Authors:C. H. Walker, R.M. Sibly, D.B. Peakall,
Publisher: CRC Press
Keywords: ecotoxicology, principles
Number of Pages: 309
Published: 2001-01-15
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 0748409408
ISBN-13: 9780748409402

This second edition contains new data on topical subjects such as organochloride pesticides, endocrine disrupters, aquatic toxicity, industrial waste and ecotoxicity testing. The multidisciplinary nature which proved so popular in the first edition remains, combining the disciplines of chemistry, biochemistry, toxicology, physiology, population ecology and population genetics.

Authors:C. H. Walker, Steve P. Hopkin, R.M. Sibly, D.B. Pe
Publisher: CRC Pre
Keywords: third, ecotoxicology, principles
Number of Pages: 344
Published: 2005-12-22
List price: $83.95
ISBN-10: 084933635X
ISBN-13: 9780849336355

Presenting a multidisciplinary perspective in a concise format, Principles of Ecotoxicology, Third Edition discusses the fundamental chemical and ecological nature of pollution processes while identifying the major classes of pollutants and their environmental fate. The first edition was originally created to fill the need for a textbook that covered the basic principles of a developing and wide-ranging field and the second edition expanded on that theme. Keeping the focus on principles over practice that has made each incarnation of this textbook so popular, the third edition brings the text

Authors:Mary Scharlieb, F. Arthur Sibly,
Publisher: 1st World Publishing
Keywords: sex, youth
Number of Pages: 120
Published: 2008-10-01
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 142189355X
ISBN-13: 9781421893556

1. Changes in the Bodily Framework.-During this period the girl’s skeleton not only grows remarkably in size, but is also the subject of well-marked alterations and development. Among the most evident changes are those which occur in the shape and inclination of the pelvis. During the years of childhood the female pelvis has a general resemblance to that of the male, but with the advent of puberty the vertical portion of the hip bones becomes expanded and altered in shape, it becomes more curved, and its inner surface looks less directly forward and more towards its fellow bone of the ot

Authors:R. M. Sibly, J. Hone, T. H. Clutton-Brock,
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: rates, growth, population, wildlife
Number of Pages: 370
Published: 2003-09-08
List price: $92.00
ISBN-10: 0521533473
ISBN-13: 9780521533478

The core message of this study is that key insights emerge from understanding what determines population growth rate, and that application of the approach will make ecology a more predictive science. What determines where a species lives? And what determines its abundance? Despite great progress in the twentieth century, much more remains to be done before we can provide full answers to these classic questions in ecology. This book takes an original approach by describing and deploying progressive research methods.