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Paperback. Scientists have long cautioned against attributing familiar emotions to animals, arguing that it limits our ability to truly comprehend the lives of other creatures. The author focuses on the specific case of grief, and relates story after story - from field sites, farms, and homes - of animals mourning lost companions, mates, or friends. Num Pages: 208 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: PSVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226155203
- ISBN
- 9780226155203
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.25
€ 19.99
€ 16.25
Hardback. Suitable for scientists, conservationists, and professional and amateur enthusiasts who wish to study Mexican turtles, this title offers a guide to the biology, ecology, evolution, and distribution of more than fifty freshwater and terrestrial turtle taxa found in Mexico. Num Pages: 416 pages, 226 color illustrations, 40 b/w photographs, 33 line illustrations, 38 maps, 5 t. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; PSVW5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 284 x 223 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1474.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520268609
- ISBN
- 9780520268609
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.83€ 90.42
€ 120.83
€ 90.42
Hardback. Series Editor(s): Nyhus, Philip J. Series: Biodiversity of the World: Conservation from Genes to Landscapes. Num Pages: 644 pages. BIC Classification: PSVW7; RNKH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 190 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1520.
- Publisher
- Snow Leopards: Biodiversity of the World: Conservation from Genes to Landscapes
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780128022139
- ISBN
- 9780128022139
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.42
€ 118.42
Hardback. Through a study of how a colony of bees is organized to gather its resources, this work examines the way in which a highly-integrated animal society works. The author compares the honey bee colony to other functionally-organized groups such as colonies of marine invertebrates and human societies. Num Pages: 318 pages, 6 color illustrations, 20 halftones, 116 line illustrations, 7 tables. BIC Classification: PSVP; PSVS; PSVT7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 210 x 25. Weight in Grams: 918.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 318
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674953765
- ISBN
- 9780674953765
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.43€ 117.04
€ 133.43
€ 117.04
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198712152
- ISBN
- 9780198712152
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.47
€ 11.99
€ 10.47
Hardback. Loxton and Prothero complete an entertaining, educational, and definitive text on demonstrably false phenomena, presenting both the arguments for and against their existence and systematically challenging the pseudoscience perpetuating their myths. Num Pages: 432 pages, 88 illustrations. BIC Classification: PSV; RBX; VXQM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 164 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1046.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231153201
- ISBN
- 9780231153201
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.10
€ 38.99
€ 28.10
paperback. A comparative view of the major features of animal social life and the evolution of cooperative group living. Editor(s): Rubenstein, Dustin R.; Abbot, Patrick. Num Pages: 484 pages, 34 b/w illus. 13 tables. BIC Classification: PSAJ; PSVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 247 x 174. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107647923
- ISBN
- 9781107647923
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Condition: New
€ 60.68€ 59.92
€ 60.68
€ 59.92
Hardback. Editor(s): Rosalino, Luis M.; Gheler-Costa, Carla. Num Pages: 192 pages, colour photos & illus. BIC Classification: PSVW7; RNKH; TVH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 182 x 257 x 17. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611220339
- ISBN
- 9781611220339
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.48€ 90.52
€ 133.48
€ 90.52
Paperback. Chronicles the author's two years of travel and observation of gorillas in East and Central Africa in the late 1950s, high in the Virunga volcanoes on the Zaire-Rwanda-Uganda border. This edition also features a postscript detailing Schaller's more recent visits with gorillas, current to 2009. Num Pages: 290 pages, 30 halftones, 27 line drawings, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1H; PSVW79; WNCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 113 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition, Reissue, With a New Postscript
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226736471
- ISBN
- 9780226736471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.55
€ 36.99
€ 28.55
Paperback. Presents a framework for analyzing social behavior and demonstrates how to put this framework into practice by collecting suitable data on the interactions and associations of individuals so that relationships can be described, and, from these, models can be derived. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 halftones, 28 line drawings, 59 tables. BIC Classification: PSVS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 205 x 26. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226895239
- ISBN
- 9780226895239
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.08
€ 42.99
€ 33.08
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319432731
- ISBN
- 9783319432731
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 172.60€ 105.51
€ 172.60
€ 105.51
Paperback. This study of maternal primate relationships focuses on motherhood and infancy within a complex ecological and sociological context. Num Pages: 250 pages, 35 halftones, 31 line drawings, 19 tables. BIC Classification: PSVP; PSVW79. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226016078
- ISBN
- 9780226016078
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.55
€ 36.99
€ 28.55
Paperback. With their tonsured heads, white faces, and striking cowls, the monkeys might vaguely resemble the Capuchin monks for whom they were named. This downright ethnographic account of the capuchins of Lomas Barbudal, shows their world that is as complex, ritualistic, and structured as any society. Num Pages: 368 pages, 16 color illustrations, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KLCR; PSVW79. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674060388
- ISBN
- 9780674060388
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.74
€ 33.99
€ 28.74
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 274 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PSVW79. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 274
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691644417
- ISBN
- 9780691644417
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.54€ 105.37
€ 141.54
€ 105.37
paperback. This book brings together scattered information on insect conservation, providing a robust foundation for future progress, using examples from around the world. Series: Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: PSAF; PSVT7; RNKH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521732765
- ISBN
- 9780521732765
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 40.27
€ 44.99
€ 40.27
Paperback. This work sounds an early warning about an environmental catastrophe that has become all too familiar today - the invasion of nonnative species. The author explains the devastating effects that invasive species can have on local ecosystems. Num Pages: 186 pages, 42ill. BIC Classification: PSAF; PSTS; PSVS; RNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 11. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 186
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226206387
- ISBN
- 9780226206387
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.05
€ 30.99
€ 24.05
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 778
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319432243
- ISBN
- 9783319432243
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 322.20€ 173.13
€ 322.20
€ 173.13
Paperback. Fundamentals and Applications to Welfare. 384 pages, illustrations. Editor(s): Mason, G.; Rushen, Jeffrey. Abnormal behaviour patterns, from the somersaulting of laboratory mice to the pacing of enclosed big cats, are displayed by many farm, zoo, and research animals. This book focuses on the causation and treatment of these environment-induced stereotypic behaviours, and their implications for animal welfare and normalcy of brain functioning. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: PSVP. Dimension: 244 x 174 x 23. Weight: 646.
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Second
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845934651
- ISBN
- 9781845934651
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.58
€ 55.58
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 458 pages. BIC Classification: PSVD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 458
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691628936
- ISBN
- 9780691628936
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 276.60
€ 276.60
Hardcover. Offers information about knowing the cat-domestication, breeding, and genetics; behavior-understanding and training the domestic cat; health care and disease prevention; and, nutrition and feeding throughout the life cycle. This book is suitable for undergraduate animal science courses, veterinary technician programs, and cat care. Illustrator(s): Helms, Kerry; MacAllister, Bruce. Num Pages: 392 pages, 53 illustrations. BIC Classification: MZC; PSV; WNGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 257 x 187 x 20. Weight in Grams: 922.
- Publisher
- Iowa State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813803319
- ISBN
- 9780813803319
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.05
€ 107.05
Hardback. Editor(s): Woo, Patrick T. K. Num Pages: 396 pages. BIC Classification: KNAF; PSVW1. Dimension: 187 x 260 x 24. Weight in Grams: 836.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781631175701
- ISBN
- 9781631175701
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 245.10€ 163.58
€ 245.10
€ 163.58
Paperback. Series: Critical Perspectives on Animals: Theory, Culture, Science and Law. Num Pages: 208 pages, 14 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF7; PSAJ; PSVW6; RNKH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231166195
- ISBN
- 9780231166195
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.84
€ 26.99
€ 19.84
Hardback. Come along-let's take a voyage through the boneyard. Num Pages: 360 pages, 192, 192 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MFC; PSVW; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 203. Weight in Grams: 1157.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421421483
- ISBN
- 9781421421483
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 45.40
€ 54.99
€ 45.40
Hardcover. This is an identification guide and information source for a major group of agriculturally important insects on a world-wide basis. It enables the non-specialist anywhere in the world to identify aphids found colonising crop plants, and offers summaries of available knowledge of each species. Num Pages: 476 pages, photographs. BIC Classification: PSVT7; TVK; TVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 256 x 196 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1104.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 476
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471851912
- ISBN
- 9780471851912
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 382.65
€ 382.65