(Ilmumisaeg: 05-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press Inc, ISBN-13: 9780197825365)
The history of the planet Earth has had periods of being in a distinct state with intervening critical transitions that see it flip between states, for example between a world without atmospheric oxygen to one with a trace of it. These key transiti...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
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...
(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...
The quirky and profound international bestseller - at once a life-affirming memoir on how to live well in a world governed by chaos, and a darkly astonishing scientific biography...Loe edasi...
An authoritative account of Compositae. The Flora Zambesiaca series provides comprehensive descriptive accounts of the flowering plants and ferns native and naturalized in Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and the Caprivi...Loe edasi...
The authoritative flora for Iraq, featuring detailed plant descriptions and botanical illustrations to aid identification.The Flora of Iraq is the only flora for this region in the Middle East. It enables anyone documenting, stu...Loe edasi...
Today molecular data is part of many biological studies, including taxonomic works. Such data is embraced by taxonomists for good reasons. When combined with comparative morphology, palaeontology, and embryology, it creates a rich, integrated over...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-May-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Springer International Publishing AG, ISBN-13: 9783031803833)
This book focuses on plant systematics and evolution, with special interest on the history and philosophy of botanical classification. Tracing the history of how humans have dealt with ordering the plant world is very much a glimpse of how human c...Loe edasi...
A vivid portrait of the life and work of Carl LinnaeusCarl Linnaeus (1707–1778), known as the father of modern biological taxonomy, formalized and popularized the system of binomial nomenclature used to classify plants and animals....Loe edasi...
John Heraty, Ana Dal Molin, James Woolley, Austin Baker, Hannes Baur, Julie Böhmová, Matthew L. Buffington, Roger A.Burks, Matthew Cock, Astrid Cruaud...
The superfamily Chalcidoidea (the jewel wasps) are part of the insect order Hymenoptera. The superfamily comprises more than 27,000 known species, with an estimated total diversity of more than 500,000 species, meaning that the vast majority have yet...Loe edasi...
The Australian Beetles series represents a comprehensive treatment of the beetles of Australia, a relatively under-studied fauna that includes many unusual and unique evolutionary lineages found nowhere else on Earth.Volume 3 (Polyphag...Loe edasi...
A complete, yet compact and user-friendly, field guide to all the birds of the USA and Canada. Drawing on years of guiding experience, the book is designed to be the easiest guide to use in the field while birding. Covering 1,100 species with over...Loe edasi...
Wattles (Acacia) are among the most vibrant plants in the southern Australian bush, with their iconic yellow blooms particularly visible in late winter and spring. As the largest genus of flowering plant in Australia, they are one of the most...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 13-Jan-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press Inc, ISBN-13: 9780197664797)
In our modern world, it is easy to overlook the natural world all around us. Only major life events, such as birth, injury, disease, and death, remind us that we are still biological organisms. We interact with nature in controlled and safe enviro...Loe edasi...
Nico J. Diederich, Martin Brüne, Katrin Amunts, Christopher G. Goetz
(Ilmumisaeg: 24-Dec-2024, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press Inc, ISBN-13: 9780197676592)
Traditionally, studies and textbooks in Neurology or Psychiatry, as well as allied disciplines, deal with proximate causes of diseases and therapies, but remain mute or minimally interested in their ultimate causes including the phylogeny and adapti...Loe edasi...
This landmark volume, by one of the worlds leading experts, provides a unique, comprehensive compendium of all the biosystematics information on the Culicidae available today-- The book exhaustively summarizes the large and varied taxonomi...Loe edasi...
The quirky and profound international bestseller - a darkly astonishing scientific biography and a guide on how to live well in a world where chaos come for us all...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 29-Aug-2024, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press Inc, ISBN-13: 9780197679401)
This volume focuses on methods of field investigations on the theory of evolution set in diverse environments. It also discusses the necessary preparation, sources of funds and training required to conduct fieldwork in various countries. Populations...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 05-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press Inc, ISBN-13: 9780197825365)
The history of the planet Earth has had periods of being in a distinct state with intervening critical transitions that see it flip between states, for example between a world without atmospheric oxygen to one with a trace of it. These key transiti...Loe edasi...
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...
The quirky and profound international bestseller - at once a life-affirming memoir on how to live well in a world governed by chaos, and a darkly astonishing scientific biography...Loe edasi...
An authoritative account of Compositae. The Flora Zambesiaca series provides comprehensive descriptive accounts of the flowering plants and ferns native and naturalized in Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and the Caprivi...Loe edasi...
The authoritative flora for Iraq, featuring detailed plant descriptions and botanical illustrations to aid identification.The Flora of Iraq is the only flora for this region in the Middle East. It enables anyone documenting, stu...Loe edasi...
Today molecular data is part of many biological studies, including taxonomic works. Such data is embraced by taxonomists for good reasons. When combined with comparative morphology, palaeontology, and embryology, it creates a rich, integrated over...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-May-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Springer International Publishing AG, ISBN-13: 9783031803833)
This book focuses on plant systematics and evolution, with special interest on the history and philosophy of botanical classification. Tracing the history of how humans have dealt with ordering the plant world is very much a glimpse of how human c...Loe edasi...
A vivid portrait of the life and work of Carl LinnaeusCarl Linnaeus (1707–1778), known as the father of modern biological taxonomy, formalized and popularized the system of binomial nomenclature used to classify plants and animals....Loe edasi...
This accessible guide gives you the tools to be confident in identifying and managing frequently encountered non-native invasive plants in Britain and Ireland.Invasive alien species (IAS) are one of the biggest drivers of global biodiversit...Loe edasi...
John Heraty, Ana Dal Molin, James Woolley, Austin Baker, Hannes Baur, Julie Böhmová, Matthew L. Buffington, Roger A.Burks, Matthew Cock, Astrid Cruaud...
The superfamily Chalcidoidea (the jewel wasps) are part of the insect order Hymenoptera. The superfamily comprises more than 27,000 known species, with an estimated total diversity of more than 500,000 species, meaning that the vast majority have yet...Loe edasi...
The Australian Beetles series represents a comprehensive treatment of the beetles of Australia, a relatively under-studied fauna that includes many unusual and unique evolutionary lineages found nowhere else on Earth.Volume 3 (Polyphag...Loe edasi...
