Author : The Open University
Publisher : The Open University
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 50,25 MB
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This 10-hour free course explored some of the features that mammals have in common, such as reproduction, lactation and thermoregulation methods.
Author : The Open University
Publisher : The Open University
Page : 65 pages
File Size : 26,6 MB
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This 10-hour free course examined the physiology, diet and adaptive strategies of omnivorous mammals.
Author : David Attenborough
Publisher : Random House
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 44,84 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Mammals
ISBN : 0563534230
A fascinating and complete insight into the group of animals to which we ourselves belong. David Attenborough introduces us to the most diverse group of animals ever to live on the Earth, from the smallest - the two-inch pygmy shrew, to the largest - the blue whale. The Life of Mammals is the story of 4,000 species which have outlived the dinosaurs and conquered the farthest places on earth.
Author : Buddy Davis
Publisher : Master Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 32,48 MB
Release : 1999-02
Category : Animals
ISBN : 9780890512548
Children and adults both will delight in this illustrated guide to animals of the wild. Filled with spectacular photographs, and "creature classifications" -- great for any home or school library. Book jacket.
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 45,20 MB
Release : 2003-08-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 030916785X
Expanding on the National Research Council's Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, this book deals specifically with mammals in neuroscience and behavioral research laboratories. It offers flexible guidelines for the care of these animals, and guidance on adapting these guidelines to various situations without hindering the research process. Guidelines for the Care and Use of Mammals in Neuroscience and Behavioral Research offers a more in-depth treatment of concerns specific to these disciplines than any previous guide on animal care and use. It treats on such important subjects as: The important role that the researcher and veterinarian play in developing animal protocols. Methods for assessing and ensuring an animal's well-being. General animal-care elements as they apply to neuroscience and behavioral research, and common animal welfare challenges this research can pose. The use of professional judgment and careful interpretation of regulations and guidelines to develop performance standards ensuring animal well-being and high-quality research. Guidelines for the Care and Use of Mammals in Neuroscience and Behavioral Research treats the development and evaluation of animal-use protocols as a decision-making process, not just a decision. To this end, it presents the most current, in-depth information about the best practices for animal care and use, as they pertain to the intricacies of neuroscience and behavioral research.
Author : Robert McCleery
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 19,4 MB
Release : 2022-01-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 1421442116
A comprehensive and invaluable resource, Methods for Ecological Research on Terrestrial Small Mammals is a must-have for any ecologist working on small mammals.
Author : Maddalena Bearzi
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 42,91 MB
Release : 2009-06-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0674033795
Apes and dolphins: primates and cetaceans. Could any creatures appear to be more different? Yet both are large-brained intelligent mammals with complex communication and social interaction. In the first book to study apes and dolphins side by side, Maddalena Bearzi and Craig B. Stanford, a dolphin biologist and a primatologist who have spent their careers studying these animals in the wild, combine their insights with compelling results. Beautiful Minds explains how and why apes and dolphins are so distantly related yet so cognitively alike and what this teaches us about another large-brained mammal: Homo sapiens. Noting that apes and dolphins have had no common ancestor in nearly 100 million years, Bearzi and Stanford describe the parallel evolution that gave rise to their intelligence. And they closely observe that intelligence in action, in the territorial grassland and rainforest communities of chimpanzees and other apes, and in groups of dolphins moving freely through open coastal waters. The authors detail their subjects’ ability to develop family bonds, form alliances, and care for their young. They offer an understanding of their culture, politics, social structure, personality, and capacity for emotion. The resulting dual portrait—with striking overlaps in behavior—is key to understanding the nature of “beautiful minds.”
Author : 3D Total Publishing
Publisher : 3dtotal Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 23,84 MB
Release : 2020-07
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781912843121
The world's best creature designers and concept artists provide a groundbreaking and unique insight into their creative processes and practices.
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 48,94 MB
Release : 1988-02-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0309038391
Scientific experiments using animals have contributed significantly to the improvement of human health. Animal experiments were crucial to the conquest of polio, for example, and they will undoubtedly be one of the keystones in AIDS research. However, some persons believe that the cost to the animals is often high. Authored by a committee of experts from various fields, this book discusses the benefits that have resulted from animal research, the scope of animal research today, the concerns of advocates of animal welfare, and the prospects for finding alternatives to animal use. The authors conclude with specific recommendations for more consistent government action.
Author : Devra G. Kleiman
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 586 pages
File Size : 34,28 MB
Release : 2010-08-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 0226440117
Zoos, aquaria, and wildlife parks are vital centers of animal conservation and management. For nearly fifteen years, these institutions have relied on Wild Mammals in Captivity as the essential reference for their work. Now the book reemerges in a completely updated second edition. Wild Mammals in Captivity presents the most current thinking and practice in the care and management of wild mammals in zoos and other institutions. In one comprehensive volume, the editors have gathered the most current information from studies of animal behavior; advances in captive breeding; research in physiology, genetics, and nutrition; and new thinking in animal management and welfare. In this edition, more than three-quarters of the text is new, and information from more than seventy-five contributors is thoroughly updated. The standard text for all courses in zoo biology, Wild Mammals in Captivity will, in its new incarnation, continue to be used by zoo managers, animal caretakers, researchers, and anyone with an interest in how to manage animals in captive conditions.
