Micromammals and Macroparasites: From Evolutionary Ecology to Management

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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.

African Apes (All Apes Great and Small, Volume 1) (Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects)

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African Apes (All Apes Great and Small, Volume 1) (Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects)
Birute M. F., Ed. Galdikas
Manufacturer: Plenum Press
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ASIN: 0306467577

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Many of the papers in this volume were first presented at the Third International Great Apes of the World Conference, held July 3-6, 1998 in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. The editors of this volume, the first in a two-volume series, are world renowned, having dedicated most of their lives to the study of great apes. The world's premiere primatologists, ethologists, and anthropologists present the most recent research on both captive and free-ranging African great apes. These scientists, through deep personal commitment and sacrifice, have expanded their knowledge of chimpanzees, bonobos, and gorillas. With forests disappearing, many of these studies will never be duplicated. This volume, and all in the Developments in Primatology book series, aim to broaden and deepen the understanding of this valuable cause.

Self-assessment Color Review Of Small Mammals (SELF-ASSESSMENT COLOR REVIEW SERIES)

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Self-assessment Color Review Of Small Mammals (SELF-ASSESSMENT COLOR REVIEW SERIES)
SUSAN A. BROWN
Manufacturer: Iowa State University Press
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Activity Patterns In Small Mammals: An Ecological Approach (Ecological Studies)

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Activity Patterns In Small Mammals: An Ecological Approach (Ecological Studies)
S., Ed. Halle
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ASIN: 354059244X

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Environmental conditions change considerably in the course of 24 h with respect to abiotic factors and intra- and interspecific interactions. These changes result in limited time windows of opportunity for animal activities and, hence, the question of when to do what is subject to fitness maximisation. This volume gives a current overview of theoretical considerations and empirical findings of activity patterns in small mammals, a group in which the energetic and ecological constraints are particularly severe and the diversity of activity patterns is particularly high. Following a comparative ecological approach, for the first time activity timing is consequently treated in terms of behavioural and evolutionary ecology, providing the conceptual framework for chronoecology as a new subdiscipline within behavioural ecology. An extensive Appendix gives an introduction to methods of activity modelling and to tools for statistical pattern analysis.

Animal Dispersal: Small mammals as a model

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Animal Dispersal: Small mammals as a model

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ASIN: 0412293307

BUILDING AND MAINTAINING NEST BOXES FOR BIRDS AND SMALL MAMMALS

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BUILDING AND MAINTAINING NEST BOXES FOR BIRDS AND SMALL MAMMALS
Jimmy Ernst
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Domestic Animal Behavior for Veterinarians and Animal Scientists

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Domestic Animal Behavior for Veterinarians and Animal Scientists
Katherine Albro Houpt
Manufacturer: Iowa State Press
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ASIN: 0813810612

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This popular quick reference is back with the latest updated information available. True to earlier adoptions, Houpt maintains organization by common types of behavior and addresses advances in communication, perception, cognition and clinical behavior. Key to the fourth edition is advancements in the use of psychotropic drugs and the role of underlying disease in some behavior problems. Also new to this edition are discussions of progress and research in understanding equine and production animal behavior, and the relationship between behavior and animal welfare.The text provides:· Physiological basis and development for each type of behavior;· Normal and aberrant manifestations in each domestic animal species, including horses and farm animals;· Treatments for problem situations;· Consideration of the effects of domestication on each species.This text is intended for animal science and veterinary students and includes a glossary of medical terms, illustrations of anatomy and behavior, and over 1500 classical and contemporary references

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Well researched and well referenced!.......1999-02-03

Dr. Houpt's book gives excelent overal and indepth knowlege to both the beginer and the professional. It was well outlined so specific information could be accessed quickly.

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Ecology of small mammals

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The ecology of small mammals (Institute of Biology's Studies in biology ; no. 51)

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The ecology of small mammals (Institute of Biology's Studies in biology ; no. 51)
M. J Delany
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Ecology of Small Mammals of Deserts and Mountain Ecosystems

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Ecology of Small Mammals of Deserts and Mountain Ecosystems
Ishwar Prakash , and P. Singh
Manufacturer: Scientific Publishers,India
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Animal Sciences

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Fly-Fishin' Fool: The Adventures, Misadventures, and Outright Idiocies of a Compulsive Angler

Fly-Fishin' Fool: The Adventures, Misadventures, and Outright Idiocies of a Compulsive Angler
James R. Babb
Manufacturer: The Lyons Press
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ASIN: 1592285937

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Critics have hailed James R. Babb as one of the best nature writers in print, and in Fly Fishin' Fool, the third and arguably best of his highly successful books about his adventures and misadventures, fly fishing is yet again a subject for his hilarious musings, and also a departure. To better skewer the objects of his well deserved scorn, Babb has donned the fool’s cap “to acquire the freedom enjoyed by fools and jesters in medieval times, snickering behind a mask of assumed innocence so that he can speak his mind on matters of import unfettered by the social graces.”

In “All in the Family” he considers the ultimate low-rent method of angling for eels, and the only thing in angling history his family name has ever managed to adhere to, despite his best efforts. In “Sailfishing with Señor Ed,” Costa Rican sailfish meets madman machoism, as told by a trout fisherman who’d rather be home. Babb fishes a small creek in a Montana grizzly bear sanctuary with a couple of old East Tennessee high school buddies and nothing but the protection of a collection of old Southern hymns in “The Wings of a Dove.” And in “Crusher
Hole,” he examines a tough trout pool in the Smoky Mountains, where a fool and his dignity are soon parted.

Part Samuel Clemens, part Ambrose Bierce, part Norman Maclean, Jim Babb’s piquant observations about the human condition, adroit similes, and consummate wordplay come together in the unique mastery of language and storytelling that avid Jim Babb readers have come to savor. Fly Fishin' Fool will surely be savored by lovers of fine nature writing and students of American letters.

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Fly-Fishin' Fool: The Adventures, Misadventures, and Outright Idiocies of a Compulsive Angler.......2005-09-07

I really enjoy Jim Babb. His writing touches the part of me that is also a "Fly-Fishin' Fool." I suppose if you are a regular reader of his column in Grey's Sporting News, you'd rebel against re-reading some of his material in book format. For me, that is not a problem and especially since the magazine only appears ever other month, its easy to realize that there is a lot of new material here.
So, what is this book about? It shares a point of view any fly-fisher person has had on a somewhat regular basis. And, since we can't all fish as often as Jim, we get to live through his experiences, learn from his mistakes, and hopefully, avoid some of the idiocies he stumbles into first. Read it, you won't be sorry.

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This volume utilizes the cross-cultural, historical and ethnographic perspective of anthropology to illuminate the intrinsic connections of race, class and gender. The author begins by discussing the manner in which her experience as a participant observer led her to research and write about various aspects of African-American women's experiences. She goes on to provide a critical analysis of the new scholarship on African-American women, and explores issues of race, class and gender in the arenas of work, kinship and resistance.

The first section explores the fundamental issue of how work outside the home conditions the experience of gender, while essays in the second section challenge traditional definitions of the family and explore the role of culture, history and society in conditioning household structure and function. The essays in the final section explore transformative strategies in politics and in the academy. On Our Own Terms concludes by examining the implications of issues raised in the volume for the feminist agenda and for our understanding of social processes.

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An excellent, well documented book on Black women.......2000-04-22

Leith Mullings sheds the light on work-related and environmental hazards to Blacks and especially Black women. If you think racism and sexism are things of the past Mullings will show you what's not so new about the millenium.

Feeling Strong: How Power Issues Affect Our Ability to Direct Our Own Lives

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Feeling Strong: How Power Issues Affect Our Ability to Direct Our Own Lives
Ethel S. Person
Manufacturer: Harper Paperbacks
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ASIN: 0060555440
Release Date: 2003-10-07

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In Feeling Strong, noted psychoanalyst Ethel S. Person redefines the notion of power. The stigma of evil we associate with the subject of power comes from this one conception of power -- the drive for dominance over other people, or, in its most extreme form, an overriding and often ruthless lust for total command. But this is far too limited a definition.

Pointing to a more fulfilling sense of self-empowerment than is being touted in pop-psychology manuals of our time, Feeling Strong shows us that power is really our ability to produce an effect, to make something we want to happen actually take place. Power is a desire and a drive, and it is central in our lives, dictating much of our behavior and consuming much of our interior lives.

Drawing from her expertise honed in clinical practice, as well as from examples in literature and true-life vignettes, Person shows how you can achieve authentic power to find something that matters; to feel inner certainty; to find a personality of your own and effectively plot your life story.

Lives of Our Own: Secrets of Salty Old Women

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Lives of Our Own: Secrets of Salty Old Women
Caroline Bird
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ASIN: 0395652340

Making Our Lives Our Own: A Woman's Guide to the Six Challenges of Personal Change

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Making Our Lives Our Own: A Woman's Guide to the Six Challenges of Personal Change
Marilyn J. Mason
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Our Lives Are Not Our Own: Saying "Yes" to God (Lutheran Voices)

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Our Lives Are Not Our Own: Saying "Yes" to God (Lutheran Voices)
Rochelle Melander , and Harold Eppley
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In Our Own Way: How Anti-Bias Work Shapes Our Lives

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In Our Own Way: How Anti-Bias Work Shapes Our Lives

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Bias reaches every level of society, from institutions and systems to the everyday interactions between people. And bias is rarely obvious, often hidden from view and difficult to acknowledge and challenge.

With the continuing changes in child care today, how can teachers offer children and their parents a bias-free environment? How do early childhood professionals start anti-bias programs in thier own settings? By learning from those who have worked in the field before them.

In Our Own Way: How Anti-Bias Work Shapes Our Lives is filled with the personal stories of people who have worked to establish anti-bias environments in their careers in child care. Each of the stories is a unique look at how the writers learned to think critically in their own lives as well as how theyve learned to teach this skill, among others, in their anti-bias work. And each shares that it is workrequiring constant communication, energy, vigilance, and the passion for trying to make positive changes in the community.

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This brief reader can be used as a supplement in Psychology of Women, Psychology of Gender or Women's Studies courses. It is perfect in combination with Crawford/Unger, Women and Gender: A Feminist Psychology, but can also accompany any other Psychology of Women text. Its flexible organization allows for use in a variety of courses. The book is known for its thorough coverage of (and commitment to) the diversity of female experience. Each of the 43 readings is brief, engaging and fun to read. In Our Own Words is the only psychology of women reader that includes women’s real, personal narratives.

Living Our Own Lives: A Moment To Reflect (A Moment to Reflect)

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Living Our Own Lives: A Moment To Reflect (A Moment to Reflect)
Veronica Ray
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ASIN: 0894865714

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People recovering from codependency, adult children of dysfunctional families, and those seeking healthier relationships will find welcome wisdom and inspiration in the first hour A Moment to Reflect booklets, Hazelden's newest inspirational series for Twelve Step living. Each of these four take-along booklets contains 30 topical affirmations that guide us as we work to improve our relationships. The first four booklets in this series address setting boundaries, letting go, accepting ourselves, and living our own lives.

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Shawna and Kari have nothing in common--except maybe a brother or sister theyve never known Dessina, Georgia, is culturally a world apart from Denver, Colorado, as Shawna Riley discovers practically on her first day of junior year. The new girl in school, she seems sophisticated and worldly to her classmates--but that doesn't help her make friends. In fact, enemies are easier to come by, including a red-haired girl named Kari Lang. Kari throws a brick through the Rileys' window after Shawna writes an editorial for the newspaper suggesting that a sacrosanct local tradition, the Old South Ball, include kids of all races. But soon something more than this ugly bias incident brings the two girls together, when they accidentally learn a secret from their parents' shared past. Shawna's father and Kari's mother both attended Dessina High School, and both disappeared for a time during their senior year. Could it be that Kari's mom had gotten pregnant? Provocative and suspenseful, this searing look into the personal and emotional implications of an uneasily integrated society once again demonstrates the truth of the axiom that the more things change, the more often they stay the same.

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Racism in Tennesee.......2007-05-29

I would recommend this book because it teaches you a lesson. The lesson learned is that no matter what race you are, or what your skin color is, you can be friends. Also, another lesson learned, and probably a more valuable lesson, is make sure you know everything there is to know about something, before you act. Kari and Shawna ended up being very disappointed about not having a brother or sister, because they didn't find out the whole truth. This book would most likely appeal to girls, and I sure did enjoy this book!

Racism in Tennesee.......2007-05-29

Doesn't the title seem like one of a soap opera?.......2006-06-27

That's because it is very much like one. Overly sentimental and you can predict pretty much what is going to happen throughout the book in the end too. It was good how it delt with old traditions and racism, but it was a bit too much on the weak side.

Living Our Own Lives.......2006-02-03

The story, Lives of our own, written by Lorri Hewett is about an African American girl, whose parents recently got divorced and she chose to move with her dad; back into her grandma's house. Her new school is different and extremly unique in many ways. She meets this one student, who stands out from the rest. However, she's white. And their school is very racist. Will teh African America become friends with the white girl, and what would everyone say? Read the book to find out.

Needed to be better . . . ........2005-08-23

At some point I really found myself engrossed in "Lives of our own." The story focused heavily on Shawna and her attempt to change a racist school and their traditional Old South Ball, where white teenagers are master over the black teenagers who had to be slaves (Civil war time-line I believe). I really cannot relate to Shawna with her struggle, but I surely can commend the character in what she was doing, even when everyone was against her and she doubted herself. I cannot say that I enjoyed the non-subtle attempt that the author was trying to pull of in this story with racism. Not to mention the fact that the story seemed to focus more the weakest character in the story, Kari, (a prep girl who is a member of the Etoile Club) instead of the main character of the story, Shawna. When the two somehow, form a relationship upon speculating that Kari's white mother and Shawna's black father had an affair, thus explaining why Kari's mother was sent away someplace when she was younger. The story starts get interesting, but stumbles on its feet when it reaches its climax. But by far the worst part of the story has to be the fact that Hewett only hinted at racism within the halls of the school and never really not into it. The reaction of white teenager's objections to a black teen and a white teen having a "romantic" relationship with each other (the article Shawna rote, as well as her best friend's girlfriend's point of view on the redundancy of the Old South Bal), really just felt watered down. The author never dives any deeper than a person wadding in shallow waters. If there was one POV, I could favor it, it was Shawna's. I really couldn't get into Kari's personality or POV on the entire situation; It was like reading something I've read before. All in all I enjoyed "Lives of our own", I just wish it could've been better in terms of storylines, the focus on the subject at hand and characters themselves. [a 3 out of 5]

Forgotten Among the Lilies: Learning to Live Beyond Our Own Obsessions

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Forgotten Among the Lilies: Learning to Live Beyond Our Own Obsessions
Ronald Rolheiser
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