Perspectives In Zoology

Author : Alan Boyden
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781483146089

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Perspectives in Zoology tries to discuss in a critical way some of the aspects of biology that lack perspective. The book also calls into attention the possibilities of obtaining a more correct view and challenges views that already have already been accepted by the scientific community. In this thought-provoking book, many questions are raised and different viewpoints and their implications are considered in the areas of natural history. Coverage includes the great ages of evolution; the primitive evolution in the eumatozoa; the morphological comparisons between homology and analogy; systematic serology and its principles; and the relationship of systemics, evolution, and phylogeny. The text is recommended for students and professors that deal with biology, zoology, genetics, and evolution who not only wish to explore and understand other approaches to popular theories in zoology, but also wish to be more familiarized and delve deeper with the common yet frequently discussed and debated topics in the field.

Author : Judith Goodenough,Betty McGuire,Robert A. Wallace
Publisher : Wiley
Page : 836 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1993-03-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 0471536237

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Perspectives on Animal Behavior by Judith Goodenough,Betty McGuire,Robert A. Wallace Pdf

Based upon ecological and environmental principles, it introduces students to scientific reasoning and methodology while also addressing development and mechanisms. Includes classical studies that form the foundation of this field but concentrates on more current work in order to present the thinking and experiments which have led to modern understanding of animal behavior.

Author : P. Bateson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2012-04-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 1461575710

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Perspectives in Ethology by P. Bateson Pdf

In the early days of ethology, most of the major developments were in the realm of ideas and in the framework in which animal behavior was studied. Much of the evidence was anecdotal, much of the thinking intuitive. As the subject developed, theories had to be tested, language had to become more public than it had been, and quantitative descriptions had to replace the preliminary qualitative accounts. That is the way a science develops; hard headed analysis follows soft-headed synthesis. There are limits, though, to the usefulness of this trend. The requirement to be quantitative can mean that easy measures are chosen at the expense of representing the complexly patterned nature of a phenomenon. All too easily the process of data collec tion becomes a trivial exercise in describing the obvious or the irrelevant. Editors and their referees require authors to maintain high standards of evidence and avoid undue speculation-in short, to maintain professional respectability. In the main, this process is admirable and necessary, but somewhere along the line perspective is lost and a body of knowledge, with all the preconceptions and intellectual baggage that comes with it, becomes formally established. New ideas are treated as though they were subversive agents-as indeed they often are.

Author : Robert T. Paine
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Biotic communities
ISBN : UOM:39015037291153

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Marine Rocky Shores and Community Ecology by Robert T. Paine Pdf

Author : Thomas Henry Huxley
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2020-03-16
Category : Science
ISBN : EAN:4064066103095

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On the Study of Zoology by Thomas Henry Huxley Pdf

"On the Study of Zoology" by Thomas Henry Huxley is a seminal work that explores the wonders and complexities of the natural world through the lens of zoology. Huxley's insightful observations and scientific inquiry shed light on the diversity of life forms and the interconnections between species. By advocating for rigorous scientific study and observation, Huxley inspires a deeper appreciation for the intricacies of nature and the importance of zoological research in understanding the natural world.

Author : Society for Experimental Biology (Great Britain)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Biology
ISBN : UOM:39015004592450

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Perspectives in Experimental Biology: Botany by Society for Experimental Biology (Great Britain) Pdf

Author : Peter M. Kappeler
Publisher : Springer
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 3030828786

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Animal Behaviour by Peter M. Kappeler Pdf

​This textbook presents all basic principles of animal behaviour in a clear and concise manner and illustrates them with up-to-date examples. Emphasis is placed on behavioural biology as an integrative discipline of organismic biology, focusing on the adaptive value of behaviours that facilitate resource access, predator avoidance and reproductive success and underlie parental care, all within a comprehensive presentation of social complexity. This new textbook provides a rich resource for students (and teachers) from a wide range of life science disciplines.

Author : A. Chiarelli
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781461589907

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Perspectives in Primate Biology by A. Chiarelli Pdf

The present volume is the result of a NATO Advanced Study Institute held in Montaldo, Turin (Italy), between the 7 and 19 June 1972. The aim of the Study Institute has been the development of a general philosophy for the science of Primatology. Lecturers were selected from those scientists deeply involved and interested in this field. The course intended to serve students and researchers using primates in medical and biological research, but especially those interested in the natural history of the group and in human biology. In the past the study of primates was largely limited to deter mine the origin of the human species. Today, however, interest in them extends far beyond this narrow focus. In terms of both prac tical human purposes and theoretical interests, the study of primate biology and behaviour is of ever increasing importance. Their close comparative relationships with man has proved of such great value to human biology and medicine that their numbers and kinds are quickly dwindling. For this reason, one of the main focuses of the A.S.I. was on their reproductive biology and conservation. During the meeting days a broad series of lectures on specific topics of comparative anatomy, physiology, endocrinology, repro ductive physiology, genetics and molecular biology, cytogenetics and behaviour were delivered by leading primatologists.

Author : A. Chiarelli
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1461589916

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Perspectives in Primate Biology by A. Chiarelli Pdf

Author : Thomas C. G. Bosch,David J. Miller
Publisher : Springer
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2016-03-08
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783709118962

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The Holobiont Imperative by Thomas C. G. Bosch,David J. Miller Pdf

This book examines how the growing knowledge of the huge range of animal-bacterial interactions, whether in shared ecosystems or intimate symbioses, is fundamentally altering our understanding of animal biology. Individuals from simple invertebrates to human are not solitary, homogenous entities but consist of complex communities of many species that likely evolved during a billion years of coexistence. Defining the individual microbe-host conversations in these consortia, is a challenging but necessary step on the path to understanding the function of the associations as a whole. The hologenome theory of evolution considers the holobiont with its hologenome as a unit of selection in evolution. This new view may have profound impact on understanding a strictly microbe/symbiont-dependent life style and its evolutionary consequences. It may also affect the way how we approach complex environmental diseases from corals (coral bleaching) to human (inflammatory bowel disease etc). The book is written for scientists as well as medically interested persons in the field of immunobiology, microbiology, evolutionary biology, evolutionary medicine and corals.

Author : Judith Goodenough,Betty McGuire,Robert A Wallace
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2002-08-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0471427489

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Wie Perspectives on Animal Behavior by Judith Goodenough,Betty McGuire,Robert A Wallace Pdf

Author : Hilary O. Box,Kathleen R. Gibson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1999-10-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521632633

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Mammalian Social Learning by Hilary O. Box,Kathleen R. Gibson Pdf

Social learning commonly refers to the social transfer of information and skill among individuals. It encompasses a wide range of behaviours that include where and how to obtain food, how to interact with members of one's own social group, and to identify and respond appropriately to predators. The behaviour of experienced individuals provides natural sources of information, by which inexperienced individuals may learn about the opportunities and hazards of their environment, and develop and modify their own behaviour as a result. A wide diversity of species is discussed in this book, some of which have never been discussed in this context before, and particular reference is made to their natural life strategies. Social learning in humans is also considered by comparison with other mammals, especially in their technological and craft traditions. Moreover, a discussion is included of the social learning abilities of prehistoric hominids.

Author : P. Bateson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781461575696

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Perspectives in Ethology by P. Bateson Pdf

In the early days of ethology, most of the major developments were in the realm of ideas and in the framework in which animal behavior was studied. Much of the evidence was anecdotal, much of the thinking intuitive. As the subject developed, theories had to be tested, language had to become more public than it had been, and quantitative descriptions had to replace the preliminary qualitative accounts. That is the way a science develops; hard headed analysis follows soft-headed synthesis. There are limits, though, to the usefulness of this trend. The requirement to be quantitative can mean that easy measures are chosen at the expense of representing the complexly patterned nature of a phenomenon. All too easily the process of data collec tion becomes a trivial exercise in describing the obvious or the irrelevant. Editors and their referees require authors to maintain high standards of evidence and avoid undue speculation-in short, to maintain professional respectability. In the main, this process is admirable and necessary, but somewhere along the line perspective is lost and a body of knowledge, with all the preconceptions and intellectual baggage that comes with it, becomes formally established. New ideas are treated as though they were subversive agents-as indeed they often are.

Author : P. Bateson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781461575726

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Perspectives in Ethology by P. Bateson Pdf

In the preface to the first volume of this series we set out our aims, which were to encourage fresh perspectives in ethology and provide a forum for new ideas. We still feel that in the perfectly proper search for high stan dards of evidence, methodology has tended to remain the master rather than the servant of most aspects of ethological work. It is easy for us all to forget that the kinds of data we collect are largely determined by the kinds of questions we ask. Even an ethologist with the professed goal of providing a straightforward account of behavior must incorporate into his or her descriptions a great many assumptions about the organization of that be havior. Inevitably some facets of what went on will have been selected at the expense of others. This is sometimes done, for example, in the service of a theory that the fundamental unit for description is the fixed action pattern. Our point is not that constraints on the collection of data are bad but that the theory which gives rise to the selection of evidence should not be neglected. In the first volume, the choice of topics and authors was based upon our views about the exciting or developing issues in ethology. This volume represents a more opportunistic approach: the articles were selected from among the many offered to us as best conforming to our aims. Neverthe less, certain themes do emerge.

Author : Society for Experimental Biology (Great Britain)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Biology
ISBN : UOM:39015001631772

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Perspectives in Experimental Biology: Zoology by Society for Experimental Biology (Great Britain) Pdf