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Adventures among ants : a global safari with a cast of trillions / / Mark W. Moffett
Adventures among ants : a global safari with a cast of trillions / / Mark W. Moffett
Autore Moffett Mark W
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berkeley, : University of California Press, [2010]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (289 pages)
Disciplina 595.79/615
Soggetto topico Ants - Behavior
Ant communities
Ants - Ecology
Soggetto non controllato amazon
ant behavior
ant colonies
ant facts
ant farms
ant lovers
ant societies
ant species
ants
australia
biologists
biology
bugs
california
complex lives
ecosystems
entomologists
entomology
evolution
global ants
humanity
illustrated
indonesia
insect biology
insects
life sciences
military ants
natural history
natural setting
natural world
naturalism
naturalists
nigeria
nonfiction
photographs
zoology
ISBN 0-520-94541-7
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction: Travels with My Ants -- A Brief Primer on Ants -- Marauder Ant, the Ultimate Omnivore -- African Army Ant, Raiders on the Swarm -- Weaver Ant, Empress of the Air -- Amazon Ant, the Slavemaker -- Leafcutter Ant, the Constant Gardener -- Argentine Ant, the Global Invader -- Conclusion: Four Ways of Looking at an Ant -- Acknowledgments and a Note on Content -- Notes -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910781559003321
Moffett Mark W  
Berkeley, : University of California Press, [2010]
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American perceptions of immigrant and invasive species [[electronic resource] ] : strangers on the land / / Peter A. Coates
American perceptions of immigrant and invasive species [[electronic resource] ] : strangers on the land / / Peter A. Coates
Autore Coates Peter A. <1957->
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2007
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (257 p.)
Disciplina 333.95/230973
Soggetto topico Introduced organisms - United States - History
Biology
Soggetto non controllato biology
botany
conservation
conservationism
cultural history
ecological identity
english sparrow
environmental conservation protection
environmental justice
environmentalism
environmentalists
eucalyptus tree
human immigration
hybridized plants
invading plants
native american species
natural sciences
natural world
plant nerds unite
thought-provoking book
ISBN 1-282-75950-7
9786612759505
0-520-93325-7
1-4337-0003-4
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Strangers and Natives -- 2. The Avian Conquest of a Continent -- 3. Plants, Insects, and Other Strangers to the Soil -- 4. Arboreal Immigrants -- 5. The Nature of Alien Nation -- NOTES -- INDEX
Record Nr. UNINA-9910784418503321
Coates Peter A. <1957->  
Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2007
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Amphibian declines [[electronic resource] ] : a United States' response to the global phenomenon / / edited by Michael J. Lannoo
Amphibian declines [[electronic resource] ] : a United States' response to the global phenomenon / / edited by Michael J. Lannoo
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2005
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (1117 p.)
Disciplina 333.95/78
Altri autori (Persone) LannooMichael J
Soggetto topico Amphibian declines
Amphibian declines - United States
Soggetto non controllato adenocarcinoma
agriculture
amphibians
animal populations
biodiversity
biology
climate change
conservation
deforestation
disease
ecology
environment
environmentalism
frogs
genetics
global warming
habitat
lakes
malformation
malformed frogs
minnesota
natural sciences
nature
nonfiction
northern cricket frogs
overwintering
parasites
pesticides
pollution
population declines
radiation
risk factors
rivers
salamander
science
ultraviolet
wetlands
wild animals
woodland salamanders
xenobiotics
zoology
ISBN 1-282-75915-9
9786612759154
0-520-92943-8
1-4175-9332-6
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Amphibian Declines -- Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Advisory Board -- Contributors -- Preface -- Part One. Conservation Essays -- Introduction -- 1. Diverse Phenomena Influencing Amphibian Population Declines -- 2. Why Are Some Species In Decline But Others Not? -- 3. Philosophy, Value Judgments, And Declining Amphibians -- 4. Embracing Human Diversity In Conservation -- 5. Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force -- Declines -- 6. Meeting The Challenge Of Amphibian Declines With An Interdisciplinary Research Program -- 7. Biology Of Amphibian Declines -- 8. Declines Of Eastern North American Woodland Salamanders (Plethodon) -- 9. Decline Of Northern Cricket Frogs (Acris Crepitans) -- 10. Overwintering In Northern Cricket Frogs (Acris Crepitans) -- Causes -- 11. Repercussions Of Global Change -- 12. Lessons From Europe -- 13. Risk Factors And Declines In Northern Cricket Frogs (Acris Crepitans) -- 14. Ultraviolet Radiation -- 15. Xenobiotics -- 16. Variation In Pesticide Tolerance -- 17. Lucké Renal Adenocarcinoma -- 18. Malformed Frogs In Minnesota: History And Interspecific Differences -- 19. Parasites Of North American Frogs -- 20. Parasite Infection And Limb Malformations: A Growing Problem In Amphibian Conservation -- 21. Pine Silviculture -- 22. Commercial Trade -- Conservation -- 23. Houston Toads And Texas Politics -- 24. Amphibian Conservation Needs -- 25. Amphibian Population Cycles And Long-Term Data Sets -- 26. Landscape Ecology -- 27. Conservation Of Texas Spring And Cave Salamanders (Eurycea) -- 28. Lessons From The Tropics -- 29. Taxonomy And Amphibian Declines -- 30. Conservation Systematics: The Bufo Boreas Species Group -- 31. Factors Limiting The Recovery Of Boreal Toads (Bufo B. Boreas) -- 32. Southwestern Desert Bufonids -- 33. Amphibian Ecotoxicology -- 34. Museum Collections -- 35. Critical Areas -- 36. Creating Habitat Reserves For Migratory Salamanders -- 37. Population Manipulations -- 38. Exotic Species -- 39. Protecting Amphibians While Restoring Fish Populations -- 40. Reflections Upon Amphibian Conservation -- Surveys And Monitoring -- 41. Distribution Of South Dakota Anurans -- 42. Nebraska's Declining Amphibians -- 43. Museum Collections Can Assess Population Trends -- 44. Monitoring Salamander Populations In Great Smoky Mountains National Park -- 45. North American Amphibian Monitoring Program (Naamp) -- 46. Evaluating Calling Surveys -- 47. Geographical Information Systems And Survey Designs -- 48. Impacts Of Forest Management On Amphibians -- 49. Monitoring Pigment Pattern Morphs Of Northern Leopard Frogs -- Education -- 50. The National Amphibian Conservation Center -- 51. A Thousand Friends Of Frogs: Its Origins -- A Perspective -- 52. Of Men And Deformed Frogs: A Journalist's Lament -- Part Two. Species Accounts -- Introduction -- Anura -- Ascaphidae -- Family Bufonidae -- Family Dendrobatidae -- Family Hylidae -- Family Leptodactylidae -- Family Microhylidae -- Family Pelobatidae -- Family Pipidae -- Family Ranidae -- Family Rhinophrynidae -- Caudata -- Family Ambystomatidae -- Family Amphiumidae -- Family Cryptobranchidae -- Family Dicamptodontidae -- Family Plethodontidae -- Family Proteidae -- Family Rhyacotritonidae -- Family Salamandridae -- Family Sirenidae -- Epilogue: Factors Implicated In Amphibian Population Declines In The United States -- Conclusion -- Literature Cited -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910783318103321
Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2005
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Animal as machine : the quest to understand how animals work and adapt / / Michel Anctil
Animal as machine : the quest to understand how animals work and adapt / / Michel Anctil
Autore Anctil Michel <1945->
Pubbl/distr/stampa Montreal, Quebec : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , [2022]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (343 pages)
Disciplina 612
Soggetto topico Physiology - History
Soggetto genere / forma History
Informational works.
Soggetto non controllato Belgian School
Bernd Heinrich
Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen
Brains
C Ladd Prosser
Charles Darwin
Edward Stuart Russell
Eric Kandel
Fish
Georges Cuvier
History
Integrative
Metabolism
Naples Zoological Station
Neural
Steven Pinker
William Hoar
Woods Hole
adaptation
anatomy
biology
comparative biochemistry
environment
evolution
form
functional
learning
modification
physiology
science
structure
survival
zoophysiology
ISBN 9780228012214
0-2280-1221-X
0-2280-1222-8
Classificazione cci1icc
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Front Matter -- Contents -- Prologue -- Chronology -- An Unspoken Branch of Natural History -- The Uncertain Beginnings -- Building Sound Foundations -- The Turning Point -- American Schools of Comparative Physiology -- The Belgian School and the Rise of Comparative Biochemistry -- The Canadian Way: Fish Physiology and Biochemistry -- A Showcase of Animals Living on the Edge -- Learning How Animal Brains Work -- Learning How Chemicals Rule Animal Moods -- Epilogue -- References -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910795762603321
Anctil Michel <1945->  
Montreal, Quebec : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , [2022]
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Animal as machine : the quest to understand how animals work and adapt / / Michel Anctil
Animal as machine : the quest to understand how animals work and adapt / / Michel Anctil
Autore Anctil Michel <1945->
Pubbl/distr/stampa Montreal, Quebec : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , [2022]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (343 pages)
Disciplina 612
Soggetto topico Physiology - History
Soggetto genere / forma History
Informational works.
Soggetto non controllato Belgian School
Bernd Heinrich
Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen
Brains
C Ladd Prosser
Charles Darwin
Edward Stuart Russell
Eric Kandel
Fish
Georges Cuvier
History
Integrative
Metabolism
Naples Zoological Station
Neural
Steven Pinker
William Hoar
Woods Hole
adaptation
anatomy
biology
comparative biochemistry
environment
evolution
form
functional
learning
modification
physiology
science
structure
survival
zoophysiology
ISBN 9780228012214
0-2280-1221-X
0-2280-1222-8
Classificazione cci1icc
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Front Matter -- Contents -- Prologue -- Chronology -- An Unspoken Branch of Natural History -- The Uncertain Beginnings -- Building Sound Foundations -- The Turning Point -- American Schools of Comparative Physiology -- The Belgian School and the Rise of Comparative Biochemistry -- The Canadian Way: Fish Physiology and Biochemistry -- A Showcase of Animals Living on the Edge -- Learning How Animal Brains Work -- Learning How Chemicals Rule Animal Moods -- Epilogue -- References -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910827647603321
Anctil Michel <1945->  
Montreal, Quebec : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , [2022]
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The anthropology of the fetus : biology, culture, and society / / edited by Sallie Han, Tracy K. Betsinger, and Amy B. Scott
The anthropology of the fetus : biology, culture, and society / / edited by Sallie Han, Tracy K. Betsinger, and Amy B. Scott
Pubbl/distr/stampa New York, New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn Books, , 2018
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (315 pages) : illustrations, tables
Disciplina 306
Collana Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality
Soggetto topico Physical anthropology
Human biology
Fetus - Social aspects
Soggetto non controllato anthropology
archaeology
biological anthropology
biology
child birth
contemporary
controversial issues
cultural anthropology
fetus
health and well being
holistic anthropology
political issue
pregnancy
prehistoric
reproduction
reproductive right
reproductive rights
science
sexuality
social issues
social science
ISBN 1-78533-692-4
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword. How/Shall We Consider the Fetus? -- Introduction. Conceiving the Anthropology of the Fetus -- PART I: The Fetus in Biosocial Perspective -- Chapter 1. The Borderless Fetus: Temporal Complexity of the Lived Fetal Experience -- Chapter 2. The Biology of the Fetal Period: Interpreting Life from Fetal Skeletal Remains -- Chapter 3. Pregnant with Ideas: Concepts of the Fetus in the Twenty-First-Century United States -- PART II: Finding Fetuses in the Past: Archaeology and Bioarchaeology -- Chapter 4. The Bioarchaeology of Fetuses -- Chapter 5. Fetal Paleopathology: An Impossible Discipline? -- Chapter 6. The Neolithic Infant Cemetery at Gebel Ramlah in Egypt’s Western Desert -- Chapter 7. Excavating Identity: Burial Context and Fetal Identity in Postmedieval Poland -- PART III: The Once and Future Fetus: Sociocultural Anthropology -- Chapter 8. Waiting: The Redemption of Frozen Embryos through Embryo Adoption and Stem Cell Research in the United States -- Chapter 9. Deploying the Fetus: Constructing Pregnancy and Abortion in Morocco -- Chapter 10. Beyond Life Itself: The Embedded Fetuses of Russian Orthodox Anti-Abortion Activism -- Chapter 11. The “Sound” of Life: Or, How Should We Hear a Fetal “Voice”? -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910794719603321
New York, New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn Books, , 2018
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The anthropology of the fetus : biology, culture, and society / / edited by Sallie Han, Tracy K. Betsinger, and Amy B. Scott
The anthropology of the fetus : biology, culture, and society / / edited by Sallie Han, Tracy K. Betsinger, and Amy B. Scott
Pubbl/distr/stampa New York, New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn Books, , 2018
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (315 pages) : illustrations, tables
Disciplina 306
Collana Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality
Soggetto topico Physical anthropology
Human biology
Fetus - Social aspects
Soggetto non controllato anthropology
archaeology
biological anthropology
biology
child birth
contemporary
controversial issues
cultural anthropology
fetus
health and well being
holistic anthropology
political issue
pregnancy
prehistoric
reproduction
reproductive right
reproductive rights
science
sexuality
social issues
social science
ISBN 1-78533-692-4
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword. How/Shall We Consider the Fetus? -- Introduction. Conceiving the Anthropology of the Fetus -- PART I: The Fetus in Biosocial Perspective -- Chapter 1. The Borderless Fetus: Temporal Complexity of the Lived Fetal Experience -- Chapter 2. The Biology of the Fetal Period: Interpreting Life from Fetal Skeletal Remains -- Chapter 3. Pregnant with Ideas: Concepts of the Fetus in the Twenty-First-Century United States -- PART II: Finding Fetuses in the Past: Archaeology and Bioarchaeology -- Chapter 4. The Bioarchaeology of Fetuses -- Chapter 5. Fetal Paleopathology: An Impossible Discipline? -- Chapter 6. The Neolithic Infant Cemetery at Gebel Ramlah in Egypt’s Western Desert -- Chapter 7. Excavating Identity: Burial Context and Fetal Identity in Postmedieval Poland -- PART III: The Once and Future Fetus: Sociocultural Anthropology -- Chapter 8. Waiting: The Redemption of Frozen Embryos through Embryo Adoption and Stem Cell Research in the United States -- Chapter 9. Deploying the Fetus: Constructing Pregnancy and Abortion in Morocco -- Chapter 10. Beyond Life Itself: The Embedded Fetuses of Russian Orthodox Anti-Abortion Activism -- Chapter 11. The “Sound” of Life: Or, How Should We Hear a Fetal “Voice”? -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910807768003321
New York, New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn Books, , 2018
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The ants of Fiji [[electronic resource] /] / Eli M. Sarnat, Evan P. Economo
The ants of Fiji [[electronic resource] /] / Eli M. Sarnat, Evan P. Economo
Autore Sarnat Eli M
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2012
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (400 p.)
Disciplina 595.796097
595.796099611
Altri autori (Persone) EconomoEvan P
Collana University of California publications in entomology
UC Publications in Entomology
Soggetto topico Ants - Fiji
Soggetto non controllato animals
ant fauna
ant species
antennal scrobes
biodiversity studies
biology
distribution maps
endemic radiations
entomology
exotic species
fiji
fijian archipelago
genera
habitat elevation charts
hypoponera
illustrations
insects
islands
life sciences
natural sciences
nature
pacific species
pan pacific species
reference
science
specimen images
synopses
zoology
ISBN 1-283-87399-0
0-520-95521-8
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Front matter -- Contents -- List of Plates -- Abstract -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Methods -- Taxonomic synopsis of the Fijian ant Fauna -- Species plates -- Literature Cited -- Appendix A. Collection localities -- Appendix B. Checklist of the ants of Fiji
Record Nr. UNINA-9910785705103321
Sarnat Eli M  
Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2012
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Ants of North America [[electronic resource] ] : a guide to the genera / / Brian L. Fisher and Stefan P. Cover ; illustrated by Ginny Kirsch and Jennifer Kane ; color images created by April Nobile
Ants of North America [[electronic resource] ] : a guide to the genera / / Brian L. Fisher and Stefan P. Cover ; illustrated by Ginny Kirsch and Jennifer Kane ; color images created by April Nobile
Autore Fisher Brian L. <1964->
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2007
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (217 p.)
Disciplina 595.79/6097
Altri autori (Persone) CoverStefan P. <1952->
Soggetto topico Ants - United States
Ants - Canada
Soggetto non controllato alternative sources of food
ant ecology
ant genera
biodiversity
biology
diverse ant fauna
entomologist
entomology
evolution
glossary of important terms
identification guide
insects and bugs
insects
line drawings
man versus nature
natural setting
nature
north american ants
science and math
species groups
ISBN 1-282-76236-2
9786612762369
0-520-93455-5
Classificazione 42.75
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Front matter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- KEY TO NORTH AMERICAN ANT GENERA BASED ON THE WORKER CASTE -- TAXONOMIC DESCRIPTIONS -- ANT GENERA OF NORTH AMERICA BY SUBFAMILY -- ANT SPECIES NORTH OF MEXICO: A WORKING LIST -- TERMINOLOGY -- IDENTIFICATION REFERENCES -- GENERAL REFERENCES -- INDEX
Record Nr. UNINA-9910788992303321
Fisher Brian L. <1964->  
Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2007
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Architecture et croissance des plantes : Modélisation et applications / / Philippe De Reffye, Marc Jaeger ; coordinateurs Daniel Barthélémy, Francois Houllier
Architecture et croissance des plantes : Modélisation et applications / / Philippe De Reffye, Marc Jaeger ; coordinateurs Daniel Barthélémy, Francois Houllier
Autore Reffye Philippe De
Pubbl/distr/stampa éditions Quae, 2016
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (887 pages)
Disciplina 581.31
Collana Synthèses
Soggetto topico Growth (Plants)
Soggetto non controllato environment
biology
ecology
modelling
botany
vegetation
tree
plant production
landscape
agronomy
ISBN 2-7592-2622-0
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione fre
Record Nr. UNINA-9910340842903321
Reffye Philippe De  
éditions Quae, 2016
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