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Cooperative Breeding in Mammals (Hardcover, New): Nancy G. Solomon, Jeffrey A. French Cooperative Breeding in Mammals (Hardcover, New)
Nancy G. Solomon, Jeffrey A. French
R3,669 Discovery Miles 36 690 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Cooperative breeding refers to a social system in which individuals other than the parents provide care for the offspring. In addition to alloparental care, two further characteristics are common among species exhibiting cooperative breeding: delayed dispersal and delayed reproduction. Among vertebrates, cooperative breeding is expressed most prominently in birds and mammals. The book explores the phenomenon in a wide variety of mammals, including rodents, primates, viverrids, and carnivores. Comparative studies of cooperative breeding provide important tests for the origin and maintenance of sociality in complex groups. Understanding the behavioral and physiological mechanisms underlying cooperative breeding yields insights into the fundamental building blocks of social behavior in animal societies. Although several recent volumes have summarized the state of our knowledge of the ecology and evolution of cooperative breeding in birds, Cooperative Breeding in Mammals is the first book devoted to these issues in mammals, and it will appeal to zoologists, ecologists, evolutionary biologists, and those interested in animal behavior.

Beavers - Ecology, Behaviour, Conservation, and Management (Paperback): Frank Rosell, Roisin Campbell-Palmer Beavers - Ecology, Behaviour, Conservation, and Management (Paperback)
Frank Rosell, Roisin Campbell-Palmer
R1,554 Discovery Miles 15 540 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Beavers are represented by two extant species, the Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) and the North American beaver (Castor canadensis); each has played a significant role in human history and dominated wetland ecology in the northern hemisphere. Their behaviour and ecology both fascinate and perhaps even infuriate, but seemingly never fail to amaze. Both species have followed similar histories from relentless persecution to the verge of extinction (largely through hunting), followed by their subsequent recovery and active restoration which is viewed by many as a major conservation success story. Beavers have now been reintroduced throughout Europe and North America, demonstrating that their role as a keystone engineer is now widely recognised with proven abilities to increase the complexity and biodiversity of freshwater ecosystems. What animals other than humans can simultaneously act as engineers, forest workers, carpenters, masons, creators of habitats, and nature managers? Over the last 20 years, there has been a huge increase in the number of scientific papers published on these remarkable creatures, and an authoritative synthesis is now timely. This accessible text goes beyond their natural history to describe the impacts on humans, conflict mitigation, animal husbandry, management, and conservation. Beavers: Ecology, Behaviour, Conservation, and Management is an accessible reference for a broad audience of professional academics (especially carnivore and mammalian biologists), researchers and graduate students, governmental and non-governmental wildlife bodies, and amateur natural historians intrigued by these wild animals and the extraordinary processes of nature they exemplify.

Sexual Coercion in Primates and Humans - An Evolutionary Perspective on Male Aggression against Females (Hardcover): Martin N.... Sexual Coercion in Primates and Humans - An Evolutionary Perspective on Male Aggression against Females (Hardcover)
Martin N. Muller, Richard W. Wrangham
R2,391 Discovery Miles 23 910 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Conflict between males and females over reproduction is ubiquitous in nature due to fundamental differences between the sexes in reproductive rates and investment in offspring. In only a few species, however, do males strategically employ violence to control female sexuality. Why are so many of these primates? Why are females routinely abused in some species, but never in others? And can the study of such unpleasant behavior by our closest relatives help us to understand the evolution of men s violence against women?

In the first systematic attempt to assess and understand primate male aggression as an expression of sexual conflict, the contributors to this volume consider coercion in direct and indirect forms: direct, in overcoming female resistance to mating; indirect, in decreasing the chance the female will mate with other males. The book presents extensive field research and analysis to evaluate the form of sexual coercion in a range of species including all of the great apes and humans and to clarify its role in shaping social relationships among males, among females, and between the sexes.

Primate Behaviour - Information, Social Knowledge, and the Evolution of Culture (Paperback, New Ed): Duane Quiatt, Vernon... Primate Behaviour - Information, Social Knowledge, and the Evolution of Culture (Paperback, New Ed)
Duane Quiatt, Vernon Reynolds
R1,412 Discovery Miles 14 120 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book is about the social life of monkeys, apes and humans. The central theme is the importance of social information and knowledge to a full understanding of primate social behavior and organization. Its main purpose is to stress evolutionary continuity, i.e. that there are direct connections between human and nonhuman society. This view is often downplayed elsewhere in the anthropological literature where the notion that humans have culture and animals do not is prevalent. Topics covered include an overview of the contexts of behavior; a comparison of blind strategies and tactical decision-making; social cognition; a review of intentionalist interpretations of behavior; kinship; language and its social implications; and the constraints of culture.

The Nature of Horses (Paperback, Reissue): Stephen Budiansky The Nature of Horses (Paperback, Reissue)
Stephen Budiansky 2
R336 R306 Discovery Miles 3 060 Save R30 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

What does it mean to be a horse? The definitive and bestselling book explaining the mysteries of the horse using insights of modern science. What makes a winning racehorse? How intelligent are horses? What are horses trying to tell us when they stamp their hooves and snort? Do horses talk to each other? The horse, long symbol of beauty and athletic prowess, has made and lost fortunes and transformed human history and culture, and yet has retained mysteries that baffle even those who work with them every day. There has recently been an explosion of scientific research on the horse. In this book Stephen Budiansky brings the insights of modern science to a wider audience of horse enthusiasts and animal-lovers.

Descriptive Catalogue of the Specimens of Natural History in Spirit Contained in the Museum. Vertebrata - Pisces, Reptilia,... Descriptive Catalogue of the Specimens of Natural History in Spirit Contained in the Museum. Vertebrata - Pisces, Reptilia, Aves, Mammalia (Paperback)
Royal College Of Surgeons Of England, Royal College of Physicians of London
R545 Discovery Miles 5 450 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Living Mammals of the World in Color (Paperback): Ivan Terence 1911-1973 Sanderson Living Mammals of the World in Color (Paperback)
Ivan Terence 1911-1973 Sanderson
R542 Discovery Miles 5 420 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Mammals of Minnesota - a Scientific and Popular Account of Their Features and Habits, With 23 Figures and 8 Plates... The Mammals of Minnesota - a Scientific and Popular Account of Their Features and Habits, With 23 Figures and 8 Plates (Paperback)
C L (Clarence Luther) 185 Herrick
R696 Discovery Miles 6 960 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Animals of North America [microform] (Paperback): H. Beaumont (Henry Beaumont) Small The Animals of North America [microform] (Paperback)
H. Beaumont (Henry Beaumont) Small
R509 Discovery Miles 5 090 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A List of the Mammals of Manitoba [microform] (Paperback): Ernest Thompson 1860-1946 Seton A List of the Mammals of Manitoba [microform] (Paperback)
Ernest Thompson 1860-1946 Seton; Created by Manitoba Scientific and Historical So
R382 Discovery Miles 3 820 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
On the Classification and Geographical Distribution of the Mammalia, Being a Lecture on Sir Robert Reade's Foundation,... On the Classification and Geographical Distribution of the Mammalia, Being a Lecture on Sir Robert Reade's Foundation, Delivered Before the University of Cambridge ... May 10, 1859. To Which is Added an Appendix On the Gorilla, and On the Extinction... (Paperback)
Richard 1804-1892 Owen
R507 Discovery Miles 5 070 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Connecticut Historical Society Collections [Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society]; 22 (Paperback): Connecticut... Connecticut Historical Society Collections [Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society]; 22 (Paperback)
Connecticut Historical Society
R694 Discovery Miles 6 940 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Mammals of South Africa; v.1 (Paperback): William Lutley 1863-1944 Sclater The Mammals of South Africa; v.1 (Paperback)
William Lutley 1863-1944 Sclater
R725 Discovery Miles 7 250 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Hawaiian Rat (Paperback): Witmer 1866-1939 Stone The Hawaiian Rat (Paperback)
Witmer 1866-1939 Stone; Created by John F.G. Stokes
R384 Discovery Miles 3 840 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
British Mammals; v.2 (Paperback): Archibald 1860-1935 Thorburn British Mammals; v.2 (Paperback)
Archibald 1860-1935 Thorburn
R598 Discovery Miles 5 980 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America; v.2 (1851) (Paperback): John James 1785-1851 Audubon, John 1790-1874 Bachman, John... The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America; v.2 (1851) (Paperback)
John James 1785-1851 Audubon, John 1790-1874 Bachman, John Woodhouse 1812-1862 Audubon
R701 Discovery Miles 7 010 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Descriptions of Twenty-six New Mammals From Alaska and British North America [microform] (Paperback): C Hart (Clinton Hart)... Descriptions of Twenty-six New Mammals From Alaska and British North America [microform] (Paperback)
C Hart (Clinton Hart) 1855 Merriam, Washington Academy of Sciences
R380 Discovery Miles 3 800 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Mmmalia in Their Relation to Primeval Times (Paperback): (Eduard Oskar) 1823-1886 Schmidt, University of Bristol Library The Mmmalia in Their Relation to Primeval Times (Paperback)
(Eduard Oskar) 1823-1886 Schmidt, University of Bristol Library
R727 Discovery Miles 7 270 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Antelope and Deer of America - a Comprehensive Treatise Upon the Natural History, Including the Characteristics, Habits,... The Antelope and Deer of America - a Comprehensive Treatise Upon the Natural History, Including the Characteristics, Habits, Affinities, and Capacity for Domestication of the Antilocapra and Cervidae of North America (Paperback)
John Dean 1812-1895 Caton
R770 Discovery Miles 7 700 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society; Vol. 2 (Paperback): Connecticut Historical Society Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society; Vol. 2 (Paperback)
Connecticut Historical Society
R761 Discovery Miles 7 610 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
On the Classification and Geographical Distribution of the Mammalia - ; c.1 (Paperback): Richard 1804-1892 Owen On the Classification and Geographical Distribution of the Mammalia - ; c.1 (Paperback)
Richard 1804-1892 Owen; Created by History of Medicine Collections (Duke
R507 Discovery Miles 5 070 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Guide to the Great Game Animals (Ungulata) in the Department of Zoology, British Museum (Natural History) .. (Paperback):... Guide to the Great Game Animals (Ungulata) in the Department of Zoology, British Museum (Natural History) .. (Paperback)
British Museum (Natural History) Dep; Richard 1849-1915 Lydekker
R540 Discovery Miles 5 400 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Mammals of Indiana - a Descriptive Catalogue of the Mammals Occurring in Indiana in Recent Times (Paperback): Walter Louis... The Mammals of Indiana - a Descriptive Catalogue of the Mammals Occurring in Indiana in Recent Times (Paperback)
Walter Louis 1879- Hahn
R654 Discovery Miles 6 540 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Natural History of Quadrupeds for the Edification & Amusement of Youth [microform] (Paperback): Anonymous Natural History of Quadrupeds for the Edification & Amusement of Youth [microform] (Paperback)
Anonymous
R384 Discovery Miles 3 840 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Mammals of India - a Natural History of All the Animals Known to Inhabit Continental India (Paperback): T C (Thomas... The Mammals of India - a Natural History of All the Animals Known to Inhabit Continental India (Paperback)
T C (Thomas Claverhill) 18 Jerdon
R1,002 Discovery Miles 10 020 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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