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Author | : James R. McCranie |
Publisher | : Harvard Univ Museum of Comparative |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2015-01-01 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780674504417 |
The lizard genus Anolis contains more species than any other genus of reptile, bird, or mammal. Caribbean members of this group have been intensively studied, but knowledge of Central and South American anoles has lagged behind. James R. McCranie and Gunther Köhler begin to fill this gap with a detailed account of the anoles of Honduras.
Author | : Ulf Dieckmann |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 488 |
Release | : 2012-04-19 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9781107404182 |
Adaptive speciation occurs when biological interactions induce disruptive selection and the evolution of assortative mating, thus triggering the splitting of lineages. Internationally recognized authorities explain exciting developments in modeling speciation, including celebrated examples of rapid speciation by natural selection. The text is geared toward students and researchers in biology, physics, and mathematics.
Author | : Jay M. Savage |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 1076 |
Release | : 2002-08 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780226735375 |
World renowned for its biological diversity and model conservation system, Costa Rica is home to a wide variety of amphibians and reptiles, from the golden toad to the scorpion lizard and the black-headed bushmaster. Jay M. Savage has studied these fascinating creatures for more than forty years, and in The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica he provides the most comprehensive, up-to-date treatment of their biology and evolution ever produced. Savage begins with detailed discussions of the natural and cultural history of Costa Rica, setting the stage for a detailed treatment of each of the 396 species of amphibians and reptiles that may be found there. Each species account synthesizes and analyzes everything that is known about the animal's anatomy, behavior, geographic distribution, systematics, and evolutionary history and provides keys for identifying amphibians and reptiles in the field. In addition to distribution maps and systematic and morphological illustrations, the book includes color photographs of almost every known species, many taken by the distinguished nature photographers Michael and Patricia Fogden. Because Costa Rica has played, and continues to play, a pivotal role in the study of tropical biology as well as in the development of ecotourism and ecoprospecting, and because more than half of the amphibians and reptiles in Costa Rica are also found elsewhere in Central America, The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica will be an essential book for a wide audience of nature lovers, naturalists, ecotourists, field biologists, conservationists, and government planners.
Author | : D. M. Gates |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 631 |
Release | : 2012-12-06 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1461260248 |
The objective of this book is to make analytical methods available to students of ecology. The text deals with concepts of energy exchange, gas exchange, and chemical kinetics involving the interactions of plants and animals with their environments. The first four chapters are designed to show the applications of biophysical ecology in a preliminary, sim plified manner. Chapters 5-10, treating the topics of radiation, convec tion, conduction, and evaporation, are concerned with the physical environment. The spectral properties of radiation and matter are thoroughly described, as well as the geometrical, instantaneous, daily, and annual amounts of both shortwave and longwave radiation. Later chapters give the more elaborate analytical methods necessary for the study of photosynthesis in plants and energy budgets in animals. The final chapter describes the temperature responses of plants and animals. The discipline of biophysical ecology is rapidly growing, and some important topics and references are not included due to limitations of space, cost, and time. The methodology of some aspects of ecology is illustrated by the subject matter of this book. It is hoped that future students of the subject will carry it far beyond its present status. Ideas for advancing the subject matter of biophysical ecology exceed individual capacities for effort, and even today, many investigators in ecology are studying subjects for which they are inadequately prepared. The potential of modern science, in the minds and hands of skilled investigators, to of the interactions of organisms with their advance our understanding environment is enormous.
Author | : Kirsten E. Nicholson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 108 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Polychrotidae |
ISBN | : 9781775570103 |
Author | : Brian I. Crother |
Publisher | : CRC Press |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 2016-11-18 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1315352206 |
This book is a thought-provoking assessment of assumptions inhibiting progress in comparative biology. The volume is inspired by a list generated years earlier by Donn Rosen, one of the most influential, innovative and productive comparative biologists of the latter 20th century. His list has assumed almost legendary status among comparative evolutionary biologists. Surprisingly many of the obstructing assumptions implicated by Rosen remain relevant today. Any comparative biologist hoping to avoid such assumptions in their own research will benefit from this introspective volume.
Author | : Richard Emmett Etheridge |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 520 |
Release | : 1959 |
Genre | : Iguanas |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Alison Cree |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781927145449 |
"This is the first detailed monograph for decades about this enigmatic reptile, and the first to be illustrated in colour throughout. The evolution, natural history and conservation of tutara are covered in comprehensive detail ..." -- Back cover.
Author | : Micha Petty |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2019-01-02 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780692157121 |
A Primer on Reptiles and Amphibians is an innovative educational resource designed to forge a connection between the reader and the creeping critters of the world. Turtles, frogs, lizards, salamanders, snakes, and crocodiles¿ these animals evoke fear and fascination. This primer dispels myths and unlocks mysteries surrounding these diverse survivors which have mastered virtually every habitat on Earth. Tragically, these animals now face pressures of unprecedented severity, but there is still time to make a difference if more of us work together.Micha Petty is an international award-winning Master Naturalist and wildlife rehabilitator. This critically-acclaimed debut volume is a collection of Micha's interpretive writings, carefully crafted to make learning easy for everyone. These bulletins display his passion for Conservation Through Education while covering topics such as living harmoniously with wildlife, physiology, natural history, observation, and conservation. Flip to any page to be instantly introduced to new facets of reptiles, amphibians, the perils they face, and how you can join the fight to save them.
Author | : Philip Purser |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2008-04-30 |
Genre | : Pets |
ISBN | : 9780793828968 |
A guide to insect-eating lizards that provides information and advice on purchasing one, housing, heating, lighting, diet, and health, and includes species profiles.