In this book, the authors present current research in the study of the evolutionary perspectives, mating strategies and long-term effects on geneti...

The age of zoological discovery has not passed. Every year, spectacular and exciting new species are being located and classified, adding to our kn...

This book first addresses a comprehensive review of sheep mastitis. The authors covers up-to-date reports on aetiology and epidemiology, important ...

Fish and seafood are widely available foods that provide important nutrients to consumers. Research conducted over the past few years suggests that...

In this book, the authors present current research in the study of the evolutionary history, ecological significance and effects on dietary consump...

Signal transduction is any process by which a cell converts one kind of signal or stimulus into another. Processes referred to as signal transducti...

Sleep deprivation is a sufficient lack of restorative sleep over a cumulative period so as to cause physical or psychiatric symptoms and affect rou...

This fascinating and beautiful guide provides detailed information and over 160 striking photos and drawings of four species of small mountain owls...

Essential for the defence against all kinds of stress, small stress proteins also play major roles in the physiology, development and differentiati...

Essential for the defence against all kinds of stress, small stress proteins also play major roles in the physiology, development and differentiati...

Snails are nearly sessile organisms. They are unable to respond to changes in the environment by escaping. Consequently, snails have to have a "fle...

The purpose of this book is to provide specific, updated information concerning the topic of snail diversity, snail biology and snail behaviours. T...

Snake bites are a major health concern, especially in tropical countries. Understanding the pathology of envenomation and chemical composition of ...

Social behaviour has broad implications for the survival and reproduction of an organism. Social behaviours often reflect rather complex mechanisms...

Social insects are among the most diverse and ecologically important organisms on Earth. This book presents current research in the study of social...

Twentieth century social learning theories radically challenged the popular ideas about the role of nature and nurture in animal existence, particu...

New transdisciplinary studies have been appearing not only in such established areas as biochemistry or social psychology; there are presently emer...

Soil ecology is the study of the interactions among soil organisms, and between biotic and abiotic aspects of the soil environment. It is particula...

In Solanaceae: Cultivation, Nutrition and Health, the authors first set out to demonstrate how utilization of soil amendments in agricultural syste...

The Solanum genus is the largest and most representative from the Solanaceae family, which includes approximately 2000 species distributed througho...

The worldwide market of medicinal mushrooms is constantly increasing considering the improvement of the level of life of population and the concern...

Stop pouring beer on your wood! Take your spalting time from years to hours in this detailed DIY guide to spalting wood. No more beer, mayonnaise, ...

A fundamental requirement of everyday life is that of encoding and remembering successfully the locations of objects, landmarks or buildings in spa...

Memory is one of the earliest cognitive functions to show decline during aging and some neurodegenerative diseases and this decline has a social an...

This book describes the reproductive strategies and tactics employed by bivalve and gastropod molluscs to exploit and take advantage of different e...

The origin of species, or speciation, the "mystery of mysteries", as Charles Darwin called it, is an issue at the very heart of evolutionary biolog...

Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) cameras have revolutionarily changed nuclear imaging techniques and given us new diagnostic poss...

In somatic cells, DNA is normally wrapped around the histones octamer to forms nucleosomes that eventually give rise to a solenoid DNA structure. U...

This book presents an overview of sphingolipids: biology, synthesis and functions. The topics analysed in this book cover a broad spectrum of funct...

Sphingolipids are involved in a wide range of physiological and pathological processes none only as signalling molecules but also as key structural...

This book presents current research in the study of the morphology, behaviour and geographic distribution of spiders. Topics discussed include plas...

Spiders colonized the Earth long before Gondwanaland began to drift into separate continents. New Zealand spiders have links with spiders worldwide...

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) is home to the spot cheddar cheese market, which impacts the prices of virtually all cheese traded in the Uni...

The book covers updated topics on the genus Staphylococcus, including the latest discoveries. In each chapter, the author discusses the results obt...

Past, present, and future research of hepatic stellate cells (HSCs; also called vitamin A-storing cells, lipocytes, interstitial cells, fat-storing...

Of the estimated trillion cells that build up our bodies, only a little number can self-renew and give rise to many different cell types. These uns...