Florida Seashore Life is a pocket reference guide printed on laminate material and folded for easy storage and retrieval. Color illustrations of common birds, plants, marine life and mollusk
The philosophy of biology has recently seen some of the most dramatic activity among the philosophies of the ”special” sciences. In the second edition of this textbook, Elliot Sober intro
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Discusses prominent mountain chains in North America and the plants and animals found there, including the Appalachian Mountains, Rocky Mountains, and Cascades
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Forest is the natural vegetation of most of Europe. Although the majority has been destroyed over the centuries, a considerable amount remains and has been managed to varying degrees and for a wide va
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Some of the world's most beautiful, intelligent and highly adapted mammals inhabit our seas and oceans, and have stirred the human imagination for many centuries. As our knowledge of marine mammals gr
This inexpensive volume showcases an array of curious creatures: a blob-like amoeba; a slipper-shaped paramecium and its mortal enemy, the suctorian; and many others. The authors recount the feeding,
Asian Marine Biology 14, the most recent volume, is a memorial volume for the late James Stephen Leatherwood, with Guest Editors Brian D. Smith and William F. Perriu. There are ten papers on Marine ma
Dazzling in their variety of sizes, shapes, and colors, the cichlids (smallperch-like fishes) of Lake Victoria, like the finches of the Galapagos Islands and Hawaii'sHoneycreepers, have been geographi
This book presents a theoretical framework for understanding the dynamics of shallow lake communities as it has evolved over the past years from a combination of empirical studies, experimental wor
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This popular undergraduate textbook offers students a firm grounding in the fundamentals of biological oceanography. As well as a clear and accessible text, learning is enhanced with numerous illustra
On an April day in 1953, renowned American ornithologist, author, and illustrator Roger Tory Peterson met his British friend James Fisher, an authority on seabirds, in Newfoundland. There they began
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