Zoology Books

New and Published Books

1. Endocrine Sex Differentiation in Fish

   By T. J. Pandian

   Of all vertebrates, fish exhibit unparalleled diversity of sexual plasticity and flexibility, ranging from gonochorism to unisexualism, and exceptional patterns of functional hermaphroditism. Fish farming and monosex aquaculture have led to reproductive dysfunction with males producing less milt,...

   Published May 6th 2013 by CRC Press
2. The Biology of Sea Turtles, Volume III

   Edited by Jeanette Wyneken, Kenneth J. Lohmann, John A. Musick

   Series: Marine Biology

   Since the first volume of The Biology of Sea Turtles was published in 1997, the field has grown and matured in ways few of the authors would have predicted—particularly in the areas of physiology, behavior, genetics, and health. Volume III presents timely coverage of emerging areas as well as the...

   Published March 24th 2013 by CRC Press
3. Photographic and Descriptive Musculoskeletal Atlas of Chimpanzees

   With Notes on the Attachments, Variations, Innervation, Function and Synonymy and Weight of the Muscles

   By Rui Diogo, Josep M. Potau, Juan F. Pastor

   Chimpanzees, including common chimpanzees and bonobos, are our closest living relatives. This book, which is the first photographic and descriptive musculoskeletal atlas of the genus Pan, adopts the same format as the photographic atlases of Gorilla and Hylobates previously published by the same...

   Published February 18th 2013 by CRC Press
4. Animal Husbandry Regained

   The Place of Farm Animals in Sustainable Agriculture

   By John Webster

   The farming of animals for meat and milk confronts a stark dilemma. While world demand from a growing and more affluent human population is increasing rapidly, there are strong counter-arguments that we should eat less meat and pay more attention to environmental protection, animal welfare and...

   Published November 15th 2012 by Routledge
5. Pocket Handbook of Nonhuman Primate Clinical Medicine

   Edited by Angela Courtney

   Sources of clinical treatment information on nonhuman primates are generally scattered across journals, textbooks, conferences, personal conversations, and more. However, when a clinician on the treatment floor is faced with a patient requiring an immediate treatment decision, time spent on making...

   Published October 17th 2012 by CRC Press
6. Public Health Entomology

   By Jerome Goddard

   In the struggle against vector-borne diseases, it is critical that we bridge the gap between vector control workers on the ground (practitioners) and public health planners and administrators. Limited guidance is available from the Centers for Disease Control and the World Health Organization, but...

   Published September 11th 2012 by CRC Press
7. Genetic Sex Differentiation in Fish

   By T. J. Pandian

   A comprehensive study of sex differentiation gonochoric and hermaphroditic fishes, this book examines sex chromosomes and sex determining genes, emphasizing the need to search for more than one sex-determining gene residing on different chromosomes. It traces the origin of hermaphrodites from...

   Published June 4th 2012 by Science Publishers
8. Photographic and Descriptive Musculoskeletal Atlas of Gibbons and Siamangs (Hylobates)

   With Notes on the Attachments, Variations, Innervation, Synonymy and Weight of the Muscles

   By Rui Diogo, Josep M. Potau, Juan F. Pastor, Felix J. dePaz, Eva M. Ferrero, Gaelle Bello, Mercedes Barbosa, M. Ashraf Aziz, Anne M. Burrows, Julia Arias-Martorell, Bernard A. Wood

   This book is the first photographic and descriptive musculoskeletal atlas of Hylobates, and adopts the same format as the photographic atlas of Gorilla published by the same authors in 2010. These two books are part of a series of monographs that will set out the comparative and phylogenetic...

   Published April 12th 2012 by Science Publishers
9. Biology of Sharks and Their Relatives, Second Edition

   Edited by Jeffrey C. Carrier, John A. Musick, Michael R. Heithaus

   Series: Marine Biology

   Virtually every area of research associated with sharks and their relatives has been strongly impacted by the revolutionary growth in technology. The questions we can now ask are very different than those reported even two decades ago. Modern immunological and genetic techniques, satellite...

   Published April 8th 2012 by CRC Press
10. The Laboratory Ferret

    By C. Andrew Matchett, Rena Marr, Felipe M. Berard, Andrew G. Cawthon, Sonya P. Swing

    Series: Laboratory Animal Pocket Reference

    Laboratory animals, including ferrets, play an important role in biomedical research and advances. The humane care and management of these animals remains an ongoing concern. Published in color to provide greater clarity to the techniques and concepts discussed, The Laboratory Ferret presents basic...

    Published March 8th 2012 by CRC Press