Animal Ecology

This is a fully up-to-date and comprehensive photographic field guide to the snakes of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. Lavishly illustrat...

Visual ecology is the study of how animals use visual systems to meet their ecological needs, how these systems have evolved, and how they are spec...

Eric Pianka offers a synthesis of his life's work on the comparative ecology of lizard assemblages in the Great Basin. Mojave and Sonoran deserts o...

This volume charts a new course in animal studies that re-examines Jacques Derrida's enduring thought on the visualization of the animal in his sem...

Essential Ornithology provides the reader with a concise but comprehensive introduction to the biology of birds, one of the most widely studied tax...

Mammals are the so-called "pinnacle" group of vertebrates, successfully colonising virtually all terrestrial environments as well as the air (bats)...

This revised and updated edition of Ladybirds provides a succinct but comprehensive and accessible overview of the biology of ladybirds and their p...

Amphibians and reptiles is a comprehensive guide to the native and non-native species of amphibian and reptile found in the British Isles. Professo...

Why birds are smarter than we thinkBirds have not been known for their high IQs, which is why a person of questionable intelligence is sometimes ca...

An indispensable guide to identification, ecology and study of bumblebees. This new edition embraces the wealth of information published on bumbleb...

Leaf beetles are one of the largest groups of beetles, with tens of thousands of species worldwide and around 280 in Britain. They belong mainly to...

This game-changing book questions long-accepted rules of primate socioecology and redefines the field from the ground up.In Primate Socioecology, r...

Measuring the abundance of individuals and the diversity of species are core components of most ecological research projects and conservation monit...

Measuring the abundance of individuals and the diversity of species are core components of most ecological research projects and conservation monit...

Bogland habitat, which is often threatened by peat extraction, has enormous natural history value. As well as the better-known plants, dragonflies ...

Detailed information on all aspects of bat surveying - The Bat Workers' Manual is an essential reference for anyone wishing to obtain a licence to ...

Along with reproduction, balancing energy expenditure with the limits of resource acquisition is essential for both a species and a population to s...

Eric Pianka offers a synthesis of his life's work on the comparative ecology of lizard assemblages in the Great Basin. Mojave and Sonoran deserts o...

Until recently, surprisingly little has been known about the biology and behavior of tropical forest raptors, including such basic aspects as diets...

Islands and Snakes contains 13 chapters describing ecological systems with foci on snakes and their ecological roles on islands around the world. E...

In this follow-up to Islands and Snakes, this book contains 15 chapters describing diversity and conservation of snakes on islands, with foci on se...

Bogland habitat, which is often threatened by peat extraction, has enormous natural history value. As well as the better-known plants, dragonflies ...