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Dr. Devi reveals the neuroscience of calm--the key to tranquility in the midst of our daily crisis. Chapter topics include the workday, sleep, men versus women, and parenting provide practical applications.

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A compilation of major reference sources on the animal kingdom. This guide is aimed at librarians, students, zoologists and conservationists. It contains an author/title index, and a separate subject index, including the common and scientific names of animal groups and geographical locations.

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Suitable for readers who want to learn about amphibians, the animal group that includes frogs, toads, salamanders, and caecilians, this work looks at the "natural history" of amphibians worldwide: where they live; how they reproduce; how they have been affected by evolutionary processes; and what factors will determine their destinies over time.

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Why do baby sharks, hyenas, and pelicans kill their siblings Why do beetles and mice commit infanticide Why are twins and birth defects more common in older human mothers This book examines what behavioral ecologists have discovered about family dynamics and what these insights might tell us about human biology and behavior.

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Using shells to explore major areas of biology, the author of this celebration of the shell examines such issues as the evolution of shells and their function. He demonstrates how shells provide insight into the lives of animals of this era, as well as those of the distant past.

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In the decades following the Civil War - as industrialization, urbanization, and economic expansion reshaped the landscape - many Americans began seeking adventure and aesthetic gratification through avian pursuits. This book reconstructs this story through the experiences of birdwatchers, collectors, conservationists, and taxidermists.

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By focusing on the crucial role of environment in the process of adaptation, Robert Brandon clarifies definitions and principles so as to help make the argument of evolution by natural selection empirically testable. He proposes that natural selection is the process of differential reproduction resulting from differential adaptedness to a common se

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Investigates adaptive diversification using the mathematical framework of adaptive dynamics. Showing that frequency-dependent interactions are an important driver of biological diversity, this book provides a comprehensive theoretical treatment of adaptive diversification.

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Through use of the models Professor Horn has devised, plant ecologists, foresters, and botanists will be able to predict the growth and productivity of a forest, the invading and senile species in a forest, the effect of shade tolerance on forest succession, and similar questions.

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This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the computational material that forms the underpinnings of the currently evolving set of brain models.

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Shows how Adaptive Dynamics (AD) canonical equation can answer questions of interest in biology, engineering, and the social sciences, especially economics. This book looks at important features of evolutionary dynamics as viewed through the lens of AD.

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Long before Charles Darwin undertook his first voyage, animal taxonomists had begun the scientific classification of animals, plants, and minerals. In the mid-1950s, taxonomist A. J. Cain summarized the state of knowledge about the structure of the living world in his major book Animal Species and Their Evolution. His work remains remarkably curren

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An ant colony operates without a central control or hierarchy, and no ant directs another. Focusing on the moment-to-moment behavior of ant colonies, this book investigates the role of interaction networks in regulating colony behavior and relations among ant colonies. It shows how ant behavior arises from local interactions of individuals.

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A comprehensive guide to understanding the evolution and ecology of photosynthesis in aquatic environments. This second edition describes how one of the most fundamental metabolic processes evolved and transformed the surface chemistry of the Earth. It focuses on biochemical and biophysical advances and the molecular biological techniques.