In this textbook, Simon LeVay and Janice Baldwin aim to help students understand the diversity of human sexual expression as well as the diversity of perspectives from which sexuality can be studied.
This comprehensive textbook provides a balance of animal and human studies to discuss the dynamic field of neuroscience from cellular signaling to cognitive function. The book's length and accessible
Introduces population viability analysis (PVA) to empirical ecologists and conservation biologists who need to model and predict the risk to populations of endangered species. Morris (Duke University
There is a great deal of variation in the life histories of creatures in the natural world, even among different populations of the same species. In this text for graduate students and researchers, Ro
Even the most experienced instructor can find teaching cell biology daunting, and most cell biology texts are bogged down in detail or background information. Lost in all the details are the more fasc
A textbook for research students exploring visual psychophysics. Regan (York U., Toronto and Toronto U.) solves the problem of background by appending the necessary, and only the necessary, physics an
Conservation behavior is defined here as studying animal behavior in order to solve wildlife conservation problems. Blumstein (ecology and evolutionary biology, U. of California-Los Angeles) and Ferna
Summarizing progress and the current state of knowledge in major areas of research in evolutionary biology since Darwin for researchers and students, Bell et al. (ecology and evolution, State U. of Ne
Intended for medical students and researchers, this histology atlas contains full-color high-resolution micrographs for all tissues and organs with images presented in groups of successively increasin
For graduate students of biology, or other graduate or undergraduate students who are familiar with the basics of evolutionary biology and calculus, Rice explores the mechanics of evolution as illumin
Blass (psychology, neuroscience, and behavior, U. of Massachusetts, Amherst) presents 13 chapters by 31 contributors examining the causes and underlying mechanisms of obesity, and possible strategies
A textbook for graduate or undergraduate students of plant physiology, plant biochemistry, plant molecular biology, and related fields. Most of the material deals with the mineral nutrition of higher
A textbook for a graduate course for biologists interested in using numerical methods to analyze evolutionary trees. It assumes some familiarity with statistics, computers, and mathematics including c
Cobb (Psychology, U of California, Los Angeles) presents the 7th edition of her well regarded child development textbook focusing on adolescence. The work includes thirteen chapters covering such topi
Designed to address a lack of computer skills training in biological science education, this volume presents problem-centered instruction for using basic computer programming in biological research an
This is an updated and expanded second edition intended to meet the needs of ecologists and environmental scientists for an introduction to probability theory and a detailed description of designs and
Galatwitsch (U. of Minnesota) presents the first textbook devoted entirely to ecological dimensions of environmental restoration. Students come to the field from many different disciplines, so she beg
