Author: Claude Combes
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Keywords: interactions, interspecific, intimate, evolution, ecology, parasitism
Number of Pages: 552
Published: 2004-10-15
List price: $32.00
ISBN-10: 0226114465
ISBN-13: 9780226114460

In Parasitism, Claude Combes explores the fascinating adaptations parasites have developed through their intimate interactions with their hosts. He begins with the biology of parasites—their life cycles, habitats, and different types of associations with their hosts. Next he discusses genetic interactions between hosts and parasites, and he ends with a section on the community ecology of parasites and their role in the evolution of their hosts. Throughout the book Combes enlivens his discussion with a wealth of concrete examples of host-parasite interactions.

Authors:Claude Combes,  Daniel Simberloff,
Publisher: University Of Chicago Pre
Keywords: parasite, art
Number of Pages: 280
Published: 2005-10-01
List price: $28.00
ISBN-10: 0226114384
ISBN-13: 9780226114385

Parasites are a masterful work of evolutionary art. The tiny mite Histiostoma laboratorium, a parasite of Drosophila, launches itself, in an incredible display of evolutionary engineering, like a surface-to-air missile at a fruit fly far above its head. Gravid mussels such as Lampsilis ventricosa undulate excitedly as they release their parasitic larval offspring, conning greedy predators in search of a tasty meal into hosting the parasite.The Art of Being a Parasite is an extensive collection of these and other wonderful and weird stories that illuminate the ecology and evolution of interacti

Authors:Combes F., Pineau des Forets G.,
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: space, hydrogen, molecular
Number of Pages: 326
Published: 2001-01-15
List price: $150.00
ISBN-10: 0521782244
ISBN-13: 9780521782241

Molecular hydrogen is the most abundant molecule in the Universe. In recent years, advances in theory and laboratory experiments coupled with breakthrough observations with important new telescopes and satellites have revolutionized our understanding of molecular hydrogen in space. It is now possible to address the question of how molecular hydrogen formed in the early Universe and the role it played in the formation of primordial structures. This volume presents articles from a host of experts who reviewed this new understanding at an international conference in Paris. It covers the theory of

Authors:Françoise Combes, Jan Palou,
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: astronomical, international, union, symposia, colloquia, proceedings, s235, across, evolution, hubble, time, iau, galaxy
Number of Pages: 470
Published: 2007-07-09
List price: $161.00
ISBN-10: 0521863449
ISBN-13: 9780521863445

This last decade has witnessed a revolution in our observations of galaxies; in particular deep imaging with HST and spectroscopy with 10m-class ground-based telescopes have uncovered many objects that are difficult to place along the Hubble sequence. High resolution spectroscopy of extremely faint objects has enabled the study of the kinematic evolution and, hence, the mass assembly of galaxies to unprecedented look-back times for direct comparison with cosmological structure formation scenarios. Thus, it is now possible to study all three aspects of galaxy evolution - their morphological-dyn

Authors:Pierre-Philippe Combes, Thierry Mayer, Jacques-Fra
Publisher: Princeton University Pre
Keywords: nations, regions, integration, geography, economic
Number of Pages: 416
Published: 2008-09-08
List price: $55.00
ISBN-10: 0691139423
ISBN-13: 9780691139425

Economic Geography is the most complete, up-to-date textbook available on the important new field of spatial economics. This book fills a gap by providing advanced undergraduate and graduate students with the latest research and methodologies in an accessible and comprehensive way. It is an indispensable reference for researchers in economic geography, regional and urban economics, international trade, and applied econometrics, and can serve as a resource for economists in government. Economic Geography presents advances in economic theory that explain why, despite the increasing mobility of c

Authors:Francoise Combes, Patrick Boissé, Alain Mazure, Al
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: cosmology, galaxies
Number of Pages: 407
Published: 2001-11-20
List price: $129.00
ISBN-10: 3540419276
ISBN-13: 9783540419273

Unique in its breadth of coverage and level of presentation, this textbook provides more on the nature of galaxies, extragalactic objects, the large-scale structure of the Universe, and cosmology than is available in general textbooks on astronomy. It remains, however, accessible to advanced undergraduate students. One or more chapters are devoted to each of the following: the classification and morphology of galaxies; the galactic interstellar medium; galactic kinematics; elliptical, spiral, and barred spiral galaxies; the interactions between galaxies; extragalactic radio sources, quasars an

Authors:Claude Michaud, Jean-Claude Theonig,
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Keywords: compatible, organization, strategy, making
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2003-07-04
List price: $85.00
ISBN-10: 1403911231
ISBN-13: 9781403911230

This book argues that for many companies organization is designed to achieve operational optimization and may be in conflict with strategic objectives. Managers may not share similar decision criteria and this may facilitate or hinder the fulfillment of certain strategies. The role of top managers is to shape to a large extent the ability of the organizational system to implement and achieve strategic objectives. This book provides breakthrough thinking on these issues by two leading academic thinkers.