The Neurobiology and Genetics of Nicotine and Tobacco by David J.K. Balfour,Marcus R. Munafò

Mammal Teeth

During this targeted e-book, Peter S. Ungar tells the tale of mammalian enamel from their starting place via their evolution to their present variety. Mammal tooth strains the evolutionary background of tooth, starting with the first actual mineralized vertebrate buildings part one billion years in the past. Ungar describes how the easy conical enamel of early vertebrates grew to become the molars, incisors, and other kinds we see in mammals at the present time.

The House of Owls

For 1 / 4 of a century, Tony Angell and his relations shared the striking adventure of heavily looking at pairs of western screech owls that occupied a nesting field outdoor the window in their wooded area domestic. The journals within which the writer recorded his observations, and the beautiful drawings he created, shape the center 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 glossy classics One Man’s Owl and brain of the Raven, Bernd Heinrich has written memorably approximately his relationships with wild ravens and an exceptional horned owl.

Social Behavior of Female Vertebrates

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