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The leading text in the field, Animal Behavior shows how researchers use scientific logic to study the underlying mechanisms and evolutionary bases of behavior, now with a streamlined presentation and enhanced eBook.Be introduced to a rich array of fascinating examples of animal behavior and uses a vivid narrative voice that conveys the excitement of the subject. The upcoming 12th edition's enhanced eBook will make the subject come alive with numerous video and audio clips that will be presented in-line as students read. The enhanced eBook will also include 50 new interactive figures. Another objective instructors have is to help students master concepts and then demonstrate that mastery. To assist instructors with this goal, the 12th edition enhanced eBook will incorporate all-new inline self-assessments, as well as gradable chapter assessment quizzes.Recognise the rigorous scientific methodology involved in animal behavior research with an all-new "Behind the Scenes" feature, where each chapter will highlight a single research paper and look in-depth at how the research was conducted, taking a balanced view of the ultimate and proximate causes underlying how and why animals behave as they do. Rubenstein is renowned for its empirical presentation of the ultimate causes of animal behavior, and this edition will do an even better job of integrating concepts across levels of scale at the proximate level. This need will be addressed by including an even greater focus on Tinbergen's "Four Questions" and by including more integrative studies that cross levels of analysis. A 10% streamline across the content, a redesign of the chapter summaries and the addition of synthetic sections that link topics across the text and media resources will help you traverse Animal Behaviour with ease.NEW TO THIS EDITION:Enhanced integration of concepts across levels of scale: Greater focus on Tinbergen's "Four Questions" & Inclusion of more integrative studies that cross levels of analysis.Streamlined by approximately 10%, primarily by removal of extraneous examples.Added more proximate explanations and integrative examples.Re-designed chapter summaries.Synthetic sections that link topics across the text and media resources will help students get through the information overload.Enhanced eBook edition with numerous video and audio clips presented in-line as students read, 50 new interactive figures, inline self-assessments, lab manual, and discussion questions.This title is available as an enhanced eBook. Visit VitalSource for more information or to purchase.
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• Independent random variables with independent sum and difference
• Characterization of probability distributions through the independence of linear forms
• Characterization of probability distributions through the symmetry of the conditional distribution of one linear form given another
• Characterization theorems on the field of p-adic numbers
• Miscellaneous characterization theorems

"It is well known that if two independent identically distributed random variables are Gaussian, then their sum and difference are also independent. It turns out that only Gaussian random variables have such property. This statement, known as the famous Kac-Bernstein theorem, is a typical example of a so-called characterization theorem. Characterization theorems in mathematical statistics are statements in which the description of possible distributions of random variables follows from properties of some functions of these random variables. The first results in this area are associated with famous 20th century mathematicians such as G. Pólya, M. Kac, S. N. Bernstein, and Yu. V. Linnik. By now, the corresponding theory on the real line has basically been constructed. The problem of extending the classical characterization theorems to various algebraic structures has been actively studied in recent decades. The purpose of this book is to provide a comprehensive and self-contained overview of the current state of the theory of characterization problems on locally compact Abelian groups. The book will be useful to everyone with some familiarity of abstract harmonic analysis who is interested in probability distributions and functional equations on groups" -- Provided by publisher

• Preface
• Chern-Connes-Karoubi character ismorphisms and algebras of symbols pseudodifferential operators / A. Baldare, M. Benameur, and V. Nistor
• One Perrot's index cocycles / J. Block, H. Higson, and J. Sanchez Jr.
• The Chern-Baum-Connes assembly map for Lie groupoids / P. Carrillo Rouse --Hochschild homology, trace map 9-cycles / A. Connes and C. Consani --Cyclic theory and the pericyclic category / A. Connes and C. Consani
• The image of Bott periodicity in cyclic homology / J. Cuntz
• Applications of topological cycle homology to algebraic K-theory / B. I. Dundas --Algebraic K-theory and generalized stable homotopy theory / D. Gepner --Cyclic cohomology and the extended Heisenberg calculus of Epstein and Melrose / A. Gorokhovsky and E. Van Erp
• Topological cyclic homology and the Fargues-Fontaine curve / L. Hesselholt
• Hopf cyclic cohomology and beyond / M. Khalkhali and I. Shapiro
• The Hochschild cohomology of uniform Roe algebras / M Lorentz --Quantum differentiabiltiy - the analytical perspective / E. McDonald, F. Sukochev, and X. Xiong
• Local cyclic homology for nonarchimedean Banach Algebras / R. Meyer and D. Mukherjee
• On the van Est analogy in Hopf cyclic cohomology / H. Moscovici
• Primary and secondary invariants of Dirac operators on G-proper manifolds / P. Piazza and X. Tang --Localization in Hochschild homology / M. J. Pflaum
• Cyclic homology and group actions / R. Ponge
• Cyclic cocycles and quantized pairings in materials science / E. Prodan
• Periodic cyclic homology of crossed Products / M. Puschnigg
• Trace expansions and equivariant trances on an algebra of Fourier integral operators on Rn / A. Savin and E. Schrohe
• Cartan motion group and orbital integrals / Y. Song and X. Tang
• On noncommutative crystalline cohomology / B. Tsygan --Cyclic cocycles and one-loop corrections in the spectral action / T.D. H. Nuland and and W.D. Van Suijlekom
• l1-higher index, l1-higher rho invariant and cyclic cohomology / J. Wang, Z. Xie, and G. Yu

• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Part I. Fundamentals
• 1. Introduction to behavior genetics
• 2. Mendelian genetics
• 3. Heritability
• Part II. Molecules and cells
• 4. Genes
• 5. Genetic variation
• 6. Neurogenetics
• Part III. Behaviors and behavioral disorders
• 7. Serious mental illness
• 8. Learning and memory
• 9. Emotion and depressive disorders
• 10. Fear and anxiety
• 11. Addiction
• Part IV. Health, social behavior, and implications
• 12. Eating and exercising
• 13. Social behavior
• 14. Behavior genetics in real life
• 15. Eugenics
• Glossary
• Index.
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Foundations of Behavior Genetics provides a forward-looking introduction to this fascinating field. Written by an experienced teacher and researcher, this text focuses on concepts, methods, and findings that inform our understanding of heredity-behavior relations. The book's neuroscience perspective asks students to think about potential neural mechanisms involved in pathways from genes to behavior. While the text is primarily focused on human behavior genetics, it also emphasizes the importance of non-human animal models in experimental studies, as well as their evolutionary connections to humans. Part I covers the history of behavior genetics and the basics of non-molecular genetics; Part II discusses molecular genetics and neurogenetics; Part III addresses various behavioral disorders; and Part IV explores health, social behavior, and ethical implications. The text includes detailed chapter summaries, several "Check-up" questions after major sections that test student understanding, and recommended readings. Instructors are provided with a test bank of multiple-choice items and hi-res JPEGs of the many illustrations created for the book.
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Endeavors to explain Einstein's general theory of relativity, beginning with the equivalence principle and covering the necessary mathematics of Riemannian spaces and tensor calculus, offering readers a deeper understanding of the universe's real structure.

Inverse scattering theory is a major theme in applied mathematics, with applications to such diverse areas as medical imaging, geophysical exploration, and nondestructive testing. The inverse scattering problem is both nonlinear and ill-posed, thus presenting challenges in the development of efficient inversion algorithms. A further complication is that anisotropic materials cannot be uniquely determined from given scattering data. In the first edition of Inverse Scattering Theory and Transmission Eigenvalues, the authors discussed methods for determining the support of inhomogeneous media from measured far field data and the role of transmission eigenvalue problems in the mathematical development of these methods. In this second edition, three new chapters describe recent developments in inverse scattering theory. In particular, the authors explore the use of modified background media in the nondestructive testing of materials and methods for determining the modified transmission eigenvalues that arise in such applications from measured far field data. They also examine nonscattering wave numbers-a subset of transmission eigenvalues-using techniques taken from the theory of free boundary value problems for elliptic partial differential equations and discuss the dualism of scattering poles and transmission eigenvalues that has led to new methods for the numerical computation of scattering poles. This book will be of interest to research mathematicians and engineers and physicists working on problems in target identification. It will also be useful to advanced graduate students in many areas of applied mathematics.
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• Rings and coefficients
• Moduli stacks of φ [phi]-modules and (φ [phi], Γ [Gamma])-modules
• Crystalline and semistable moduli stacks
• Families of extensions
• Crystalline lifts and the finer structure of Xd,red
• The rank one case
• A geometric Breuil-Mézard conjecture

"Motivated by the p-adic Langlands program, this book constructs stacks that algebraize Mazur's formal deformation rings of local Galois representations. More precisely, it constructs Noetherian formal algebraic stacks over Spf Zp that parameterize étale (φ [phi], Γ [Gamma])-modules; the formal completions of these stacks at points in their special fibres recover the universal deformation rings of local Galois representations. Matthew Emerton and Toby Gee use these stacks to show that all mod p representations of the absolute Galois group of a p-adic local field lift to characteristic zero, and indeed admit crystalline lifts. They explicitly describe the irreducible components of the underlying reduced substacks and discuss the relationship between the geometry of these stacks and the Breuil-Mézard conjecture. Along the way, they prove a number of foundational results in p-adic Hodge theory that may be of independent interest"-- Provided by publisher

"This textbook introduces the study of partial differential equations using both analytical and numerical methods. By intertwining the two complementary approaches, the authors create an ideal foundation for further study. Motivating examples from the physical sciences, engineering, and economics complete this integrated approach. A showcase of models begins the book, demonstrating how PDEs arise in practical problems that involve heat, vibration, fluid flow, and financial markets. Several important characterizing properties are used to classify mathematical similarities, then elementary methods are used to solve examples of hyperbolic, elliptic, and parabolic equations. From here, an accessible introduction to Hilbert spaces and the spectral theorem lay the foundation for advanced methods. Sobolev spaces are presented first in dimension one, before being extended to arbitrary dimension for the study of elliptic equations. An extensive chapter on numerical methods focuses on finite difference and finite element methods. Computer-aided calculation with Maple™ completes the book. Throughout, three fundamental examples are studied with different tools: Poisson's equation, the heat equation, and the wave equation on Euclidean domains. The Black-Scholes equation from mathematical finance is one of several opportunities for extension. Partial Differential Equations offers an innovative introduction for students new to the area. Analytical and numerical tools combine with modeling to form a versatile toolbox for further study in pure or applied mathematics. Illuminating illustrations and engaging exercises accompany the text throughout. Courses in real analysis and linear algebra at the upper-undergraduate level are assumed."--Provided by publisher

"This volume is one of six that together comprise the text materials for Six Ideas That Shaped Physics, a unique approach to the two- or three-semester calculusbased introductory physics course. I have designed this curriculum (for which these volumes only serve as the text component) to support an introductory course that combines three elements: Inclusion of 20th-century physics topics, A thoroughly 21st-century perspective on even classical topics, and Support for a student-centered and active-learning-based classroom"-- Provided by publisher

"This volume is one of six that together comprise the text materials for Six Ideas That Shaped Physics, a unique approach to the two- or three-semester calculusbased introductory physics course. I have designed this curriculum (for which these volumes only serve as the text component) to support an introductory course that combines three elements: Inclusion of 20th-century physics topics, A thoroughly 21st-century perspective on even classical topics, and Support for a student-centered and active-learning-based classroom"-- Provided by publisher

"This volume is one of six that together comprise the text materials for Six Ideas That Shaped Physics, a unique approach to the two- or three-semester calculusbased introductory physics course. I have designed this curriculum (for which these volumes only serve as the text component) to support an introductory course that combines three elements: Inclusion of 20th-century physics topics, A thoroughly 21st-century perspective on even classical topics, and Support for a student-centered and active-learning-based classroom"-- Provided by publisher

"This volume is one of six that together comprise the text materials for Six Ideas That Shaped Physics, a unique approach to the two- or three-semester calculusbased introductory physics course. I have designed this curriculum (for which these volumes only serve as the text component) to support an introductory course that combines three elements: Inclusion of 20th-century physics topics, A thoroughly 21st-century perspective on even classical topics, and Support for a student-centered and active-learning-based classroom"-- Provided by publisher

"This volume is one of six that together comprise the text materials for Six Ideas That Shaped Physics, a unique approach to the two- or three-semester calculusbased introductory physics course. I have designed this curriculum (for which these volumes only serve as the text component) to support an introductory course that combines three elements: Inclusion of 20th-century physics topics, A thoroughly 21st-century perspective on even classical topics, and Support for a student-centered and active-learning-based classroom"-- Provided by publisher

"This volume is one of six that together comprise the text materials for Six Ideas That Shaped Physics, a unique approach to the two- or three-semester calculusbased introductory physics course. I have designed this curriculum (for which these volumes only serve as the text component) to support an introductory course that combines three elements: Inclusion of 20th-century physics topics, A thoroughly 21st-century perspective on even classical topics, and Support for a student-centered and active-learning-based classroom"-- Provided by publisher

• Part I. Introduction
• Chapter 1. Southern Baltic Coastal Systems Analysis: Questions, Conceptions and Red Threads
• Chapter 2. Coastal Ecosystems from a Social-Ecological Perspective
• Part II. Ecological Structures and Functions of the German Baltic Sea Coast
• Chapter 3. The Abiotic Background: Climatic, Hydrological and Geological Conditions of the Southern Baltic
• Chapter 4. Geological and Sedimentary Conditions
• Chapter 5. Environmental Conditions at the Coast: The Terrestrial Ecosystems
• Chapter 6. Environmental Conditions at the Coast: Shoreline Ecosystems
• Chapter 7. Ecosystem and Landscape Functions of the Coast: Recent Research Results
• Chapter 8: Benthic Habitats and Their Inhabitants
• Part III. Ecological Structures and Functions of Coastal Water and Offshore Ecosystems
• Chapter 9. Introducing the Ecological Aspects
• Chapter 10. Baltic Sea Aquatic Ecosystems in a Gradient from Land to Open Sea
• Chapter 11. Comparison of Abiotic Parameters and Dominant Primary Producers Between the Two Main Investigation Areas
• Chapter 12. Short-Term Variability, Long-Term Trends and Seasonal Aspects in the Dar-Zingst Bodden Chain
• Chapter 13. Carbon Fluxes/Food-Webs: Effect of Macrophytes on Food Web Characteristics in Coastal Lagoons
• Chapter 14. Ecological Structure in Benthic Habitats of Offshore Waters
• Chapter 15. Patterns of Bioturbation and Associated Matter Fluxes
• Chapter 16. Seasonal Aspects and Short-Term Variability of the Pelagic Offshore Ecosystems
• Chapter 17. Long-Term Trends of the Offshore Ecosystems
• Chapter 18. Nutrient and Limitation Regimes in Coastal Water Ecosystems
• Part IV. Combining the Aspects: Ecosystem Service Assessment
• Chapter 19. The Human Factor: Coastal Social-Ecological Systems
• Chapter 20. Introduction: The Concept of Ecosystem Service Assessment Applied to Coastal Systems
• Chapter 21. The Missing Links in Ecosystem Service Research
• Chapter 22. Eudaimonic Valuation of Cultural Ecosystem Services
• Chapter 23. Economic Valuation of Cultural Ecosystem Services
• Chapter 24. Spatial Ecosystem Service Assessment Across the Land-Sea-Interface
• Chapter 25. Temporal Changes in Aquatic Ecosystem Services Provision: Approach and Examples
• Chapter 26. Assessing Temporal Changes in Ecosystem Service Provisions: Conceiving Future Pathways
• Part V. Synthesis: Assessment as a Tool for Managing Coastal Ecosystems?
• Chapter 27. Applying the Integrated Approach
• Chapter 28. Mechanisms of Ecosystem Service Production: An Outcome of Ecosystem Functions and Ecological Integrity in Coastal Lagoons
• Chapter 29. Ecosystem Service Assessment in European Coastal and Marine Policies
• Chapter 30. Ecosystem Services and Sustainable Development: The Case for Strong Sustainability
• Chapter 31. Concluding Remarks

This book gives an overall analysis of the current knowledge status about structures, functions, utilization for German Baltic coast ecosystems. The main focus of this book is on the aquatic area, but land/sea interactions as well as river outfalls are included as well. Characteristic for this book is the inclusion of social science aspects. Approximately one third of its extent will be about the ecosystem services. In this segment the results of the last 6 years are presented in which a comprehensive quantification of the social relevance of ecosystems was carried out covering the entire area of the German Baltic Sea. This part builds directly on the results of scientific investigations and are in relation to social ideals. The assessment will not only be economically and ethically but also the mechanisms that are used for the valorisation of the ecosystem services will be evaluated. Both sub-areas, the classic natural science part as well as the part of social science aspects, deal with the changes caused by increasing anthropogenic influence and social (including demographic) changes. This will be among others in the sense of an exemplary historical outline. The final chapter of the synthesis therefore not only presents a summary of the level of knowledge gained and a deduction of the research needs. It further contains a presentation of the application aspects resulting from the analysis of the social relevance gained from basic scientific research. The book is aimed at scientists (and students) of natural, life and social sciences, analysing functioning and structures of coastal ecosystems with regard to sustainable use and nature protection, including aspects of coastal protection. Besides, it is thought to become a reference for all levels of decision makers and stakeholders in coastal and marine management of the Baltic and North Sea region, providing also a blueprint for system analysis respecting for societal as well as biological aspects world-wide

• Part I. Introduction and Description of Study Area
• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Chapter 2. Climate Changes Along the German Coast
• Chapter 3. Coastal Landscapes of the North Sea and the Baltic Sea
• Chapter 4. Geography and Study Sites
• Chapter 5. Climate and Weather Conditions Along the German Shores
• Chapter 6
• Inundation Regimes of the German Coasts and the Impact of the Rising Sea Level
• Chapter 7. The Surface Salinity of the North Sea and Baltic Sea Area
• Chapter 8. Soils
• Part II. Historical and Future Changes of the Dune and Salt Marsh Fauna
• Chapter 9. General Aspects of Coastal Vegetation at the North Sea and the Baltic Sea
• Chapter 10. Predicting Plant Distribution Shifts
• Chapter 11. General Aspects of Coastal Carabid Beetle and Spider Fauna at the North Sea and the Baltic Sea
• Chapter 12. Changes of the Fauna of Digger Wasps and Bees (Hymenoptera, Aculeata) of the North Frisian Island of Sylt Effects of Climate Change?
• Chapter 13. Historical Changes in the Carabid Beetle Fauna of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
• Chapter 14. Distribution of Spiders and Carabid Beetles Along a Geographical Gradient
• Chapter 15. Predicting Carabid Beetle Distribution Shifts
• Part III. Experimental Assessments of the Effects of Climate Change on Habitats and Their Organisms
• Chapter 16. Field Experiment: Effects of Increased Temperature on a Tidalic Fluvisol
• Chapter 17. Field Experiment: Effects of Microclimate Modification on Soil Organisms and Aggregate Formation in Dune Sand
• Chapter 18. Expected Vegetation Dynamics in Salt Marshes at the North Sea Coast Under Changed Inundation Conditions as an Effect of Climate Change
• Chapter 19. Effects of Sedimentation and Erosion on the Development of Vegetation
• Chapter 20. Tide Simulation Experiment
• Chapter 21. Storm Surges as Natural Experiments
• Part IV. De-Embankments and Its Effects on the Vegetation and Fauna
• Chapter 22. De-embankments at the North Sea and the Baltic Sea Coasts
• Chapter 23. Salt Marsh Restoration in a Summer Polder at the Wursten Coast
• Chapter 24. Estimated Future Effects of the Sea Level Rise Exemplified by the Wursten Coast
• Chapter 25. Restoration of Salt Meadows at the Baltic Sea Coast: The De-Embankment Experiment at Karrendorf Meadows
• Part V. Synthesis and Conclusions
• Chapter 26. Expert System: Plants
• Chapter 27. Expert System: Spiders and Carabid Beetles. Chapter 28. Consequences of Climate Change for Biota of the Coastal Salt Marshes and Dunes: Synthesis, Final Conclusions, and Ideas of Compensation

Climate change is one of the most severe dangers for mankind worldwide. Beside the temperature increase, the sea level will rise and flood wide coastal areas, which is already remarkable today. The effects will be dramatic, in particular, at coasts with low elevation gradients such as at the German coasts of the North and Baltic Sea. The impact will be not only severe for coastal people, but still more for the unique coastal ecosystems, which harbors many plant and animal species that are already endangered today. This book focuses on the coastal terrestrial ecosystems of the German North and Baltic Sea. It describes the reactions of plants and animals (i.e. spiders, carabid beetles, bees and nematodes) on the future temperature and sea level increase. The combination of field and experimental studies is unique for Europe and for many parts of the world. It not only studies the actual elevation gradients and the climatic and saline gradients from West to East, but also the historical changes to document processes at coastal ecosystems that were already passed. In contrast to many books that studied the marine processes with similar backgrounds, this book concerns the terrestrial coastal ecosystems that were overall rarely studied and, in particular, never studied under this specific viewpoint

• Preface xv
• Chapter 1 Diversity, Classification, and Evolution of Vertebrates 1.1 The Vertebrate Story --Binominal nomenclature --Extant vertebrate groups 1.2 Phylogenetic Systematics 1.3 Applying Phylogenetic Criteria --Evaluating possible phylogenies --Molecules and morphology --The problem of dating --Dagger (DR) convention adopted in this book 1.4 Using Phylogenetic Trees --Extant phylogenetic brackets --Paraphyly --Crown and stem groups 1.5 Genetic Mechanisms of Evolutionary Change --Phenotypes and fitness --Developmental regulatory genes 1.6 Epigenetic Effects 1.7 Earth History and Vertebrate Evolution
• Chapter 2 What Is a Vertebrate?? 2.1 Vertebrates in Relation to Other Animals? 2.2 Characteristics of Chordates? --Chordate origins and evolution? --Extant nonvertebrate chordates? 2.3 What Distinguishes a Vertebrate?? 2.4 Vertebrate Embryonic Development? --Development of the body? --Development of the pharyngeal region? --Development of the brain? --Other neurogenic tissues of vertebrates? 2.5 Vertebrate Tissues? --Adult tissue types --Mineralized tissues 2.6 Vertebrate Organ Systems --Integumentary system --Skeletal system --Muscular system --Nervous system and sense organs --Endocrine system --Respiratory system --Circulatory system --Digestive system --Excretory and reproductive systems
• Chapter 3 Jawless Vertebrates and the Origin of Gnathostomes 3.1 Earliest Evidence of Vertebrates --Enigmas: DRConodonts and DRTullimonstrum ---Early mineralized tissues --Environment of early vertebrate evolution 3.2 Cyclostomes: Extant Jawless Vertebrate --Characters of cyclostomes --Hagfishes: Myxiniformes --Lampreys: Petromyzontiformes 3.3 Jawless Osteognathostomes 3.4 Gnathostome Body Plan --Gnathostome skeletons --What about soft anatomical features? 3.5 Origin of Jaws --Hypotheses of jaw origins --Importance of the nose --Selective value of jaws 3.6 Origin of Paired Appendages --Fin development and the lateral somitic frontier --Advantages of fins 3.7 Extinct Paleozoic Jawed Fishes
• Chapter 4 Living in Water 4.1 Aquatic Environment --Obtaining oxygen from water using gill --Obtaining oxygen from air using lungs and other respiratory structure --Adjusting buoyancy 4.2 Sensory World of Aquatic Vertebrates --Vision --Chemosensation: Olfaction and taste --Detecting water displacement --Hearing and equilibrium --Electroreception and electrogenesis 4.3 Maintaining an Internal Environment --Nitrogenous wastes and kidney --Osmoregulation --Regulation of ions and body fluids 4.4 Osmoregulation in Different Environments --Marine cartilaginous fishes and coelacanths --Marine teleosts --Freshwater teleosts and lissamphibians --Euryhaline vertebrates
• Chapter 5 Geography and Ecology of the Paleozoic 5.1 Deep Time --The Precambrian world --The Paleozoic 5.2 Continental Geography --Continental drift and plate tectonics --Shifting continents of the Paleozoic --Shifting continents and changing climates 5.3 Paleozoic Climates 5.4 Paleozoic Ecosystems --Aquatic life --Terrestrial flora --Terrestrial fauna 5.5 Extinctions
• Chapter 6 Origin and Radiation of Chondrichthyans 6.1 Acanthodii 6.2 Chondrichthyes --Habitats and diversity --Placoid scales --Cartilaginous skeleton --Teeth and tooth plates --Jaws and jaw suspension --Internal fertilization and claspers --Distinctive soft tissue and physiological features 6.3 Euchondrocephali and Chimaeriformes --Biology of extant Chimaeriformes 6.4 Elasmobranchii, Euselachii, and Neoselachii --Selachii: Sharks --Batomorphi: Skates and rays 6.5 Biology of Neoselachii --Feeding --Bioluminescence and biofluorescence ---Hypoxia and the epaulette shark --Endothermal heterothermy --Swimming --Reproduction --Elasmobranch brains --Social networks and migration in sand tiger sharks 6.6 Declining Elasmobranch Populations --Conservation and sawfishes --Threats to chondrichthyans --Vulnerabilities of chondrichthyans --Ecological impacts of shark population declines --Policies to protect sharks
• Chapter 7 Origin of Osteichthyes and Radiation of Actinopterygian 7.1 Osteichthyes, Actinopterygii, and Sarcopterygi --Osteichthyan character --Fin adaptations --Other differences between actinopterygians and sarcopterygians 7.2 Actinopterygii: Basal Group --Polypteriformes --Acipenseriformes --Neopterygii: Holostei --Neopterygii: Teleoste 7.3 Characters of Teleostei 7.4 Teleostei: Basal Groups --Elopomorpha --Osteoglossomorpha --Otocephala --Basal euteleosts 7.5 Teleostei: Acanthopterygii --Basal acanthopterygians --Percomorph 7.6 Swimming and Hydrodynamics --Generating forward thrust --Modes of locomotion --Speed and drag --Steering, stopping, and staying in place 7.7 Reproduction and Development --Oviparity --Viviparity --Sex change in teleosts 7.8 Ecology of Marine Teleosts --Black-water diving and larval teleosts --The photic zone and its subdivisions --Coral reef fishes --Pelagic and deep-sea fishes
• Chapter 8 Sarcopterygians and the Origin of Tetrapods 8.1 Phylogenetic Concepts of Tetrapoda and Characters for Sarcopterygii 8.2 The Miguasha Lagerstatte and the.
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Vertebrate Life distills the necessary information from vertebrate anatomy, physiology, ecology, and behavioral studies and then helps students see important connections across levels of biological scale. The result is students come to understand how organisms function effectively in their environments and how lineages of organisms change through evolutionary time. Processing complex detailed information about expansive phylogenies and diverse anatomies can be difficult for even the most motivated students, and Vertebrate Life addresses this challenge by combining appropriately-detailed, clearly-written text with outstanding phylogenies and figures, making it a thorough and engaging reference for students and instructors alike. The text's impressive illustration program helps students visualize complex concepts, allowing them to parse difficult anatomical information. The 11th edition will have an upgraded illustration program with several new and revised figures, including layered figures presented in the new enhanced eBook.
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This abstract algebra textbook takes an integrated approach that highlights the similarities of fundamental algebraic structures among a number of topics. The book begins by introducing groups, rings, vector spaces, and fields, emphasizing examples, definitions, homomorphisms, and proofs. The goal is to explain how all of the constructions fit into an axiomatic framework and to emphasize the importance of studying those maps that preserve the underlying algebraic structure. This fast-paced introduction is followed by chapters in which each of the four main topics is revisited and deeper results are proven. The second half of the book contains material of a more advanced nature. It includes a thorough development of Galois theory, a chapter on modules, and short surveys of additional algebraic topics designed to whet the reader's appetite for further study. This book is intended for a first introduction to abstract algebra and requires only a course in linear algebra as a prerequisite. The more advanced material could be used in an introductory graduate-level course.
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• The first germs of amenability: paradoxical decompositions
• Elementary amenable groups
• The topological full group of a Cantor minimal system
• Lamplighter actions and extensive amenability
• Amenability of topological full groups
• Subgroups of topological full groups of intermediate growth
• An amenability criterion via actions
• Groups acting on Bratteli diagrams
• Groups acting on rooted trees
• Definitions of amenability and basic facts

The main topic of the book is amenable groups, i.e., groups on which there exist invariant finitely additive measures. It was discovered that the existence or non-existence of amenability is responsible for many interesting phenomena such as, e.g., the Banach-Tarski Paradox about breaking a sphere into two spheres of the same radius. Since then, amenability has been actively studied and a number of different approaches resulted in many examples of amenable and non-amenable groups. In the book, the author puts together main approaches to study amenability. A novel feature of the book is that the exposition of the material starts with examples which introduce a method rather than illustrating it. This allows the reader to quickly move on to meaningful material without learning and remembering a lot of additional definitions and preparatory results; those are presented after analyzing the main examples. The techniques that are used for proving amenability in this book are mainly a combination of analytic and probabilistic tools with geometric group theory.
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• Distributions and Analyticity in Euclidean Space
• Functions and Differential Operators in Euclidean Space
• Basic Notation and Terminology
• Smooth, Real-analytic, Holomorphic Functions
• Differential Operators with Smooth Coefficients
• Distributions in Euclidean Space
• Basics on Distributions in Euclidean Space
• Sobolev Spaces
• Distribution Kernels
• Fundamental Solutions, Parametrix, Hypoelliptic PDOs
• Analytic Tools in Distribution Theory
• Analytic Parametrices, Analytic Hypoellipticity
• Ehrenpreisʼ Cutoffs and Analytic Regularity of Distributions
• Distribution Boundary Values of Holomorphic Functions
• The FBI Transform of Distributions : An Introduction
• The Analytic Wave-Front Set of a Distribution
• Analyticity of Solutions of Linear PDEs : Basic Results
• Analyticity of Solutions of Elliptic Linear PDEs
• Degenerate Elliptic Equations : Influence of Lower Order Terms
• A Generalization of the Harmonic Oscillator
• Appendix : Hermite's Functions and the Schwartz Space
• The Cauchy-Kovalevskaya Theorem
• A Nonlinear Ovsyannikov Theorem
• Application : the Nonlinear Cauchy-Kovalevskaya Theorem
• Applications to Linear PDE
• Application to Integrodifferential Cauchy Problems
• Hyperfunctions in Euclidean Space
• Analytic Functionals in Euclidean Space
• Analytic Functionals in Complex Domains
• Analytic Functionals in Cn
• Analytic Functionals in Rn as Cohomology Classes
• Hyperfunctions in Euclidean Space
• The Sheaf of Hyperfunctions in Euclidean Space
• Boundary values of holomorphic functions in wedges
• The FBI Transform of Analytic Functionals
• Analytic Wave-front Set of a Hyperfunction
• Edge of the Wedge
• Microfunctions in Euclidean space
• Hyperdifferential Operators
• Action on Holomorphic Functions and on Hyperfunctions
• Local Representation of Hyperfunctions
• Elliptic Hyperdifferential Operators
• Solvability of Constant Coefficients Hyperdifferential Equations
• Geometric Background
• Elements of Differential Geometry
• Regular Manifolds
• Fibre Bundles, Vector Bundles
• Tangent and Cotangent Bundles of a Manifold
• Differential Complexes and Grassman Algebras
• A Primer on Sheaf Cohomology
• Basics on Sheaf Cohomology
• Fine Sheaves and Fine Resolutions
• Relative Sheaf Cohomology
• Edge of the Wedge in (Co)homological Terms
• Distributions and Hyperfunctions on a Manifold
• Distributions and Currents on a Manifold
• Plurisubharmonic functions and pseudoconvex domains
• Hyperfunctions and Microfunctions in an Analytic Manifold
• Lie Algebras of Vector Fields
• The Lie Algebra of Smooth Vector Fields
• Integral Manifolds : Frobeniusʼ Theorem
• Local Flow of a Regular Vector Field
• Foliations Defined By Analytic Vector Fields
• Systems of Vector Fields Generating Special Lie Algebras
• Elements of Symplectic Geometry
• Elements of Symplectic Algebra
• The Metaplectic Group
• Symplectic Manifolds
• Involutive Systems of Functions of Principal Type
• Real and Imaginary Symplectic Structures in C2n
• Real and Imaginary Symplectic Structures on Complex Manifolds
• Stratification of Analytic Varieties and Division of Distributions by Analytic Functions
• Analytic Stratifications
• Analytic Stratifications and Stratifiable Sets
• Analytic Subvarieties
• The Weierstrass Theorems
• Local Partitions of a Complex Hypersurface
• Local Stratifications of a Real-Analytic Variety
• Semianalytic Sets
• Division of Distributions by Analytic Functions
• The Lojasiewicz Inequality
• Division of Distributions by Analytic Functions
• Desingularization and Applications
• Appendix
• Analytic Pseudodifferential Operators and Fourier Integral Operators
• Elementary Pseudodifferential Calculus in the ... Class
• Standard Pseudodifferential Operators
• Symbolic Calculus
• Classical symbols and classical pseudodifferential operators
• The Weyl Calculus in Euclidean Space
• Analytic Pseudodifferential Calculus
• Analytic Pseudodifferential Operators
• Symbolic Calculus
• Analytic Microlocalization In Distribution Theory
• Action on Singularity Hyperfunctions
• Microdifferential Operators
• Fourier Integral Operators
• Fourier Distribution Kernels in Euclidean Space
• The Lagrangian Manifold Associated to a Phase-function
• Fourier Integral Operators : Basics
• Reduction of the Fiber Variables
• Composition and Continuity of Fourier Integral Operators
• Globally Defined Fourier Integral Operators
• Principles of Analytic Fourier Integral Operators
• Appendix : Stationary Phase Formal Expansion
• Complex Microlocal Analysis
• Classical Analytic Formalism
• Formal Analytic Series
• Classical Analytic Differential Operators of Infinite Order
• The Complex Stationary Phase Formula
• Symbolic Calculus and the KdV Hierarchy
• Germ Fourier Integral Operators in Complex Space
• Analytic Symbols
• Contours and Function Spaces
• Sjöstrand Pairs
• Germ Fourier-like Transforms
• Sjöstrand Triads and Germ Fourier Integral Operators
• Germ Pseudodifferential Operators in Complex Space
• Germ Pseudodifferential Operators
• Classical Germ Pseudodifferential Operators
• Action on distributions
• Action on Hyperfunctions and Microfunctions
• Germ FBI Transforms
• Germ FBI Transforms
• Germ FBI Transforms of Distributions
• The Equivalence Theorem for Distributions
• Analytic Pseudodifferential Operators of Principal Type
• Analytic PDEs of Principal Type : Local Solvability
• Pseudodifferential Operators of Principal Type
• Local Solvability of Analytic PDEs of Principal Type
• Analytic PDEs of Principal Type : Regularity of the Solutions
• A New Concept : Subellipticity
• Statement of the Main Theorem
• Hypoellipticity Implies (Q)
• Property (Q) Implies Subellipticity
• Analytic Hypoellipticity Implies (Q)
• Property (Q) Implies Analytic Hypoellipticity
• The ... Situation
• Propagation of Analytic Singularities
• Appendix : Properties of Real Polynomials in a Single Variable
• Appendix : Analytic Estimates of Exponential Amplitudes
• Solvability of Constant Vector Fields of Type (1,0)
• C-Convexity and Global Solvability
• Local Solvability at the Boundary : First Steps
• Local Solvability at the Boundary : Final Characterization
• The Differential Complex : Generalities
• Appendix : Minima of Families of Plurisubharmonic Functions
• Pseudodifferential Solvability and Property (...)
• Solvability : the Difference between Differential and Pseudodifferential
• Property (...)
• Microlocal Solvability in Distributions
• Pseudodifferential Complexes in Tube Structures
• Pseudodifferential Complexes of Principal Type
• Tube Pseudodifferential Complexes
• Phase-function and Amplitude
• Approximate Homotopy Formulas
• Homotopy Formulas
• Poincaré Lemmas
• References
• Notation Index
• Index

This book provides a coherent, self-contained introduction to central topics of Analytic Partial Differential Equations in the natural geometric setting. The main themes are the analysis in phase-space of analytic PDEs and the Fourier-Bros-Iagolnitzer (FBI) transform of distributions and hyperfunctions, with application to existence and regularity questions. The book begins by establishing the fundamental properties of analytic partial differential equations, starting with the Cauchy-Kovalevskaya theorem, before presenting an integrated overview of the approach to hyperfunctions via analytic functionals, first in Euclidean space and, once the geometric background has been laid out, on analytic manifolds. Further topics include the proof of the Lojaciewicz inequality and the division of distributions by analytic functions, a detailed description of the Frobenius and Nagano foliations, and the Hamilton-Jacobi solutions of involutive systems of eikonal equations. The reader then enters the realm of microlocal analysis, through pseudodifferential calculus, introduced at a basic level, followed by Fourier integral operators, including those with complex phase-functions (a la Sjoestrand). This culminates in an in-depth discussion of the existence and regularity of (distribution or hyperfunction) solutions of analytic differential (and later, pseudodifferential) equations of principal type, exemplifying the usefulness of all the concepts and tools previously introduced. The final three chapters touch on the possible extension of the results to systems of over- (or under-) determined systems of these equations-a cornucopia of open problems.This book provides a unified presentation of a wealth of material that was previously restricted to research articles. In contrast to existing monographs, the approach of the book is analytic rather than algebraic, and tools such as sheaf cohomology, stratification theory of analytic varieties and symplectic geometry are used sparingly and introduced as required. The first half of the book is mainly pedagogical in intent, accessible to advanced graduate students and postdocs, while the second, more specialized part is intended as a reference for researchers.
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• 1. A history of narrative phylogenetics
• 2. From archetypes to ancestors
• 3. The emergence of lineage thinking
• 4. Ernst Haeckel's evolutionary storytelling
• 5. The epistemic rise of hypothetical ancestors
• 6. Intuiting evolution
• 7. Telling straight stories with fossils
• 8. Seeing animal ancestors in embryos
• 9. Ancestral attractions and phylogenetic folklore
• 10. Narrative shortcuts and phylogenetic faux pas
• 11. Taxic distortions of lineage thinking
• 12. Making sense with stories.
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Phylogenetics emerged in the second half of the nineteenth century as a speculative storytelling discipline dedicated to providing narrative explanations for the evolution of taxa and their traits. It coincided with lineage thinking, a process that mentally traces character evolution along lineages of hypothetical ancestors. Ancestors in Evolutionary Biology traces the history of narrative phylogenetics and lineage thinking to the present day, drawing on perspectives from the history of science, philosophy of science, and contemporary scientific debates. It shows how the power of phylogenetic hypotheses to explain evolution resides in the precursor traits of hypothetical ancestors. This book provides a comprehensive exploration of the topic of ancestors, which is central to modern biology, and is therefore of interest to graduate students, researchers, and academics in evolutionary biology, palaeontology, philosophy of science, and the history of science.
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• Preface Part I Fundamentals of Physiology
• Chapter 1 Animals and Environments: Function on the Ecological Stage
• Chapter 2 Molecules and Cells in Animal Physiology
• Chapter 3 Genomics, Proteomics, and Related Approaches to Physiology
• Chapter 4 Physiological Development and Epigenetics
• Chapter 5 Transport of Solutes and Water Part II Food, Energy, and Temperature
• Chapter 6 Nutrition, Feeding, and Digestion
• Chapter 7 Energy Metabolism
• Chapter 8 Aerobic and Anaerobic Forms of Metabolism
• Chapter 9 The Energetics of Aerobic Activity
• Chapter 10 Thermal Relations
• Chapter 11 Food, Energy, and Temperature AT WORK: The Lives of Mammals in Frigid Places Part III Integrating Systems
• Chapter 12 Neurons
• Chapter 13 Synapses
• Chapter 14 Sensory Processes
• Chapter 15 Nervous System Organization and Biological Clocks
• Chapter 16 Endocrine and Neuroendocrine Physiology
• Chapter 17 Reproduction
• Chapter 18 Integrating Systems AT WORK: Animal Navigation Part IV Movement and Muscle
• Chapter 19 Control of Movement
• Chapter 20 Muscle
• Chapter 21 Movement and Muscle AT WORK: Plasticity in Response to Use and Disuse Part V Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide, and Internal Transport
• Chapter 22 Introduction to Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide in Physiology
• Chapter 23 External Respiration: The Physiology of Breathing
• Chapter 24 Transport of Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide in Body Fluids (with an Introduction to Acid- Base Physiology)
• Chapter 25 Circulation
• Chapter 26 Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide, and Internal Transport AT WORK: Diving by Marine Mammals Part VI Water, Salts, and Excretion
• Chapter 27 Water and Salt Physiology: Introduction and Mechanisms
• Chapter 28 Water and Salt Physiology of Animals in Their Environments
• Chapter 29 Kidneys and Excretion (with Notes on Nitrogen Excretion)
• Chapter 30 Water, Salts, and Excretion AT WORK: Mammals of Deserts and Dry Savannas Appendix A The Systeme International and Other Units of Measure Appendix B Prefixes Indicating Orders of Magnitude Appendix C Gases at Standard Temperature and Pressure Appendix D Logarithms Appendix E Exponential and Allometric Equations Appendix F Phylogenetically Independent Contrasts Appendix G The Standard Amino Acids Appendix H Basic Physics Terms Appendix I Summary of Major Bloodborne Hormones in Mammals E-book/online only: Appendix J Fitting Lines to Data Appendix K Mitosis and Meiosis Glossary Index.
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Comprehensive, contemporary, and engaging, Animal Physiology provides evolutionary and ecological context to help students make connections across all levels of physiological scale. One of the major challenges instructors and students face in Animal Physiology is making connections across levels of biological scale. Animal Physiology addresses this challenge by providing ecological and evolutionary context to the study of physiology at all levels of organization: genome, molecular biology, biochemistry, cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems. Hill's inclusion of ecology and evolution helps readers gain a holistic perspective on animal function and sets Animal Physiology apart from texts that focus more narrowly on physiology. Hill's Animal Physiology is trusted by instructors and students because of its authoritative, current, engaging, and lavishly illustrated presentation.
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New mathematical research in arithmetic dynamics In The Arithmetic of Polynomial Dynamical Pairs, Charles Favre and Thomas Gauthier present new mathematical research in the field of arithmetic dynamics. Specifically, the authors study one-dimensional algebraic families of pairs given by a polynomial with a marked point. Combining tools from arithmetic geometry and holomorphic dynamics, they prove an "unlikely intersection" statement for such pairs, thereby demonstrating strong rigidity features for them. They further describe one-dimensional families in the moduli space of polynomials containing infinitely many postcritically finite parameters, proving the dynamical Andre-Oort conjecture for curves in this context, originally stated by Baker and DeMarco. This is a reader-friendly invitation to a new and exciting research area that brings together sophisticated tools from many branches of mathematics.
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• The sky from home
• The moon
• The solar system
• Stars
• Stellar deaths
• Galaxies
• The universe

"Looking up at the night sky, we see not only stars twinkling in their constellations and planets caught mid-orbit but our cosmic family tree. We are here on Earth because billions of years ago the Big Bang created the atoms that, over unimaginable periods of time, formed the stars and galaxies. Generations of stars that burned, exploded, or collided long before our planet was formed created the carbon of our bodies and the iron in our blood. In Astroquizzical, astrophysicist Jillian Scudder takes readers on a curiosity-driven journey through outer space, traveling back in time from Earth to the stars and galaxies to the cosmic explosions of the Big Bang. Scudder proceeds--astroquizzically--question by question, answering and explaining such queries as "What color is the universe?," "Do all planets spin the same way?," and "How many galaxies are there?" Along the way, she proposes a series of thought experiments, including "What would happen if we split the sun in half?" and "What happens to time dilation at the speed of light?" She covers meteors, the aurora, and the Moon (Earth's cosmic companion); Jupiter's stripes and Pluto's mountains; red dwarfs, brown dwarfs, and white dwarfs; the deaths of stars and the abundance of galaxies; and much more. Striking color images illustrate astrophysical marvels." -- Back Cover

• Introduction: Haliaeetus Leucocephalus: the species
• Part One: A bird for a new nation
• Part Two: Predator, symbol, and divine messenger
• Part Three: New science and new attitudes
• Part Four: Restoration
• Epilogue: Reconciliation

The bald eagle is regal but fearless, a bird you're not inclined to argue with. For centuries, Americans have celebrated it as "majestic" and "noble" yet savaged the living bird behind their national symbol as a malicious predator of livestock and, falsely, a snatcher of babies. Taking us from before the United States' founding through inconceivable resurgences of this enduring all-American species, Jack E. Davis contrasts the age when native peoples lived beside it peacefully with that when others, whether through hunting bounties or DDT pesticides, twice pushed Haliaeetus leucocephalus to the brink of extinction. Filled with spectacular stories of Founding Fathers, rapacious hunters, heroic bird rescuers and the lives of bald eagles themselves-monogamous creatures, considered among the animal world's finest parents-The Bald Eagle is a much-awaited cultural and natural history that demonstrates how this bird's wondrous journey may provide inspiration today, as we grapple with environmental peril on a larger scale.
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• Form and function
• Flight and echolocation
• Food and feeding
• Breeding and old age
• Roosts
• Migration
• Predators
• Classification
• Bats and humans
• Conservation

"In this illuminating introduction to the world of bats, Tony Hutson reveals the secrets of these extraordinary creatures. Beginning with their anatomy, Hutson explores how bats' unique characteristics have enabled them to evolve to fill a wide variety of habitats and niches. He examines their different life cycles, dietary strategies, migration patterns, and unique feats of echolocation. And he also discusses their predators, parasites, the man-made threats to their ecosystem, and how the viruses harbored by bats can have an impact on humans. Bats also features an appendix of bat families that details the number of genera and species and their distribution and diet." -- Amazon

• 1 The Big (Bayesian) Picture 2 Bayes' Rule 3 The Beta-Binomial Bayesian Model 4 Balance and Sequentiality in Bayesian Analyses 5 Conjugate Families 6 Approximating the Posterior 7 MCMC Under the Hood 8 Posterior Inference and Prediction 9 Simple Normal Regression 10 Evaluating Regression Models 11 Extending the Normal Regression Model 12 Poisson and Negative Binomial Regression 13 Logistic Regression 14 Naive Bayes Classification 15 Hierarchical Models are Exciting 16 (Normal) Hierarchical Models Without Predictors 17 (Normal) Hierarchical Models With Predictors 18 Non-Normal Hierarchical Regression & Classification 19 Adding More Layers.
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Utilizes data driven examples and exercises. Emphasizes the iterative model building and evaluation process. Surveys an interconnected range of multivariable regression and classification models. Presents fundamental Markov chain Monte Carlo simulation techniques for Bayesian models.
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'A must read for all wildlife lovers' Dominic Dyer Foxes, buzzards, crows, badgers, weasels, seals, kites - Britain and Ireland's predators are impressive and diverse and they capture our collective imagination. But many consider them to our competition, even our enemies. The problem is that predators eat what we farm or use for sport. From foxes and ravens attacking new-born lambs to weasels eating game-bird chicks, predators compete with us, putting them directly into the firing line. Farming, fishing, sport and leisure industries want to see numbers of predators reduced, and conservation organisations also worry that predators are threatening some endangered species. Other people, though, will go to great lengths to protect them from any harm. This clashing of worlds can be intense. So, what do we do? One of the greatest challenges facing conservation today is how, when and where to control predators. It is a highly charged debate. Mary Colwell travels across the UK and Ireland to encounter the predators face to face. She watches their lives in the wild and discovers how they fit into the landscape. She talks to the scientists studying them and the wildlife lovers who want to protect them. She also meets the people who want to control them to protect their livelihoods or sporting interests. In this even-handed exploration of the issues, Mary provides a thoughtful and reasoned analysis of the debates surrounding our bittersweet relationship with predators.
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• Getting started
• A diversity of birds
• How to identify birds
• Understanding birds
• Field craft
• Birding at home
• Go farther

"Targeted to beginners and beyond, National Geographic's fun, inspiring guide to the art, craft, and science of bird-watching combines practical know-how and expert knowledge. Browsable and bursting with helpful illustrations and photographs, Birding Basics offers new ideas for when, where, and how to get to know the birds in your world. Not a field guide but a primer in best practices, authored by birding expert Noah Strycker, this breezy book features easy-to-follow advice on what to look and listen for, how to use field guides and birding apps, the best equipment to start with, and ways to engage with other birders around the world. Filled with fun facts and seasoned advice, this useful book will help you attract birds to your backyard, master bird identification, name a bird by its song, and witness the magic of migration. Sidebars feature fun facts, identification tips, and easy projects for exploring the world on the wing. For everyone who loves watching the birds, whether out the window or on the trail, this colorful, easy-to-use guide to better birding has everything you need"-- Provided by publisher

• 1. What is behavioral neuroscience?
• Part I. Neural foundations of behavior: the basic equipment
• 2. Communication within the nervous system
• 3. The organization and functions of the nervous system
• 4. The methods and ethics of research
• Part II. Motivation and emotion: what makes us go
• 5. Drugs, addiction, and reward
• 6. Motivation and the regulation of internal states
• 7. The biology of sex and gender
• 8. Emotion and health
• Part III. Interacting with the world
• 9. Hearing and language
• 10. Vision and visual perception
• 11. The body senses and movement
• Part IV. Complex behavior
• 12. Learning and memory
• 13. Intelligence and cognitive functioning
• 14. Psychological disorders
• 15. Sleep and consciousness

• Publishers Note
• Introduction
• Profiles: Agricultural Engineer
• Agricultural/Food Science Technician
• Agricultural/Food Scientist
• Anthropologist/Archeologist
• Biochemist/Biophysicist
• Bioengineer/Biomedical Engineer
• Biological Technician
• Chemical Engineer
• Chemist/Materials Scientist
• Clinical Laboratory Technologist/Technician
• Conservation Scientist/Forester
• Dietitian/Nutritionist
• Environmental Engineer
• Environmental Engineering Technologist/Technician
• Environmental Science/Protection Technician
• Environmental Scientist/Specialist
• Epidemiologist
• Exercise Physiologist
• Forensic Science Technician
• Forest/Conservation Worker
• Genetic Counselor
• Mathematician/Statistician
• Medical Scientist
• Microbiologist
• Natural Sciences Manager
• Physician/Surgeon
• Postsecondary Teacher
• Radiologic/MRI Technologist
• Registered Nurse
• Veterinarian
• Zoologist/Wildlife Biologist
• Appendix A: Holland Code
• Appendix B: General Bibliography
• Appendix C: List of Organizations and Resources
• Index

Biology is the natural science that studies life and living organisms. A career in biology can mean the study of evolution, the study of health and disease, the study of the preservation of the natural environment, the study of pollen, or the study of animal behavior, to name a few. Biologists can work in a classroom, in a laboratory, on a farm, or under the ocean, so someone who is interested in a career in this field has many options to choose from.
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• Categories Representations Classical covering theory Basics of 2-categories 2-categorical covering theory under pseudo-actions of a group Computations of orbit categories and smash products Relationships between module categories 2-categorical covering theory under colax actions of a category Set theory for the foundation of category theorem Supplement to the original version Bibliography Index.
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This book gives a self-contained account of applications of category theory to the theory of representations of algebras. Its main focus is on 2-categorical techniques, including 2-categorical covering theory. The book has few prerequisites beyond linear algebra and elementary ring theory, but familiarity with the basics of representations of quivers and of category theory will be helpful. In addition to providing an introduction to category theory, the book develops useful tools such as quivers, adjoints, string diagrams, and tensor products over a small category; gives an exposition of new advances such as a 2-categorical generalization of Cohen-Montgomery duality in pseudo-actions of a group; and develops the moderation level of categories, first proposed by Levy, to avoid the set theoretic paradox in category theory. The book is accessible to advanced undergraduate and graduate students who would like to study the representation theory of algebras, and it contains many exercises. It can be used as the textbook for an introductory course on the category theoretic approach with an emphasis on 2-categories, and as a reference for researchers in algebra interested in derived equivalences and covering theory.
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A comprehensive framework for understanding species coexistence Coexistence is the central concept in community ecology, but an understanding of this concept requires that we study the actual mechanisms of species interactions. Coexistence in Ecology examines the major features of these mechanisms for species that coexist at different positions in complex food webs, and derives empirical tests from model predictions. Exploring the various challenges species face, Mark McPeek systematically builds a model food web, beginning with an ecosystem devoid of life and then adding one species at a time. With the introduction of each new species, he evaluates the properties it must possess to invade a community and quantifies the changes in the abundances of other species that result from a successful invasion. McPeek continues this process until he achieves a multitrophic level food web with many species coexisting at each trophic level, from omnivores, mutualists, and pathogens to herbivores, carnivores, and basic plants. He then describes the observational and experimental empirical studies that can test the theoretical predictions resulting from the model analyses. Synthesizing decades of theoretical research in community ecology, Coexistence in Ecology offers new perspectives on how to develop an empirical program of study rooted in the natural histories of species and the mechanisms by which they actually interact with one another.
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• Endless possibilities
• Life, the universe and everything
• The perfect circle
• Rock of ages
• A brief history of time
• Live free
• The magic orchid
• Does my dog love me?
• The universe through a keyhole

"The complete story of the universe and absolutely everything in it (minus the boring parts). Despite our clever linguistic abilities, humans are spectacularly ill-equipped to comprehend what's happening in the universe. Our senses and intuition routinely mislead us. "The Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything (Abridged)" tells the story of how we came to suppress our monkey minds and perceive the true nature of reality. Written with wit and humor, this brief book tells the story of science -- tales of fumbles and missteps, errors and egos, hard work, accidents, and some really bad decisions -- all of which have created the sum total of human knowledge. Geneticist Adam Rutherford and mathematician Hannah Fry guide readers through time and space, through our bodies and brains, showing how emotions shape our view of reality, how our minds tell us lies, and why a mostly bald and curious ape decided to begin poking at the fabric of the universe. Rutherford and Fry shine as science sleuths, wrestling with some truly head-scratching questions: Where did time come from? Do we have free will? Does my dog love me? Hilarious sidebars present memorable scientific oddities: for example, hypnotized snails, human-sized ants, and the average time it takes most animals to evacuate their bladders. (A surprisingly consistent twenty-one seconds, if you must know.) Both rigorous and playful, this book is a celebration of the weirdness of the cosmos, the strangeness of humans, and the joys and follies of scientific discovery"-- Provided by publisher

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• 1. Preliminaries. -
• 2. Completeness Theorems for Compact Hilbert Space Operators. -
• 3. Compact Hilbert Space Operators of Order One. -
• 4. Completeness for a Class of Banach Space Operators. -
• 5. Characteristic Matrix Functions for a Class of Operators. -
• 6. Finite Rank Perturbations of Volterra Operators. -
• 7. Finite Rank Perturbations of Operators of Integration. -
• 8. Discrete Case: Infinite Leslie Operators. -
• 9. Semi-Separable Operators and Completeness. -
• 10. Periodic Delay Equations. -
• 11. Completeness Theorems for Period Maps. -
• 12. Completeness for Perturbations of Unbounded Operators. -
• 13. Applications to Dynamical Systems. -
• 14. Results from the Theory of Entire Functions. - Epilogue.
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This monograph presents necessary and sufficient conditions for completeness of the linear span of eigenvectors and generalized eigenvectors of operators that admit a characteristic matrix function in a Banach space setting. Classical conditions for completeness based on the theory of entire functions are further developed for this specific class of operators. The classes of bounded operators that are investigated include trace class and Hilbert-Schmidt operators, finite rank perturbations of Volterra operators, infinite Leslie operators, discrete semi-separable operators, integral operators with semi-separable kernels, and period maps corresponding to delay differential equations. The classes of unbounded operators that are investigated appear in a natural way in the study of infinite dimensional dynamical systems such as mixed type functional differential equations, age-dependent population dynamics, and in the analysis of the Markov semigroup connected to the recently introduced zig-zag process.
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Completion problems for operator matrices are concerned with the question of whether a partially specified operator matrix can be completed to form an operator of a desired type. The research devoted to this topic provides an excellent means to investigate the structure of operators. This book provides an overview of completion problems dealing with completions to different types of operators and can be considered as a natural extension of classical results concerned with matrix completions. The book assumes some basic familiarity with functional analysis and operator theory. It will be useful for graduate students and researchers interested in operator theory and the problem of matrix completions.
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• Introduction Integrability and symmetries of nonlinear differential and difference equations in two independent variables Symmetries as integrability criteria Construction of lattice equations and their Lax pair Transformation groups for quad lattice equations Algebraic entropy of the nonautonomous Boll equations Translation from Russian of R. I. Yamilov, ''On the classification of discrete eqautions'', reference [841] No quad-graph equation can have a generalized symmetry given by the narita-Itoh-Bogoyavlensky equation Bibliography Subject Index.
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This book on integrable systems and symmetries presents new results on applications of symmetries and integrability techniques to the case of equations defined on the lattice. This relatively new field has many applications, for example, in describing the evolution of crystals and molecular systems defined on lattices, and in finding numerical approximations for differential equations preserving their symmetries. The book contains three chapters and five appendices. The first chapter is an introduction to the general ideas about symmetries, lattices, differential difference and partial difference equations and Lie point symmetries defined on them. Chapter 2 deals with integrable and linearizable systems in two dimensions. The authors start from the prototype of integrable and linearizable partial differential equations, the Korteweg de Vries and the Burgers equations. Then they consider the best known integrable differential difference and partial difference equations. Chapter 3 considers generalized symmetries and conserved densities as integrability criteria. The appendices provide details which may help the readers' understanding of the subjects presented in Chapters 2 and 3. This book is written for PhD students and early researchers, both in theoretical physics and in applied mathematics, who are interested in the study of symmetries and integrability of difference equations.
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• Preface
• 1. Introduction
• Part I. The Homogenous Universe: 2. The expanding universe
• 3. The hot Big Bang
• 4. Cosmological inflation
• Part II. The Inhomogenous Universe: 5. Structure formation
• 6. Relativistic perturbation theory
• 7. Cosmic microwave background
• 8. Quantum initial conditions
• 9. Outlook
• Appendices: Index.
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The author - a leading theoretical cosmologist - expands on his widely acclaimed lecture notes in this self-contained textbook, suitable for the advanced undergraduate or starting graduate level. Presenting the key theoretical foundations of cosmology and describing the observations that have turned the subject into a precision science, the author keeps the student in mind on every page by explaining concepts step-by-step, in an approachable manner. After describing the dynamics of the homogeneous universe, the book traces the evolution of small density fluctuations, which were created quantum-mechanically during inflation and are today observed in the cosmic microwave background and the large-scale structure of the universe. The book is ideally suited as a course companion or for self-study. With all necessary background material covered, students have everything they need to establish an unrivalled understanding of the subject. Complete with many worked examples, figures, and homework problems, this textbook is a definitive resource for advanced students in physics, astronomy and applied mathematics.
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• List of Contributors
• 1. Introduction Alexandre K. Monro
• 2. Cryptic species: A product of the paradigm difference between taxonomic and evolutionary species Simon J. Mayo
• 3. Species circumscription in cryptic clades: A Nihilist's view Richard M. Bateman
• 4. Multilevel organismal diversity in an ontogenetic framework as a solution for the species concept Alexander Martynov and Tatiana Korshunova
• 5. Diagnosability and cryptic nodes in Angiosperms: A case study from Ipomoea Pablo Munoz-Rodriguez, John. R. I. Wood and Robert W. Scotland
• 6. Connecting micro- and macro-evolutionary research - extant cryptic species as systems to understand macro-evolutionary stasis Torsten H. Struck and Jose Cerca
• 7. Coexisting cryptic species as a model system in integrative taxonomy Cene Fiser and Klemen Koselj
• 8. Non-monophyletic species are common in plants: An ecological evolutionary perspective Matt Lavin and R. Toby Pennington
• 9. Guerrilla taxonomy and discriminating cryptic species - is quick also dirty? Paul H. Williams
• 10. Cryptic lineages among Seychelles herpetofauna Jim Labisko, Simon T. Maddock, Sara Rocha, David J. Gower
• 11. Cryptic diversity in European terrestrial flatworms of the genus Microplana (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Geoplanidae) Marta Alvarez-Presas, Eduardo Mateos, Ronald Sluys and Marta Riutort.
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Cryptic species are organisms which look identical, but which represent distinct evolutionary lineages. They are an emerging trend in organismal biology across all groups, from flatworms, insects, amphibians, primates, to vascular plants. This book critically evaluates the phenomenon of cryptic species and demonstrates how they can play a valuable role in improving our understanding of evolution, in particular of morphological stasis. It also explores how the recognition of cryptic species is intrinsically linked to the so-called 'species problem', the lack of a unifying species concept in biology, and suggests alternative approaches. Bringing together a range of perspectives from practicing taxonomists, the book presents case studies of cryptic species across a range of animal and plant groups. It will be an invaluable text for all biologists interested in species and their delimitation, definition, and purpose, including undergraduate and graduate students and researchers.
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• Precambrian. Hadean; Archaean; Proterozoic; Ediacaran
• Palaeozoic. Cambrian; Ordovician; Silurian; Devonian; Carboniferous; Permian
• Mesozoic. Triassic; Jurassic; Cretaceous
• Cenozoic. Palaeogene; Neogene; Quaternary

"It is difficult to conceive of the vast scale of the history of life on Earth, from the very first living organisms sparking into life in hydrothermal deep-sea vents to the dizzying diversity of life today. The evolution of life is a sweeping epic of a tale, with twists and turns, surprising heroes and unlikely survivors. The Earth beautifully distils this complex story into a meaningful scale. In taking a closer look at 47 carefully selected organisms over fifteen periods in our planetary history, this book tells the whole story of life on Earth, and the interconnectedness that unites us through our ecosystems and planetary history. Prepare to be confounded by the ingenuity of evolutionary biologies, humbled by our own brief part in this epic history, and disquieted by our disproportionate impact on the world we call home"--Amazon

• Foreword / by Costa Georgiadis
• My foraging journey
• Introduction
• Backyard
• Urban streets and parklands
• Sea
• River
• Forest
• Resources
• Notes

"A guide to finding, identifying, and eating wild plants. An essential for anyone interested in reviving the lost art of foraging."-- Publisher description

• Preface
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Physics Background for Ecohydrology
• 3. The Soil
• 4. The Plant
• 5. The Atmosphere
• 6. Stochastic Tools for Ecohydrology
• 7. Stochastic Soil Moisture Dynamics
• 8. From Plant Water Stress to Ecosystem Structure
• 9. Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Cycles
• 10. Ecohydrology of Agroecosystems
• Index.
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Ecohydrology is a fast-growing branch of science at the interface of ecology and geophysics, studying the interaction between soil, water, vegetation, microbiome, atmosphere, climate, and human society. This textbook gathers the fundamentals of hydrology, ecology, environmental engineering, agronomy, and atmospheric science to provide a rigorous yet accessible description of the tools necessary for the mathematical modelling of water, energy, carbon, and nutrient transport within the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum. By focusing on the dynamics at multiple time scales, from the diurnal scale in the soil-plant-atmospheric system, to long-term stochastic dynamics of water availability responsible for ecological patterns and environmental fluctuations, it explains the impact of hydroclimatic variability on vegetation and soil microbial systems through biogeochemical cycles and ecosystems under different socioeconomical pressures. It is aimed at advanced students, researchers and professionals in hydrology, ecology, Earth science, environmental engineering, environmental science, agronomy, and atmospheric science.
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• The main construction and outline of the proof
• Preliminary estimates
• The nonlinearities N^h/[infinity][beta] and n^[psi]
• Improved energy estimates
• Improved profile bounds
• The main theorems

A definitive proof of global nonlinear stability of Minkowski space-time as a solution of the Einstein-Klein-Gordon equations This book provides a definitive proof of global nonlinear stability of Minkowski space-time as a solution of the Einstein-Klein-Gordon equations of general relativity. Along the way, a novel robust analytical framework is developed, which extends to more general matter models. Alexandru Ionescu and Benoit Pausader prove global regularity at an appropriate level of generality of the initial data, and then prove several important asymptotic properties of the resulting space-time, such as future geodesic completeness, peeling estimates of the Riemann curvature tensor, conservation laws for the ADM tensor, and Bondi energy identities and inequalities. The book is self-contained, providing complete proofs and precise statements, which develop a refined theory for solutions of quasilinear Klein-Gordon and wave equations, including novel linear and bilinear estimates. Only mild decay assumptions are made on the scalar field and the initial metric is allowed to have nonisotropic decay consistent with the positive mass theorem. The framework incorporates analysis both in physical and Fourier space, and is compatible with previous results on other physical models such as water waves and plasma physics.
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The electrophoresis techniques are used in medicine, biochemistry, analytical chemistry, and biology to separate soluble and insoluble proteins, nucleic acids, chromosomes, viruses, as well as lysosomes, mitochondria, ribosomes and other cell organelles, red cells, tissue cells, and parasites. This book provides a view over the old electrophoresis techniques, as well as the recent developments in electrophoresis. Electrophoresis Fundamentals is based on the recent book Electrophoresis: Theory and Practice published in 2020 by De Gruyter. The previous book combines theory and technical applications with troubleshooting and problem solving. While Electrophoresis is intended for specialists, Electrophoresis Fundamentals is a book for laboratory technicians, students, biochemists, general practitioners, and more.
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• Existence.- Small Ramsey Numbers.- Basic Probalistic Method.- Random Graph.- Lovasz Local Lemma.- Constructive Lower Bounds.- Turan Number and Related Ramsey Number.- Communication Channels.- Dependent Random Choice.- Quasi-Random Graphs.- Regularity Lemma and van der Waerden Number.- More Ramsey Linear Functions.- Various Ramsey Problems.
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This book is intended to provide graduate students and researchers in graph theory with an overview of the elementary methods of graph Ramsey theory. It is especially targeted towards graduate students in extremal graph theory, graph Ramsey theory, and related fields, as the included contents allow the text to be used in seminars. It is structured in thirteen chapters which are application-focused and largely independent, enabling readers to target specific topics and information to focus their study. The first chapter includes a true beginner's overview of elementary examples in graph Ramsey theory mainly using combinatorial methods. The following chapters progress through topics including the probabilistic methods, algebraic construction, regularity method, but that's not all. Many related interesting topics are also included in this book, such as the disproof for a conjecture of Borsuk on geometry, intersecting hypergraphs, Turan numbers and communication channels, etc.
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