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Advances in acarology ; ed. by John A. Naegele
Advances in acarology ; ed. by John A. Naegele
Pubbl/distr/stampa Ithaca : Comstock Publishing Associates, 1963 (vol.1), 1965 (vol.2)
Descrizione fisica 2 v. (480, 174 p.) ; 24 cm
Disciplina 595.42
Soggetto non controllato Acarologia
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-990002012000403321
Ithaca : Comstock Publishing Associates, 1963 (vol.1), 1965 (vol.2)
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Amphibians of Costa Rica : a field guide / / Twan Leenders
Amphibians of Costa Rica : a field guide / / Twan Leenders
Autore Leenders Twan
Pubbl/distr/stampa Ithaca, New York ; ; London : , : Comstock Publishing Associates : , : Cornell University Press, , [2016]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (ix, 531 pages) : illustrations, maps
Disciplina 597.8097286
Collana Zona Tropical Publications
Soggetto topico Amphibians - Costa Rica
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-5017-0616-0
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Caecilians (Order Gymnophiona) -- Introduction -- Family Caeciliidae -- Family Dermophiidae -- Salamanders (Order Caudata) -- Introduction -- Family Plethodontidae (Lungless Salamanders) -- Introduction -- Genus Bolitoglossa - Webfoot Salamanders -- Genus Nototriton - Moss Salamanders -- Genus Oedipina - Worm Salamanders -- Genus Oedipina -- Frogs and Toads (Order Anura) -- Introduction -- Family Bufonidae (Toads) -- Family Centrolenidae (Glass Frogs) -- Family Craugastoridae (Litter Frogs) -- Family Dendrobatidae (Poison Dart Frogs) -- Family Eleutherodactylidae -- Family Hemiphractidae -- Family Hylidae (Tree Frogs) -- Family Leptodactylidae (Foam-nest Frogs) -- Family Microhylidae (Narrow-mouthed Frogs) -- Family Ranidae (True Frogs) -- Family Rhinophrynidae -- Family Strabomantidae -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Photo Credits -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910467150503321
Leenders Twan  
Ithaca, New York ; ; London : , : Comstock Publishing Associates : , : Cornell University Press, , [2016]
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Amphibians of Costa Rica : a field guide / / Twan Leenders
Amphibians of Costa Rica : a field guide / / Twan Leenders
Autore Leenders Twan
Pubbl/distr/stampa Ithaca, New York ; ; London : , : Comstock Publishing Associates : , : Cornell University Press, , [2016]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (ix, 531 pages) : illustrations, maps
Disciplina 597.8097286
Collana Zona Tropical Publications
Soggetto topico Amphibians - Costa Rica
ISBN 1-5017-0616-0
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Caecilians (Order Gymnophiona) -- Introduction -- Family Caeciliidae -- Family Dermophiidae -- Salamanders (Order Caudata) -- Introduction -- Family Plethodontidae (Lungless Salamanders) -- Introduction -- Genus Bolitoglossa - Webfoot Salamanders -- Genus Nototriton - Moss Salamanders -- Genus Oedipina - Worm Salamanders -- Genus Oedipina -- Frogs and Toads (Order Anura) -- Introduction -- Family Bufonidae (Toads) -- Family Centrolenidae (Glass Frogs) -- Family Craugastoridae (Litter Frogs) -- Family Dendrobatidae (Poison Dart Frogs) -- Family Eleutherodactylidae -- Family Hemiphractidae -- Family Hylidae (Tree Frogs) -- Family Leptodactylidae (Foam-nest Frogs) -- Family Microhylidae (Narrow-mouthed Frogs) -- Family Ranidae (True Frogs) -- Family Rhinophrynidae -- Family Strabomantidae -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Photo Credits -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910796490503321
Leenders Twan  
Ithaca, New York ; ; London : , : Comstock Publishing Associates : , : Cornell University Press, , [2016]
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Amphibians of Costa Rica : a field guide / / Twan Leenders
Amphibians of Costa Rica : a field guide / / Twan Leenders
Autore Leenders Twan
Pubbl/distr/stampa Ithaca, New York ; ; London : , : Comstock Publishing Associates : , : Cornell University Press, , [2016]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (ix, 531 pages) : illustrations, maps
Disciplina 597.8097286
Collana Zona Tropical Publications
Soggetto topico Amphibians - Costa Rica
ISBN 1-5017-0616-0
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Caecilians (Order Gymnophiona) -- Introduction -- Family Caeciliidae -- Family Dermophiidae -- Salamanders (Order Caudata) -- Introduction -- Family Plethodontidae (Lungless Salamanders) -- Introduction -- Genus Bolitoglossa - Webfoot Salamanders -- Genus Nototriton - Moss Salamanders -- Genus Oedipina - Worm Salamanders -- Genus Oedipina -- Frogs and Toads (Order Anura) -- Introduction -- Family Bufonidae (Toads) -- Family Centrolenidae (Glass Frogs) -- Family Craugastoridae (Litter Frogs) -- Family Dendrobatidae (Poison Dart Frogs) -- Family Eleutherodactylidae -- Family Hemiphractidae -- Family Hylidae (Tree Frogs) -- Family Leptodactylidae (Foam-nest Frogs) -- Family Microhylidae (Narrow-mouthed Frogs) -- Family Ranidae (True Frogs) -- Family Rhinophrynidae -- Family Strabomantidae -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Photo Credits -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910813252103321
Leenders Twan  
Ithaca, New York ; ; London : , : Comstock Publishing Associates : , : Cornell University Press, , [2016]
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Anatomy of the honey bee / R. E. Snodgrass
Anatomy of the honey bee / R. E. Snodgrass
Autore Snodgrass, Robert Evans <1875-1962>
Pubbl/distr/stampa Ithaca : Comstock Publishing Associates, 1956
Descrizione fisica 334 p. ; 25 cm
Disciplina 595.79
Soggetto non controllato Imenotteri - Apoidea
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-990002041430403321
Snodgrass, Robert Evans <1875-1962>  
Ithaca : Comstock Publishing Associates, 1956
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Avian physiology / by Paul D. Sturkie
Avian physiology / by Paul D. Sturkie
Autore Sturkie, Paul D.
Pubbl/distr/stampa Ithaca ; New York : Comstock Publishing Associates, 1954
Descrizione fisica XX, 423 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Soggetto non controllato Uccelli - Fisiologia
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-990009567170403321
Sturkie, Paul D.  
Ithaca ; New York : Comstock Publishing Associates, 1954
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Biology and evolution of crocodylians / / text by Gordon Grigg ; illustrations by David Kirshner ; foreword by Rick Shine
Biology and evolution of crocodylians / / text by Gordon Grigg ; illustrations by David Kirshner ; foreword by Rick Shine
Autore Grigg Gordon
Pubbl/distr/stampa Ithaca, New York : , : Comstock Publishing Associates, , 2015
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (671 p.)
Disciplina 597.98
Soggetto topico Crocodilians
Crocodilians - Evolution
Crocodiles
Crocodiles - Evolution
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-4863-0067-7
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Cover; FOREWORD; Contents; PREFACE; ACKNOW LEDGEMENTS; 1 INTRODUCTION; Introducing crocodylians; The three 'families': Crocodylidae, Alligatoridae and Gavialidae; Differences between crocodylids, alligatorids and gharials; Terminology; The living species ofcrocodylians; Recent taxonomic changes in African Crocodiles; The growth of scientific knowledge about crocodylians; Beginnings; More recent research; Crocodylians as research subjects; Body size and age; Crocodylians large and small; Relationships between length and mass; How long do crocodylians live?; 2 THE CROCODYLIAN FAMILY TREE
The modern crocodylians and their relationshipsExtant Crocodylia; Affinities between species within Crocodylidae; Affinities between species within Alligatoridae; The affinity of the Malay or false Gharial, Tomistoma schlegelii; Extinct Crocodylia and other crocodile-like reptiles; crocs in 'deep time'; Amniotes, synapsids, reptiles, anapsids and diapsids; The earliest 'Archosaurs', Archosauriformes; Archosaurs; two major clades, Crurotarsi (Pseudosuchia) and Avemetatarsalia (Ornithodira); Crurotarsan diversification in the early Triassic: the earliest crocodile-like reptiles
Basal crocodylomorphsCrocodyliformes (excluding Eusuchia); Non-eusuchian Mesoeucrocodylia; Bernissartia and extinct Eusuchia (including extinct Crocodylia); Summary; 3 CROCODYLIANS CLOSER UP; The external features of crocodylians; Body and limbs; Skin and scales; Skin colour; Bony armour; Head; Teeth; Integumentary sense organs (ISOs); Skin glands; Skull and musculoskeletal system; Skull and jaws; Opening and closing the jaws; Vertebrae and vertebral column; Neck: supporting a heavy head; Trunk musculature: analogy with an I-beam; Trunk: ribs and gastralia; Tail: the crocodylian propeller
Forelimbs and pectoral girdleHindlimbs and pelvic girdle; 4 LOCOMOTION, BUOYANCY AND TRAVEL; Crocodylians on land; Gaits on land; Crocodylians in the water; Typical postures at rest in water; Swimming; Jumping and 'tail walking'; Diving; Bottom walking; Surfacing to breathe; Head and tail lift; Buoyancy; Behaviours that depend on good buoyancy control; Mechanisms of buoyancy regulation; Stomach stones(gastroliths); The search for a function; What function could the stones serve?; Capacity for long distance travel; 5 SENSORY SKILLS AND BRAIN; Vision
Operational aspects, binocularity, vision underwaterAnatomy of the eye; Retinal cells, pigments, colour vision; Night vision, the tapetum lucidum; Hearing, movement and balance; Functional anatomy of the ears and associated sense organs; Hearing sensitivity in air and water in the human audible range; Sub-audible vibrations, infrasound: possible role of the sacculus; Magnetoreception? Possible role of the lagena; Eustachian tubes: for diving and/or sensing direction of sound, or infrasound?; Brain and cranial nerves; Olfaction and gustation(chemosensation); Olfaction (smell)
Gustation (taste)
Record Nr. UNINA-9910460622603321
Grigg Gordon  
Ithaca, New York : , : Comstock Publishing Associates, , 2015
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Biology and evolution of crocodylians / / text by Gordon Grigg ; illustrations by David Kirshner ; foreword by Rick Shine
Biology and evolution of crocodylians / / text by Gordon Grigg ; illustrations by David Kirshner ; foreword by Rick Shine
Autore Grigg Gordon
Pubbl/distr/stampa Ithaca, New York : , : Comstock Publishing Associates, , 2015
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (671 p.)
Disciplina 597.98
Soggetto topico Crocodilians
Crocodilians - Evolution
Crocodiles
Crocodiles - Evolution
ISBN 1-4863-0068-5
1-4863-0067-7
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Cover; FOREWORD; Contents; PREFACE; ACKNOW LEDGEMENTS; 1 INTRODUCTION; Introducing crocodylians; The three 'families': Crocodylidae, Alligatoridae and Gavialidae; Differences between crocodylids, alligatorids and gharials; Terminology; The living species ofcrocodylians; Recent taxonomic changes in African Crocodiles; The growth of scientific knowledge about crocodylians; Beginnings; More recent research; Crocodylians as research subjects; Body size and age; Crocodylians large and small; Relationships between length and mass; How long do crocodylians live?; 2 THE CROCODYLIAN FAMILY TREE
The modern crocodylians and their relationshipsExtant Crocodylia; Affinities between species within Crocodylidae; Affinities between species within Alligatoridae; The affinity of the Malay or false Gharial, Tomistoma schlegelii; Extinct Crocodylia and other crocodile-like reptiles; crocs in 'deep time'; Amniotes, synapsids, reptiles, anapsids and diapsids; The earliest 'Archosaurs', Archosauriformes; Archosaurs; two major clades, Crurotarsi (Pseudosuchia) and Avemetatarsalia (Ornithodira); Crurotarsan diversification in the early Triassic: the earliest crocodile-like reptiles
Basal crocodylomorphsCrocodyliformes (excluding Eusuchia); Non-eusuchian Mesoeucrocodylia; Bernissartia and extinct Eusuchia (including extinct Crocodylia); Summary; 3 CROCODYLIANS CLOSER UP; The external features of crocodylians; Body and limbs; Skin and scales; Skin colour; Bony armour; Head; Teeth; Integumentary sense organs (ISOs); Skin glands; Skull and musculoskeletal system; Skull and jaws; Opening and closing the jaws; Vertebrae and vertebral column; Neck: supporting a heavy head; Trunk musculature: analogy with an I-beam; Trunk: ribs and gastralia; Tail: the crocodylian propeller
Forelimbs and pectoral girdleHindlimbs and pelvic girdle; 4 LOCOMOTION, BUOYANCY AND TRAVEL; Crocodylians on land; Gaits on land; Crocodylians in the water; Typical postures at rest in water; Swimming; Jumping and 'tail walking'; Diving; Bottom walking; Surfacing to breathe; Head and tail lift; Buoyancy; Behaviours that depend on good buoyancy control; Mechanisms of buoyancy regulation; Stomach stones(gastroliths); The search for a function; What function could the stones serve?; Capacity for long distance travel; 5 SENSORY SKILLS AND BRAIN; Vision
Operational aspects, binocularity, vision underwaterAnatomy of the eye; Retinal cells, pigments, colour vision; Night vision, the tapetum lucidum; Hearing, movement and balance; Functional anatomy of the ears and associated sense organs; Hearing sensitivity in air and water in the human audible range; Sub-audible vibrations, infrasound: possible role of the sacculus; Magnetoreception? Possible role of the lagena; Eustachian tubes: for diving and/or sensing direction of sound, or infrasound?; Brain and cranial nerves; Olfaction and gustation(chemosensation); Olfaction (smell)
Gustation (taste)
Record Nr. UNINA-9910787465903321
Grigg Gordon  
Ithaca, New York : , : Comstock Publishing Associates, , 2015
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Biology and evolution of crocodylians / / text by Gordon Grigg ; illustrations by David Kirshner ; foreword by Rick Shine
Biology and evolution of crocodylians / / text by Gordon Grigg ; illustrations by David Kirshner ; foreword by Rick Shine
Autore Grigg Gordon
Pubbl/distr/stampa Ithaca, New York : , : Comstock Publishing Associates, , 2015
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (671 p.)
Disciplina 597.98
Soggetto topico Crocodilians
Crocodilians - Evolution
Crocodiles
Crocodiles - Evolution
ISBN 1-4863-0068-5
1-4863-0067-7
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Cover; FOREWORD; Contents; PREFACE; ACKNOW LEDGEMENTS; 1 INTRODUCTION; Introducing crocodylians; The three 'families': Crocodylidae, Alligatoridae and Gavialidae; Differences between crocodylids, alligatorids and gharials; Terminology; The living species ofcrocodylians; Recent taxonomic changes in African Crocodiles; The growth of scientific knowledge about crocodylians; Beginnings; More recent research; Crocodylians as research subjects; Body size and age; Crocodylians large and small; Relationships between length and mass; How long do crocodylians live?; 2 THE CROCODYLIAN FAMILY TREE
The modern crocodylians and their relationshipsExtant Crocodylia; Affinities between species within Crocodylidae; Affinities between species within Alligatoridae; The affinity of the Malay or false Gharial, Tomistoma schlegelii; Extinct Crocodylia and other crocodile-like reptiles; crocs in 'deep time'; Amniotes, synapsids, reptiles, anapsids and diapsids; The earliest 'Archosaurs', Archosauriformes; Archosaurs; two major clades, Crurotarsi (Pseudosuchia) and Avemetatarsalia (Ornithodira); Crurotarsan diversification in the early Triassic: the earliest crocodile-like reptiles
Basal crocodylomorphsCrocodyliformes (excluding Eusuchia); Non-eusuchian Mesoeucrocodylia; Bernissartia and extinct Eusuchia (including extinct Crocodylia); Summary; 3 CROCODYLIANS CLOSER UP; The external features of crocodylians; Body and limbs; Skin and scales; Skin colour; Bony armour; Head; Teeth; Integumentary sense organs (ISOs); Skin glands; Skull and musculoskeletal system; Skull and jaws; Opening and closing the jaws; Vertebrae and vertebral column; Neck: supporting a heavy head; Trunk musculature: analogy with an I-beam; Trunk: ribs and gastralia; Tail: the crocodylian propeller
Forelimbs and pectoral girdleHindlimbs and pelvic girdle; 4 LOCOMOTION, BUOYANCY AND TRAVEL; Crocodylians on land; Gaits on land; Crocodylians in the water; Typical postures at rest in water; Swimming; Jumping and 'tail walking'; Diving; Bottom walking; Surfacing to breathe; Head and tail lift; Buoyancy; Behaviours that depend on good buoyancy control; Mechanisms of buoyancy regulation; Stomach stones(gastroliths); The search for a function; What function could the stones serve?; Capacity for long distance travel; 5 SENSORY SKILLS AND BRAIN; Vision
Operational aspects, binocularity, vision underwaterAnatomy of the eye; Retinal cells, pigments, colour vision; Night vision, the tapetum lucidum; Hearing, movement and balance; Functional anatomy of the ears and associated sense organs; Hearing sensitivity in air and water in the human audible range; Sub-audible vibrations, infrasound: possible role of the sacculus; Magnetoreception? Possible role of the lagena; Eustachian tubes: for diving and/or sensing direction of sound, or infrasound?; Brain and cranial nerves; Olfaction and gustation(chemosensation); Olfaction (smell)
Gustation (taste)
Record Nr. UNINA-9910807757903321
Grigg Gordon  
Ithaca, New York : , : Comstock Publishing Associates, , 2015
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Citizen science : public participation in environmental research / / edited by Janis L. Dickinson and Rick Bonney ; foreword by Richard Louv ; afterword by John W. Fitzpatrick
Citizen science : public participation in environmental research / / edited by Janis L. Dickinson and Rick Bonney ; foreword by Richard Louv ; afterword by John W. Fitzpatrick
Pubbl/distr/stampa Ithaca : , : Comstock Publishing Associates, , [2012]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (304 pages)
Disciplina 304.2072
Altri autori (Persone) BonneyRick <1954->
DickinsonJanis L. <1955->
Soggetto topico Environmental sciences - Research - Citizen participation
Environmental management
ISBN 0-8014-5674-6
0-8014-6442-0
0-8014-6395-5
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Why Citizen Science? / Dickinson, Janis L. / Bonney, Rick -- Part I. The Practice of Citizen Science -- 1. Overview of Citizen Science / Bonney, Rick / Dickinson, Janis L. -- 2. Projects and Possibilities: Lessons from Citizen Science Projects -- From Backyard Observations to Continent-Wide Trends: Lessons from the First Twenty-Two Years of Project Feederwatch / Bonter, David N. -- Monitoring Monarchs: Citizen Science and a Charismatic Insect / Oberhauser, Karen S. -- Neighborhood Nestwatch: Mentoring Citizens in the Urban Matrix / Marra, Peter P. / Reitsma, Robert -- Project BudBurst: Citizen Science for All Seasons / Henderson, Sandra / Ward, Dennis L. / Meymaris, Kirsten K. / Alaback, Paul / Havens, Kayri -- Using Bioinformatics in Citizen Science / Kelling, Steve -- 4. Growing the Base for Citizen Science: Recruiting and Engaging Participants / Chu, Miyoko / Leonard, Patricia / Stevenson, Flisa -- 5. What Is Our Impact?: Toward a Unified Framework for Evaluating Outcomes of Citizen Science Participation / Phillips, Tina / Bonney, Rick / Shirk, Jennifer L. -- Part II. Impacts of Citizen Science on Conservation Research -- 6. The Opportunities and Challenges of Citizen Science as a Tool for Ecological Research / Cooper, Caren B. / Hochachka, Wesley M. / Dhondt, André A. -- 7. Widening the Circle of Investigation: The Interface between Citizen Science and Landscape Ecology / Zuckerberg, Benjamin / Mcgarigal, Kevin -- 8. Using Data Mining to Discover Biological Patterns in Citizen Science Observations / Fink, Daniel / Hochachka, Wesley M. -- 9. Developing a Conservation Research Program with Citizen Science / Hames, Ralph S. / Lowe, James D. / Rosenberg, Kenneth V. -- 10. Citizens, Science, and Environmental Policy: A British Perspective / Greenwood, Jeremy J.D. -- Part III. Educational, Social, and Behavioral Aspects of Citizen Science -- 11. Cognitive Considerations in the Development of Citizen Science Projects / Jordan, Rebecca C. / Ehrenfeld, Joan G. / Gray, Steven A. / Brooks, Wesley R. / Howe, David V. / Hmelo-Silver, Cindy E. -- 12. Who Poses the Question? Using Citizen Science to Help K-12 Teachers Meet the Mandate for Inquiry / Trautmann, Nancy M. / Shirk, Jennifer L. / Krasny, Marianne E. -- 13. A Gateway to Science for All: Celebrate Urban Birds / Purcell, Karen / Garibay, Cecilia / Dickinson, Janis L. -- 14. Children and Nature: Following the Trail to Environmental Attitudes and Behavior / Wells, Nancy M. / Lekies, Kristi S. -- 15. Internet-Based Social Networking and Collective Action Models of Citizen Science: Theory Meets Possibility / Triezenberg, Heather A. / Knuth, Barbara A. / Yuan, Y. Connie / Dickinson, Janis L. -- 16. A Role for Citizen Science in Disaster and Conflict Recovery and Resilience / Tidball, Keith G. / Krasny, Marianne E. -- Afterword / Fitzpatrick, John W. -- Literature Cited -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910790299103321
Ithaca : , : Comstock Publishing Associates, , [2012]
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