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In this fascinating science book, a behavioral and bat ecologist reintroduces readers to bats, redeeming their historically bad reputation. These woefully misunderstood creatures dwell in darkness, inspire fear, and threaten danger. They’ve been viewed as the...
Editeur :
Timber Press
Parution :
2025-02-11
ePub
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A bestselling author and expert on chicken behavior leads you into the surprisingly complex inner workings of a chicken's brain. Backyard chicken-keeper Melissa Caughey shares her years of experience and research with this entertaining and informative...
Editeur :
Storey Publishing, LLC
Parution :
2025-02-04
ePub
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Charismatic, intriguing, and misunderstood: The Owl Handbook provides a beautifully photographed, thoughtfully researched, and accessible guide to these complex, captivating creatures. Spot an owl that’s long been watching your every move and darker aspects of its...
Editeur :
Timber Press
Parution :
2025-01-14
ePub
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Comprehensive reference detailing behavioral assessment techniques, behavioral approaches, and practical tools for animal welfare across different species A Guide to Managing Zoo Animal Welfare delivers a step-by-step guide to behavioral assessment approaches,...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2025-01-07
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This book explores the various functions of butterfly and moth wings. Lepidoptera wings are covered with variously colored scales and exhibit a wide variety of color patterns, with some functioning as significant signals in behavior. They are also the flight organs, as...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2025-01-02
Collection :
Entomology Monographs
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Identify and discover the inner lives of birds with this easy to use full-color guidebook.Birds of Arizona and New Mexico is a comprehensive field guide to commonly found birds in the American Southwest. Authors Melissa Fratello and Steven Prager speak to a new...
Editeur :
Timber Press
Parution :
2024-12-10
Collection :
A Timber Press Field Guide
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Spinnen, die als Untermieter in unseren Häusern vorkommen, werden meist ignoriert und gelegentlich (zu Unrecht) gefürchtet. Es dürfte weltweit kaum ein Gebäude geben, in dem nicht einige Spinnenarten vorkommen. Faszinierend daran ist, dass es immer wieder die gleichen...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2024-09-30
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This book showcases the diverse strategies used by invertebrate organisms to enhance their structures with metals. Written by the leading scientists in this multidisciplinary field, this book explores a range of metal-enhanced structures that span the world of...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2024-09-29
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In this work, the endocrine and histological preparations of the uterine environment for embryo/foetus survival are covered, through compilation of relevant research results pertaining ovarian, uterine and placental changes. Also, a general overview of the ovarian...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2024-09-12
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This book provides a detailed overview of mosquitoes. It covers aspects of their origin, evolution, morphology, diversity, biology, and host finding and recognition. It also describes the behavior and rhythmicity of mosquitoes, their abiotic and biotic interactions,...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2024-09-11
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This book is an up-to-date synopsis of aquatic dance flies (Clinocerinae and Hemerodromiinae), insects that have been studied for more than 200 years in Europe. Its publication comes about 80 years since the last summary report and follows a period when new scientific...
Editeur :
Springer Spektrum
Parution :
2024-09-05
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Dieses Buch lässt Sie beim Betrachten der vielen einmaligen Kurzzeitfotos und Bildfolgen zum ersten Mal Einzelheiten aus dem ultraschnellen Leben der Libellen, dieser großen, wunderschönen Fluginsekten erfahren. Libellen sind Flugweltmeister, bionische Wunder und...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2024-08-30
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Friedrich Frischknecht provides an interesting insight into the lifestyles of parasites. From the tiny agent of malaria to the tapeworm, from diarrhea to changes in the host's behavior, he presents the fascinating world of parasites. In doing so, he clarifies why...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2024-08-29
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This book illustrates the importance and significance of improvement strategies for pig farming. It covers various topics such as proper handling, general health care management, stress management criteria, and entrepreneur development through pig farming. The book also...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2024-08-13
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This book uncovers the entire picture of the black fly (Diptera: Simuliidae) fauna in subtropical and tropical Asia (the Oriental Region). Increased discoveries of new species of black flies in the Oriental Region have disclosed a remarkable diversity in terms of...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2024-07-30
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This book highlights the science underlying honey, which is central to an understanding of conventional medicine or ingredients of food used mostly in all societies and it is attracting increasing interest among food scientists and professionals worldwide. Honey, wax,...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2024-07-18
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This book presents a new and innovative concept in dealing with dogs: the human-canine synergy (HCS), characterized by a holistic nature and its differentiation from unidimensional terms expressing the affiliation of humans and dogs (Relationship, Interaction, Bonding)....
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2024-05-16
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This book serves as a practical guide for equine veterinarians in orthopedics and surgery. It reviews and summarizes the current scientific evidence of the most commonly performed ultrasound-guided procedures for ultrasound-assisted surgery and injections.For the first...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2024-04-19
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Compared to mammals, fish are often underestimated and dismissed as less complex organisms. To refute this hasty conclusion, Horst Bleckmann presents to you the highly developed cognitive abilities of fish.Did you know, for example, that fish are the largest group of...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2024-04-16
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