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Natural security [[electronic resource] ] : a Darwinian approach to a dangerous world / / edited by Raphael D. Sagarin, Terence Taylor
| Natural security [[electronic resource] ] : a Darwinian approach to a dangerous world / / edited by Raphael D. Sagarin, Terence Taylor |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (300 p.) |
| Disciplina | 576.8/2 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
SagarinRaphael D
TaylorTerence |
| Soggetto topico |
Adaptation (Biology)
Natural selection |
| Soggetto non controllato |
anthropology
darwinian ecology evolution and adaptation evolutionary adaptation evolutionary biology global terrorism immune system infectious disease invertebrate multidisciplinary group national security natural disaster paleobiologist psychologist risk assessment security analysis theory of evolution |
| ISBN |
1-282-35936-3
9786612359361 0-520-93431-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | ; The origins of natural security / Raphael D. Sagarin -- Living with risk / Terence Taylor -- Security, unpredictability, and evolution: policy and the history of life / Geerat J. Vermeij -- From bacteria to belief: immunity and security / Luis P. Villarreal -- Corporations and bureaucracies under a biological lens / Elizabeth M. Prescott -- Selection, security, and evolutionary international relations / Gregory P. Dietl -- Militants and martyrs: evolutionary perspectives on religion and terrorism / Richard Sosis, Candace S. Alcorta -- Causes of and solutions of Islamic fundamentalist terrorism / Bradley A. Thayer -- ; The power of moral belief / Scott Atran -- Fourteen security lessons from antipredator behavior / Daniel T. Blumstein -- Population models and counterinsurgency strategies / Dominic D. P. Johnson, Joshua S. Madin -- ; The infectiousness of terrorist ideology: insights from ecology and epidemiology / Kevin D. Lafferty, Katherine F. Smith, Elizabeth M. P. Madin -- Paradigm shifts in security strategy: why does it take disasters to trigger change? / Dominic D. P. Johnson, Elizabeth M. P. Madin -- Network analysis links parts to the whole / Ferenc Jordán -- ; A holistic view of natural security / Raphael D. Sagarin. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777955703321 |
| Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Natural security : a Darwinian approach to a dangerous world / / edited by Raphael D. Sagarin, Terence Taylor
| Natural security : a Darwinian approach to a dangerous world / / edited by Raphael D. Sagarin, Terence Taylor |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (300 p.) |
| Disciplina | 576.8/2 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
SagarinRaphael D
TaylorTerence |
| Soggetto topico |
Adaptation (Biology)
Natural selection |
| Soggetto non controllato |
anthropology
darwinian ecology evolution and adaptation evolutionary adaptation evolutionary biology global terrorism immune system infectious disease invertebrate multidisciplinary group national security natural disaster paleobiologist psychologist risk assessment security analysis theory of evolution |
| ISBN |
1-282-35936-3
9786612359361 0-520-93431-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | ; The origins of natural security / Raphael D. Sagarin -- Living with risk / Terence Taylor -- Security, unpredictability, and evolution: policy and the history of life / Geerat J. Vermeij -- From bacteria to belief: immunity and security / Luis P. Villarreal -- Corporations and bureaucracies under a biological lens / Elizabeth M. Prescott -- Selection, security, and evolutionary international relations / Gregory P. Dietl -- Militants and martyrs: evolutionary perspectives on religion and terrorism / Richard Sosis, Candace S. Alcorta -- Causes of and solutions of Islamic fundamentalist terrorism / Bradley A. Thayer -- ; The power of moral belief / Scott Atran -- Fourteen security lessons from antipredator behavior / Daniel T. Blumstein -- Population models and counterinsurgency strategies / Dominic D. P. Johnson, Joshua S. Madin -- ; The infectiousness of terrorist ideology: insights from ecology and epidemiology / Kevin D. Lafferty, Katherine F. Smith, Elizabeth M. P. Madin -- Paradigm shifts in security strategy: why does it take disasters to trigger change? / Dominic D. P. Johnson, Elizabeth M. P. Madin -- Network analysis links parts to the whole / Ferenc Jordán -- ; A holistic view of natural security / Raphael D. Sagarin. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819735803321 |
| Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Sensory evolution on the threshold [[electronic resource] ] : adaptations in secondarily aquatic vertebrates / / edited by J.G.M. Thewissen and Sirpa Nummela
| Sensory evolution on the threshold [[electronic resource] ] : adaptations in secondarily aquatic vertebrates / / edited by J.G.M. Thewissen and Sirpa Nummela |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (360 p.) |
| Disciplina | 591.4 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
ThewissenJ. G. M
NummelaSirpa |
| Soggetto topico |
Aquatic animals - Sense organs
Aquatic animals - Adaptation Sense organs - Evolution |
| Soggetto non controllato |
adapting to their environment
anatomy animal senses animal sensory systems astonishing transition botany and ecology crocodiles electroreception evolutionary adaptation magnetoreception mechanoreception natural sciences neurobiology penguins physiology seals sens organs sensory biology theory of evolution whales |
| ISBN |
1-282-35932-0
9786612359323 0-520-93412-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- 1 • Introduction: On Becoming Aquatic -- 2 • The Physics and Biology of Olfaction and Taste -- 3 • The Chemical Stimulus and Its Detection -- 4 • Comparative Anatomy and Physiology of Chemical Senses in Amphibians -- 5 • Comparative Anatomy and Physiology of Chemical Senses in Nonavian Aquatic Reptiles -- 6 • Comparative Anatomy and Physiology of Chemical Senses in Aquatic Birds -- 7 • Comparative Anatomy and Physiology of Chemical Senses in Aquatic Mammals -- 8 • The Physics of Light in Air and Water -- 9 • Comparative Anatomy and Physiology of Vision in Aquatic Tetrapods -- 10 • Structure and Function of the Retina in Aquatic Tetrapods -- 11 • The Physics of Sound in Air and Water -- 12 • Comparative Anatomy and Function of Hearing in Aquatic Amphibians, Reptiles, and Birds -- 13. Hearing in Aquatic Mammals -- 14 • The Physics and Physiology of Balance -- 15 • Comparative and Functional Anatomy of Balance in Aquatic Reptiles and Birds -- 16 • Comparative and Functional Anatomy of Balance in Aquatic Mammals -- 17 • The Physics and Physiology of Mechanoreception -- 18 • Mechanoreception in Secondarily Aquatic Vertebrates -- 19 • Magnetoreception -- 20 • Electroreception -- 21 • Toward an Integrative Approach -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777931803321 |
| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Sensory evolution on the threshold : adaptations in secondarily aquatic vertebrates / / edited by J.G.M. Thewissen and Sirpa Nummela
| Sensory evolution on the threshold : adaptations in secondarily aquatic vertebrates / / edited by J.G.M. Thewissen and Sirpa Nummela |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (360 p.) |
| Disciplina | 591.4 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
ThewissenJ. G. M
NummelaSirpa |
| Soggetto topico |
Aquatic animals - Sense organs
Aquatic animals - Adaptation Sense organs - Evolution |
| Soggetto non controllato |
adapting to their environment
anatomy animal senses animal sensory systems astonishing transition botany and ecology crocodiles electroreception evolutionary adaptation magnetoreception mechanoreception natural sciences neurobiology penguins physiology seals sens organs sensory biology theory of evolution whales |
| ISBN |
1-282-35932-0
9786612359323 0-520-93412-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- 1 • Introduction: On Becoming Aquatic -- 2 • The Physics and Biology of Olfaction and Taste -- 3 • The Chemical Stimulus and Its Detection -- 4 • Comparative Anatomy and Physiology of Chemical Senses in Amphibians -- 5 • Comparative Anatomy and Physiology of Chemical Senses in Nonavian Aquatic Reptiles -- 6 • Comparative Anatomy and Physiology of Chemical Senses in Aquatic Birds -- 7 • Comparative Anatomy and Physiology of Chemical Senses in Aquatic Mammals -- 8 • The Physics of Light in Air and Water -- 9 • Comparative Anatomy and Physiology of Vision in Aquatic Tetrapods -- 10 • Structure and Function of the Retina in Aquatic Tetrapods -- 11 • The Physics of Sound in Air and Water -- 12 • Comparative Anatomy and Function of Hearing in Aquatic Amphibians, Reptiles, and Birds -- 13. Hearing in Aquatic Mammals -- 14 • The Physics and Physiology of Balance -- 15 • Comparative and Functional Anatomy of Balance in Aquatic Reptiles and Birds -- 16 • Comparative and Functional Anatomy of Balance in Aquatic Mammals -- 17 • The Physics and Physiology of Mechanoreception -- 18 • Mechanoreception in Secondarily Aquatic Vertebrates -- 19 • Magnetoreception -- 20 • Electroreception -- 21 • Toward an Integrative Approach -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810356703321 |
| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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