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41. Environmental Biology

    By Terry Bruce Hilleman

    Environmental biology is a study in the conditions of life; these conditions impact the life within it. The conditions of life are not limited to the present time; environmental biology has applications to any time in the history (or future) of any place on earth (or beyond). The environment sets...

    Published January 2nd 2009 by Science Publishers
42. Biological Environmental Science

    By William V Dashek

    Biological Environmental Science is an introductory textbook for undergraduate students who desire a one semester course or, alternatively, a ?springboard course? for advanced environmental offerings. This book features timely issues such as global warming, air, ground and water pollutions,...

    Published January 2nd 2009 by Science Publishers
43. Insect Symbiosis, Volume 3

    Edited by Kostas Bourtzis, Thomas A. Miller

    Series: Contemporary Topics in Entomology

    The associations between insects and microorganisms, while pervasive and of paramount ecological importance, have been relatively poorly understood. The third book in this set, Insect Symbiosis, Volume 3, complements the previous volumes in exploring this somewhat uncharted territory. Like its...

    Published October 27th 2008 by CRC Press
44. Reproductive Biology and Early Life History of Fishes in the Ohio River Drainage

    Elassomatidae and Centrarchidae, Volume 6

    By Robert Wallus, Thomas P. Simon

    This seven-volume series is the most extensive treatise on early life histories of the freshwater fishes of North America. It represents the state-of-the-art in fishery biology and provides a systematic approach to the study of early life histories of all the fishes in this region. Each volume...

    Published July 8th 2008 by CRC Press
45. Medicine and Evolution

    Current Applications, Future Prospects

    Edited by Sarah Elton, Paul O'Higgins

    Series: Society for the Study of Human Biology

    Can an evolutionary perspective be integrated in day-to-day practice and is it of value in medical education and training? If so, when and how? Highlighting exciting areas of research into the evolutionary basis of health and disease, Medicine and Evolution: Current Applications and Future...

    Published June 1st 2008 by CRC Press
46. The New Taxonomy

    Edited by Quentin D. Wheeler

    Series: Systematics Association Special Volumes

    Finalist for 2009 The Council on Botanical & Horticultural Libraries Literature Award! A Fresh Look at Taxonomy The most fundamental of all biological sciences, taxonomy underpins any long term strategies for reconstructing the great tree of life or salvaging as much biodiversity as possible....

    Published April 8th 2008 by CRC Press
47. Feeding and Digestive Functions in Fishes

    Edited by J E P Cyrino, D. Bureau, B.G. Kapoor

    Understanding the biology of the innumerable number of aquatic species on our planet is the focus of sustained research efforts. Environmental degradation, management or rehabilitation of wild stocks, and the forecasted climatic changes are fueling interest in the study of the ecology, feeding...

    Published January 9th 2008 by Science Publishers
48. The Origin of Higher Clades

    Osteology, Myology, Phylogeny and Evolution of Bony Fishes and the Rise of Tetrapods

    By Rui Diogo

    The book provides insight on the osteology, myology, phylogeny and evolution of Osteichthyes. It not only provides an extensive cladistic analysis of osteichthyan higher-level inter-relationships based on a phylogenetic comparison of 356 characters in 80 extant and fossil terminal taxa representing...

    Published January 2nd 2008 by Science Publishers
49. Biology of Turtles

    From Structures to Strategies of Life

    Edited by Jeanette Wyneken, Matthew H. Godfrey, Vincent Bels

    Featuring in-depth contributions from an international team of experts, the Biology of Turtles provides the first comprehensive review of the Testudinata. The book starts with the premise that the structure of turtles is particularly interesting and best understood within the context of their...

    Published December 25th 2007 by CRC Press
50. Unravelling the algae

    the past, present, and future of algal systematics

    Edited by Juliet Brodie, Jane Lewis

    Series: Systematics Association Special Volumes

    Acting as titans in global control of the biosphere and colonizing virtually all corners of the earth, algae, extremely diverse and numerous oxygenic, photosynthetic organisms, can be major players in and drivers of environmental change. For hundreds of years, since their evolutionary origins by...

    Published November 25th 2007 by CRC Press