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Fressen, nicht-gefressen-Werden, Paarungspartner finden und Junge erfolgreich aufziehen Peter Kappeler erläutert, ausgehend von den vier "Grundproblemen", die jedes Tier lösen muss, die Verhaltensbiologie als integrative Disziplin der organismischen Biologie. Er berücksichtigt dabei - die evolutionäre Bedeutung diverser Anpassungen des Verhaltens, - die Ausprägung von Verhaltensweisen durch ökologische Rahmenbedingungen, life history-Strategien sowie bauplanspezifische, anatomische und physiologische Zwänge und Möglichkeiten, - moderne Konzepte und Erkenntnisse der Verhaltensökologie, Soziobiologie und Evolutionsbiologie. Der didaktische Schwerpunkt liegt auf einer klaren Darstellung und Übersicht der grundlegenden Prinzipien und Probleme. Klassische und vor allem aktuelle Beispiele, besonders aus dem deutschsprachigen Raum, illustrieren die theoretischen Grundsätze.

Behavioral sciences. --- Animal ecology. --- Neurosciences. --- Neurobiology. --- Biological psychology. --- Behavioral Sciences. --- Animal Ecology. --- Biological Psychology.

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The book offers a unique synthesis and critical evaluation of data, methods, and studies.

Habitat (Ecology) --- Animal ecology. --- Animals --- Zoology --- Ecology --- Animal habitat --- Animal habitats --- Habitats (Ecology) --- Wildlife habitat --- Wildlife habitats --- Habitat --- Habitats

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Small mammals are among the most ubiquitous and important components of terrestrial ecosystems. They have coevolved, and now coexist, with a diverse array of parasites, such that not only are all aspects of their biology influenced by parasitism but they also play key roles in the transmission and maintenance of parasitic diseases. This book provides a comprehensive survey of the diversity and biology of metazoan parasites affecting small mammals, of their impact on host individuals and populations, and of the management implications of these parasites for conservation biology and human welfare. Designed for a broad, multidisciplinary audience, it will be an essential resource for researchers, students, and practitioners alike in the fields of parasitology, evolutionary ecology, wildlife management, and conservation biology.

Mammals --- Host-parasite relationships. --- Parasites. --- Host-organism relationships --- Host-pathogen relationships --- Parasite-host relationships --- Pathogen-host relationships --- Relationships, Host-parasite --- Parasitism --- Medicine. --- Animal ecology. --- Zoology. --- Molecular Medicine. --- Animal Ecology. --- Animals --- Zoology --- Ecology --- Clinical sciences --- Medical profession --- Human biology --- Life sciences --- Medical sciences --- Pathology --- Physicians --- Biology --- Natural history --- Health Workforce --- Molecular biology. --- Molecular biochemistry --- Molecular biophysics --- Biochemistry --- Biophysics --- Biomolecules --- Systems biology

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Anisoptera is the first of two volumes on the Odonata in the series Encyclopedia of South American Aquatic Insects. The second will treat the Zygoptera. The Anisoptera volume encompasses the large dragonfly species. A brief review of the biology of the group includes illustrations of the main morphological features as well as explanations of alternative systems for naming the wing veins and other structures.  This will prepare the user of the volume to understand the different names for the same structures that he will encounter in the literature.    The review is then followed by keys to facilitate identification of the adult dragonflies and the known larvae, allowing the user a high probability of identifying his specimens correctly.  In addition to anatomical features, the keys include the known ranges of the species, synonyms, and citations of literature in which more information about each individual species can be obtained.  These citations are compiled in an extensive bibliography, including titles of the original publications in which descriptions of almost all South American species appeared.  Although taxonomic revisions are deliberately avoided, suggestions for additional research are provided where the validity of taxa seems doubtful.  To provide the user with the best possible opportunity to distinguish the species, the keys are richly illustrated with pen and ink drawings of thousands of individual morphological structures arranged in 797 figures.  It is certain that significant changes will occur in the systematics of South American dragonflies in the future, and this book should provide the impetus needed to accelerate the revisional work.  Meanwhile, it will provide a comprehensive overview of the Anisoptera in South America that is otherwise unavailable to most South American scientists because of the great difficulties in obtaining the hundreds of publications from numerous countries in which the descriptions and revisions of the species appeared.  It also provides young entomologists with a basic text for learning what they need to know to work effectively with the Anisoptera of South America and adjacent regions.  Already published within this encyclopedia: -Encyclopedia of South American Aquatic Insects: Collembola ISBN: 0-7923-6704-9 -Encyclopedia of South American Aquatic Insects: Ephemeroptera ISBN: 1-4020-0775-2 -Encyclopedia of South American Aquatic Insects: Plecoptera ISBN: 1-4020-1520-8 Forthcoming book titles: Forthcoming book titles: -Encyclopedia of South American Aquatic Insects: Odonata - Zygoptera -Encyclopedia of South American Aquatic Insects: Orthoptera -Encyclopedia of South American Aquatic Insects: Heteroptera; -Encyclopedia of South American Aquatic Insects: Neuroptera, including Megaloptera -Encyclopedia of South American Aquatic Insects: Trichoptera -Encyclopedia of South American Aquatic Insects: Lepidoptera -Encyclopedia of South American Aquatic Insects: Coleoptera -Encyclopedia of South American Aquatic Insects: Diptera -Encyclopedia of South American Aquatic Insects: Hymenoptera.

dierenecologie --- hydrobiologie --- nomenclatuur --- Zoology --- zoölogie --- Animal systematics, taxonomy, nomencl. --- Hydrobiology --- Animal ethology and ecology. Sociobiology --- Odonata --- Dragonflies --- Anisoptera --- Libelluloidea --- Odes (Insects) --- Odonates --- Paraneuroptera --- Insects --- Entomology. --- Animal ecology. --- Aquatic biology. --- Zoology. --- Animal Ecology. --- Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography. --- Freshwater & Marine Ecology. --- Biology --- Natural history --- Animals --- Water biology --- Aquatic sciences --- Ecology --- Animal systematics. --- Animal taxonomy. --- Aquatic ecology . --- Aquatic biology --- Animal classification --- Animal systematics --- Animal taxonomy --- Classification --- Systematic zoology --- Systematics (Zoology) --- Taxonomy, Animal --- Zoological classification --- Zoological systematics --- Zoological taxonomy

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Ringtailed Lemur Biology is the first comprehensive volume dedicated to the Lemur catta, Madagascar's flagship species, whose black and white tails adorn tourist brochures and children's schoolbooks, and which has been studied in the wild for forty years. Written by leading research scientists in the field, this is the authoritative volume on ringtailed lemur distribution, ecology, social behavior, and health and includes the first maps of their distribution, population, and decline. The editors, and contributors, have united to produce a book of cutting edge knowledge on the lemur species whose troop structure is most like the monkeys of other continents but which proves, like so much else in Madagascar, to be unique.

Ring-tailed lemur. --- Biology. --- Life sciences --- Biomass --- Life (Biology) --- Natural history --- Lemur catta --- Madagascar cat --- Lemur (Genus) --- Zoology. --- Animal ecology. --- Animal behavior. --- Ecology. --- Vertebrates. --- Animal Ecology. --- Behavioral Sciences. --- Community & Population Ecology. --- Vertebrata --- Chordata --- Balance of nature --- Biology --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Population biology --- Animals --- Animals, Habits and behavior of --- Behavior, Animal --- Ethology --- Animal psychology --- Zoology --- Ethologists --- Psychology, Comparative --- Ecology --- Behavior --- Behavioral sciences. --- Community ecology, Biotic. --- Biocenoses --- Biocoenoses --- Biogeoecology --- Biological communities --- Biomes --- Biotic community ecology --- Communities, Biotic --- Community ecology, Biotic --- Ecological communities --- Ecosystems --- Natural communities