Life Sciences: General Issues

The study of fossilised remains of herbivorous animals, particularly those rare findings with well-preserved gastrointestinal tracts filled with pl...

Since the 1980s, a renewed understanding of molecular development has afforded an unprecedented level of knowledge of the mechanisms by which pheno...

There is increasing evidence that the structure and functioning of ecological communities and ecosystems are strongly influenced by flexible traits...

Currently, the ethics infrastructure from medical and scientific training to the scrutiny of ethics committees focuses on trying to reform inform...

This authoritative work, now thoroughly revised, has given thousands of clinicians, students, and researchers a state-of-the-art understanding of t...

Human language is not the same as human speech. We use gestures and signs to communicate alongside, or instead of, speaking. Yet gestures and speec...

Devoted to exploring questions about the origin and evolution of life in our Universe, this highly interdisciplinary book brings together a broad a...

Want to make the most of your talent for science? This practical guide for students, postdoctorates and professors offers a unique stepwise approac...

This selection of contemporary research provides up-to-date perspectives from leading investigators who are at the cutting edge of studies in autis...

Irrigation has been used for thousands of years to maximize the performance, efficiency and profitability of crops and it is a science that is cons...

Evolutionary biology has witnessed breathtaking advances in recent years. Some of its most exciting insights have come from the crossover of discip...

Global environmental change is occurring at a rate faster than humans have ever experienced. Climate change and the loss of ecosystem services are ...

To provide useful and meaningful information, long-term ecological programs need to implement solid and efficient statistical approaches for collec...

Attempts by ecologists to establish models for predicting the growth of a population or the fluctuations of a natural resource can be confounded by...

Long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) have a wide geographical distribution and extensively overlap with human societies across southeast Asia...

In an era where humans affect virtually all of the earth's processes, questions arise about whether we have sufficient knowledge of human-environme...

Spanning over half a century of investigation into Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep, this volume provides comprehensive coverage of a broad range of ...

It is being increasingly recognised that cultural and biological diversity are deeply linked and that conservation programmes should take into acco...

This second edition of the renowned Cambridge Handbook of Creativity expands on the first edition with over two thirds new material reaching across...

Interactions between competitors, predators and their prey have traditionally been viewed as the foundation of community structure. Parasites long...

It is being increasingly recognised that cultural and biological diversity are deeply linked and that conservation programmes should take into acco...

Dugongs and manatees, the only fully aquatic herbivorous mammals, live in the coastal waters, rivers and lakes of more than 80 subtropical and trop...

Darwin identified the existence of separate male and female gametes as one of the central mysteries of evolutionary biology. 150 years later, the q...