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Titre : Wolves: behavior, ecology, and conservation Type de document : livre Auteurs : Mech, L.David (Ed.), Éditeur scientifique ; Boitani, Luigi (Ed.), Éditeur scientifique Editeur : Chicago : University of Chicago Press Année de publication : 2006 Importance : 448 p. ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-226-51697-4 Note générale : Cop. 2003 The University Press, publ. 2003, paperback ed. 2006 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Animal behavior Animal ecology Resource conservation Wolves Résumé : Le site éditeur indique : Wolves are some of the world’s most charismatic and controversial animals, capturing the imaginations of their friends and foes alike. Highly intelligent and adaptable, they hunt and play together in close-knit packs, sometimes roaming over hundreds of square miles in search of food. Once teetering on the brink of extinction across much of the United States and Europe, wolves have made a tremendous comeback in recent years, thanks to legal protection, changing human attitudes, and efforts to reintroduce them to suitable habitats in North America.
As wolf populations have rebounded, scientific studies of them have also flourished. But there hasn’t been a systematic, comprehensive overview of wolf biology since 1970. In Wolves, many of the world’s leading wolf experts provide state-of-the-art coverage of just about everything you could want to know about these fascinating creatures. Individual chapters cover wolf social ecology, behavior, communication, feeding habits and hunting techniques, population dynamics, physiology and pathology, molecular genetics, evolution and taxonomy, interactions with nonhuman animals such as bears and coyotes, reintroduction, interactions with humans, and conservation and recovery efforts. The book discusses both gray and red wolves in detail and includes information about wolves around the world, from the United States and Canada to Italy, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Israel, India, and Mongolia.En ligne : https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/W/bo3641392.html Wolves: behavior, ecology, and conservation [livre] / Mech, L.David (Ed.), Éditeur scientifique ; Boitani, Luigi (Ed.), Éditeur scientifique . - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006 . - 448 p.
ISBN : 978-0-226-51697-4
Cop. 2003 The University Press, publ. 2003, paperback ed. 2006
Langues : Anglais (eng)
Mots-clés : Animal behavior Animal ecology Resource conservation Wolves Résumé : Le site éditeur indique : Wolves are some of the world’s most charismatic and controversial animals, capturing the imaginations of their friends and foes alike. Highly intelligent and adaptable, they hunt and play together in close-knit packs, sometimes roaming over hundreds of square miles in search of food. Once teetering on the brink of extinction across much of the United States and Europe, wolves have made a tremendous comeback in recent years, thanks to legal protection, changing human attitudes, and efforts to reintroduce them to suitable habitats in North America.
As wolf populations have rebounded, scientific studies of them have also flourished. But there hasn’t been a systematic, comprehensive overview of wolf biology since 1970. In Wolves, many of the world’s leading wolf experts provide state-of-the-art coverage of just about everything you could want to know about these fascinating creatures. Individual chapters cover wolf social ecology, behavior, communication, feeding habits and hunting techniques, population dynamics, physiology and pathology, molecular genetics, evolution and taxonomy, interactions with nonhuman animals such as bears and coyotes, reintroduction, interactions with humans, and conservation and recovery efforts. The book discusses both gray and red wolves in detail and includes information about wolves around the world, from the United States and Canada to Italy, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Israel, India, and Mongolia.En ligne : https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/W/bo3641392.html Exemplaires(1)
Code-barres Cote Support Localisation Section Disponibilité 68687 MEC_04_68687 Livre Salle des ouvrages 04_Ecologie_animale Disponible
Titre : Antipredator defenses in birds and mammals Type de document : livre Auteurs : T. Caro, Auteur Editeur : Chicago : University of Chicago Press Année de publication : 2005 Collection : Interspecific interactions Importance : 591 p. ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-226-09436-6 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Birds Defence mechanisms Defenses Mammals Résumé : In nature, the ability to defend against predators is fundamental to an animal's survival. From the giraffes that rely on their spotted coats to blend into the patchy light of their woodland habitats to the South American sea lions that pile themselves in heaps to ward off the killer whales that prey on them in the shallow surf, defense strategies in the animal kingdom are seemingly innumerable. In Antipredator Defenses in Birds and Mammals, Tim Caro ambitiously synthesizes predator defenses in birds and mammals and integrates all functional and evolutionary perspectives on antipredator defenses that have developed over the last century. Structured chronologically along a hypothetical sequence of predation-Caro evokes a gazelle fawn desperate to survive a cheetah attack to illustrate the continuum of the evolution of antipredator defenses-Antipredator Defenses in Birds and Mammals considers the defenses that prey use to avoid detection by predators; the benefits of living in groups; morphological and behavioral defenses in individuals and groups; and, finally, flight and adaptations of last resort. En ligne : http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip053/2004026464.html Antipredator defenses in birds and mammals [livre] / T. Caro, Auteur . - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005 . - 591 p.. - (Interspecific interactions) .
ISBN : 978-0-226-09436-6
Langues : Anglais (eng)
Mots-clés : Birds Defence mechanisms Defenses Mammals Résumé : In nature, the ability to defend against predators is fundamental to an animal's survival. From the giraffes that rely on their spotted coats to blend into the patchy light of their woodland habitats to the South American sea lions that pile themselves in heaps to ward off the killer whales that prey on them in the shallow surf, defense strategies in the animal kingdom are seemingly innumerable. In Antipredator Defenses in Birds and Mammals, Tim Caro ambitiously synthesizes predator defenses in birds and mammals and integrates all functional and evolutionary perspectives on antipredator defenses that have developed over the last century. Structured chronologically along a hypothetical sequence of predation-Caro evokes a gazelle fawn desperate to survive a cheetah attack to illustrate the continuum of the evolution of antipredator defenses-Antipredator Defenses in Birds and Mammals considers the defenses that prey use to avoid detection by predators; the benefits of living in groups; morphological and behavioral defenses in individuals and groups; and, finally, flight and adaptations of last resort. En ligne : http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip053/2004026464.html Exemplaires(1)
Code-barres Cote Support Localisation Section Disponibilité 67606 CAR_04_67606 Livre Salle des ouvrages 04_Ecologie_animale Disponible
Titre : Unruly complexity: ecology, interpretation, engagement Type de document : livre Auteurs : Taylor, P.J. Editeur : Chicago : University of Chicago Press Année de publication : 2005 Importance : 289 p. ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-226-79036-7 Note générale : Inventaire 2008: Pointé et emprunté le 25/03/2008 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Ecology Philosophy Science Simulation methods Social aspects Note de contenu : Pbk; En ligne : http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip058/2005002891.html Unruly complexity: ecology, interpretation, engagement [livre] / Taylor, P.J. . - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005 . - 289 p.
ISBN : 978-0-226-79036-7
Inventaire 2008: Pointé et emprunté le 25/03/2008
Langues : Anglais (eng)
Mots-clés : Ecology Philosophy Science Simulation methods Social aspects Note de contenu : Pbk; En ligne : http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip058/2005002891.html Exemplaires(1)
Code-barres Cote Support Localisation Section Disponibilité 67508 Tay_15_67508 Livre Salle des ouvrages 15_Ecologie_générale Disponible
Titre : Foundations of biogeography: classic papers with commentaries Type de document : livre Auteurs : Mark V. Lomolino, Éditeur scientifique ; Dov F. Sax, Éditeur scientifique ; James H. Brown, Éditeur scientifique Editeur : Chicago : University of Chicago Press Année de publication : 2004 Importance : 1291 p. ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-226-49237-7 Note générale : ISBN-10 : 0-226-49237-0; Published in association with the International Biogeography Society and the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (USA) Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Analysis Association Biogeography Résumé : Foundations of Biogeography provides facsimile reprints of seventy-two works that have proven fundamental to the development of the field. From classics by Georges-Louis LeClerc Compte de Buffon, Alexander von Humboldt, and Charles Darwin to equally seminal contributions by Ernst Mayr, Robert MacArthur, and E. O. Wilson, these papers and book excerpts not only reveal biogeography's historical roots but also trace its theoretical and empirical development. Selected and introduced by leading biogeographers, the articles cover a wide variety of taxonomic groups, habitat types, and geographic regions. Foundations of Biogeography will be an ideal introduction to the field for beginning students and an essential reference for established scholars of biogeography, ecology, and evolution. [Résumé éditeur] En ligne : http://books.google.com/books?id=1C13yUbgwdEC&printsec=frontcover&hl=fr Foundations of biogeography: classic papers with commentaries [livre] / Mark V. Lomolino, Éditeur scientifique ; Dov F. Sax, Éditeur scientifique ; James H. Brown, Éditeur scientifique . - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2004 . - 1291 p.
ISBN : 978-0-226-49237-7
ISBN-10 : 0-226-49237-0; Published in association with the International Biogeography Society and the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (USA)
Langues : Anglais (eng)
Mots-clés : Analysis Association Biogeography Résumé : Foundations of Biogeography provides facsimile reprints of seventy-two works that have proven fundamental to the development of the field. From classics by Georges-Louis LeClerc Compte de Buffon, Alexander von Humboldt, and Charles Darwin to equally seminal contributions by Ernst Mayr, Robert MacArthur, and E. O. Wilson, these papers and book excerpts not only reveal biogeography's historical roots but also trace its theoretical and empirical development. Selected and introduced by leading biogeographers, the articles cover a wide variety of taxonomic groups, habitat types, and geographic regions. Foundations of Biogeography will be an ideal introduction to the field for beginning students and an essential reference for established scholars of biogeography, ecology, and evolution. [Résumé éditeur] En ligne : http://books.google.com/books?id=1C13yUbgwdEC&printsec=frontcover&hl=fr Exemplaires(1)
Code-barres Cote Support Localisation Section Disponibilité 67561 LOM_15_67561 Livre Salle des ouvrages 15_Ecologie_générale Disponible
Titre : Ecological niches: linking classical and contemporary approaches Type de document : livre Auteurs : J. M. Chase, Auteur ; Mathew A. Leibold, Auteur Editeur : Chicago : University of Chicago Press Année de publication : 2003 Collection : Interspecific interactions Importance : 212 p. ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-226-10179-8 Note générale : ISBN-10 : 0-226-10179-7 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Interactions Niche Résumé : Why do species live where they live? What determines the abundance and diversity of species in a given area? What role do species play in the functioning of entire ecosystems? All of these questions share a single core concept--the ecological niche. Although the niche concept has fallen into disfavor among ecologists in recent years, Jonathan M. Chase and Mathew A. Leibold argue that the niche is an ideal tool with which to unify disparate research and theoretical approaches in contemporary ecology. Chase and Leibold define the niche as including both what an organism needs from its environment and how that organism's activities shape its environment. Drawing on the theory of consumer-resource interactions, as well as its graphical analysis, they develop a framework for understanding niches that is flexible enough to include a variety of small- and large-scale processes, from resource competition, predation, and stress to community structure, biodiversity, and ecosystem function. Chase and Leibold's synthetic approach will interest ecologists from a wide range of subdisciplines. En ligne : https://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/E/bo3638660.html Ecological niches: linking classical and contemporary approaches [livre] / J. M. Chase, Auteur ; Mathew A. Leibold, Auteur . - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2003 . - 212 p.. - (Interspecific interactions) .
ISBN : 978-0-226-10179-8
ISBN-10 : 0-226-10179-7
Langues : Anglais (eng)
Mots-clés : Interactions Niche Résumé : Why do species live where they live? What determines the abundance and diversity of species in a given area? What role do species play in the functioning of entire ecosystems? All of these questions share a single core concept--the ecological niche. Although the niche concept has fallen into disfavor among ecologists in recent years, Jonathan M. Chase and Mathew A. Leibold argue that the niche is an ideal tool with which to unify disparate research and theoretical approaches in contemporary ecology. Chase and Leibold define the niche as including both what an organism needs from its environment and how that organism's activities shape its environment. Drawing on the theory of consumer-resource interactions, as well as its graphical analysis, they develop a framework for understanding niches that is flexible enough to include a variety of small- and large-scale processes, from resource competition, predation, and stress to community structure, biodiversity, and ecosystem function. Chase and Leibold's synthetic approach will interest ecologists from a wide range of subdisciplines. En ligne : https://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/E/bo3638660.html Exemplaires(1)
Code-barres Cote Support Localisation Section Disponibilité 67556 CHA_15_67556 Livre Salle des ouvrages 15_Ecologie_générale Disponible Foundations of tropical forest biology: classic papers with commentaries / Chazdon, R.L.(Ed.) ; Whitmore, T.C.(Ed.) (2002)
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