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Biocommunication of Animals / / edited by Guenther Witzany
| Biocommunication of Animals / / edited by Guenther Witzany |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Dordrecht : , : Springer Netherlands : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (421 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.44 |
| Soggetto topico |
Community ecology, Biotic
Sociolinguistics Animal physiology Biochemistry Behavioral sciences Biology—Philosophy Community & Population Ecology Animal Physiology Animal Biochemistry Behavioral Sciences Philosophy of Biology |
| ISBN | 94-007-7414-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface; Günther Witzany -- 1. Why Biocommunication of Animals?; Günther Witzany -- 2. Signs of Communication in Chimpanzees; Mary Lee A. Jensvold et al -- 3. African and Asian elephant vocal communication: A cross-species comparison; Angela Stoeger, Shermin de Silva -- 4. The information content of wolf (and dog) social communication; Tamás Faragó et al -- 5. Social origin of vocal communication in rodents; Stefan M. Brudzynski -- 6. Why the caged mouse sings: Studies of the mouse ultrasonic song system and vocal behavior; Gustavo Arriaga -- 7. Vibrational Communication: Spiders to Kangaroo Rats; Jan A. Randall -- 8. Communicative Coordination in Bees; Günther Witzany -- 9. Social association brings out the altruism in an ant; Kenji Hara -- 10. Termite communication during different behavioral activities; Ana Maria Costa-Leonardo, Ives Haifig -- 11. Crows and Crow Feeders: Observations on Interspecific Semiotics; John M. Marzluff, Marc L. Miller -- 12. Interspecies communication with Grey Parrots: A tool for examining cognitive processing; Irene M. Pepperberg -- 13. Singing in space and time: the biology of birdsong; Marc Naguib, Katharina Riebel -- 14. Chemical persuasion in salamanders; Lynne Houck -- 15. Chelonian vocal Communication; Camila R. Ferrara et al -- 16. Cetacean Acoustic Communication; Laela S. Sayigh -- 17. Communication in the ultraviolet: unravelling the secret language of fish; Ulrike E. Siebeck -- 18. Young squeaker catfish can already talk and listen to their conspecifics; Walter Lechner -- 19. Cognition and recognition in the cephalopod mollusc Octopus vulgaris: coordinating interaction with environment and conspecifics; Elena Tricarico et al -- 20. How Corals coordinate and organize: an ecosystemic analysis based fractal properties; Pierre Madl, Günther Witzany -- 21. Nematode Communication; Yen-Ping Hsueh et al -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910298303303321 |
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Biosignatures for Astrobiology / / edited by Barbara Cavalazzi, Frances Westall
| Biosignatures for Astrobiology / / edited by Barbara Cavalazzi, Frances Westall |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2019.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (362 pages) |
| Disciplina | 576.839 |
| Collana | Advances in Astrobiology and Biogeophysics |
| Soggetto topico |
Astrobiology
Biochemistry Paleontology Microbiology Mineralogy Biology—Philosophy Biochemistry, general Paleontology Philosophy of Biology |
| ISBN | 3-319-96175-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Foreword -- Preface -- Chemical Biosignatures at the Origins -- Organic Matter in Interplanetary Dusts and Meteorites -- Biosignatures of Cellular Components and Metabolic Activity -- The Deep Subseafloor and Biosignatures -- A Systematic Way to Life Detection – Combining Field, Lab and Space Research in Low Earth Orbit -- Mineralogical Identification of Traces of Life -- Biosignatures in Deep Time -- The Search for Biosignatures in Martian Meteorite Allan Hills 84001 -- Role of Mineral Surfaces in Prebiotic Processes and Space-like Conditions -- Photochemistry and Photoreactions of Organic Molecules in Space -- Exoplanetary Biosignatures for Astrobiology -- The Enigma of Methane on Mars -- Detection of Biosignatures Using Raman Spectroscopy -- Searching for Signs of Life on Other Planets: Mars a Case Study -- The History and Philosophy of Biosignatures. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910337904003321 |
| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019 | ||
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Cellular-Molecular Mechanisms in Epigenetic Evolutionary Biology / / by John Torday, William Miller Jr
| Cellular-Molecular Mechanisms in Epigenetic Evolutionary Biology / / by John Torday, William Miller Jr |
| Autore | Torday John |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2020.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XV, 214 p. 10 illus., 7 illus. in color.) |
| Disciplina | 574.87328 |
| Soggetto topico |
Evolutionary biology
Biology—Philosophy Developmental biology Physiology Genetics Biochemistry Evolutionary Biology Philosophy of Biology Developmental Biology Genetics and Genomics Biochemistry, general |
| ISBN | 3-030-38133-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Darwin, the Modern Synthesis, and a New Biology -- Chapter 3. Cognition and the living condition -- Chapter 4. What is consciousness? An Evolutionary Perspective -- Chapter 5. Networking from the Cell to Quantum Mechanics as Consciousness -- Chapter 6. The Nature of information and its communication -- Chapter 7. The information cycle and biological information management -- Chapter 8. Communication and the accumulation of genetic information -- Chapter 9. Non-genic means of information reception and exchange -- Chapter 10. The primacy of the unicellular state -- Chapter 11. Phenotype, niche construction and natural cellular engineering -- Chapter 12. Holobionts -- Chapter 13. Four Domains: Cognition-based evolution -- Chapter 14. Reconciling physics and biology -- Chapter 15. What does this mean for evolution? -- Chapter 16. Conclusion: Cellular-molecular evolution in the 21st century. . |
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Closing Human Evolution: Life in the Ultimate Age / / by Ladislav Kováč
| Closing Human Evolution: Life in the Ultimate Age / / by Ladislav Kováč |
| Autore | Kováč Ladislav |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2015.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (134 p.) |
| Disciplina | 570 |
| Collana | SpringerBriefs in Evolutionary Biology |
| Soggetto topico |
Evolutionary biology
Sociophysics Econophysics Biology—Philosophy Life sciences Philosophy and social sciences Evolutionary Biology Data-driven Science, Modeling and Theory Building Philosophy of Biology Popular Life Sciences Philosophy of the Social Sciences |
| ISBN | 3-319-20660-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Prelude -- First movement. Life as a cosmic imperative -- Second movement. Evolutionary uniqueness of humans -- Third movement -- The ultimate optimism: Finitics -- Finale. |
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Kováč Ladislav
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Code Biology : A New Science of Life / / by Marcello Barbieri
| Code Biology : A New Science of Life / / by Marcello Barbieri |
| Autore | Barbieri Marcello |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2015.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (236 p.) |
| Disciplina |
003.54
401.43 570 570.1 571.6 577 |
| Soggetto topico |
Ecology
Cell biology Semantics Biology—Philosophy Coding theory Information theory Ecology Cell Biology Philosophy of Biology Coding and Information Theory |
| ISBN | 3-319-14535-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Acknowledgments Introductory Chapter -- The Life and Education of Jakob von Uexküll. The Basis of the Environmental Theory -- The Subjective World of the Umwelt -- The Structure of the Umwelt -- Environment and Meaning -- Influences and Interpretations of the Work of Uexküll -- Conclusion. References -- Index. |
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Barbieri Marcello
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| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 | ||
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Conceptual Change in Biology : Scientific and Philosophical Perspectives on Evolution and Development / / edited by Alan C. Love
| Conceptual Change in Biology : Scientific and Philosophical Perspectives on Evolution and Development / / edited by Alan C. Love |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2015.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Dordrecht : , : Springer Netherlands : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (492 p.) |
| Disciplina | 575.009 |
| Collana | Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science |
| Soggetto topico |
Philosophy and science
Biology—Philosophy Evolutionary biology Embryology History Philosophy of Science Philosophy of Biology Evolutionary Biology History, general |
| ISBN | 94-017-9412-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1: Conceptual Change and Evolutionary Developmental Biology; Alan C. Love -- PART I: ADAPTATION, ALLOMETRY, HETEROCHRONY AND HOMOPLASY -- Chapter 2: Adaptive Aspects of Development: A Thirty-year Perspective on the Relevance of Biomechanical and Allometric Analyses; Karl Niklas -- Chapter 3: Do Functional Requirements for Embryos and Larvae Have a Place in Evo-devo? Richard Strathmann -- Chapter 4: Is Heterochrony Still an Effective Paradigm for Contemporary Studies of Evo-devo? James Hanken -- Chapter 5: Homoplasy, a Moving Target; David Wake -- PART II: PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY, DEVELOPMENTAL VARIATION AND EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY -- Chapter 6: The Concept of Phenotypic Plasticity and the Evolution of Phenotypic Plasticity in Life History Traits; Stephen Stearns -- Chapter 7: A Developmental-physiological Perspective on the Development and Evolution of Phenotypic Plasticity; H. Fred Nijhout -- Chapter 8: Cellular Basis of Morphogenetic Change: A Retrospective from the Vantage Point of Developmental Signaling Pathways; John Gerhart -- Chapter 9: The Road to Facilitated Variation; Marc Kirschner -- PART III: MODELS, LARVAE, PHYLA AND PALEONTOLOGY -- Chapter 10: Phyla, Phylogeny, and Embryonic Body Plans; Gary Freeman -- Chapter 11: Evo-devo and the Evolution of Marine Larvae: From the Modern World to the Dawn of the Metazoa; Rudolf Raff -- Chapter 12: Dahlem 1981: Before and Beyond; Armand de Ricqlès -- Chapter 13: What Salamander Biologists Have Taught Us about Evo-devo; James Griesemer -- PART IV: CONSTRAINT AND EVOLVABILITY -- Chapter 14: From Developmental Constraint to Evolvability: How Concepts Figure in Explanation and Disciplinary Identity; Ingo Brigandt -- Chapter 15: Reinventing the Organism: Evolvability and Homology in Post-Dahlem Evolutionary Biology; Günter Wagner -- Chapter 16: Internal Factors in Evolution: The Morphogenetic Tree, Developmental Bias, and Some Thoughts on the Conceptual Structure of Evo-devo; Wallace Arthur -- Chapter 17: Entrenchment as a Theoretical Tool in Evolutionary Developmental Biology; William Wimsatt -- PART V: HIERARCHIES AND INTERDISCIPLINARITY -- Chapter 18: Hierarchies and Integration in Evolution and Development; Marvalee Wake -- Chapter 19: Development and Evolution: The Physics Connection; Stuart Newman -- Chapter 20: The Interaction of Research Systems in the Evo-devo Juncture; Elihu Gerson -- Chapter 21: Evo-devo as a Trading Zone; Rasmus Grønfeldt Winther -- Index. |
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A Critical Overview of Biological Functions / / by Justin Garson
| A Critical Overview of Biological Functions / / by Justin Garson |
| Autore | Garson Justin |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (119 p.) |
| Disciplina | 574.01 |
| Collana | Philosophy of Science |
| Soggetto topico |
Biology—Philosophy
Medicine—Philosophy Philosophy of Biology Philosophy of Medicine |
| ISBN | 3-319-32020-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1. What is a theory of function supposed to do? -- Chapter 2. Goals and Functions -- Chapter 3. Function and Selection -- Chapter 4. Function and Fitness -- Chapter 5. Functions and Causal Roles -- Chapter 6. Alternative Accounts of Function -- Chapter 7. Conclusion: What Next?. |
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Garson Justin
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The Darwinian Tradition in Context : Research Programs in Evolutionary Biology / / edited by Richard G. Delisle
| The Darwinian Tradition in Context : Research Programs in Evolutionary Biology / / edited by Richard G. Delisle |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (X, 352 p. 17 illus., 4 illus. in color.) |
| Disciplina | 576.8 |
| Soggetto topico |
Evolutionary biology
History Biology—Philosophy Developmental biology Philosophy Evolutionary Biology History of Science Philosophy of Biology Developmental Biology History of Philosophy |
| ISBN | 3-319-69123-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction -- Darwinism or a Kaleidoscope of Research Programs and Ideas? -- Part I. From a Pluralistic Darwinism to an Ever More Inclusive Darwinism -- 2. Selfish Genes and Lucky Breaks: Richard Dawkins' and Stephen Jay Gould's Divergent Darwinian Agendas -- 3.The Behavioral Sciences and Sociobiology: A Darwinian Approach -- 4. Darwinism in the 20th Century: Productive Encounters with Saltation, Acquired Characteristics, and Development -- 5. Darwinism after the Modern Synthesis -- Human Evolution as a Theoretical Model for an Extended Evolutionary Synthesis -- Part II. Crossing the Boundaries: Between non-Darwinian and Darwinian -- 6. From Charles Darwin to the Evolutionary Synthesis: Weak and Diffused Connections Only -- 7. Major Research Traditions in 20th Century Evolutionary Biology: The Relations of Germany's Darwinism with Them -- 8. Alternatives to Darwinism in the Early Twentieth Century -- 9. The Organismal Synthesis: Holistic Science and Developmental Evolution in the English-Speaking World, 1915–1954 -- 10. Lamarckian Research Programs in French Biology (1900-1970) -- 11. Molecularizing Evolutionary Biology -- 12. Cells, Development, and Evolution: Teeth Studies at the Intersection of Fields -- 13. Symbiogenesis and Cell Evolution: an Anti-Darwinian Research Agenda? -- 14. Paleobiology’s Uneasy Relationship with the Darwinian Tradition: Stasis as Data. |
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| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 | ||
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Diskurs Biogerontologie : Fachwissenschaftliche Einführung und Leitfaden für Lehrende / / herausgegeben von Mone Spindler, Julia Dietrich, Hans-Jörg Ehni
| Diskurs Biogerontologie : Fachwissenschaftliche Einführung und Leitfaden für Lehrende / / herausgegeben von Mone Spindler, Julia Dietrich, Hans-Jörg Ehni |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Wiesbaden : , : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : , : Imprint : Springer VS, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (329 p.) |
| Disciplina | 170 |
| Soggetto topico |
Ethics
Biology—Philosophy Medicine—Philosophy Philosophy Philosophy of Biology Philosophy of Medicine Philosophy of Man |
| ISBN | 3-658-02114-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | ger |
| Nota di contenuto |
5.2 Didaktische Ausgangspunkte des Lehrkonzepts5.3 Die fünf Bausteine des Lehrkonzepts; 5.4 Wie ist unsere Handreichung aufgebaut?; 6 Baustein 1: Die Ausformulierung von wertenden Vorannahmen; 6.1 Wertende Vorannahmen des Lehrkonzepts; 6.1.1 Warum sind Lehrveranstaltungen zu ethischen Fragen der Biogerontologie wichtig?; 6.1.2 Was macht für uns gelungene Lehre zu ethischen Fragen der Biogerontologie aus?; 6.1.3 Welche Bildungsziele verfolgt das Lehrkonzept?; 6.2 Checkliste zur Ausformulierung wertender Vorannahmen; 7 Baustein 2: Die Analyse der Lehr-/Lernsituation
7.1 Erfahrungen aus unserer Praxis7.2 Checkliste zur Analyse der Lehr-/Lernsituation; 8 Baustein 3: Die Auswahl relevanter Lerninhalte; 8.1 Die vier Lernbereiche des Lehrkonzepts; 8.1.1 Der Lernbereich Kompetenzen; 8.1.2 Der Lernbereich Biogerontologie; 8.1.3 Der Lernbereich Ethik; 8.1.4 Der Lernbereich Alter(n); 8.2 Checkliste zur Auswahl relevanter Lerninhalten; 9 Baustein 4: Die Auswahl von Methoden und Medien; 9.1 Checkliste 4: Zur Auswahl von Methoden und Materialien; 9.2 Baukasten für die Praxis: Vorschläge für Lerneinheiten; 9.2.1 Überblick über die Lerneinheiten 9.2.2 Lerneinheiten zum thematischen Einstieg |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910483864803321 |
| Wiesbaden : , : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : , : Imprint : Springer VS, , 2016 | ||
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DNA Information: Laws of Perception / / by Georgi Muskhelishvili
| DNA Information: Laws of Perception / / by Georgi Muskhelishvili |
| Autore | Muskhelishvili Georgi |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2015.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (98 p.) |
| Disciplina |
570.1
576.8 610 611.01816 660.65 |
| Collana | SpringerBriefs in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
| Soggetto topico |
Medical genetics
Evolutionary biology Biology—Philosophy Genetic engineering Gene Function Evolutionary Biology Philosophy of Biology Genetic Engineering |
| ISBN | 3-319-17425-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Some facts about our Universe -- Problems of logical typing: The "one" and the "unity" -- Logical typing and the notion of time in biology -- Organisation of the genetic system: Proteins as vehicles of distinction -- Harnessing energy and information: Time-irreversibility of thermodynamics -- Social communications and logical typing in the social system. |
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Muskhelishvili Georgi
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