2017, ISBN: 9780300219883

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Tucson, University Of Arizona Press, 1973. First Edition. Hardback. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and p… Mehr…

Tucson, University Of Arizona Press, 1973. First Edition. Hardback. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 207 pages; Description: xiii, 207 p. Illus. 32 cm. Subjects: Deserts. Arid regions. Arid regions agriculture., Tucson, University Of Arizona Press, 1973, 0, " The New York Times best-selling account of how coyotes--long the target of an extermination policy--spread to every corner of the United States Finalist for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award "A masterly synthesis of scientific research and personal observation." -Wall Street Journal Legends don't come close to capturing the incredible story of the coyote In the face of centuries of campaigns of annihilation employing gases, helicopters, and engineered epidemics, coyotes didn't just survive, they thrived, expanding across the continent from Alaska to New York. In the war between humans and coyotes, coyotes have won, hands-down. Coyote America is the illuminating five-million-year biography of this extraordinary animal, from its origins to its apotheosis. It is one of the great epics of our time.", Basic Books, 2017, 6, U.S.A.: Oxford University Press, 2001 257 pp. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. DJ is bright and undamaged. John Alcock reviews the controversy that surrounded evolutionary studies of human behavior following the 1975 publication of E.O. Wilson's "Sociobiology, the New Synthesis." Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New., Oxford University Press, 2001, 5, U.S.A.: University of Arizona Press, 1973 hardback book in near fine condition. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine., U.S.A.: University of Arizona Press, 1973, 4, Paperback / softback. New. Did you know that for every human on earth, there are about one million ants? They are among the longest-lived insects with some ant queens passing the thirty-year mark as well as some of the strongest. Fans of both the city and countryside alike, ants decompose dead wood, turn over soil (in some places more than earthworms), and even help plant forests by distributing seeds. But while fewer than thirty of the nearly one thousand ant species living in North America are true pests, we cringe when we see them marching across our kitchen floors. No longer! In this witty, accessible, and beautifully illustrated guide, Eleanor Spicer Rice, Alex Wild, and Rob Dunn metamorphose creepy-crawly revulsion into myrmecological wonder. Emerging from Dunn's ambitious citizen science project Your Wild Life (an initiative based at North Carolina State University), Dr. Eleanor's Book of Common Ants of Chicago provides an eye-opening entomological overview of the natural history of Chicago's species most noted by project participants and even offers tips on keeping ant farms in your home. Exploring species from the hobbit ant to the tiny trapjaw ant, and featuring contributions from E. O. Wilson and Field Museum ant scientist Corrie Moreau as well as Wild's stunning photography, this guide will be a tremendous resource for teachers, students, and scientists alike. But more than this, it will transform the way Chicagoans perceive the environment around them by deepening their understanding of its littlest inhabitants, inspiring everyone to find their inner naturalist, get outside, and crawl across the dirt magnifying glass in hand., 6, Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1996. xxviii, 409, 70 b/w illus. . PB. Spine slightly faded. Light spotting to edges. Vg. Owner’s name to endpaper.. <i>Measuring and Monitoring Biological Diversity: Standard Methods for Mammals</i> provides a comprehensive manual for designing and implementing inventories of mammalian biodiversity anywhere in the world and for any group, from rodents to open-country grazers. The book emphasizes formal estimation approaches, which supply data that can be compared across habitats and over time. Beginning with brief natural histories of the twenty-six orders of living mammals, the book details the field techniques – observation, capture, and sign interpretation – appropriate to different species. The contributors provide guidelines for study design, discuss survey planning, describe statistical techniques, and outline methods of translating field data into electronic formats. Extensive appendixes address such issues as the ethical treatment of animals in research, human health concerns, preserving voucher specimens, and assessing age, sex, and reproductive condition in mammals.Useful in both developed and developing countries, this volume and the Biological Diversity Handbook Series as a whole establish essential standards for a key aspect of conservation biology and resource management.. [9781560986379], Smithsonian Institution Press, 1996, 0, Paperback / softback. New. A powerful treatise that demonstrates the existence of altruism in nature, with surprising implications for human society Does altruism exist? Or is human nature entirely selfish? In this eloquent and accessible book, famed biologist David Sloan Wilson provides new answers to this age-old question based on the latest developments in evolutionary science. From an evolutionary viewpoint, Wilson argues, altruism is inextricably linked to the functional organization of groups. &quot;Groups that work&quot; undeniably exist in nature and human society, although special conditions are required for their evolution. Humans are one of the most groupish species on earth, in some ways comparable to social insect colonies and multi-cellular organisms. The case that altruism evolves in all social species is surprisingly simple to make. Yet the implications for human society are far from obvious. Some of the most venerable criteria for defining altruism aren't worth caring much about, any more than we care much whether we are paid by cash or check. Altruism defined in terms of thoughts and feelings is notably absent from religion, even though altruism defined in terms of action is notably present. The economic case for selfishness can be decisively rejected. The quality of everyday life depends critically on people who overtly care about the welfare of others. Yet, like any other adaptation, altruism can have pathological manifestations. Wilson concludes by showing how a social theory that goes beyond altruism by focusing on group function can help to improve the human condition., 6<

ISBN: 9780300219883

A powerful treatise that demonstrates the existence of altruism in nature, with surprising implications for human society Does altruism exist? Or is human nature entirely selfish? In this… Mehr…

A powerful treatise that demonstrates the existence of altruism in nature, with surprising implications for human society Does altruism exist? Or is human nature entirely selfish? In this eloquent and accessible book, famed biologist David Sloan Wilson provides new answers to this age-old question based on the latest developments in evolutionary science.   From an evolutionary viewpoint, Wilson argues, altruism is inextricably linked to the functional organization of groups. “Groups that work” undeniably exist in nature and human society, although special conditions are required for their evolution. Humans are one of the most groupish species on earth, in some ways comparable to social insect colonies and multi-cellular organisms. The case that altruism evolves in all social species is surprisingly simple to make.   Yet the implications for human society are far from obvious. Some of the most venerable criteria for defining altruism aren’t worth caring much about, any more than we care much whether we are paid by cash or check. Altruism defined in terms of thoughts and feelings is notably absent from religion, even though altruism defined in terms of action is notably present. The economic case for selfishness can be decisively rejected. The quality of everyday life depends critically on people who overtly care about the welfare of others. Yet, like any other adaptation, altruism can have pathological manifestations. Wilson concludes by showing how a social theory that goes beyond altruism by focusing on group function can help to improve the human condition.Co-published with Templeton Press Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Science>Evolution>Evolution, Yale University Press Core >1<

2016, ISBN: 9780300219883

Yale University Press, Paperback, Auflage: Reprint, 192 Seiten, Publiziert: 2016-02-23T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, 0.23 kg, Verkaufsrang: 1244113, Evolutionary Psychology, Schools of … Mehr…

Yale University Press, Paperback, Auflage: Reprint, 192 Seiten, Publiziert: 2016-02-23T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, 0.23 kg, Verkaufsrang: 1244113, Evolutionary Psychology, Schools of Thought, Psychology & Psychiatry, Health, Family & Lifestyle, Subjects, Books, Social & Developmental Psychology, Genetics, Biological Sciences, Science, Nature & Maths, Popular Science, Biology, Scientific, Technical & Medical, Ethics & Morality, Politics, Philosophy & Social Sciences, Yale University Press, 2016<

2016, ISBN: 9780300219883

Yale University Press, Paperback, Auflage: Reprint, 192 Seiten, Publiziert: 2016-02-23T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, 0.23 kg, Verkaufsrang: 1244113, Evolutionary Psychology, Schools of … Mehr…

Yale University Press, Paperback, Auflage: Reprint, 192 Seiten, Publiziert: 2016-02-23T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, 0.23 kg, Verkaufsrang: 1244113, Evolutionary Psychology, Schools of Thought, Psychology & Psychiatry, Health, Family & Lifestyle, Subjects, Books, Social & Developmental Psychology, Genetics, Biological Sciences, Science, Nature & Maths, Popular Science, Biology, Scientific, Technical & Medical, Ethics & Morality, Politics, Philosophy & Social Sciences, Yale University Press, 2016<