NHBS Monthly Catalogue: February 2012
Ecology
BEHAVIOURAL RESPONSES TO A CHANGING WORLD
Mechanisms and Consequences
Edited by Ulrika Candolin and Bob BM Wong
Human-induced environmental change currently represents the single greatest threat to global biodiversity. Species are typically adapted to the local environmental conditions in which they have ......
304 pp, 50 b/w illustrations.
hardcover | 2012 | £70 | approx. $111/€84
softcover | NYP 06/2012 | £34.95 | approx. $56/€42
ECOLOGIE ACOUSTIQUE DES CHIROPTèRES D'EUROPE
Identification des Espèces, tude de Leurs Habitats et Comportements
Michel Barataud
This book discusses advances in the field of bat ultrasonic detection made in the last 20 years. Due to ever more powerful sensors and computer analyses, the author shows that it is now ......French
350 pp.
hardcover | NYP 06/2012 | £65 | approx. $103/€78
HOST MANIPULATION BY PARASITES
Edited by David P Hughes, Jacques Brodeur and Frederic Thomas
Parasites that manipulate the behaviour of their hosts represent striking examples of adaptation by natural selection. This field of study is now moving beyond its descriptive phase and into more ......
256 pp, 8 colour plates, 40 illustrations.
hardcover | NYP 06/2012 | £65 | approx. $103/€78
softcover | NYP 06/2012 | £34.95 | approx. $56/€42
HOW SPECIES INTERACT
Altering the Standard View on Trophic Ecology
Roger Arditi and Lev Ginzburg
Understanding the functioning of ecosystems requires the understanding of the interactions between consumer species and their resources. How do these interactions affect the variations of ......
304 pp.
hardcover | NYP 06/2012 | £39.99 | approx. $64/€48
