http://www.freebookspot.es Latest books added today en-us http://www.freebookspot.es/logorss.jpg http://www.freebookspot.es 160 43 http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=391743 Part one of this survey of plant physiology begins with photosynthesis and its products. It details how plants obtain and process light and CO2, and acquire and absorb water and minerals. Part two examines plant growth hormones, cell growth and differentiation, vegetative development, photomorphogenesis, reproductive development, growth movements and reactions to environmental stresses. Read more...
]]> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:38:24 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=391727 The best-selling field guide that "sets new standards" (New Scientist) and "makes all other field guides for mammals of the United States. . . and Canada obsolete" (Journal of Mammalogy) is now even better. Covering 20 species recognized since 2002 and including 13 new color plates, this fully revised edition of Mammals of North America illustrates all 462 known mammal species in the United States and Canada each in beautiful color and accurate detail. With a more up-to-date species list than any other guide, improved facing-page descriptions, easier-to-read distribution maps, updated common and scientific names, and track and scat illustrations, this slim, light, and easy-to-use volume is the must-have source for identifying North American mammals. Roland Kays and Don Wilson have scoured the technical literature to pull out the key differences between similar species, and illustrated these whenever possible, making the guide useful to amateur naturalists and professional zoologists alike. Casual animal watchers will appreciate the overview of mammal diversity and the tips on identifying animals they can spy in their binoculars, while scientists will appreciate the exacting detail needed to distinguish similar species, including illustrations of shrew teeth, bat toes, and whale dorsal fins. The best-illustrated and easiest-to-use field guide to North American mammals Beautiful and accurate color illustrations of all 462 mammals found in the United States and Canada Read more...
]]> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:47:30 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=391725 Originally perceived and idolized by the natives of New Guinea and discovered by Europeans in the sixteenth century, birds of paradise have long enchanted observers with their extraordinary beauty. In Drawn from Paradise, world renowned BBC broadcaster David Attenborough and artist and author Errol Fuller share their passion for these breathtaking creatures, offering bird lovers and nature aficionados an enthralling collection of interesting facts and stunningly beautiful, very rare hand-painted images of some of the most exotic winged creatures in the world. Read more...
]]> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:45:40 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=391722 In this book, bursting with more information than any field guide could hold, the well-known author and birder Pete Dunne introduces readers to the "Cape May School of Birding." It's an approach to identification that gives equal or more weight to a bird's structure and shape and the observer's overall impression (often called GISS, for General Impression of Size and Shape) than to specific field marks. After determining the most likely possibilities by considering such factors as habitat and season, the birder uses characteristics such as size, shape, color, behavior, flight pattern, and vocalizations to identify a bird. The book provides an arsenal of additional hints and helpful clues to guide a birder when, even after a review of a field guide, the identification still hangs in the balance. This supplement to field guides shares the knowledge and skills that expert birders bring to identification challenges. Birding should be an enjoyable pursuit for beginners and experts alike, and Pete Dunne combines a unique playfulness with the work of identification. Readers will delight in his nicknames for birds, from the Grinning Loon and Clearly the Bathtub Duck to Bronx Petrel and Chicken Garnished with a Slice of Mango and a Dollop of Raspberry Sherbet. Read more...
]]> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:40:51 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=391717 From the macaws of South America to the cockatoos of Australia, parrots are among the most beautiful and exotic birds in the world and also among the most endangered. This stunningly illustrated, easy-to-use field guide covers all 356 species and well-differentiated subspecies of parrots, and is the only guide organized by geographical distribution Australasian, Afro-Asian, and neotropical. It features 146 superb color plates depicting every kind of parrot, as well as detailed, facing-page species accounts that describe key identification features, distribution, subspeciation, habitat, and status. Color distribution maps show ranges of all subspecies, and field identification is further aided by relevant upperside and underside flight images. This premier field guide also shows where to observe each species in the wild, helping make this the most comprehensive and user-friendly guide to the parrots of the world. The only parrot guide to focus on geographical distribution Covers all 356 species Features 146 color plates depicting all species and well-differentiated subspecies Provides detailed facing-page species accounts that describe key identification features, distribution, subspeciation, habitat, and status Includes color distribution maps Shows where to observe each species in the wild Read more...
]]> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:34:00 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=391623 This book provides an Introductory approach to Human Evolution. Read more...
]]> Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:29:15 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=391612 From tiny, burrowing lizards to rainforest canopy-dwellers and giant crocodiles, reptile populations everywhere are changing. Yet government and conservation groups are often forced to make important decisions about reptile conservation and management based on inadequate or incomplete data. With contributions from nearly seventy specialists, this volume offers a comprehensive guide to the best methods for carrying out standardized quantitative and qualitative surveys of reptiles, while maximizing comparability of data between sites, across habitats and taxa, and over time. The contributors discuss each method, provide detailed protocols for its implementation, and suggest ways to analyze the data, making this volume an essential resource for monitoring and inventorying reptile abundance, population status, and biodiversity. Reptile Biodiversity covers topics including: • terrestrial, marine, and aquatic reptiles • equipment recommendations and limitations • ethics of monitoring and inventory activities • statistical procedures • designing sampling programs • using PDAs in the field Read more...
]]> Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:45:11 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=391573 For hundreds of years black-tailed prairie dogs inhabited the Great Plains by the millions, improving the grazing for bison and pronghorn antelope, digging escape holes and homes for burrowing owls and rodents, and serving as prey for badgers, coyotes, hawks, and bobcats. This book by the renowned naturalist and writer Paul A. Johnsgard tells the complex biological and environmental story of the western Great Plains under the prairie dog’s reign—and then under a brief but devastating century of human dominion. An indispensable and highly readable introduction to the ecosystem of the shortgrass prairie, Prairie Dog Empire describes in clear and detailed terms the habitat and habits of black-tailed prairie dogs their subsistence, seasonal behavior, and the makeup of their vast colonies and the ways in which their “towns” transform the surrounding terrain—for better or worse. Johnsgard recounts how this terrain was in turn transformed over the past century by the destruction of prairie dogs and their grassland habitats, together with the removal of the bison and their replacement with domestic livestock. A disturbing look at profound ecological alterations in the environment, this book also offers a rare and invaluable close-up view of the rich history and threatened future of the creature once considered the “keystone” species of the western plains. Included are maps, drawings, and listings of more than two hundred natural grassland preserves where many of the region’s na Read more...
]]> Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:38:23 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=391565 A collection of readily reproducible techniques for the study of mRNA processing and metabolism. These cutting-edge techniques range from cotranscriptional processing events that occur while the mNA is engaged with elongating RNA polymerase II, to in vivo and in vitro splicing and its biochemical analysis, and alternative splicing. Read more...
]]> Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:26:39 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=391343 The growing area of peptide and protein therapeutics research is of paramount importance to medical application and advancement. A needed reference for entry level researchers and researchers working in interdisciplinary / collaborative projects, Peptide and Protein Delivery addresses the current and emerging routes for delivery of therapeutics. Covering cerebral delivery, pulmonary delivery, transdermal delivery, intestinal delivery, ocular delivery, parenteral delivery, and nasal delivery, this resource offers an overview of the main routes in therapeutics. Researchers across biochemistry, pharmaceutical, molecular biology, cell biology, immunology, chemistry and biotechnology fields will find this publication invaluable for peptide and protein laboratory research. Covers current and emerging routes for delivery of therapeutics with a focus on end application Covers Comparative Effectiveness Research Concise, accessible information from active researchers in academia and industry Read more...
]]> Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:47:55 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=391331 In Genetics, Third Edition, students learn the underlying concepts and applications of genetics. They will also find up-to-date coverage of molecular genetics and the molecular biology of eucaryotic cells and their viruses. Numerous illustrations, 209 problems solved step-by-step, 1,000 additional practice problems, and 433 review questions make key points memorable and prepare readers for all kinds of typical genetics exams. Read more...
]]> Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:17:41 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=391328 Histology is the discipline of biology that involves the microscopic examination of thin stained tissue sections in order to study their structure and correlate it with function. Histology can detect signs of disease not easily recognized on gross examination and can therefore be of interest in fish health supervision. The aim of this volume is to present a general reference guide providing an extensive set of histological images of fishes (about 40 species). This atlas is designed for use by students and researchers, biologists, ichthyologists, fish farmers, veterinarians working in fisheries and, of course, by comparative histologists who want to learn more about the fish world. Read more...
]]> Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:08:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=391325 Computer simulation techniques have become almost essential in the study of the macro-molecular phenomena and phase behavior on the molecular level. As these techniques become increasingly important, it is necessaryto realize that they are useful tools, but are not the goals of research. With this important distinction in mind, Understanding Molecular Simulation describes simulation techniques along with the physics behind the phenomena that these techniques simulate. Read more...
]]> Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:04:28 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=391271 The textbook for cellular and molecular biology courses. Read more...
]]> Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:57:58 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=391262 A practical guide to teaching biology to 11-16-year-olds based on the experience of a range of teachers and those involved in science education from within the Association of Science Education. Each section covers a broad area of the curriculum. Chapters are subdivided into topics and for each topic the book provides: previous knowledge, a suggested teaching sequence, further activities, enhancement ideas, suggestions for using IT in biology, and advice on specialist equipment. Read more...
]]> Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:31:19 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=391150 There is a long-standing tradition for the Editors of Bergey’s Manual to open their respective editions with the observation that the new edition is a departure from the earlier ones. As this volume goes to press, however, we recognize a need to deviate from this practice, by offering a separate preface to each volume within this edition. In part, this departure is necessary because the size and complexity of this edition far exceeded our expectations, as has the amount of time that has elapsed between publication of the first volume of this edition and this volume. Read more...
]]> Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:07:28 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=391126 This book covers at an advanced level the most fundamental ideas, concepts and methods in the field of applications of fuzzy logic to the study of neural cell behavior. Motivation and awareness are examined from a physiological and biochemical perspective illustrating fuzzy mechanisms of complex systems. Read more...
]]> Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:23:39 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=391047 Cellular immunology is a rapidly moving field in which recent advances have made significant contributions to our understanding of the immune response to infection and malignancy. These in turn, have given rise to new therapeutic opportunities in areas such as vaccines and immunotheraphy. Many investigators have been discourages by the complicated protocols involved in cellular immunological studies, as illustrated, by the meticulous care required for the generation of antigen-specific T-cells. Lymphocytes: A Practical Approach (second edition) contains straight-forward protocols for well- established procedures in the study of lymphocytes including preparation and identification of lymphocytes, immortalization, cell and organ culture, and quantification assays. Read more...
]]> Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:04:17 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=390951 Intertidal Fishes describes the fishes inhabiting the narrow strip of habitat between the high and low tide marks along the rocky coastlines of the world. It analyzes the specialized traits of these fishes that have adapted to living in the dynamic and challenging space where they are alternately exposed to the air and submerged in water with the ebb and flow of the tides. This book provides a comprehensive account of fishes largely overlooked in many previous studies of intertidal organisms and emphasizes how they differ from fishes living in other deeper-water habitats. Coverage includes air breathing, movements and homing, sensory systems, spawning and parental care, feeding habits, community structure, systematic relationships, distribution patterns, and the fossil record in the intertidal zone. Read more...
]]> Sun, 16 Jun 2013 13:26:01 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=390950 Since the publication of the first edition of Gene Targeting: A Practical Approach in 1993 there have been many advances in gene targeting and this new edition has been thoroughly updated and rewritten to include all the major new techniques. It provides not only tried-and-tested practical protocols but detailed guidance on their use and applications. As with the previous edition Gene Targeting: A Practical Approach 2e concentrates on gene targeting in mouse ES cells, but the techniques described can be easily adapted to applications in tissue culture including those for human cells. The first chapter covers the design of gene targeting vectors for mammalian cells and describes how to distinguish random integrations from homologous recombination. It is followed by a chapter on extending conventional gene targeting manipulations by using site-specific recombination using the Cre-loxP and Flp-FRT systems to produce 'clean' germline mutations and conditionally (in)activating genes. Read more...
]]> Sun, 16 Jun 2013 13:24:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=390949 Significant advancements have been made in pathogen detection technologies during the last decade. Indexing of plants and plant parts for the presence of specific pathogens has been most effective in some instances for avoiding and/or controlling disease. The new technologies for detecting low levels of pathogens will increase the value of indexing as a tool for plant disease control. Providing an overview of the status of detection technology, this volume is directed not only to scientists and students interested in detection technology, but also to those interested in formulating and implementing disease control and quarantine regulations. This book provides a conceptual framework which presents the current scientific literature, state-of-the-art assessments, and speculations on future developments and requirements of pathogen indexing methods. Chapters cover the different pathogen groups, review current practices in areas where detection technology has become important, and provide perspectives on how indexing technologies can be applied, how well it has worked, and which problems remain. Statistical treatment of detection limits, sampling strategies, risk assessment, cost, standardization, and quality control are also covered. Read more...
]]> Sun, 16 Jun 2013 13:22:33 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=390811 This book contains various biological studies on the subject of sex differences have been published. The subjects of these studies are not only humans, but also other mammals, birds, amphibians, insects, extending to ostracoda in the Paleozoic era. Original methods in individual studies have been used. This book provides convincing reasons which explain sex differences. The book also shows that, even if considered that some living things do not have sex differences, in reality they do. The somewhat different data on sex differences in this book will offer new ideas not only to life scientists and biologists, but social and cultural scientists as well. Contents Preface 1 The Evolution of Sexual Dimorphism: Understanding Mechanisms of Sexual Shape Differences 2 Sexual Dimorphism in Antennae of Mexican Species of Phyllophaga (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Melolonthidae) 3 Sexual Dimorphism Using Geometric Morphometric Approach 4 The History of Sexual Dimorphism in Ostracoda (Arthropoda, Crustacea) Since the Palaeozoic 5 Sexual Dimorphism in Monoamine Metabolism in BrdU-Treated Rats Showing Behavioral Dopamine Hypersensitivity: An Animal Model of Schizophrenia 6 Sexual Dimorphism in Human Teeth from Dental Morphology and Dimensions: A Dental Anthropology Viewpoint 7 The Relationship Between Sexually Dimorphic Peripheral Nerves and Diseases with TOC BookMarkLinks Read more...
]]> Sat, 15 Jun 2013 22:01:51 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=390797 This book is intended for physicians and scientists with interest in glioblastoma biology, imaging and therapy. The book should serve as a supplementary text in courses and seminars as well as a general reference. Select topics in DNA repair are presented to demonstrate novel paradigms as they relate to therapeutic strategies. Contents Preface Part 1 Biology of malignant gliomas 1 Radiobiology of Radioresistant Glioblastoma 2 Impact of Metabolic and Therapeutic Stresses on Glioma Progression and Therapy 3 Key Principles in Glioblastoma Therapy 4 Biological Responses of Glioma Cell to Chemotherapeutic Agents 5 Prognostic Significance of Immunohistochemical Markers in Glioma Patients 6 Gray or White? - The Contribution of Gray Matter in a Glioma to Language Deficits Part 2 Novel imaging and diagnostic modalities 7 3D TrueFISP MRI Provides Accurate Longitudinal Measurements of Glioma Volumes in Mice 8 Clinical Microdialysis in Glioma 9 PET Imaging of Gliomas 10 Visualization and Photodynamic Therapy in Malignant Glioma - An Overview and Perspectives 11 Diagnostic Evaluation of Diffuse Gliomas 12 Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Gliomas 13 Assessment of Rodent Glioma Models Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging Techniques Part 3 Therapeutic Advances 14 Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Gliomas 15 Surgical Treatment of Supratentorial Glioma in Eloquent Areas 16 Clinical Study on Modified Boron Neutron Capture Therapy for Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma 17 Multimodal A Read more...
]]> Sat, 15 Jun 2013 21:45:28 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=390774 Brain repair, smart pills, mind-reading machines modern neuroscience promises to soon deliver a remarkable array of wonders as well as profound insight into the nature of the brain. But these exciting new breakthroughs, warns Steven Rose, will also raise troubling questions about what it means to be human. In The Future of the Brain, Rose explores just how far neuroscience may help us understand the human brain including consciousness and to what extent cutting edge technologies should have the power to mend or manipulate the mind. Rose first offers a panoramic look at what we now know about the brain, from its three-billion-year evolution, to its astonishingly rapid development in the embryo, to the miraculous process of infant development. More important, he shows what all this science can and cannot tell us about the human condition. He examines questions that still baffle scientists and he explores the potential threats and promises of new technologies and their ethical, legal, and social implications, wondering how far we should go in eliminating unwanted behavior or enhancing desired characteristics, focusing on the new "brain steroids" and on the use of Ritalin to control young children. The Future of the Brain is a remarkable look at what the brain sciences are telling us about who we are and where we came from and where we may be headed in years to come. Read more...
]]> Sat, 15 Jun 2013 20:13:18 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=390670 This best-selling GOB text continues to lead the way with a strong focus on current issues, pedagogically rich framework, a wide variety of medical and biological applications, visually dynamic art program, and exceptionally strong and varied end-of-chapter problems. Plus, this edition includes numerous new resources to help students' understanding and comprehension of chemistry, including full integration with our popular technological tools OWL (online homework management system) and CengageNOW (student assessment program), completely updated biochemistry content, and expanded medical and health applications useful for allied health students. Read more...
]]> Sat, 15 Jun 2013 12:12:40 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=390571 Yuehuei An, MD, and Richard Friedman, MD, FRCSC, assemble the first comprehensive treatment of bacterial adhesion, with major concentration on the powerful experimental methods for its study in biomaterials and tissue. Written by acknowledged experts in the field, these detailed techniques facilitate the study of implant infections in a wide range of devices, including orthopedic prostheses, cardiovascular devices, cerebrospinal fluid shunts and extradural catheters, urological catheters and stents, oral and maxillofacial implants, and even contact lenses. Methods for the study of microbial adhesion to such tissues as respiratory and intestinal mucosa, the urinary tract, and teeth are also included. Comprehensive and highly practical, the Handbook of Bacterial Adhesion: Principles, Methods, and Applications offers biomedical scientists and bioengineering researchers an all-in-one experimental guide to today's best techniques for understanding the nature, mechanisms, and prevention of bacterial adhesion. Read more...
]]> Fri, 14 Jun 2013 23:43:32 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=390528 Functional Metabolism of Cells is the first comprehensive survey of metabolism, offering an in-depth examination of metabolism and regulation of carbohydrates, lipids, and amino acids. It provides a basic background on metabolic regulation and adaptation as well as the chemical logic of metabolism, and covers the interrelationship of metabolism to life processes of the whole organism. The book lays out a structured approach to the metabolic basis of disease, including discussion of the normal pathways of metabolism, altered pathways leading to disease, and use of molecular genetics in diagnosis and treatment of disease. Read more...
]]> Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:38:57 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=390512 The Ontogeny of Information is a critical intervention into the ongoing and perpetually troubling nature-nurture debates surrounding human development. Originally published in 1985, this was a foundational text in what is now the substantial field of developmental systems theory. In this revised edition Susan Oyama argues compellingly that nature and nurture are not alternative influences on human development but, rather, developmental products and the developmental processes that produce them. Read more...
]]> Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:46:40 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=390488 More accessible to beginning students in the field than its encyclopedic counterparts, Fundamental Molecular Biology provides a distillation of the essential concepts of molecular biology, and is supported by current examples, experimental evidence, an outstanding art program, multimedia support and a solid pedagogical framework. The text has been praised both for its balanced and solid coverage of traditional topics, and for its broad coverage of RNA structure and function, epigenetics and medical molecular biology. Read more...
]]> Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:21:46 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=389771 What is a tree? As this celebration of the trees shows, they are our countryside our ancestors descended from them they gave us air to breathe. Yet while the stories of trees are as plentiful as leaves in a forest, they are rarely told. Here, Colin Tudge travels from his own back garden round the world to explore the beauty, variety and ingenuity of trees everywhere: from how they live so long to how they talk to each other and why they came to exist in the first place. Lyrical and evocative, this book will make everyone fall in love with the trees around them. Read more...
]]> Tue, 11 Jun 2013 18:46:38 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=389493 Exploring the mechanical features of biological cells, including their architecture and stability, this textbook is a pedagogical introduction to the interdisciplinary fields of cell mechanics and soft matter physics from both experimental and theoretical perspectives. This second edition has been greatly updated and expanded, with new chapters on complex filaments, the cell division cycle, the mechanisms of control and organization in the cell, and fluctuation phenomena. The textbook is now in full color which enhances the diagrams and allows the inclusion of new microscopy images. With around 280 end-of-chapter exercises exploring further applications, this textbook is ideal for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in physics and biomedical engineering. A website hosted by the author contains extra support material, diagrams and lecture notes, and is available at www.cambridge.org/Boal. Read more...
]]> Mon, 10 Jun 2013 22:12:13 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=389418 This volume addresses the origin of the human genus Homo, a major transition in human evolution and associated with major changes in brain size, locomotion, and culture, but one with many unanswered questions. How many different species of Homo were there, and how were they interrelated? Are stone tools a characteristic of early Homo? What was their function? How does the use of stone tools relate to changes in the dentition and brain size? Did adaptations for long distance running first appear with the origin of this genus? How does this relate to its diet and cultural abilities. Read more...
]]> Mon, 10 Jun 2013 18:06:51 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=389163 Reviewing the background and ethics of insect conservation as well as current threats to insect diversity, this book explains the reasoning behind, and the techniques used, to maintain and protect insect diversity. Insect conservation has recently become a significant component of conservation biology because insects make up such a large proportion of total species numbers and biomass. Read more...
]]> Sun, 09 Jun 2013 20:29:04 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=389150 Primate locomotion has typically been studied from two points of view. Laboratory-based researchers have focused on aspects like biomechanics and energetics, whereas field-based researchers have focused on (locomotor) behaviour and ecology. Unfortunately, to date, there is relatively little scientific exchange between both groups. With a book, which will be the result of a symposium on the 2008 Meeting of the International Primatological Society in Edinburgh, we would like to bring together laboratory and field-based primate locomotion studies. We are convinced this will be beneficial for both research lines. For example, biomechanists might wonder how frequently the locomotor style they study in the lab actually occurs in nature, and field workers might use calculated costs of locomotion to understand why certain locomotor behaviours are favoured under specific conditions. Thus, on the one hand, an established link between both groups may help interpret the results by using each other’s findings. On the other hand, recent technological advances (e.g. portable high-speed cameras) make it possible to bridge the gap between lab-based and field-based research by actually collecting biomechanical data in situ. Again, communication between both groups is necessary to identify the specific needs and start up achievable and successful research projects in the field. In order to generate a wide interest, we have invited biomechanists, ecologists, and field-based researchers who combi Read more...
]]> Sun, 09 Jun 2013 19:25:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=389020 This excellent second edition of Fisheries Biology, Assessment and Management, has been fully updated and expanded, providing a book which is an essential purchase for students and scientists studying, working or researching in fisheries and aquatic sciences. In the same way that excessive hunting on land has threatened terrestrial species, excessive fishing in the sea has reduced stocks of marine species to dangerously low levels. In addition, the ecosystems that support coastal marine species are threatened by habitat destruction, development and pollution. Open access policies and subsidised fishing are placing seafood in danger of becoming a scarce and very expensive commodity for which there is an insatiable demand. Positive trends include actions being taken to decrease the incidental catches of non-target species, consumer preferences for seafood from sustainable fisheries, and the establishment of no-take areas that provide refuges for marine species. But there is an urgent need to do more. Because there is an increasing recognition of the need to manage ecosystems as well as fish stocks, this second edition of this bestselling text book includes an additional chapter on marine ecology. Chapters on parameter estimation and stock assessment now include step-by-step instructions on building computer spreadsheet models, including simulations with random variations that realistically emulate the vagaries of nature. Sections on ecosystem management, co-manageme Read more...
]]> Sun, 09 Jun 2013 12:58:41 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=389013 The Dodo went from being newly discovered to extinction in less than a hundred years. The flightless, odd-looking bird was seen for the first time by Europeans and then annihilated by Europeans in the course of the seventeenth century. And by the end of the nineteenth century, all that remained of what Portuguese explorers called the "crazy bird" was a patchwork of tall tales, contradictory reports, incompatible illustrations, and fragments of feather and bone. The dodo had become, in short, an unsolvable puzzle, but a puzzle that persisted in art, literature, and scientific speculation. Best-selling author Clara Pinto-Correia, in following the bird's re-creation, shows in this remarkable book how the human intellect and the human imagination prey on sketchy facts and images, how missing pieces and incomplete lines are merged and fused to make a cohesive whole. By considering the incredibly strong hold of this bumbling, ungainly, and ill-fated creature on our collective scientific and literary imagination, Pinto-Correia teaches us not just about the ill-fated bird from the island paradise of Mauritius, but about our own abiding need to make sense of the world around us. Read more...
]]> Sun, 09 Jun 2013 11:05:47 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=388677 Fish Pathology is the definitive, classic and essential book on the subject, providing in-depth coverage across all major aspects of fish pathology. This new, fully updated and expanded fourth edition builds upon the success of the previous editions which have made Fish Pathology the best known and most respected book in the field, worldwide.Commencing with a chapter covering the aquatic environment, the book provides comprehensive details of the anatomy and physiology of teleosts, pathophysiology and sytematic physiology, immunology, neoplasia, virology, parasitology, bacteriology, mycology, nutritional pathology and other non-infectious diseases. A final chapter provides extremely useful details of the most widely-used and trusted laboratory methods in the area. Much new infomation is included in this new edition, including enhanced coverage of any diseases which have become commercially significant since publication of the previous edition Beautifully illustrated in full colour throughout with many exceptional photographs, Fish Pathology, Fourth Edition, is an essential purchase for fish pathologists, fish veterinarians, biologists, microbiologists and immunologists, including all those working in diagnostic services worldwide. Personnel working in fish farming and fisheries will also find much of great use and interest within the book's covers. All libraries in universities and research establishments where biological and veterinary sciences are studied and taught sho Read more...
]]> Fri, 07 Jun 2013 21:53:51 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=388346 The third edition of Animal Diversity presents a survey of the animal kingdom with emphasis on diversity, evolutionary relationships, functional adaptations, and environmental interactions. It is tailored for a one-semester or one-quarter course and is appropriate for both non-science and science majors. Read more...
]]> Thu, 06 Jun 2013 22:03:18 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=388312 Product Description: This unique, concise and beautifully illustrated guide allows students to identify over 650 of the common, widespread animals and seaweeds of the shore. User-friendly dichotomous keys are supported by details of diagnostic features and biology of each species. Now enhanced with 32 pages of colour, this much acclaimed guide is invaluable to students of marine biology at any level. Questions such as how does the species reproduce? What is its life-cycle? How does it feed? are answered in the notes accompanying each species to give a fascinating insight into the diversity and complexity of life on the shore. The text is supported by an extensive glossary of scientific terms and a comprehensive bibliography is included to aid further study. The third edition builds on the excellent reviews of earlier editions and will continue to appeal to a wide readership, including students, teachers and naturalists. Read more...
]]> Thu, 06 Jun 2013 20:03:34 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=388310 The Seventh Edition will have 23 chapters summarizing the latest findings in research on the biology of aging. The content of the work is virtually 100% new. Though a selected few topics are similar to the Sixth Edition, these chapters are authored by new contributors with new information. The majority of the chapters are completely new in both content and authorship. •Contains basic aging processes as determined by animal research as well as medical physiology of aging as known in humans •Covers hot areas of research, like stem cells, integrated with longstanding areas of interest in aging like telomeres, mitochondrial function, etc. •Edited by one of the fathers of gerontology (Masoro) and contributors represent top scholars in gerintology Read more...
]]> Thu, 06 Jun 2013 19:59:50 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=388238 The growing impact of nonlinear science on biology and medicine is fundamentally changing our view of living organisms and disease processes. This book introduces the application to biomedicine of a broad range of concepts from nonlinear dynamics, such as self-organization, complexity, coherence, stochastic resonance, fractals, and chaos. Written by leading figures in the field, coverage details experimental and theoretical research, as well as the emerging technological possibilities such as nonlinear control techniques for treating pathological biodynamics, including heart arrhythmias and epilepsy. Read more...
]]> Thu, 06 Jun 2013 14:51:03 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=388019 Now in paperback, Did Darwin Get It Right discusses some of the hottest issues in biology today. Its author, the eminently quotable John Maynard Smith, discusses such fascinating conundrums as how life began, whether the brain works like a computer, why most animals and plants reproduce sexually, and how social behavior evolved out of the context of natural selection a process which would seem to favor selfishness. A humorous and insightful writer, John Maynard Smith has the special ability to convey the excitement of science, its complexity and fascination, without baffling or boring his readers. In these 28 brief and accessible essays, Maynard ranges widely over such issues as science and the media, the birth of sociobiology, the evolution of animal intelligence and the limitations of evolutionary theory. For his work on the evolution of sex, Smith won the Darwin medal from the Royal Society, and he has pioneered the application of game theory to animal behavior. Read more...
]]> Wed, 05 Jun 2013 23:24:47 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=387805 Theoretical chemistry has been an area of tremendous expansion and development over the past decade from an approach where we were able to treat only a few atoms quantum mechanically or make fairly crude molecular dynamics simulations, into a discipline with an accuracy and predictive power that has rendered it an essential complementary tool to experiment in basically all areas of science. This volume gives a flavour of the types of problems in biochemistry that theoretical calculations can solve at present, and illustrates the tremendous predictive power these approaches possess. A wide range of computational approaches, from classical MD and Monte Carlo methods, via semi-empirical and DFT approaches on isolated model systems, to Car-Parinello QM-MD and novel hybrid QM/MM studies are covered. The systems investigated also cover a broad range from membrane-bound proteins to various types of enzymatic reactions as well as inhibitor studies, cofactor properties, solvent effects, transcription and radiation damage to DNA. Read more...
]]> Wed, 05 Jun 2013 15:10:18 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=387627 Epigenetics can potentially revolutionize our understanding of the structure and behavior of biological life on Earth. It explains why mapping an organism's genetic code is not enough to determine how it develops or acts and shows how nurture combines with nature to engineer biological diversity. Surveying the twenty-year history of the field while also highlighting its latest findings and innovations, this volume provides a readily understandable introduction to the foundations of epigenetics. Nessa Carey, a leading epigenetics researcher, connects the field's arguments to such diverse phenomena as how ants and queen bees control their colonies why tortoiseshell cats are always female why some plants need cold weather before they can flower and how our bodies age and develop disease. Reaching beyond biology, epigenetics now informs work on drug addiction, the long-term effects of famine, and the physical and psychological consequences of childhood trauma. Carey concludes with a discussion of the future directions for this research and its ability to improve human health and well-being. Read more...
]]> Wed, 05 Jun 2013 08:34:54 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=387435 The rugged countryside of Wales has long been a destination for successive generations of naturalists, ornithologists, oologists and, latterly, birdwatchers. Since the pioneering days of Willoughby and Ray, Pennant and Edward Llwyd, a growing number of intrepid travellers have recorded the wildlife and other natural riches of the mountains and coastlines of Wales. Despite these beginnings and the more recent twentieth century vogue for birdwatching, no volume on the birds of Wales has been produced until now to serve the increasing need for scientifically valid information for conservation purposes. In the years that have passed since the first naturalists visited Wales, changes of unimaginable scale have taken place in the Welsh countryside which have had equally dramatic impacts on the native bird communities. A succession of bird species have either been eliminated deliberately by the hand of man - mainly birds of prey - or have been dispossessed by changes in land use, the spread of industrialisation, urbanisation and pollution, trends which continue today to the increasing detriment of even some of our most familiar countryside birds. Much fine habitat remains however, and new species have come in to colonise Wales and add to the magic of its countryside. This volume sets out for the first time the historical and current status of all the bird species found in Wales together with their present distribution. The three authors, all staff of the RSPB in Wales, have between Read more...
]]> Tue, 04 Jun 2013 22:05:55 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=387396 Since writing the earlier editions of this textbook, we have relocated from Canberra, Australia, to Davis, California, where we teach many aspects of entomology to a new cohort of undergraduate and graduate students. We have come to appreciate some differences which may be evident in this edition. We have retained the regional balance of case studies for an international audience. With globalization has come unwanted, perhaps unforeseen, consequences, including the potential worldwide dissemination of pest insects and plants. A modern entomologist must be aware of the global status of pest control efforts. Read more...
]]> Tue, 04 Jun 2013 20:08:33 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=387392 Der Klimawandel und die Globalisierung, bei der taglich Millionen von Containern und Menschen von einem Kontinent zum anderen transportiert werden, bieten den Parasiten des Menschen eine Fulle von neuen Entfaltungsmoglichkeiten. Glaubte man sich in Europa auf einer sicheren „Insel der Seligen“, musste man feststellen, dass taglich auf den unterschiedlichsten Wegen Erreger oder Ubertrager aus fernen Landern hier anlanden, den Uberlebenskampf bestehen und sich schnell in einer sich in Sicherheit wiegenden Bevolkerung ausbreiten konnen. Dies geschieht, obwohl in Europa ein hoher Standard bei Therapie- und Praventionsma?nahmen gegeben ist. Daher ist es notwendig, das Wissen um die Ubertragungswege von Parasiten von Mensch zu Mensch, von Haustier zu Mensch oder von Mucke, Zecke bzw. Fliege zum Menschen stets aktuell zu halten und rechtzeitig mit Bekampfungsma?nahmen die Gefahren einer Einschleppung und Ausbreitung zu minimieren. So will dieses Buch eine aktuelle Ubersicht uber die wichtigsten einheimischen und tropischen Parasiten des Menschen und ihre potenziellen Ubertrager bieten und wendet sich an Arzte, Pharmazeuten, Laborpersonal und Studierende sowie an alle, die sich vor und nach Reisen uber Vorbeuge- und Bekampfungsma?nahmen informieren bzw. auch daheim in ihrer Wohnung unliebsamen parasitaren Eindringlingen den Zugang verwehren wollen. Die Informationen zu den einzelnen Parasiten werden jeweils in 11 Abschnitten komprimiert dargestellt: NamensgebungWeltweite Verbreitung Read more...
]]> Tue, 04 Jun 2013 19:46:21 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=387390 Menschen leben mit und von Tieren und sind in vielfaltiger Weise auf sie angewiesen. Tiere haben nicht nur als Nahrungslieferanten ungeheure Bedeutung, sondern auch als Weggefahrten von Familien oder einsamen Personen. Die Gesundheit der Tiere wird allerdings von Parasiten bedroht, deren Anzahl gerade in Zeiten der Globalisierung mit Transporten von Waren, Pflanzen, Tieren von einem Ende der Welt ans andere standig zunimmt. Viele Parasiten der Haus-, Nutz- und Heimtiere konnen auch den Menschen befallen und als sog. Zoonosen z.T. lebensbedrohliche Erkrankungen hervorrufen. Daher ist es wichtig, das Wissen zu den Ubertragungswegen solcher Parasiten sowie zu den Vorbeuge- und Bekampfungsma?nahmen standig zu aktualisieren, um Schaden von Mensch und Tier abzuwenden. Dieses Buch stellt die wichtigsten Parasiten von Hunden, Katzen, Wiederkauern, Pferden, Schweinen, Kaninchen, Nagern, Geflugel, Fischen, Reptilien und Bienen dar, wobei jeder Parasit bzw. jede Parasitose in 11 Abschnitte untergliedert ist: NamensgebungVerbreitung/EpidemiologieMorphologie/LebenszyklusSymptome der ErkrankungDiagnoseInfektionswegProphylaxeInkubationszeitPrapatenzPatenzTherapieDas Buch bietet komprimierte Informationen zu Parasiten, die die Tiere und den Menschen bedrohen. Es wendet sich daher sowohl an Tierarzte und Studierende der Veterinarmedizin als auch an Laborpersonal und Tierhalter, also alle Personen, die von zoonotischen Parasiten bedroht sind bzw. deren Haustiere darunter leiden. In informative Read more...
]]> Tue, 04 Jun 2013 19:40:34 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=387385 With the exception of climate change, biological invasions have probably received more attention during the past ten years than any other ecological topic. Yet this is the first synthetic, single-authored overview of the field since Williamson's 1996 book. Written fifty years after the publication of Elton's pioneering monograph on the subject, Invasion Biology provides a comprehensive and up-to-date review of the science of biological invasions while also offering new insights and perspectives relating to the processes of introduction, establishment, and spread. The book connects science with application by describing the health, economic, and ecological impacts of invasive species as well as the variety of management strategies developed to mitigate harmful impacts. The author critically evaluates the approaches, findings, and controversies that have characterized invasion biology in recent years, and suggests a variety of future research directions. Carefully balanced to avoid distinct taxonomic, ecosystem, and geographic (both investigator and species) biases, the book addresses a wide range of invasive species (including protists, invertebrates, vertebrates, fungi, and plants) which have been studied in marine, freshwater, and terrestrial environments throughout the world by investigators equally diverse in their origins. Read more...
]]> Tue, 04 Jun 2013 19:29:07 GMT http://www.freebookspot.es/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=387354 The book presents a class of new results in molecular biology for which topological methods and ideas are important. These include: the large-scale conformation properties of DNA computational methods (Monte Carlo) allowing the simulation of large-scale properties of DNA the tangle model of DNA recombination and other applications of Knot theory dynamics of supercoiled DNA and biocatalitic properties of DNA the structure of proteins and other very recent problems in molecular biology. The text also provides a short course of modern topology intended for the broad audience of biologists and physicists. The authors are renowned specialists in their fields and some of the new results presented here are documented for the first time in monographic form. Read more...
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