Progestins and the Mammary Gland: From Basic Science to by Orla M. Conneely,Christiane Otto

Mammal Teeth

During this distinct e-book, Peter S. Ungar tells the tale of mammalian enamel from their foundation via their evolution to their present variety. Mammal the teeth strains the evolutionary background of enamel, starting with the first actual mineralized vertebrate buildings part 1000000000 years in the past. Ungar describes how the easy conical enamel of early vertebrates turned the molars, incisors, and different kinds we see in mammals this present day.

The House of Owls

For 1 / 4 of a century, Tony Angell and his relations shared the impressive adventure of heavily watching pairs of western screech owls that occupied a nesting field outdoor the window in their woodland domestic. The journals during which the writer recorded his observations, and the pleasing drawings he created, shape the guts of this compelling book—a own account of an artist-naturalist’s existence with owls.

One Wild Bird at a Time: Portraits of Individual Lives

The acclaimed scientist's encounters with individual wild birds, yielding “marvelous, mind-altering” (Los Angeles Times) insights and discoveries In his sleek classics One Man’s Owl and brain of the Raven, Bernd Heinrich has written memorably approximately his relationships with wild ravens and a very good horned owl.

Social Behavior of Female Vertebrates

Social habit of lady Vertebrates makes a speciality of the evolution of reproductive habit in lady vertebrates starting from fish to birds and people, together with problems with mate selection and different components underlying lady attitudes towards men. It additionally seems to be on the evolution of mating structures; the co-evolution of the sexes; sex-role reversal; reproductive pageant among ladies; maternal habit; and the way adult females improve the funding acquired by means of their offspring from others.