Behavioral ecology and the transition to agriculture [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Douglas J. Kennett, Bruce Winterhalder
| Behavioral ecology and the transition to agriculture [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Douglas J. Kennett, Bruce Winterhalder |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (409 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.3/64 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
KennettDouglas J
WinterhalderBruce |
| Collana | Origins of Human Behavior and Culture |
| Soggetto topico |
Agriculture - Origin
Agriculture, Prehistoric Human behavior Human ecology Human evolution |
| Soggetto non controllato |
agriculture
andes animal domestication arabia archaeology arizona cumberland domestic animals early civilization ecology environment food production foraging fremont hbe highlands history human behavior human behavioral ecology hunting and gathering indigenous culture indigenous people land use madagascar maize mikea neotropics new guinea nonfiction oceania pacific coast plant domestication rain barrier science valencia wild animals |
| ISBN |
1-282-75943-4
9786612759437 0-520-93245-5 1-59875-917-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1. Behavioral Ecology and the Transition from Hunting and Gathering to Agriculture -- 2. A Future Discounting Explanation for the Persistence of a Mixed Foraging-Horticulture Strategy among the Mikea of Madagascar -- 3. Central Place Foraging and Food Production on the Cumberland Plateau, Eastern Kentucky -- 4. Aspects of Optimization and Risk During the Early Agricultural Period in Southeastern Arizona -- 5. A Formal Model for Predicting Agriculture among the Fremont -- 6. An Ecological Model for the Origins of Maize-Based Food Production on the Pacific Coast of Southern Mexico -- 7. The Origins of Plant Cultivation and Domestication in the Neotropics -- 8. Costly Signaling, the Sexual Division of Labor, and Animal Domestication in the Andean Highlands -- 9. Human Behavioral Ecology, Domestic Animals, and Land Use during the Transition to Agriculture in Valencia, Eastern Spain -- 10. Breaking the Rain Barrier and the Tropical Spread of Near Eastern Agriculture into Southern Arabia -- 11. The Emergence of Agriculture in New Guinea -- 12. The Ideal Free Distribution, Food Production, and the Colonization of Oceania -- 13. Human Behavioral Ecology and the Transition to Food Production -- 14. Agriculture, Archaeology, and Human Behavioral Ecology -- References -- Index |
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Systematics and Conservation of Neotropical Amphibians and Reptiles
| Systematics and Conservation of Neotropical Amphibians and Reptiles |
| Autore | Catenazzi Alessandro |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (552 p.) |
| Soggetto topico | Technology: general issues |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Amazon
amphibian amphibians amphisbaenians Andes anura Aromobatidae biogeography Bufonidae centrolenidae Cercosaura manicata boliviana Cercosaurinae chytridiomycosis community structure conservation conservation areas critically endangered cryptic species Cusco Dactyloidae data deficient deforestation Dendrobatidae disease diversity diversity gradient ecological niche modeling ecomorphology enzootics epizootics extant species distribution extinction risk fire forensic taxonomy frogs geographical range Great American Biotic Interchange habitat breadth high elevation historical biogeography Iguania invasion of exotic plants Isla Cocos Isla Gorgona Isla Malpelo island biogeography Isthmus of Panama lizard lizards local abundance Machupicchu Middle America miniaturization molecular phylogenetics n/a Neotropical neotropics overwater dispersal Oxapampa Pacific coast Peru Perú Pholidobolus anomalus phylogenetics phylogeography population declines potential species distribution protected areas public policy Qosqophryne rainforest reptiles snake snakes South America species description species richness systematic systematics taxonomy threatened species threats timber harvest tropical mountain UCE Viperidae |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910557346403321 |
Catenazzi Alessandro
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