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  • The Nature of Fear

    Survival Lessons from the Wild

    by Daniel T. Blumstein ...
    An Open Letters Review Best Book of the YearA leading expert in animal behavior takes us into the wild to better understand and manage our fears.Fear, honed by millions of years of natural selection, kept our ancestors alive. Whether by slithering away, curling up in a ball, or standing still in the presence of a predator, humans and other animals have evolved complex behaviors in order to survive ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • The Failure of Environmental Education (And How We Can Fix It)

    by Charles Saylan, Daniel Blumstein ...
    At a time when wild places everywhere are vanishing before our eyes, Charles Saylan and Daniel T. Blumstein offer this passionate indictment of environmental education—along with a new vision for the future. Writing for general readers and educators alike, Saylan and Blumstein boldly argue that education today has failed to reach its potential in fighting climate change, biodiversity loss, and ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Escaping From Predators

    An Integrative View of Escape Decisions

    Edited by William E. Cooper, Jr, Daniel T. Blumstein ...
    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 research and benchmark current thinking in the rapidly expanding literature on the behavioural ecology of escaping. The book ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Ecotourism’s Promise and Peril

    A Biological Evaluation

    Edited by Benjamin Geffroy, Diogo S. M. Samia, Eduardo Bessa, Daniel T. Blumstein ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Intended as a guide for wildlife managers and ecotourism operators, as well as interested ecotourists, this book addresses the biological principles governing how ecotourism affects wildlife. The introductory chapters focus on four key responses to human visitation—behavioral, physiological, ecological, and evolutionary. Readers will discover ecotourism’s effects on biodiversity in connection with ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

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  • The Domestic Dog

    Its Evolution, Behavior and Interactions with People

    Edited by James Serpell ...
    Why do dogs behave in the ways that they do? Why did our ancestors tame wolves? How have we ended up with so many breeds of dog, and how can we understand their role in contemporary human society? Explore the answers to these questions and many more in this study of the domestic dog. Building on the strengths of the first edition, this much-anticipated update incorporates two decades of new ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Comparative Social Evolution

    Edited by Dustin R. Rubenstein, Patrick Abbot ...
    Darwin famously described special difficulties in explaining social evolution in insects. More than a century later, the evolution of sociality - defined broadly as cooperative group living - remains one of the most intriguing problems in biology. Providing a unique perspective on the study of social evolution, this volume synthesizes the features of animal social life across the principle ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Living in a Seasonal World

    Thermoregulatory and Metabolic Adaptations

    Edited by Thomas Ruf, Claudia Bieber, Walter Arnold, Eva Millesi ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book summarises the newest information on seasonal adaptation in animals. Topics include animal hibernation, daily torpor, thermoregulation, heat production, metabolic depression, biochemical adaptations, neurophysiology and energy balance. The contributors to this book present interdisciplinary research at multiple levels ranging from the molecular to the ecophysiological, as well as ... Read more

    $188.99 USD

  • Phylogenetic Perspectives on the Vertebrate Immune System

    Edited by Manickam Sugumaran, Edwin L. Cooper, Gregory Becker ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book contains the proceedings of the first meeting on invertebrate immunity ever sponsored as a summer research conference by the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB). The conference was held in Copper Mountain, CO from July 11-16, 1999. It was a an extension of a New York Academy of Sciences meeting entitled "Primordial Immunity: Foundations for the Vertebrate ... Read more

    $188.99 USD

  • Studies on Experimental Models

    Edited by Samar Basu, Lars Wiklund ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    There is a widespread consensus that use of antioxidants as a therapeutic approach may counteract free radical mediated pathologies. However, the role of antioxidants in normal physiology and redox signaling is still in its infancy. Since oxidative stress is related to various diseases and pathologies, scientists are eager to study the disease in humans, but it is not always ethical to study all ... Read more

    $188.09 USD

  • Zoobiquity

    What Animals Can Teach Us About Health and the Science of Healing

    by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, Kathryn Bowers ...
    A revelatory depiction of what animals can teach us about the human body and mind, exploring how animal and human commonality can be used to diagnose, treat, and heal patients of all species."Full of fascinating stories.” —Atul Gawande, M.D.Do animals overeat? Get breast cancer? Have fainting spells? Inspired by an eye-opening consultation at the Los Angeles Zoo, which revealed that a monkey ... Read more

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  • The Domestic Cat

    The Biology of its Behaviour

    Edited by Dennis C. Turner, Patrick Bateson ...
    The most commonly kept domestic animal in the developed world, the cat has been a part of human life for thousands of years. Cats have been both worshipped and persecuted over this long period - either loved or hated for their enigmatic self-reliance and the subject of numerous myths and fables. Highlighting startling discoveries made over the last ten years, this new edition features ... Read more

    $43.99 USD

  • Comparative Cognition

    by Mary C. Olmstead, Valerie A. Kuhlmeier ...
    Integrating developments from psychology, ethology and neuroscience, this is an undergraduate introduction to cognitive processes across species. The authors merge classic studies and contemporary research to give students a full picture of the evolving field of comparative cognition. Engaging students in the discipline from its roots in animal learning and evolutionary biology through to current ... Read more

    $56.99 USD