This SpringerBrief answers the question on how birds recognize their predators using multidisciplinary approaches and outlines paths of the future research of predator recognition. A special focus is put on the role of key features to discriminate against predators and non-preda…
"Animal Physiology is the acclaimed textbook by Knut Schmidt-Nielsen for all undergraduate and graduate courses in physiology. The book is used all over the world, and its comprehensive coverage and clear style are unparalleled." "NOw in its fifth edition, the textbook has been …
This book is about the importance of animal size. We tend to think of animal function in chemical terms and talk of water, salts, proteins, enzymes, oxygen, energy, and so on. We should not forget, however, that physical laws are equally important, for they determine rates of di…
This book is a collection of 77 expert opinions arranged in three sections. Section 1 on "Climate" sets the scene, including predictions of future climate change, how climate change affects ecosystems, and how to model projections of the spatial distribution of ticks and tick-bo…
The Invertebrates describes the range and diversity of invertebrates and the way they work. The first part of the book describes all the known phyla of invertebrates with living representatives, together with their component classes. Rather than outline all the anatomical featur…
When a predator attacks, prey are faced with a series of 'if', 'when' and 'how' escape decisions? these critical questions are the foci of this book. Cooper and Blumstein bring together a balance of theory and empirical research to summarise over fifty years of scattered researc…
Physiology, Behavior, Genomics of Social Insects provides comprehensive information on the social insect groups described, including new and unique reviews on emerging model social organisms. The book's interdisciplinary approach integrates behavior, genomics, and physiology, pr…
Forensic scientists working with human skeletal remains must be able to differentiate between human and non-human bones. Comparative Skeletal Anatomy: A Photographic Atlas for Medical Examiners, Coroners, Forensic Anthropologists, and Archaeologists fills a void in the literatur…
by Cobb, Matthew, Newland, Philip L., Marion-Poll, Frédéric
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This title covers different approaches to taste research including genes and receptors, taste coding in the periphery and its modulation, taste coding in the central nervous system and behaviour, and nutrition and nutritional regulation.
Animal Eyes provides a comparative account of all known types of eye in the animal kingdom, outlining their structure and function with an emphasis on the nature of the optical systems and the physical principles involved in image formation. A universal theme throughout the book…
Ecoimmunology is a research field that examines interactions among host physiology and disease ecology in a wide range of environmentally relevant contexts. Since the start of the 21st century, the role of parasites and pathogens in the evolution of life history traits has becom…
This book contains 17 illustrated chapters and 9 appendices that describe the handling and physical examination, anatomy and physiology, the different species, therapy, ophthalmology, infectious and non-infectious diseases, anaesthesia, surgery, endocscopy and diagnosis, hand re…
