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Management of Fruit Flies in the Americas
This book comprises issues at the cutting edge of fruit fly management in the Americas, covering topics that are focal points of current activity and...
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Plains Vizcachas Biology and Evolution of a Peculiar Neotropical Caviomorph Rodent
The plains vizcacha (Lagostomus maximus) is a remarkable rodent of the Neotropic given several peculiar aspects of its biology, some of them quite...
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Advances in Tropical Crop Protection
This book presents research findings on newly discovered pests and diseases that may be impacted by climate change in the tropics; current management...
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Baculovirus Methods and Protocols
This detailed volume provides up-to-date guidance on techniques used to work with baculoviruses and insect cells. The book provides basic methods to...
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Echinococcus: Control and Elimination of Echinococcosis with a Focus on China and Europe
This volume provides a comprehensive overview of human echinococcosis, a zoonotic disease caused by tapeworm parasites of the genus Echinococcus....
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Big Game of Botswana The Tragic History of a Once Great Southern African Fauna
Quoting contemporary accounts from hunters, missionaries and traders from the early nineteenth century onwards, this book illustrates the ecology of...
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Insect Decline and Conservation in the Neotropics
This book provides for the first time an integrative analysis of the major drivers of decline and threats of insects and related arthropods in the...
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Ecology and Evolution of Plant-Herbivore Interactions on Islands
Theory and early empirical work posed that herbivore pressure should be lower on islands than on the mainland owing to lower herbivore abundance and...
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Stupid as a Fish? The Surprising Intelligence Under Water
Compared to mammals, fish are often underestimated and dismissed as less complex organisms. To refute this hasty conclusion, Horst Bleckmann presents...
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Value Added Products From Bioalgae Based Biorefineries: Opportunities and Challenges
This book covers wide aspects of algal technology and algae-based biorefinery aspects. Algae are the most prevalent, primitive, and abundant microbes...
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Biology of Forensically Important Invertebrates
This book emphasizes the important role of invertebrates in forensic sciences in the detection of crimes, determining the time and place of death,...
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Neotropical Mammals Hierarchical Analysis of Occupancy and Abundance
This book reviews and synthesizes studies on local and regional occupancy and abundance of Neotropical mammals from central Mexico to South America....
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Chiroptera
PreliminaryThis volume provides comprehensive overviews of each European bat species’ biology including palaeontology, physiology, genetics,...
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Molecular Mechanisms of Neurotransmitter Release
Neurons communicate with each other by releasing neurotransmitters. This book provides comprehensive coverage of the molecular mechanisms involved in...
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Current Perspectives on the Functional Design of the Avian Respiratory System
Birds have and continue to fascinate scientists and the general public. While the avian respiratory system has unremittingly been investigated for...
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Polystomatid Flatworms State of Knowledge and Future Trends
This unique book offers a comprehensive guide to the fascinating world of polystomatid flatworms. It introduces the reader to the individual life...
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Primates and Lagomorpha
This volume provides comprehensive overviews of the primate’s and each lagomorph species’ biology including palaeontology, physiology, genetics,...
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Movement Ecology of Afrotropical Forest Mammals
This book brings a unique perspective to animal movement studies because all studies come from African tropical environments where the great...
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Social Strategies of Carnivorous Mammalian Predators Hunting and Surviving as Families
The book offers a comparative look at the social strategies of five carnivorous social predators (four terrestrial and one marine) that make them...
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Ecosystems of the Mediterranean Sea A Photographic Dive
This book invites snorkelers and divers on an educational visit to the most important ecosystems of the Mediterranean Sea. Keystone species from...
