Pan-species listing is a brilliant method to keep track of a lifetime of natural history sightings. A personal list, not just of birds but including every moth, beetle, lichen, sea-spider, liverwort, fungus, slime mould, cetacean… anything and eve...Loe edasi...
K. Subramanya Sastry, Humberto Debat, M. N. Maruthi, Indranil Dasgupta, Govind P. Rao, A. Ishwara Bhat, V. Venkataravanappa, M Krishna Reddy, Rasappa Viswanathan
All aspects of the life of these five woodpecker species are covered in detail. Information on taxonomy, appearance, moult, calls, drumming, distribution, conservation status, habitats, movements, breeding, diet and relationships are presented com...Loe edasi...
The authority on the flora of this region, featuring detailed plant descriptions and botanical illustrations to aid identification. The Flora Zambesiaca series provides comprehensive descriptive accounts of the flowering plants...Loe edasi...
The Hierarchies in Biological Systematics: A Conceptual Perspective examines the diverse hierarchies shaping the field of biology. From the overarching cognitive frameworks to the specific classifications that define biological taxonomy,...Loe edasi...
This handbook covers British species of the family Dolichopodidae, popularly called long-legged flies. These are often attractive both visually and in their behaviour so the larger species will be familiar to most naturalists. The sexes are often str...Loe edasi...
Cruzan draws upon evidence from fossils, genomics, phylogenetics, coalescence theory, and the anatomy and physiology of human ancestors and other animals to arrive at an understanding of the origin of human appearance and behavior. We know mu...Loe edasi...
This book deals with Nitidulidae fauna of Northeast India, a biodiversity hotspot of the world, giving possible details of all available species, and extensive field exploration data of different habits and habitats. It embodies the systematic posit...Loe edasi...
When people worked with soil across the Americas and Afro-Eurasia from 1100-1800 new knowledge was unleashed that would change history. Eleven chapters show examples of how soil knowledge contributed to the development of chemistry, hydraulic enginee...Loe edasi...
This book explores the emergence of ichthyology in the eighteenth century, highlighting the role of classification in how the field took shape. It examines how ichthyologists established themselves as authorities on fish, and how this development imp...Loe edasi...
Field Guide to the Snakes of Eswatini offers a complete account of all 63 snake species recorded in the Kingdom of Eswatini (formerly known as Swaziland). Each species is illustrated with stunning photographs, over 300 images in all. The...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-Oct-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press Inc, ISBN-13: 9780197805152)
Cruzan draws upon evidence from fossils, genomics, phylogenetics, coalescence theory, and the anatomy and physiology of human ancestors and other animals to arrive at an understanding of the origin of human appearance and behavior. We know mu...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 08-Sep-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press Inc, ISBN-13: 9780197799703)
Earth in Flames discusses how the dinosaurs died, and how their deaths parallel what might happen to people after a nuclear war. The book reflects on the odds of future asteroid impacts, how to stop them, and what the readers personally and...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 12-Aug-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Harvard University Press, ISBN-13: 9780674297517)
The Manchu Mirrors and the Knowledge of Plants and Animals in High Qing China is the first systematic study of the codification of Manchu and Chinese words for animals and plants in the eighteenth century. Bian and Söderblom Saarela show how Qing le...Loe edasi...
The investigation of biodiversity, particularly in the hotspots, begins with the identification of living objects the animals, fungi, and plants comprising the ecosystem. In the field conditions, it is important to reveal the attribution of the o...Loe edasi...
Humankind’s fascination with the animal kingdom began as a matter of survival – differentiating the edible from the toxic, the ferocious from the tractable. Since then, our compulsion to catalogue wildlife has played a key role in growing our unde...Loe edasi...
Why is life so diverse? Why are there so many different species? This book explores the origins of biodiversity, its evolution and its continuation, as well as the impact that humans are having on this natural heritage. Richly illustrated,...Loe edasi...
