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Insect defenses : adaptive mechanisms and strategies of prey and predators / by Evans, David L.,1945-(CARDINAL)332711; Schmidt, Justin O.,1947-2023.(CARDINAL)332710;
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Part 1: -- Evolution of major defensive ensembles -- The evolution of cryptic coloration -- Sexual selection and predation: balancing reproductive and survival needs -- Part 2: -- Predatory strategies and tactics -- Prey selection in web-building spiders and evolution of prey defenses -- Predator-prey interactions, informational complexity, and the origins of intelligence -- Avian predatory behavior and prey distribution -- Part 3: Predation prevention: avoidance and escape behaviors -- Avoiding the hunt: primary defenses of Lepidopteran caterpillars -- Phenology as a defense: a time to die, a time to live -- The sensory ecology of moths and bats: global lessons in staying alive -- Part 4: --Predation prevention: chemical and behavioral counterattack -- Startle as an anti-predator mechanism, with special reference to the underwing moths -- Collective security: aggregation by insects as a defense -- Allomones: chemicals for defense -- Recycling plant natural products for insect defense -- Hymenopteran venoms: striving toward the ultimate defense against vertebrates -- Holding the fort: colony defense in some primitively social wasps.
Subjects: Insects; Arthropoda; Insects; Arthropoda;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Perspectives on animal behavior / by Goodenough, Judith.(CARDINAL)316508; McGuire, Betty.(CARDINAL)316586; Wallace, Robert A.(CARDINAL)316587;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 691-762) and indexes.
Subjects: Animal behavior.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Bird talk : an exploration of avian communication / by Ballentine, Barbara(Barbara E.),author.; Hyman, Jeremy,1971-author.; Webster, Michael S.(Michael Stilson),1960-editor,writer of foreword.(CARDINAL)344716;
Includes bibliographical references and index.What is communication? -- Communication channels -- Territoriality and dominance -- Sexual selection -- Parent-offspring communication -- Warning signals -- Group life -- Communication in a noisy world."This book describes basic theory about how bird communication works: 1) how signals should evolve to be optimally functional in the environment, 2) how senders use signals to transmit information, 3) how receivers perceive the information content of a signal, and 4) why we should expect signals to evolve to give honest, reliable information to receivers about senders. It describes channels of communication (plumage & sounds), how signals are produced and perceived by birds, and their topics of communication"--
Subjects: Animal communication.; Birds; Birds;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Grzimek's animal life encyclopedia. by Grzimek, Bernhard.(CARDINAL)317056; Hutchins, Michael,-2018.; Geist, Valerius.(CARDINAL)329563; Pianka, Eric R.(CARDINAL)328128; Wildlife Society.(CARDINAL)320566;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Scientific methods and human knowledge -- Creation stories : the human journey to understand the origins of life on Earth -- History of evolutionary thought -- Charles Darwin : a life of discovery -- Mechanisms of evolutionary change -- Origins of the universe -- Origins of life on Earth -- Speciation : the origins of diversity -- Sexual reproduction -- Species nomenclature, classification, and problems of application -- The fossil record : a window to the past -- What does the fossil record tell us about evolution? -- Biogeography : the distribution of life -- Genetics : the blueprint of life -- Genes and development -- Evolutionary ecology -- Adaptation and evolutionary change -- Sexual selection -- Kin selection -- Coevolution -- Optimal reproductive tactics and life history theory -- Evolutionary physiology -- Industrial melanism in moths -- Galápagos finches -- Artificial selection -- Convergent evolution and ecological equivalence -- Evolution of the animal eye -- Evolution of flight -- Evolution of limblessness -- Canid evolution : from wolf to dog -- Dinosaurs -- Megafauna -- Non-human primate ad human evolution -- Evolution of the brain and nervous system -- Evolution of language -- Evolutionary medicine and the biology of health -- Evolution and biodiversity conservation.
Subjects: Encyclopedias.; Evolution (Biology); Evolution (Biology);
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Survival of the beautiful : art, science, and evolution / by Rothenberg, David,1962-(CARDINAL)325021;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-299) and index.Come up and see my bower -- Only the most fascinating survive -- It could be anything : male and female animals in their art worlds -- Pollock in the forest ; abstraction as measure of the real -- Hiding ingenuity, or Think like a squid : camouflage between art and nature -- Creative experiments : when science learns from art -- The human, the elephant, and art out of relationship -- The brain in the cave : art at the edge of human certainty -- One culture of beauty, between art and science."Survival of the Beautiful is a revolutionary new examination of the role that art and culture play in nature and the evolutionary process. Taking his inspiration from Charles Darwin's observation that birds have a natural aesthetic sense, Rothenberg dives into the mysteries of why we create art, and why animals, humans included, have innate appreciation for beauty.Sexual selection may explain why animals desire, but it says very little about what is desired. The beauty of nature is not arbitrary, even if random mutation and whim have played a part in evolution. Where does the diverse beauty of bird plumage come from? Why do different species of butterflies have different-and beautiful-patterns on their wings? What can we learn from the amazing range of animal aesthetic behavior? And what about the role of art in human evolution? Art is a part of life that has been around for millions of years, yet we rarely ask or explore why and how.Now is the time to find out where beauty comes from. Beauty has come from millions of years of the magic of evolution, and now it is time to let it find us. The evolution of artistry in the animal world can once again help us understand how beauty matters in the human world too"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Art and science.; Nature (Aesthetics);
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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The third chimpanzee : the evolution and future of the human animal / by Diamond, Jared M.(CARDINAL)272935;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-391) and index.pt. 1. Just another species of big mammal. A tale of three chimps -- The great leap forward -- pt. 2. An animal with a strange life cycle. The evolution of human sexuality -- The science of adultery -- How we pick our mates and sex partners -- Sexual selection, and the origin of human races -- Why do we grow old and die? -- pt. 3. Uniquely human. Bridges to human language -- Animal origins of art -- Agriculture's mixed blessings -- Why do we smoke, drink, and use dangerous drugs? -- Alone in a crowded universe -- pt. 4. World conquerors. The last first contacts -- Accidental conquerors -- Horses, Hittites, and history -- In black and white -- pt. 5. Reversing our progress overnight. The golden age that never was -- Blitzkrieg and thanksgiving in the new world -- The second cloud.Explores the question of what in the less than two percent of genes has made humans different from apes.
Subjects: Human evolution.; Social evolution.; Nature;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Anuran communication / by Ryan, Michael J.(Michael Joseph),1953-(CARDINAL)328380;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Anura; Animal communication.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The third chimpanzee : the evolution and future of the human animal / by Diamond, Jared M.(CARDINAL)272935;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-391) and index.Prologue -- pt. 1. Just another species of big mammal -- 1. A tale of three chimps -- 2. The great leap forward -- pt. 2. An animal with a strange life cycle -- 3. The evolution of human sexuality -- 4. The science of adultery -- 5. How we pick our mates and sex partners -- 6. Sexual selection, and the origin of human races -- 7. Why do we grow old and die? -- pt. 3. Uniquely human -- 8. Bridges to human language -- 9. Animal origins of art -- 10. Agriculture's mixed blessings -- 11. Why do we smoke, drink, and use dangerous drugs? -- 12. Alone in a crowded universe -- pt. 4. World conquerors -- 13. The last first contacts - 14. Accidental conquerors -- 15. Horses, Hittites, and history -- 16. In black and white -- pt. 5. Reversing our progress overnight -- 17. The golden age that never was -- 18. Blitzkrieg and Thanksgiving in the New World -- 19. The second cloud -- Epilogue : nothing learned and everything forgotten? -- Acknowledgments -- Further readings -- Index.A renowned scientist examines the less than two percent of human genes that distinguish us from chimpanzees and that link human behaviors--such as genocide, drug addiction, and the extermination of other species--to our animal predecessors.
Subjects: Human evolution.; Social evolution.; Nature;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Dragon songs : love and adventure among crocodiles, alligators, and other dinosaur relations / by Dinets, Vladimir.(CARDINAL)404770;
Prologue -- The morning chorus : Alligator mississippiensis -- The night dance : Alligator mississippiensis -- Learning the basics : Alligator mississippiensis -- Dragon reborn : Alligator sinensis -- Missing a shot : Caiman yacare -- Honest courtship : Crocodylus palustris -- Hunting on shore : Crocodylus acutus -- Companions of the river : Gavialis gangeticus -- The numbers game : Alligator mississippiensis -- Crocodiles in permafrost : Tagarosuchus kulemzini -- River world : Caiman niger -- Vibrating toy : Paleosuchus palpebrosus -- Tales of love and friendship : Cayman yacare -- Help from the sky : Cayman yacare -- Logging observations : Crocodylus acutus -- Sadness and hope : Crocodylus intermedius -- Natural selection : Paleosuchus trigonatus -- Politics of extinction : Crocodylus moreletii -- Island romance : Crocodylus rhombifer -- Scientific testing : Alligator mississippiensis -- Navigating Africa : Crocodylus niloticus -- Masters of the Bush : Crocodylus niloticus -- Traps on trails : Crocodylus niloticus -- The rainy season : Crocodylus niloticus -- Dangerous crossings : Crocodylus acutus -- The place we are from : Crocodylus niloticus -- Paradise in hell : Crocodylus niloticus -- The land of lost opportunities : Osteolaemus tetraspis -- Dense woods : Mecistops cataphractus -- Shades and shadows : Osteolaemus tetraspis -- Moving home : Alligator mississippiensis -- Ghost hunt : Tomistoma schlegelii -- Island hopping : Crocodylus porosus -- Horror stories : Crocodylus porosus -- The wrong flood : Caiman latirostris -- Unsolved riddles : Alligator mississippiensis -- Finding answers : Caiman crocodilus -- Through the mist : Crocodylus acutus -- The last song : Crocodylus siamensis -- Epilogue.With his artist's eye, scientist's precision, and explorer's free spirit, Dinets, a Russian immigrant and Louisiana State University professor, is no ordinary zoologist. Here, he leads readers on an intense and joyous global pursuit of the mating customs of crocodiles (as well as his own), chronicling the adventures in fieldwork that would inform his graduate thesis.
Subjects: Dinets, Vladimir; Alligators; Alligators; Animal communication.; Crocodiles; Crocodiles; Sexual behavior in animals.;
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How biology works / by Burn, Edwood,illustrator.(CARDINAL)631704; Challoner, Jack,contributors.(CARDINAL)316020; Clark, Victoria,illustrator.(CARDINAL)871765; Clifton, Mark(Illustrator),illustrator.(CARDINAL)630298; Crisp, Dan,illustrator.(CARDINAL)547340; Drake, Olivia,contributors.(CARDINAL)502185; Harris, Tim,contributors.(CARDINAL)418700; Ivan, Alina,contributors.(CARDINAL)874238; Jackson, Tom,1972-contributors.(CARDINAL)332335; Temple, Nicola,contributors.(CARDINAL)626719; DK Publishing, Inc.,publisher.(CARDINAL)317714;
"Discover everything you need to know about biology, with the simplest most visual guide to the science of life. How do vaccines work? What is special about stem cells? How did we evolve from bacteria? The science of life can be dauntingly complex, and it can be hard to separate 'good' science from 'bad', fundamental truths from the much-hyped breakthroughs reported in the media. With clear, easy-to-understand graphics and packed with fascinating facts, How Biology Works demystifies both the core biology that may have eluded us at school, and the cutting-edge life science that makes the news, answering the questions that spark our curiosity." --
Subjects: Instructional and educational works.; Biology.; Life sciences;
Available copies: 9 / Total copies: 12
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