Among African apes [[electronic resource] ] : stories and photos from the field / / edited by Martha M. Robbins and Christophe Boesch |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (201 p.) |
Disciplina | 599.88096 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
RobbinsMartha M. <1967->
BoeschChristophe |
Soggetto topico |
Apes - Africa
Apes - Research - Africa Apes - Conservation Rare mammals - Africa |
Soggetto non controllato |
africa
african animals african apes animal behavior apes bonobos bwindi impenetrable national park central africa chimpanzees conservation cote divoire deforestation disease ecotourism endangered animals environment environmentalism extinction field research forests gabon gorillas great apes ivindo national park jungles life sciences nature photography nature preserve nature reserve nature nonfiction poaching primates primatology science tai national park uganda wild apes wildlife zoology |
ISBN |
1-283-27793-X
9786613277930 0-520-94883-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Who, What, Where, and Why -- ONE: Discovering Apes -- TWO: Life and Death in the Forest Blood -- THREE: Encounters with Bili Chimpanzees in the Undisturbed Gangu Forest -- FOUR: Is Blood Thicker Than Water -- FIVE: Our Cousins in the Forest - or Bushmeat? -- SIX: Discovering Chimpanzee Traditions -- SEVEN: Keeping It in the Family. Tribal Warfare between Chimpanzee Communities -- EIGHT: Winona's Search for the Right Silverback. Insights into Female Strategies at a Natural Rain Forest Clearing in Northern Congo -- NINE: The Long Road to Habituation. A Window into the Lives of Gorillas -- TEN: Among Silverbacks -- ELEVEN: The Diversity of the Apes What Is the Future? -- Contributors -- Plate Credits -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781375603321 |
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The drunken monkey : why we drink and abuse alcohol / / Robert Dudley |
Autore | Dudley Robert <1961-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, [California] ; ; Los Angeles, California ; ; London, England : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (179 p.) |
Disciplina | 394.1/3 |
Soggetto topico |
Drinking of alcoholic beverages
Alcohol - Physiological effect Alcoholism Human evolution Primates - Evolution Human physiology Monkeys - Physiology |
Soggetto non controllato |
addiction treatment
addiction alcohol abuse alcohol consumption alcohol related problems alcohol alcoholics alcoholism biological anthropology biology comparative biology drinking evolutionary biology evolutionary ecology evolutionary interpretation fermented fruits fruit eating health humans and alcohol interdisciplinary major public health issue medical impacts medicine physical anthropology primates public health social impacts substance abuse |
ISBN | 0-520-95817-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Prologue -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Fruits of Fermentation -- 3. On the Inebriation of Elephants -- 4. Aping About in the Forest -- 5. A First-Rate Molecule -- 6. Alcoholics Aren't Anonymous -- 7. Winos in the Mist -- Postscript -- Sources and Recommended Reading -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790996203321 |
Dudley Robert <1961->
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The drunken monkey : why we drink and abuse alcohol / / Robert Dudley |
Autore | Dudley Robert <1961-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, [California] ; ; Los Angeles, California ; ; London, England : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (179 p.) |
Disciplina | 394.1/3 |
Soggetto topico |
Drinking of alcoholic beverages
Alcohol - Physiological effect Alcoholism Human evolution Primates - Evolution Human physiology Monkeys - Physiology |
Soggetto non controllato |
addiction treatment
addiction alcohol abuse alcohol consumption alcohol related problems alcohol alcoholics alcoholism biological anthropology biology comparative biology drinking evolutionary biology evolutionary ecology evolutionary interpretation fermented fruits fruit eating health humans and alcohol interdisciplinary major public health issue medical impacts medicine physical anthropology primates public health social impacts substance abuse |
ISBN | 0-520-95817-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Prologue -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Fruits of Fermentation -- 3. On the Inebriation of Elephants -- 4. Aping About in the Forest -- 5. A First-Rate Molecule -- 6. Alcoholics Aren't Anonymous -- 7. Winos in the Mist -- Postscript -- Sources and Recommended Reading -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813646703321 |
Dudley Robert <1961->
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Eating apes [[electronic resource] /] / Dale Peterson ; with an afterword and photographs by Karl Ammann ; foreword by Janet K. Museveni |
Autore | Peterson Dale |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (349 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.95/98/0967 |
Altri autori (Persone) | AmmannKarl |
Collana | California studies in food and culture |
Soggetto topico |
Apes - Africa, Central
Wildlife conservation - Africa, Central Ape meat industry - Africa, Central |
Soggetto non controllato |
african apes
african forests american media ape populations ape slaughter asian companies bonobos bush meat central africa chimpanzees color photographs commercial ape meat conservation consumption of animals easy to read endangered species environmental loss european companies evolutionary relatives expose piece extinction gorillas great apes karl ammann logging nonfiction population collapse primates primatology |
ISBN |
1-282-35800-6
9786612358005 0-520-93842-9 |
Classificazione | WT 2789 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: Foreword, by Janet K. Museveni ix --INTRODUCTION 1 -- 1 LAUGHTER 3 -- 2 BEGINNINGS 18 -- 3 DEATH 37 -- 4 FLESH 57 -- 5 BLOOD 80 -- 6 BUSINESS 104 -- 7 DENIAL 226 -- 8 A STORY 151 -- 9 HISTORY 183 --Afterword, by Karl Ammann 211 --Appendix A. Saving the Apes 231 -- Appendix B. Further Reading 240 -- Appendix C. The Primate Family Tree 243 -- Appendix D. The HIV/SIV Family Tree 244 -- Maps 245 -- Notes 265 -- Bibliography 285 -- Acknowledgments 301 -- Index 305 --Color plates follow page 158. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778469303321 |
Peterson Dale
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The fossil chronicles [[electronic resource] ] : how two controversial discoveries changed our view of human evolution / / Dean Falk |
Autore | Falk Dean |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (274 p.) |
Disciplina | 599.93/8 |
Soggetto topico |
Fossil hominids
Flores man Australopithecines Human remains (Archaeology) Human evolution - Philosophy Paleoanthropology |
Soggetto non controllato |
african anthropology
ancient human species anthropology archeologia australopithecus africanus biological anthropology bones evolution brain development evolution and religion evolution extinct species first humans fossil discoveries historical africa historical skulls history of man history of science history hobbit hominins human brain evolution human evolution human fossils human history human relatives paleoanthropology paleontology physical anthropology books primates skeletons taung child |
ISBN |
1-283-27819-7
9786613278197 0-520-94964-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- One. Of Paleopolitics and Missing Links -- Two. Taung: A Fossil to Rival Piltdown -- Three. Taung's Checkered Past -- Four. Sulcal Skirmishes -- Five. Once upon a Hobbit -- Six. Flo's Little Brain -- Seven. Sick Hobbits, Quarrelsome Scientists -- Eight. Whence Homo floresiensis? -- Nine. Bones to Pick -- Notes -- Glossary of Neuroanatomical Terms -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781322903321 |
Falk Dean
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Placental Related Disorders of Pregnancy |
Autore | Mistry Hiten D |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basel, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2022 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 electronic resource (378 p.) |
Soggetto topico |
Medicine
Physiology |
Soggetto non controllato |
low-dose aspirin
preeclampsia placenta eicosanoids sphingolipids thromboxane prostacyclin isoprostanes neutrophils protease-activated receptor 1 cold shock protein intrauterine growth restriction placentation apoptosis NF-κB hypertension in pregnancy angiogenesis endothelial function oxidative stress antioxidants post-maturity senescence pre-eclampsia renin-angiotensin system megalin proton pump inhibitors telomere shortening prenatal depression sex differences flow culture system explant culture under flow placental insufficiency SPINT2/HAI-2 foetal growth restriction small for gestational age placentome pregnancy nutrient restriction gene expression transcriptome spontaneous preterm birth bioenergetic metabolism interactome fetal sex disparity CD24 cytotrophoblast syncytiotrophoblast immunohistochemistry quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) immune tolerance inflammation cytokines adipokines antimicrobial peptides metabolic stress IGF-I insulin lactotroph hormones decidual reaction fetal membranes placental hormones primates uterine spiral artery uterine NK cell chorionic somatomammotropin blood flow nutrient uptake uterus ERAP2 trophoblast cells RNA sequencing differentially expressed genes congenital heart disease hand1 vascular development intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy human placenta bile acids transporters pregnancy complications metabolism glycolysis mitochondrial respiration placental metabolism trophoblast glycolysis trophoblast mitochondrial respiration sexual dimorphism Interleukin-15 CD122 natural killer cells macrophages trophoblast Irisin TRPV6 calcium transport skeletal dysplasia serine proteases subunit assembly transient receptor potential antioxidant capacity decidua fetal growth restriction KEAP1 NRF2 |
ISBN | 3-0365-5899-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910639995303321 |
Mistry Hiten D
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Reorienting Indian agriculture : challenges and opportunities / / Raj Paroda |
Autore | Paroda R. S (Rajendra Singh), <1942-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | CABI, 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (445 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 630.954 |
Soggetto topico | Agriculture - India |
Soggetto non controllato |
resource management
agricultural policy agricultural situation biotechnology extension advisory services Chordata climatic change agricultural research plant genetic resources extension activities youth seed industry productivity animals climate change Hominidae eukaryotes Commonwealth of Nations primates agricultural sector Homo India South Asia vertebrates crop production innovations mammals Asia agricultural development Developing Countries women |
ISBN |
9781786395184
9781786395191 9781786395177 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910626108503321 |
Paroda R. S (Rajendra Singh), <1942->
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