The Politics of Species by Raymond Corbey,Annette Lanjouw

Mammal Teeth

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

The House of Owls

For 1 / 4 of a century, Tony Angell and his kin shared the extraordinary event of heavily gazing pairs of western screech owls that occupied a nesting field outdoors the window in their woodland domestic. The journals within which the writer recorded his observations, and the fascinating drawings he created, shape the guts of this compelling book—a own account of an artist-naturalist’s lifestyles 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 a very good horned owl.

Social Behavior of Female Vertebrates

Social habit of lady Vertebrates specializes in the evolution of reproductive habit in girl 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 structures; the co-evolution of the sexes; sex-role reversal; reproductive festival among adult females; maternal habit; and the way women improve the funding got by means of their offspring from others.