Life in the Universe: Expectations and Constraints
ISBN: 9783540768166 / Angielski / Twarda / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Examines each of these parameters in crucial depth and makes the argument that life forms we would recognize may be more common in our solar system than many assume. Considers exotic forms of life that would not have to rely on carbon as the basic chemical element, solar energy as the main energy source, or water as the primary solvent and the question of detecting bio- and geosignatures of such life forms, ranging from earth environments to deep space. Seeks an operational definition of life and investigate the realm of possibilities that nature offers to... Examines each of these parameters in crucial depth and makes the argument that life forms we would recognize may be more common in our solar system... |
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174,67 zł |
Human Impacts on Ecosystem Dynamics
ISBN: 9780226760346 / Angielski / Miękka / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Serengeti National Park is one of the world s most diverse ecosystems, a natural laboratory for ecology, evolution, and conservation, with a history that dates back at least four million years to the beginnings of human evolution. The third book of a ground- breaking series, "Serengeti III" is the result of a long-term integrated research project that documents changes to this unique ecosystem every ten years. Bringing together researchers from a wide range of disciplines ecologists, paleontologists, economists, social scientists, mathematicians, and disease specialists this volume focuses on...
Serengeti National Park is one of the world s most diverse ecosystems, a natural laboratory for ecology, evolution, and conservation, with a history t...
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260,34 zł |
Plant Taxonomy: The Systematic Evaluation of Comparative Data
ISBN: 9780231147125 / Angielski / Twarda / 568 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The field of plant taxonomy has transformed rapidly over the past fifteen years, especially with regard to improvements in cladistic analysis and the use of new molecular data. The second edition of this popular resource reflects these far-reaching and dramatic developments with more than 3,000 new references and many new figures. Synthesizing current research and trends, Plant Taxonomy now provides the most up-to-date overview in relation to monographic, biodiversity, and evolutionary studies, and continues to be an essential resource for students and scholars. This text is...
The field of plant taxonomy has transformed rapidly over the past fifteen years, especially with regard to improvements in cladistic analysis and the ...
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579,12 zł |
Biodiversity 101
ISBN: 9780313341205 / Angielski / Twarda / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What should the average person know about science? Because science is so central to life in the 21st century, science educators and other leaders of the scientific community believe that it is essential that everyone understand the basic concepts of the most vital and far-reaching disciplines. "Biodiversity 101" does exactly that. This accessible volume provides readers--whether students new to the field or just interested members of the lay public--with the essential ideas of the origins of humans using a minimum of jargon and mathematics. Concepts are introduced in a progressive order so... What should the average person know about science? Because science is so central to life in the 21st century, science educators and other leaders o... |
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371,26 zł |
Microchip Methods in Diagnostics
ISBN: 9781588299550 / Angielski / Twarda / 183 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Microchip methods of analysis are now an essential tool for biomedical researchers. Here, the authors focus on DNA microarrays, protein microarrays, and labs-on-chips, and support the introduction of new diagnostic methods based on microtechnologies. Microchip methods of analysis are now an essential tool for biomedical researchers. Here, the authors focus on DNA microarrays, protein microarrays... |
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Fundamental Concepts in Biophysics: Volume 1
ISBN: 9781588299734 / Angielski / Twarda / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Over the past several years, I have organized and taught a core course in Modern Biophysics Techniques at the University of California Davis. Graduate students in biophysics, chemistry, physics, and engineering enroll in the class to survey the physical techniques that scientists use to study biology. Introducing the diverse and complex field of biophysics in an academically rigorous but in-teresting way poses daunting challenges. Indeed, the course has undergone many transforma-tions and has tried on many styles: seminar/journal club, lecture/lab, and just plain didactic lec-ture... Over the past several years, I have organized and taught a core course in Modern Biophysics Techniques at the University of California Davis. Gradu... |
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C. hectori: Dolphin Behaviour in Response
ISBN: 9783639040814 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Animal behaviour is often difficult to observe, measure and interpret. It is often even more difficult to say for certain that specific factors result in stress. To report that stress occurs a certain number of times or for a certain amount of the time are in themselves inconclusive. To determine any real cause for concern, in relation to the presence of stress and its effect on behaviour or reproduction, it is necessary to define stress and view all behaviours exhibited in context. This book (Volume II of III) outlines a study on Hectors dolphin behaviour as observed from specific tour-boats...
Animal behaviour is often difficult to observe, measure and interpret. It is often even more difficult to say for certain that specific factors result...
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351,51 zł |
Sheep Exposed to Heat Load within Intensive Sheep Industries
ISBN: 9783639041965 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. During live shipment, sheep can be exposed to prolonged periods of high heat and humidity, while environmental conditions in a Western Australian sheep feedlot have not yet been assessed. The research described in this thesis was conducted to determine the physiological responses of sheep to conditions within the live export and feedlotting industries, with particular focus on that of heat stress. This work also developed methods to determine the critical wet bulb temperature, otherwise known as the heat stress threshold (HST) of Merino rams, ram lambs and wethers exposed to live export...
During live shipment, sheep can be exposed to prolonged periods of high heat and humidity, while environmental conditions in a Western Australian shee...
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C. hectori: Behaviour in Response to Tour-Boat & Yacht Presence
ISBN: 9783639043945 / Angielski / Miękka / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Whether dolphins behave differently between observation sites and towards specific types of watercraft are questions many researchers ask. This book (Volume III of III) outlines a study which investigated dolphin orientation, quadrant preference and swimming direction in relation to tour-boat presence at two New Zealand harbours. Individual and sequential beha-viour patterns were also investigated. The results obtained were compared to dolphin behaviour in the presence of a private yacht. Behaviours were cate-gorised as avoidance, positive or neutral behaviour. It was found that there were no...
Whether dolphins behave differently between observation sites and towards specific types of watercraft are questions many researchers ask. This book (...
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Microarray Innovations: Technology and Experimentation
ISBN: 9781420094480 / Angielski / Twarda / 314 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In recent years, high-density DNA microarrays have revolutionized biomedical research and drug discovery efforts by the pharmaceutical industry. Their efficacy in identifying and prioritizing drug targets based on their ability to confirm a large number of gene expression measurements in parallel has become a key element in drug discovery. Microarray Innovations: Technology and Experimentation examines the incredibly powerful nature of array technology and the ways in which it can be applied to understanding the genomic basis of disease. ... In recent years, high-density DNA microarrays have revolutionized biomedical research and drug discovery efforts by the pharmaceutical industry. Th... |
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Morphogenesis and Pattern Formation in Biological Systems: Experiments and Models
ISBN: 9784431006442 / Angielski / Twarda / 398 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A central goal of current biology is to decode the mechanisms that underlie the processes of morphogenesis and pattern formation. Concerned with the analysis of those phenomena, this book covers a broad range of research fields, including developmental biology, molecular biology, plant morphogenesis, ecology, epidemiology, medicine, paleontology, evolutionary biology, mathematical biology, and computational biology. In Morphogenesis and Pattern Formation in Biological Systems: Experiments and Models, experimental and theoretical aspects of biology are integrated for the... A central goal of current biology is to decode the mechanisms that underlie the processes of morphogenesis and pattern formation. Concerned with th... |
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Bioenergetics at a Glance: An Illustrated Introduction
ISBN: 9780632023882 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bioenergetics is the study of the way biological systems, usually at the molecular level, utilize and convert energy in order to drive the biochemical reactions that constitute life. However, because of its often quantitative basis and the amount of technical jargon, the subject tends to alienate and intimidate students. This beautifully illustrated text has a lucid and logical approach to the subject. The text uses the modern perspective throughout so that the student is given an easily assimilable, logical introduction to the important concepts of the subject, particulary the core concept,...
Bioenergetics is the study of the way biological systems, usually at the molecular level, utilize and convert energy in order to drive the biochemical...
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Origin and Early Evolution of the Metazoa
ISBN: 9780306440670 / Angielski / Twarda / 570 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Several years ago, we realized that the most prominent ideas that had been ex pressed about the origin and early evolution of the Metazoa seemed to have been developed chiefly by zoologists using evidence from modern species without reference to the fossil record. Paleontologists had, in fact, put forth their own ideas but the zoological and the paleontological evidence were about the problem, seldom considered together, especially by zoologists. We believed that the paleon tological documentation of the first Metazoa was too scattered, too obscure to Western readers, and much of it too...
Several years ago, we realized that the most prominent ideas that had been ex pressed about the origin and early evolution of the Metazoa seemed to ha...
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Coupling of Biological and Electronic Systems: Proceedings of the 2nd Caesarium, Bonn, November 1-3, 2000
ISBN: 9783540436997 / Angielski / Twarda / 126 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. t With the F caesarium, that was held in Bonn in November of 1999, the newly founded research center caesar (center of advanced european studies and research) has initiated a series of symposia, which are to bring researchers together for discussions and definition of positions on the various research fields at caesar on an annual basis. The areas of research at caesar incorpo rate materials science/nanotechnology, coupling of biological and electronic systems and ergonomics in communications. nd In November of 2000, the 2 caesarium, this time with the theme of "Coupling of Biological and...
t With the F caesarium, that was held in Bonn in November of 1999, the newly founded research center caesar (center of advanced european studies and r...
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History of the Coelacanth Fishes
ISBN: 9780412784804 / Angielski / Twarda / 420 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book evaluates the reputation of the coelacanth, presenting up-to-date accounts of the structure of fossil coelacanths, and suggests a family history to show that there have been subtle but significant changes in coelacanth history.
This book evaluates the reputation of the coelacanth, presenting up-to-date accounts of the structure of fossil coelacanths, and suggests a family his...
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Biogeography and Ecology of the Rain Forests of Eastern Africa
ISBN: 9780521068987 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Eastern African rain forests are remarkable in their high level of endemism. Miocene uplift of the central African plateau separated these montane and coastal forests from the main Guineo-Congolian forest of west and central Africa. Since then, stable Indian Ocean temperatures maintained a region of high rainfall throughout Pleistocene droughts that devastated forest elsewhere on the continent. Relics of the former Pan-African rain forest survived here, the study of which provides a unique insight into tropical evolutionary processes. This book brings together research on the animals, plants...
Eastern African rain forests are remarkable in their high level of endemism. Miocene uplift of the central African plateau separated these montane and...
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Kr. Sandfeld - Vie et uvre
ISBN: 9788772892931 / Angielski / Miękka / 122 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Portrays the celebrated Romance philologist Kristian Sandfeld (1873-1942), one of the most influential Danish scholars in the field of Romance languages (Romanistics).
Portrays the celebrated Romance philologist Kristian Sandfeld (1873-1942), one of the most influential Danish scholars in the field of Romance languag...
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Plant Anatomy
ISBN: 9781932846171 / Angielski / Miękka / 576 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Written in 1988 mainly for undergraduate students, this text attempts to explain the functioning or the evolution of plant structures. It contains numerous diagrams, photographs, and micrographs (by both light and electron microscopy).
Written in 1988 mainly for undergraduate students, this text attempts to explain the functioning or the evolution of plant structures. It contains num...
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Social Predation: How Group Living Benefits Predators and Prey
ISBN: 9780124072282 / Angielski / Miękka / 317 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The classic literature on predation dealt almost exclusively with solitary predators and their prey. Going back to Lotka-Volterra and optimal foraging theory, the theory about predation, including predator-prey population dynamics, was developed for solitary species. Various consequences of sociality for predators have been considered only recently. Similarly, while it was long recognized that prey species can benefit from living in groups, research on the adaptive value of sociality for prey species mostly emerged in the 1970s. The main theme of this book is the various ways that... The classic literature on predation dealt almost exclusively with solitary predators and their prey. Going back to Lotka-Volterra and optimal forag... |
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Geomorphometry: Concepts, Software, Applications Volume 33
ISBN: 9780123743459 / Angielski / Twarda / 765 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Geomorphometry is the science of quantitative land-surface analysis. It draws upon mathematical, statistical, and image-processing techniques to quantify the shape of earth's topography at various spatial scales. The focus of geomorphometry is the calculation of surface-form measures (land-surface parameters) and features (objects), which may be used to improve the mapping and modelling of landforms to assist in the evaluation of soils, vegetation, land use, natural hazards, and other information. This book provides a practical guide to preparing Digital Elevation Models (DEM) for...
Geomorphometry is the science of quantitative land-surface analysis. It draws upon mathematical, statistical, and image-processing techniques to quant...
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464,35 zł |