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BLUE-FOOTED BOOBIES *

DRUMMOND H.

In Blue-Footed Boobies, Hugh Drummond presents a lifetime field study of one of the planet's most charismatic and observable birds, focused on two themes of human relevance: aggressive competition between siblings and monogamous pair-bonding combined with frequent infidelity. In an account peppered with research anecdotes, he immerses readers in a bustling blue-footed booby col...

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ESSENTIAL ORNITHOLOGY *

GRAHAM SCOTT

Essential Ornithology provides the reader with a concise but comprehensive introduction to the biology of birds, one of the most widely studied taxonomic groups. The book begins by considering the dinosaur origins of birds and their subsequent evolution. Development, anatomy, and physiology are then discussed followed by chapters devoted to avian reproduction, migration, ecolog...

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ESSENTIAL ORNITHOLOGY *

GRAHAM SCOTT

Essential Ornithology provides the reader with a concise but comprehensive introduction to the biology of birds, one of the most widely studied taxonomic groups. The book begins by considering the dinosaur origins of birds and their subsequent evolution. Development, anatomy, and physiology are then discussed followed by chapters devoted to avian reproduction, migration, ecolog...

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MARINE ECOLOGY *

Striking full colour illustrations and photographs bring this integrated and stimulating survey of marine ecology to life. Through its unique structure, Marine Ecology: Processes, Systems, and Impacts offers a systems-orientated approach from a truly modern and global perspective.The text introduces key processes and systems from which the marine environment is formed and the i...

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DISASTER BY CHOICE: *

KELMAN I.

An earthquake shatters Haiti and a hurricane slices through Texas. We hear that nature runs rampant, seeking to destroy us through these 'natural disasters'. Science recounts a different story, however: disasters are not the consequence of natural causes; they are the consequence of human choices and decisions. we put ourselves in harm's way; we fail to take measures which we k...

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MOSAICS OF KNOWLEDGE *

ANDREW RIGGSBY

Today's information technology often seems to take on a life of its own, spreading into every part of our lives. In the Roman world things were different. Technologies were limited to small, scattered social groups. By examining five technologies-lists, tables, weights and measures, artistic perspective, and mapping-Mosaics of Knowledge demonstrates how the Romans broke up a wo...

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STREAMS OF GOLD, RIVERS OF BLOOD: *

ANTHONY KALDELLIS

In the second half of the tenth century, Byzantium embarked on a series of spectacular conquests: first in the southeast against the Arabs, then in Bulgaria, and finally in the Georgian and Armenian lands. By the early eleventh century, the empire was the most powerful state in the Mediterranean. It was also expanding economically, demographically, and, in time, intellectually ...

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JEWS AND SAMARITANS: *

GARY KNOPPERS

Even in antiquity, writers were intrigued by the origins of the people called Samaritans, living in the region of ancient Samaria (near modern Nablus). The Samaritans practiced a religion almost identical to Judaism and shared a common set of scriptures. Yet the Samaritans and Jews had little to do with each other. In a famous New Testament passage about an encounter between Je...

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OFFICERS AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN MEDIEVAL ENGLAND 1170-1300 *

SABAPATHY, JOHN

The later twelfth and thirteenth centuries were a pivotal period for the development of European government and governance. A mentality emerged that trusted to procedures of accountability as a means of controlling officers' conduct. The mentality was not inherently new, but it became qualitatively more complex and quantitatively more widespread in this period, across European ...

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PARIS SAVANT: *

BRUNO BELHOSTE

Novelist Honoré de Balzac was the first to use the phrase "Paris savant" to refer to the dynamic Parisian scientific and intellectual community of the late 18th century. The Academy of Sciences was highly active during this time, and was a meeting place for intellectual and scientific elite, who worked together toward the diffusion of scientific knowledge into Parisian society...

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EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON BIRDS *

PETER O. DUNN / ANDERS PAPE MØLLER

Climate change issues are attracting rapidly increasing interest from a wide range of biologists due to their unprecedented effects on global biodiversity, although there remains a lack of general knowledge as to the environmental consequences of such rapid change. Compared with any other class of animals, birds provide more long-term data and extensive time series, a more geog...

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THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY *

KHALED EL-ROUAYHEB / SABINE SCHMIDTKE

The study of Islamic philosophy has entered a new and exciting phase in the last few years. Both the received canon of Islamic philosophers and the narrative of the course of Islamic philosophy are in the process of being radically questioned and revised. Most twentieth-century Western scholarship on Arabic or Islamic philosophy has focused on the period from the ninth century ...

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HISTORY OF PRECOLONIAL INDIA *

KULKE, HERMANN

A comprehensive and analytical assessment of the history of the Indian subcontinent until 1750 CE, History of Precolonial India situates Indian history in the wider context of its Asiatic background in an effort to accommodate the ongoing cultural transactions, intersections, and overlaps. This, it is hoped, will allow the reader to go beyond the usual brief flirtations with As...

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THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF THE ARCHAEOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY OF HUNTER-GATHERERS *

VICKI CUMMINGS

For more than a century, the study of hunting and gathering societies has been central to the development of both archaeology and anthropology as academic disciplines, and has also generated widespread public interest and debate. The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology and Anthropology of Hunter-Gatherers provides a comprehensive review of hunter-gatherer studies to date, includ...

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VERTEBRATE LIFE *

HARVEY F., JANIS C. M.

Vertebrate Life, 10th Edition blends information about anatomy, physiology, ecology, and behavior to present vertebrates within an evolutionary context. Engaging and readable, the 10th edition features full colour throughout with completely new photographs and line art. Important advances in vertebrate biology are highlighted, including the increasing influence of molecular phy...

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BREAKING THE SURFACE *

BAILEY, DOUG

In Breaking the Surface, Doug Bailey offers a radical alternative for understanding Neolithic houses, providing much-needed insight not just into prehistoric practice, but into another way of doing archaeology. Using his years of fieldwork experience excavating the early Neolithic pit-houses of southeastern Europe, Bailey exposes and elucidates a previously under-theorized aspe...

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HANDBOOK OF THE MARINE FAUNA OF NORTH-WEST EUROPE *

PETER JOSEPH HAYWARD

This authoritative guide enables accurate identification of the common components of the inshore benthic invertebrates of the British Isles and adjacent European coasts, as well as a substantial proportion of fish species. This new edition builds upon the strengths of the earlier work and is thoroughly revised throughout to incorporate advances in both the taxonomy and ecology ...

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THE ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION OF HELICONIUS BUTTERFLIES *

CHRIS JIGGINS

The Heliconius butterflies are one of the classic systems in evolutionary biology and have contributed hugely to our understanding of evolution over the last 150 years. Their dramatic radiation and remarkable mimicry has fascinated biologists since the days of Bates, Wallace, and Darwin.The Ecology and Evolution of Heliconius Butterflies is the first thorough and accessible tre...

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AN INTRODUCTION TO PRIMATE CONSERVATION *

WICH S.A.

The number of primates on the brink of extinction continues to grow, and the need to respond with effective conservation measures has never been greater. This book provides a comprehensive and state-of-the-art synthesis of research principles and applied management practices for primate conservation. It begins with a consideration of the biological, intellectual, economic, and ...

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THE ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION OF HELICONIUS BUTTERFLIES: *

JIGGINS C.D.

The Heliconius butterflies are one of the classic systems in evolutionary biology and have contributed hugely to our understanding of evolution over the last 150 years. Their dramatic radiation and remarkable mimicry has fascinated biologists since the days of Bates, Wallace, and Darwin. The Ecology and Evolution of Heliconius Butterflies is the first thorough and accessible tr...

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INVERTEBRATES *

BRUSCA, RICHARD

In the 12 years since publication of Invertebrates, Second Edition, fundamental shifts have occurred in our understanding of the origins and evolutionary relationships among protists and animals. These changes are largely due to the explosion of molecular phylogenetics and evo-devo research, emergence of the new field of animal genomics, major fossil discoveries in China, Austr...

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ANIMAL ATHLETES *

IRSCHICK D.J.

Animals perform many athletic tasks to an amazing degree of accomplishment: not only spectacular feats of running and jumping but also routine actions that ensure survival such as feeding, vocalization, diving, flying, and many more. The study of performance capacity (defined as the ability of an animal to conduct a key task) is of great interest to both ecologists and evolutio...

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BIRDS OF THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT *

MANAKADAN, RANJIT

This book is a revised edition of a pictorial guide to the birds of the Indian subcontinent first published in 1983. The book deals with the birds of the Indian Subcontinent?India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, including the islands of Andaman and Nicobars, Lakshadweep, and Maldives and not includes Afghanistan and the Chagos Archipelago. The main part of t...

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INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION IN BIRDS *

ANDRÉ A. DHONDT

In nature there exist three main types of biotic interactions between individuals of different species: competition, predation, and mutualism. All three exert powerful selection pressures, and all three shape communities. However, the question of how important interspecific competition in nature really is remains controversial and unresolved. This book provides a critical and e...

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INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION IN BIRDS *

ANDRÉ A DHONDT

In nature there exist three main types of biotic interactions between individuals of different species: competition, predation, and mutualism. All three exert powerful selection pressures, and all three shape communities. However, the question of how important interspecific competition in nature really is remains controversial and unresolved.This book provides a critical and ex...

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FIELD GUIDE TO MAMMALS OF AUSTRALIA *

MENKHORST, PETER

This fully revised and updated edition of A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia is the only comprehensive guide to identifying all 382 species of mammals known in Australia. This book provides concise and accurate details of the appearance, diagnostic features, distribution, habitat, and key behavioural characteristics of all mammals known to have occurred in Australia or i...

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ANT ECOLOGY *

LORI LACH, CATHERINE PARR AND KIRSTI ABBOTT

Comprising a substantial part of living biomass on earth, ants are integral to the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems. More than 12,000 species have been described to date, and it is estimated that perhaps as many still await classification.Ant Ecology explores key ecological issues and new developments in myrmecology across a range of scales. The book begins with a global p...

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AVIAN INVASIONS *

BLACKBURN, TIM M.

Biological invaders represent one of the primary threats to the maintenance of global biodiversity, human health, and the success of human economic enterprises. The continuing globalization of our society ensures that the need to understand the process of biological invasion will only increase in the future. There is also a growing recognition that the study of biological invad...

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FEATHERED DINOSAURS: *

JOHN LONG

Scientists have recovered more than a billion fossils, but no discovery has been more breath-taking than the fossils recently found in northern China, findings which prove that several families of dinosaurs had feathers, or feathery hair-like coverings, adorning their bodies.Now in the beautifully designed Feathered Dinosaurs, paleontologist John Long and illustrator Peter Scho...

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OXFORD COLLOCATIONS DICTIONARY FOR STUDENT'S OF ENGLISH *

VV. AA.

The Oxford Collocations Dictionary improves students' accuracy by showing them the words that work together in both British and American English. Using the dictionary develops a better awareness of which words go together and helps students sound more natural. The dictionary is an essential tool for students preparing for the Cambridge ESOL First Certificate or Proficiency Exam...

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