Zoology

Completely revised and updated, this third edition of a bestseller provides definitions for essential terms in animal behavior, evolution, ecology, genetics, biogeography, systematics, psychology, and statistics. Formatted like a standard dictionary, this reference presents the information in an acc..

This book is an introduction to animal locomotion and its evolutionary background and context with focus on comparative biophysics, biomechanics and bioengineering of animals. Swimming, flying and terrestrial locomotion are reviewed within current frameworks of the scientific method and modern evolu..

Ants are familiar to every naturalist, ecologist, entomologist, and pest control operator. The identification of the 233 species of Florida ants is technically difficult, and information on Florida ants is dispersed among hundreds of technical journal articles. This book uses scientific drawings of ..

Including a host of tables and illustrations, this book summarizes over a hundred years of research on bird malaria parasites and other haemosporidians and includes chapters on lifecycle and morphology, pathogenicity, ultrastructure, geographical..

Bryozoan Studies 2001..

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The purposes of the present dictionary are to define the osteological and taxonomic terms referring to fishes, and to explain the rationale, both anatomical and function, of fish skeletal units, in an evolutionary and biological context...

This reference provides in-depth coverage of the history and current status of the fuel ethanol industry in the United States. It examines processing methods, scientific principles, and innovations for making grain-based fuel ethanol; physical and chemical properties of distillers dried grains with ..

The past decade has seen a huge increase in the interest directed toward sea ducks. This has been inspired, in large part, by the conservation concerns associated with numerical declines in several sea duck species and populations, as well as a growing appreciation for their interesting ecological a..

Reflecting the considerable research recently conducted, this book examines the 15 extant species of sea ducks that populate North America. It provides a benchmark for where we are in conservation efforts and suggests future directions for researchers, managers, students, conservationists, and avian..

Bringing together the most recent literature, this book provides an in-depth look at the field of wildlife forensic examination. Offering practical guidance, it helps investigators and lab technicians decide on best methods, including a determination of when basic microscopy is sufficient, when DNA ..

A comprehensive study of sex differentiation gonochoric and hermaphroditic fishes, this book examines sex chromosomes and sex determining genes, emphasizing the need to search for more than one sex-determining gene residing on different chromosomes. It traces the origin of hermaphrodites from second..