Zoology & Animal Sciences

According to the World Health Organisation during their lifetime more than one quarter of all individuals will develop one or more mental or behavi...

This illustrated introduction to Central American Chironomidae offers extensive photographic material, as well as detailed morphological and ecolog...

This unique book brings together research and theorizing on human-animal relations, animal advocacy, and the factors underlying exploitative attitu...

This volume examines cells set aside during development for use later in ontogeny or in adult life. There is no single term for such cells. The cel...

The first vertebrate animals appear in the fossil record over 520 million years ago. These lineages diversified and eventually crept ashore leading...

Most vertebrate cranial sense organs arise from placodes. These placodes give rise to sensory neurons that transmit information to the brain and ne...

Animal Locomotion: Physical Principles and Adaptations is a professional-level, state of the art review and reference summarizing the current under...

In today's world, we are witnessing simultaneous breakthroughs in reproductive technologies, genomics, and molecular biology. Advances in molecular...

This illustrated introduction to Central American Chironomidae offers extensive photographic material, as well as detailed morphological and ecolog...

Bioenergetics is an emerging discipline which offers a more profound understanding of the ecology, behaviour, and evolution of wild herbivores. In...

The behaviour textbook that's been missing! - Dr Mandy Roshier, University of Nottingham, School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, UKThis practic...

Coastal Ecosystem Processes, written by the renowned marine scientist Daniel Alongi, describes how pelagic and benthic food webs, from beaches and ...

This text presents a variety of methods of creation of renal failure, by the authors experience in the study and support of laboratory animal model...

These volumes provide information which will be helpful to comparative pathologists, veterinarians, and all marine scientists and other individuals...

Even though Xenopus is one of the two most popular non-mammalian animals used in biomedical research, its value in the lab suffers from a lack of s...

Key featuresNew chapter on nutrition Includes new section of case studiesCompletely revised and updated chapters throughoutThis systematic yet conc...

Fetal development in the mouse is routinely and increasingly utilized for advancing translational research and medical innovation for human obstetr...

Over the past decade, since publication of the first edition of Chronic Pain in Small Animal Medicine, many advances have been made in the discipli...

Over the past decade, since publication of the first edition of Chronic Pain in Small Animal Medicine, many advances have been made in the discipli...

Some animals and plants injure or kill millions of people annually, others cause trillions of dollars in property damage and loss. Such harmful spe...

This collection of essays looks at sexuality and reproduction from an evolutionary perspective. Covering experimental discoveries as well as theore...

How to Raise a Puppy moves away from the traditional approach to raising puppies, focused on obedience and control, and instead takes an holistic, ...

This book presents a hypothesis and evidence that organisms promote and ecosystems maximize biodiversity. All species have a net positive effect on...