue and Paul Smith

A discussion between molecular biologists and palaeontologists, in which they investigate the significance of competing sources of data, explain the nature of ....

The Theoretical Biologist's Toolbox

Quantitative Methods for Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Marc Mangel

Mathematical modelling is widely used in ecology and evolutionary biology and it is a topic that many biologists find difficult to grasp. In this new textbook Marc Mangel ....

The Theory of Island Biogeography

R MacArthur and EO Wilson

Biogeography was stuck in a "natural history phase" dominated by the collection of data, the young Princeton biologists Robert H. MacArthur and Edward O. Wilson argued in 1967. ....

Trace Fossil Analysis

Adolf Seilacher

This definitive textbook by a renowned field observer and analyst of trace fossils concentrates on the most distinctive examples, mostly made by infaunal invertebrates in ....

Trace Fossils

Concepts, Problems, Prospects

Edited by William Miller

An up-to-date introduction, as well as overview to modern trace fossil research and covers nearly all of the essential aspects of modern ichnology. ....

UK Mammals: First Report by the Tracking Mammals Partnership

Species Status and Population Trends

Edited by Jessamy Battersby

Important new JNCC publication on UK mammals, summarising results from the Tracking Mammals Partnership, a collaborative initiative, involving 24 organisations (including ....

The Unified Neutral Theory of Biodiversity and Biogeography

Stephen P Hubbell

In many ways Hubbell's theory is the ecological analog to the neutral theory of genetic drift in genetics. The unified neutral theory of biogeography and biodiversity should ....

Unravelling the Algae

The Past, Present, and Future of Algae Systematics

Edited by Juliet Brodie and Jane Lewis

Reviews the state-of-the-science and assesses the impact of molecular tools on the taxonomy of algal groups. It discusses the extent to which these tools extend ....

Variation

A Central Concept in Biology

Edited by Benedikt Hallgrimsson and Brian Hall

Collection of papers by leading evolutionary biologists on this central precept of Darwinist thinking. ....

Vertebrate Palaeontology

Michael J Benton

Vertebrate Palaeontology is a complete, up-to-date history of the evolution of vertebrates. The third edition of this popular text has been extensively revised to ....

Viruses and the Evolution of Life

Luis P Villarreal

Addresses the adaptation and evolution of viruses and contributes valuable information to the understanding of the virus-host relationship. Villarreal provides a brief history ....

The Weather Makers

Our Changing Climate and What It Means For Life on Earth

Tim Flannery

This is THE book on THE issue of the day. One of the reasons for this is that Flannery is a paleontologist, deciding in the late 1990s that he could not continue to ignore ....

Whales, Dolphins and Seals

A Field Guide to the Marine Mammals of the World

Hadoram Shirihai and Brett Jarrett

Superb single volume guide to marine mammals, by the irrepressible Shirihai, with illustrations by Brett Jarrett. ....

What Evolution Is

Ernst Mayr

Comprehensive account on the progress and achievements of evolutionary science, written by the founding father of modern genetic and evolutionary theory.`There is no ....

What Makes Biology Unique?

Considerations on the Autonomy of a Scientific Discipline

Ernst Mayr

Now available in paperback, this collection of revised, collected, and some new essays written in time for his 100th birthday by the most eminent evolutionary biologist of the ....

The Wild Flower Key

How to identify wild flowers, trees and shrubs in Britain and Ireland

Francis Rose and Clare O'Reilly

Revised and expanded edition of this essential guide with full keys to more than 1600 wild plants found in Britain and Ireland. ....

Wildlife Demography

Analysis of Sex, Age, and Count Data

John R Skalski, Kristin E Ryding and Joshua Millspaugh

Wildlife Demography compiles the multitude of available estimation techniques based on sex and age data, and presents these varying techniques in one organized, unified ....

Wildlife Ecology, Conservation and Management

Anthony Sinclair, John Fryxell and Graeme Caughley

This is much expanded and extensively revised second edition of one of the standard textbooks on wildlife management. It provides a thorough introduction to general ....

World Butterflies

Bernard d'Abrera

This book is a handy guide to the identification of the True Butterflies (Papilionoidea) of the world at least to genus level. It is a condensed version of the Concise Atlas of ....