Biology

One of the most comprehensive and authoritative single resources on the world's animal species. Includes encyclopedic content on an expansive range of the world's animal species, in addition to photographs, illustrations, and a detailed index. Content is organized by phylum.

This Springer Protocols manual is a practical guide to the application of key molecular biology techniques in microbiological research.

The book includes case studies and best practices used to address impacts related to climate change across a broad spectrum of species and habitats--from coastal krill and sea urchins to prairie grass and mountain bumblebees

This comprehensive textbook presents a self-contained guide to bioinformatics, defined in its broadest sense as the application of information science to biology.

The book synthesizes current understandings of the causes and consequences of individual variation at the physiological, behavioral and organismal levels. Emphasizing key topics such as phenotypic plasticity and flexibility, and summarizing emerging areas such as ecological immunology, oxidative stress biology and others.

The book presents a comprehensive guide to genetic association, a new andrapidly expanding field that aims to elucidate how our genetic code (genotypes)influences the traits we possess (phenotypes). Also, provides a detailed review of methods of gene mapping used in association with experimentalcrosses, as well as genome-wide association studies.

An authoritative review of the habitat concept, provides a scientifically rigorous definition, and emphasizes how we must focus on those critical factors contained within what we call habitat.

A practical guide to researches to help further their study in this field using methods and protocols on important databases and data mining tools.