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Total Pages : 820 pages
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Download or read book The Auk written by and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 820 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Arthur Cleveland Bent
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)
Download or read book Life Histories of North American Diving Birds written by Arthur Cleveland Bent and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Randy J. Nelson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199714630
Total Pages : 596 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (997 download)
Download or read book Photoperiodism written by Randy J. Nelson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-01-27 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life evolves in a cyclic environment, and to be successful, organisms must adapt not only to their spatial habitat, but also to their temporal habitat. How do plants and animals determine the time of year so they can anticipate seasonal changes in their habitats? In most cases, day length, or photoperiod, acts as the principal external cue for determining seasonal activity. For organisms not living at the bottom of the ocean or deep in a cave, day follows night, and the length of the day changes predictably throughout the year. These changes in photoperiod provide the most accurate signal for predicting upcoming seasonal conditions. Measuring day length allows plants and animals to anticipate and adapt to seasonal changes in their environments in order to optimally time key developmental events including seasonal growth and flowering of plants, annual bouts of reproduction, dormancy and migration in insects, and the collapse and regrowth of the reproductive system that drives breeding seasons in mammals and birds. Although research on photoperiodic time measurement originally integrated work on plants and animals, recent work has focused more narrowly and separately on plants, invertebrates, or vertebrates. As the fields have become more specialized there has been less interaction across the broader field of photoperiodism. As a result, researchers in each area often needlessly repeat both theoretical and experimental work. For example, understanding that there are genetically distinct morphs among species that, depending on latitude, respond to different critical photoperiods was discovered separately in plants, invertebrates, and vertebrates over the course of 20 years. However, over the past decade, intense work on daily and seasonal rhythms in fruit flies, mustard plants, and hamsters and mice, has led to remarkable progress in understanding the phenomenology, as well as the molecular and genetic mechanisms underlying circadian rhythms and clocks. This book was developed to further this type of cooperation among scientists from all related disciplines. It brings together leading researchers working on photoperiodic timing of seasonal adaptations in plants, invertebrates, and vertebrates. Each of its three sections begins with an introduction by the section editor, and at the end of the book, the section editors present a synthesis of common themes in photoperiodism, as well as discuss similarities and differences in approaches to the study of photoperiodism, and future directions for research on photoperiodic time measurement.
Author : Jennifer S. Hirsch
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520228715
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)
Download or read book A Courtship After Marriage written by Jennifer S. Hirsch and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2003-08 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1960 the fertility rate in Mexico has dropped to about 2.6 children per woman. Such changes are part of a transformation explored in this ethnographic study of generational and migration-related redefinitions of gender, marriage and sexuality in rural Mexico and among Mexicans in Atlanta.
Author : Kristen Richardson
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0393358534
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (933 download)
Download or read book The Season written by Kristen Richardson and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2020-11-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Smithsonian Best History Book of 2019 In this enthralling history of the debutante ritual, Kristen Richardson sheds new light on contemporary ideas about women and marriage. Kristen Richardson, from a family of debutantes, chose not to debut. But as her curiosity drove her to research this enduring custom, she learned that it, and debutantes, are not as simple as they seem. The story begins in England six hundred years ago when wealthy fathers needed an efficient way to find appropriate husbands for their daughters. Elizabeth I’s exclusive presentations at her court expanded into London’s full season of dances, dinners, and courting, extending eventually to the many corners of the British empire and beyond. Richardson traces the social seasons of young women on both sides of the Atlantic, from Georgian England to colonial Philadelphia, from the Antebellum South and Wharton’s New York back to England, where debutante daughters of Gilded Age millionaires sought to marry British aristocrats. She delves into Jazz Age debuts, carnival balls in the American South, and the reimagined ritual of elite African American communities, which offers both social polish and academic scholarships. The Season shares the captivating stories of these young women, often through their words from diaries, letters, and interviews that Richardson conducted at contemporary balls. The debutantes give voice to an array of complex feelings about being put on display, about the young men they meet, and about what their future in society or as wives might be. While exploring why the debutante tradition persists—and why it has spread to Russia, China, and other nations—Richardson has uncovered its extensive cultural influence on the lives of daughters in Britain and the US and how they have come to marry.
Author : United States. Dept. of Agriculture
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Total Pages : 784 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Water written by United States. Dept. of Agriculture and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Arthur Cleveland Bent
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Total Pages : 604 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Life Histories of North American Marsh Birds written by Arthur Cleveland Bent and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This bulletin deals with the life histories, habits and descriptions of marsh birds such as flamingos, spoonbills, bitterns, ibises, herons, cranes, rails, gallinule, and coots.
Author : T. C. Rypel
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 1479403415
Total Pages : 525 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (794 download)
Download or read book Gonji: A Hungering of Wolves written by T. C. Rypel and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2014-09-15 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GONJI, the demon-stalked warrior with the soul of his samurai forebears and the heart of his Viking mother, surges on through legend-haunted medieval Europe, seeking the key to his mysterious destiny... His infamy---and celebrity!---has seen a militant cult spawned around his legend and philosophies. Thus, Gonji must face persecution from religious and secular hierarchies, while dealing with human and supernatural assassins. Facing almost certain death, Gonji must make a grim decision. His ally, the enigmatic golden werewolf Simon Sardonis, has come to him with an earnest plea for help in France against a monstrous enemy of his own: the brutal, shape-shifting Farouche Clan. These are sorcerous invaders from another world, with whom Simon shares an eerie kinship. Their savagery overwhelms even Simon's formidable power, and now they threaten the woman he loves. But worse still, the Farouche fiends are the vanguard of a tyrannical, inter-dimensional conspiracy. A conspiracy which has insidiously snared Gonji in its age-old web of evil dominance. But can Gonji and the ferocious lycanthrope Simon together raise an effective force against such colossal evil, when the armies of their world refuse to help? Is there any power mighty enough to battle another world's dark sorcery, when it devours all before it with... A HUNGERING OF WOLVES?
Author : Gary Greenberg
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136794506
Total Pages : 946 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (367 download)
Download or read book Comparative Psychology written by Gary Greenberg and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1998-09-01 with total page 946 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are bird songs learned or genetically programmed? How do animals attract the opposite sex? How does play affect development? How do wolves signal surrender? Which animals have been observed using tools? Do squirrels ever forget food caches? How do bees differentiate between hives? Can some animals count? Examines the state of the art-and its evolution Exploring the full range of animal behavior studies, this authoritative Handbook covers the current state of the art as well as important historical developments in the field since its beginnings over a century ago. It features original essays by comparative psychologists and other animal behavior researchers in experimental psychology who examine and report on the latest research and discoveries in the areas of evolution, development, and species-typical behavior. Discusses all other major approaches to animal behavior The Handbook is the only major reference work to offer a unique psychological perspective of the field. It is also the only one to provide numerous examples of other major approaches to animal behavior, and to discuss and compare them. Arranged in eight major sections for quick and efficient information retrieval, the Handbook: Covers the history and philosophical foundations of comparative psychology, spotlights key figures, and provides international perspectives. Surveys all the important concepts, issues, and theoretical developments in the field. Addresses the latest methodology, focusing on apparatus, research design, statistical techniques, and zoo research. Deals with physiological correlates of behavior, hormones, pheromones, sensation and perception, and sleep. Provides intensive examinations of the behavior of a wide variety of species and groups of animals, from cephalopods and insects to wolves and primates. Covers the key psychological processes of learning and development of behavior, a major emphasis of the field that distinguishes it from other approaches. Treats the full range of functional behaviors by which individuals and species ensure survival and reproductive success. Analyzes cognitive processes, describing complex patterns of behavior in terms of information processing and use. Ideal as a source book for students in comparative psychology, ethology, sociobiology, anthropology, and evolutionary psychology, the Handbook is also a handy reference for scientists working in these fields and for the lay person who wants to understand animal behavior.
Author : William Percival Westell
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Total Pages : 530 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)
Download or read book The Boy's Own Nature Book written by William Percival Westell and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Charles Darwin
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3752382864
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (523 download)
Download or read book The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex written by Charles Darwin and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-07-31 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex by Charles Darwin
Author : Edward J. Gillin
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 100380523X
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (38 download)
Download or read book Science and Sound in Nineteenth-Century Britain written by Edward J. Gillin and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-12-22 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science and Sound in Nineteenth-Century Britain is a four-volume set of primary sources which seeks to define our historical understanding of the relationship between British scientific knowledge and sound between 1815 and 1900. In the context of rapid urbanization and industrialization, as well as a growing overseas empire, Britain was home to a rich scientific culture in which the ear was as valuable an organ as the eye for examining nature. Experiments on how sound behaved informed new understandings of how a diverse array of natural phenomena operated, notably those of heat, light, and electro-magnetism. In nineteenth-century Britain, sound was not just a phenomenon to be studied, but central to the practice of science itself and broader understandings over nature and the universe. This collection, accompanied by extensive editorial commentary, will be of great interest to students and scholars of the History of Science.
Author : Annalisa Berta
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0123972574
Total Pages : 739 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (239 download)
Download or read book Marine Mammals written by Annalisa Berta and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2015-03-20 with total page 739 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marine Mammals: Evolutionary Biology, Third Edition is a succinct, yet comprehensive text devoted to the systematics, evolution, morphology, ecology, physiology, and behavior of marine mammals. Earlier editions of this valuable work are considered required reading for all marine biologists concerned with marine mammals, and this text continues that tradition of excellence with updated citations and an expansion of nearly every chapter that includes full color photographs and distribution maps. - Comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of the biology of all marine mammals - Provides a phylogenetic framework that integrates phylogeny with behavior and ecology - Features chapter summaries, further readings, an appendix, glossary and an extensive bibliography - Exciting new color photographs and additional distribution maps
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Total Pages : 790 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book The Avicultural Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 790 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Arthur Sperry Pearse
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Animal Ecology written by Arthur Sperry Pearse and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Plane Pycraft
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Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Courtship of Animals written by William Plane Pycraft and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Plane Pycraft
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Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book A Book of Birds written by William Plane Pycraft and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
