mai - Zoology 1

This long-awaited update of the classic, The Human Nervous System, stands as an impressive survey of our knowledge of the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nervous system. The book has been complet……続きを見る

For decades, students learning the Arabic language have begun with Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) and then transitioned to learning spoken Arabic. While the MSA-first approach neither reflects the soc……続きを見る

Desmond Nethersole-Thompson has been studying his favourite bird, the greenshank Tringa nebularia, since May 1932. This book, published in 1976, owes much to the interest, almost an obsession, of th……続きを見る

Small, noisy and colourful, the Teal is a familiar duck throughout the wetlands and waterways Europe and Asia. Once hunted extensively for the pot, its numbers have recovered and it is now one of ou……続きを見る

Die Evolutionstheorie gilt heutzutage als bewiesen, obwohl zahlreiche wissenschaftliche Fakten gegen sie sprechen. In diesem Buch stelle ich Ihnen Fossilien vor, die belegen, dass eine Evolution nie……続きを見る

Gives an account of the morphologies of vertebrate respiratory organs and attempts to explicate the basis of the common and different structural and functional designs and stratagems that have evolv……続きを見る

A diferencia de lo que suele creerse, y a pesar de su «mala fama», también es posible tener en el acuario de casa peces como las pirañas. En efecto, no sólo existe la Pygocentrus nattereri ーla pira……続きを見る

An in-depth look at the fish that inhabit the fresh waters of Britain and Ireland. These include famous members of the salmon family, such as the Atlantic Salmon and the Brown Trout, and the obscure……続きを見る

A comprehensive monograph on waders. All of the Nethersole-Thompson family contribute in some measure to this book but it is Dr Desmond Nethersole-Thompson's life-long interest in waders which gives……続きを見る

This book encapsulates over three decades of the author’s work on comparative functional respiratory morphology. It provides insights into the mechanism(s) by which respiratory means and processes o……続きを見る

The book begins by describing in detail the mechanisms of energy exchange – radiative, convective, conductive and evaporative – together with techniques for their determination. The discussion exten……続きを見る

Freshwater mussels are declining rapidly worldwide. Propagation has the potential to restore numbers of these remarkable organisms, preventing extinction of rare species and maintaining the many ben……続きを見る

Anaesthetising a fish, x-raying a frog and hospitalising a walrus are all in a day’s work for the world’s wildest veterinarian. Travelling from the rainforests of Sierra Leone to the jungles of Born……続きを見る

Examining globally invasive alien birds, the first part of this book provides an account of 32 global avian invasive species (as listed by the Invasive Species Specialist Group, ISSG). It acts as a ……続きを見る

Cats are one of the most popular pets in the world and cat owners want advanced veterinary care. There is a growing interest in purebred cats which requires the highest quality reproductive care fro……続きを見る

Birds have and continue to fascinate scientists and the general public. While the avian respiratory system has unremittingly been investigated for nearly five centuries, important aspects on its bio……続きを見る