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On the Movement of Animals

Author : Giovanni A. Borelli
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642738125
Total Pages : 501 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (427 download)

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Download or read book On the Movement of Animals written by Giovanni A. Borelli and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: De Motu animalium is sometimes referred to in the medical literature. But who has read it? The book, originally published in Latin, seemingly constitutes the very first treatise on biomechanics. The author, Giovanni Alfonso Borelli (1608 - 1679), was professor of mathematics and physics in Pisa where he worked with Malpighi, who was professor of theoretical medicine and focused Borelli's interest on the movements of living creatures. This was the time of Galileo, Descartes, Newton and many others, when sciences exploded, sometimes leading to conflicts with religious authorities. De Motu animalium, Borelli's life work, has two parts. In the first part, he analyses the action of the muscles, the movements of the limbs and motions of man and animals, including skating, running, jumping, swimming and flying. The second part deals with what is now called physiology, considered from the point of view of a mechanist: heart beat, blood circulation, breathing, separation of urine from the blood in the kidneys, liver function, reproduction, fatigue, thirst, hunger, fever, and so on. This work shows Borelli to be a genial precursor. He expresses his opinion as a mathematician on problems which afterwards further stimulated the curiosity and endeavours of many generations of researchers. This book will be welcomed by anybody who is interested in the working of living bodies and in the history of human knowledge.

Aristotle's De Motu Animalium

Author : Martha C. Nussbaum
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691219486
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book Aristotle's De Motu Animalium written by Martha C. Nussbaum and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Available for the first time in paperback, this volume contains text with translation of De Motu Animalium, Aristotle's attempt to lay the groundwork for a general theory of the explanation of animal activity, along with commentary and interpretive essays on the work.

Animal Movement

Author : Mevin B. Hooten
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1466582154
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (665 download)

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Download or read book Animal Movement written by Mevin B. Hooten and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-03-16 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study of animal movement has always been a key element in ecological science, because it is inherently linked to critical processes that scale from individuals to populations and communities to ecosystems. Rapid improvements in biotelemetry data collection and processing technology have given rise to a variety of statistical methods for characterizing animal movement. The book serves as a comprehensive reference for the types of statistical models used to study individual-based animal movement. Animal Movement is an essential reference for wildlife biologists, quantitative ecologists, and statisticians who seek a deeper understanding of modern animal movement models. A wide variety of modeling approaches are reconciled in the book using a consistent notation. Models are organized into groups based on how they treat the underlying spatio-temporal process of movement. Connections among approaches are highlighted to allow the reader to form a broader view of animal movement analysis and its associations with traditional spatial and temporal statistical modeling. After an initial overview examining the role that animal movement plays in ecology, a primer on spatial and temporal statistics provides a solid foundation for the remainder of the book. Each subsequent chapter outlines a fundamental type of statistical model utilized in the contemporary analysis of telemetry data for animal movement inference. Descriptions begin with basic traditional forms and sequentially build up to general classes of models in each category. Important background and technical details for each class of model are provided, including spatial point process models, discrete-time dynamic models, and continuous-time stochastic process models. The book also covers the essential elements for how to accommodate multiple sources of uncertainty, such as location error and latent behavior states. In addition to thorough descriptions of animal movement models, differences and connections are also emphasized to provide a broader perspective of approaches.

Archaeologies of Animal Movement. Animals on the Move

Author : Anna-Kaisa Salmi
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030687449
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (36 download)

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Book Synopsis Archaeologies of Animal Movement. Animals on the Move by : Anna-Kaisa Salmi

Download or read book Archaeologies of Animal Movement. Animals on the Move written by Anna-Kaisa Salmi and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-06-28 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the state-of-the art in the analysis of animal movements in the past and its implications for human societies. It also addresses the importance of animal activity and mobility for understanding past human societies and past human-animal relationships through cases studies from different periods and areas. It is the first book to focus on the archaeology of animal movement on different scales – from fine-tuned muscle movements of working animals to feeding behavior and to long-distance movements across landscapes and regions. With the recent development of fine-tuned methodologies such as stable isotope analysis and physical activity assessment, the potential to understand how animals moved about in the past has increased substantially. While the chapters in the volume utilize a wide range of archaeological methods, they are all united by an emphasis on understanding animal activity and mobility patterns as something that has a major impact on human societies and human-animal relationships. Chapters in this volume show that animal activity patterns provide information on multiple aspects of human-animal relationships, including analysis of animal management practices, transhumance, global and regional trade networks, and animal domestication. This volume is of interest to scholars working in zooarchaeology and early human societies.

Animal Movement Across Scales

Author : Lars-Anders Hansson
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199677190
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)

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Download or read book Animal Movement Across Scales written by Lars-Anders Hansson and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2014 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adopts a broad, cross-taxonomic approach to animal movement across both temporal and spatial scales; addresses how and why animals move, and in what ways they differ in their locomotion and navigation performance; synthesizes our current knowledge of the genetics of movement/migration, including gene flow and local adaptations; provides a future perspective on how patterns of animal migration may change over time, together with the potential evolutionary consequences.--Provided by publisher.

Movement Ecology of Neotropical Forest Mammals

Author : Rafael Reyna-Hurtado
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3030034631
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Book Synopsis Movement Ecology of Neotropical Forest Mammals by : Rafael Reyna-Hurtado

Download or read book Movement Ecology of Neotropical Forest Mammals written by Rafael Reyna-Hurtado and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-01-08 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings a unique perspective to animal movement studies because all cases came from tropical environments where the great diversity, either biological and structurally (trees, shrubs, vines, epiphytes), presents the animal with several options to fulfill its live requirements. These conditions have forced the evolution of unique movement patterns and ecological strategies. Movement is an essential process in the life of all organisms. Animals move because they are hungry, thirsty, to avoid being eaten, or because they want to find mates. Understanding the causes and consequences of animal movement is not an easy task for behavioural ecologists. Many animals are shy, move in secretive ways and are very sensible to human presence, therefore, studying the movements of mammals in tropical environments present logistical and methodological challenges that have recently started to be solved by ecologist around the world. In this book we are compiling a set of extraordinary cases where researchers have used some of the modern technology and the strongest methodological approaches to understand movement patterns in wild tropical mammals. We hope this book will inspire and encourage young researchers to investigate wild mammal ́s movements in some of the amazing tropical environments of the world.

How to Walk on Water and Climb up Walls

Author : David Hu
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691204160
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book How to Walk on Water and Climb up Walls written by David Hu and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Insects walk on water, snakes slither, and fish swim. Animals move with astounding grace, speed, and versatility: how do they do it, and what can we learn from them? In How to Walk on Water and Climb up Walls, David Hu takes readers on an accessible, wondrous journey into the world of animal motion. From basement labs at MIT to the rain forests of Panama, Hu shows how animals have adapted and evolved to traverse their environments, taking advantage of physical laws with results that are startling and ingenious. In turn, the latest discoveries about animal mechanics are inspiring scientists to invent robots and devices that move with similar elegance and efficiency. Hu follows scientists as they investigate a multitude of animal movements, from the undulations of sandfish and the way that dogs shake off water in fractions of a second to the seemingly crash-resistant characteristics of insect flight. Not limiting his exploration to individual organisms, Hu describes the ways animals enact swarm intelligence, such as when army ants cooperate and link their bodies to create bridges that span ravines. He also looks at what scientists learn from nature's unexpected feats--such as snakes that fly, mosquitoes that survive rainstorms, and dead fish that swim upstream. As researchers better understand such issues as energy, flexibility, and water repellency in animal movement, they are applying this knowledge to the development of cutting-edge technology. Integrating biology, engineering, physics, and robotics, [this book] demystifies the remarkable mechanics behind animal locomotion"--Page 4 of cover.

Strategic Action for Animals

Author : Melanie Joy
Publisher : Lantern Books
ISBN 13 : 1590562100
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book Strategic Action for Animals written by Melanie Joy and published by Lantern Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Elastic Mechanisms in Animal Movement

Author : R. McNeill Alexander
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521341608
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (416 download)

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Download or read book Elastic Mechanisms in Animal Movement written by R. McNeill Alexander and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1988-08-26 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1988, this book is about the uses and implications of elastic properties in various aspects of animal biology. After a brief study of the properties of elastic materials, the book considers the functions of springs in the bodies of animals. Drawing on specific examples, the uses of elastic structures as, amongst other things, muscle antagonists, energy stores, catapults and suspension springs are described. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in animal mechanics.

Borelli's On the Movement of Animals - On the Natural Motions Resulting from Gravity

Author : Giovanni Alfonso Borelli
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319085360
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Borelli's On the Movement of Animals - On the Natural Motions Resulting from Gravity written by Giovanni Alfonso Borelli and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-10-17 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides an introduction to Borelli’s theory on the movement of animals and describes his theory and scientific experiments relating to the natural movements of bodies in a fluid environment. It describes in great detail why and how bodies which present with different magnitudes, weights and shapes move at a greater or a smaller velocity in certain proportion in the fluid environment. Originally published in Italian in 1667, then translated into Latin in 1686, the text of this volume has now been translated into English, making the text accessible to a wide readership. This volume is the second of two volumes that contain the Introduction and physical-mathematical illustrations necessary to understand Giovanni Alfonso Borelli’s work On the Movement of Animals, the founding text of seventeenth century biomechanics. The first volume, entitled On the Force of Percussion, demonstrates the nature of the energy of percussion, its causes, properties and effects.

How Mammals Run

Author : Emma Huddleston
Publisher : ABDO
ISBN 13 : 1098210867
Total Pages : 35 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (982 download)

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Download or read book How Mammals Run written by Emma Huddleston and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2020-12-15 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A cheetah runs fast to capture its prey. Science explains how many mammals dash across land. How Mammals Run explains how many mammals' bodies let them chase down prey or escape predators, as well as the forces at work that make them so fast. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look at this subject. Features include a table of contents, infographics, a glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Kids Core is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

The Ecology of Animal Movement

Author : Ian Richard Swingland
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book The Ecology of Animal Movement written by Ian Richard Swingland and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Twelve original essays written by people who have done some serious thinking about animal movements. Just about all animals (and numerous plants) move about in one way or another, so the questions with which the authors deal are useful for scientists studying diverse organisms...Useful to numerous zoologists and some botanists as well as to advanced undergraduate and graduate students."--Choice

On the Gait of Animals

Author : Aristotle
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781721546237
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (462 download)

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Download or read book On the Gait of Animals written by Aristotle and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-06-24 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the Gait of Animals Aristotle Other works by the renowned classical scholar, translator, and literary critic Francis Fergusson include "The Idea of a Theater: A Study of Ten Plays," "Sallies of the Mind: Essays," "Trope and Allegory: Themes Common to Dante and Shakespeare," and "Dante's Drama of the Mind: A Modern Reading of the "Purgatorio. Translator and scholar S. H. Butcher served as editor for the Dover Thift Edition of the "Poetics," as well as for the "Orationes, Volume 1" by Demosthenes. Butcher is also the author of "Aristotle's Theory of Poetry and Fine Art," We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.

Theory of the Spread of Epidemics and Movement Ecology of Animals

Author : V. M. (Nitant) Kenkre
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108841406
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Theory of the Spread of Epidemics and Movement Ecology of Animals written by V. M. (Nitant) Kenkre and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-01-28 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Powerful analytical tools from statistical physics, guided by field observations are applied to spread of epidemics and movement ecology.

Tracking Animal Migration with Stable Isotopes

Author : Keith A. Hobson
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0128147245
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (281 download)

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Download or read book Tracking Animal Migration with Stable Isotopes written by Keith A. Hobson and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2018-09-13 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tracking Animal Migration with Stable Isotopes, Second Edition, provides a complete introduction to new and powerful isotopic tools and applications that track animal migration, reviewing where isotope tracers fit in the modern toolbox of tracking methods. The book provides background information on a broad range of migration scenarios in terrestrial and aquatic systems and summarizes the most cutting-edge developments in the field that are revolutionizing the way migrant individuals and populations are assigned to their true origins. It allows undergraduates, graduate students and non-specialist scientists to adopt and apply isotopes to migration research, and also serves as a useful reference for scientists. The new edition thoroughly updates the information available to the reader on current applications of this technique and provides new tools for the isotopic assignment of individuals to origins, including geostatistical multi-isotope approaches and the ways in which researchers can combine isotopes with routine data in a Bayesian framework to provide best estimates of animal origins. Four new chapters include contributions on applications to the movements of terrestrial mammals, with particular emphasis on how aspects of animal physiology can influence stable isotope values. Includes an animal physiology component that is an in-depth overview of the cautions and caveats related to this technique Covers marine and aquatic isoscapes and methods to track marine organisms for researchers trying to apply isotopic tracking to animals in these environments Features state-of-the-art statistical treatments for assignment and combining diverse datasets

Swing, Slither, Or Swim

Author : Patricia M. Stockland
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 9781404809338
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Swing, Slither, Or Swim written by Patricia M. Stockland and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2005 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes animal movement and why it's important to their survival.

Radio Tracking and Animal Populations

Author : Joshua Millspaugh
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0080540228
Total Pages : 493 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book Radio Tracking and Animal Populations written by Joshua Millspaugh and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2001-08-14 with total page 493 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Radio Tracking and Animal Populations is a succinct synthesis of emerging technologies and their applications to the empirical and theoretical problems of population assessment. The book is divided into sections designed to encompass the various aspects of animal ecology that may be evaluated using radiotelemetry technology - experimental design, equipment and technology, animal movement, resource selection, and demographics. Wildlife biologists at the leading edge of new developments in the technology and its application have joined forces.