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Textbook round-up

Biosciences

Extra listings to be appended to Biosciences section of 28 May textbook round-up

A Primer of Conservation Biology

Author Richard B. Primack

Edition Fourth

Publisher Palgrave Macmillan

Pages 300

Price £30.99

ISBN 9780878936922

Primack includes examples of successful conservation approaches, suggestions for a

future agenda and links between the field and other disciplines.

Human Physiology

Author Stuart Fox

Edition Eleventh

Publisher McGraw-Hill

Pages 832

Price £45.99

ISBN 9780071281065

This is intended for the one-semester human physiology course, often taken by allied health and biology students. Health applications are included throughout the text to heighten interest, deepen understanding of physiological concepts and help students relate the material to their individual career goals.

Hole’s Human Anatomy and Physiology

Authors David Shier, Jackie Butler, Ricki Lewis

Edition Twelfth

Publisher McGraw-Hill

Pages 1056

Price £47.99

ISBN 9780071220095

This text assumes no prior science knowledge by placing emphasis on the fundamentals. The format of this edition focuses on learning outcomes and assessments.

A Primer of Ecology

Author Nicholas J. Gotelli

Edition Fourth

Publisher Palgrave Macmillan

Pages 265

Price £30.99

ISBN 9780878933181

The author presents a concise but detailed exposition of the most common mathematical models in population and community ecology. It is intended to demystify ecological models and the mathematics behind them.

Lizards in an Evolutionary Tree: Ecology and Adaptive Radiation of Anoles

Author Jonathan B. Losos

Edition First

Publisher University of California Press

Pages 512

Price £44.95

ISBN 9780520255913

With about 400 species, anolis has played an important role in the development of ecological theory and has become a model system exemplifying the integration of ecological, evolutionary and behavioural studies to understand evolutionary diversification. Losos illustrates how different scientific approaches to the questions of adaptation

and diversification can be integrated and examines evolutionary and ecological questions of interest to a broad range of biologists.

Chemistry for the Life Sciences

Authors Raul Sutton, Bernard Rockett, Peter Swindells

Edition Second

Publisher CRC Press

Pages 280

Price £25.99

ISBN 9781420069358

The authors divide their analysis of carbon compounds into two chapters. One focuses exclusively on aliphatic carbon compounds, while the other provides a greatly expanded exploration of aromatic carbon compounds, isomerism, amines and amino acids. With a current examination of organic and biological reactions, this volume also features end-of-chapter questions and provides a solutions manual for qualified instructors.

Anatomy and Physiology: The Unity of Form and Function

Author Kenneth Saladin

Edition Fifth

Publisher McGraw-Hill

Pages 1248

Price £47.99

ISBN 9780071283410

Saladin weaves descriptions of human anatomy and physiology processes together with selected clinical applications and stories from the history of medicine and evolutionary medicine.

Animal Physiology

Author Richard W. Hill

Edition Second

Publisher Palgrave Macmillan

Pages 725

Price £49.99

ISBN 9780878933174

This text presents all the

branches of modern animal physiology with an emphasis on integration among physiological disciplines, ecology and evolutionary biology.

Ecological Developmental Biology: Integrating Epigenetics, Medicine, and Evolution

Authors Scott F. Gilbert and Epel David

Edition First

Publisher Palgrave Macmillan

Pages 400

Price £29.99

ISBN 9780878932993

The authors have provided broad coverage in which the molecular biology of epigenetic development meets and interacts with the evolutionary aspects of phenotypic plasticity.

Oceanic Anglerfishes: Extraordinary Diversity in the Deep Sea

Author Theodore W. Pietsch

Edition First

Publisher University of California Press

Pages 576

Price £61.00

ISBN 9780520255425

In this fully illustrated text, the first to focus on these intriguing fish, the author summarises all that is known about anglerfish – morphology, diversity, evolution, geographic distribution, bioluminescence and reproduction.

Ecological Models and Data in R

Author Benjamin M. Bolker

Edition First

Publisher Princeton University Press

Pages 408

Price £39.95

ISBN 9780691125220

The author shows how to choose among and construct statistical models for data, estimate their parameters and confidence limits and interpret the results. The book also covers statistical frameworks, statistical modelling and critical mathematical functions and probability distributions.

Early Life History of Marine Fishes

Authors Bruce S. Miller and

Arthur W. Kendall Jr

Edition First

Publisher University of California Press

Pages 376

Price £35.00

ISBN 9780520249721

The life cycles of fish are complex and varied, and knowledge of the early life stages is important for understanding the biology, ecology and evolution of fish. The authors bring together much of the research available and its application to fishery science. Clear and well written, this volume offers expert guidance on how to collect and analyse larval fish data and on how this information is interpreted by applied fish biologists and fisheries managers.

The Social Amoebae: The Biology of Cellular Slime Molds

Author John Tyler Bonner

Edition First

Publisher Princeton University Press

Pages 156

Price £11.95

ISBN 9780691139395

Slime moulds are very different from other organisms; they feed as individual amoebae before coming together to form a multicellular organism that has a remarkable ability to move and orient itself in its environment. Bonner gives a balanced, concise and clear overview of slime mould biology from molecules to cells to multicells.

Biology

Author Sylvia Mader

Edition Tenth

Publisher McGraw-Hill

Pages 955

Price £47.99

ISBN 9780071288446

Biology is an introductory textbook for courses that cover biology in a traditional order from the structure and function of the cell to the organisation of the biosphere. The text, which centres on the evolution and diversity of organisms, is appropriate for a one- or two-semester course.

Exploring Animal Social Networks

Authors Darren P. Croft, Richard James and Jens Krause

Edition First

Publisher Princeton University Press

Pages 208

Price £54.00 and £24.95

ISBN 9780691127514 and 7521

The authors provide a practical guide for researchers, undergraduates and graduate students in ecology, evolutionary biology, animal behaviour and zoology.