Quarterly Review of Biology

Papers
(The TQCC of Quarterly Review of Biology is 0. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)
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Niche Breadth: Causes and Consequences for Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation119
On The Biogeography of Habitat Islands: The Importance of Matrix Effects, Noncore Species, and Source-Sink Dynamics28
Taste and Smell: A Unifying Chemosensory Theory14
Knock-On Effects of Environmental Influences during Embryonic Development of Ectothermic Vertebrates12
Insect Radiations on Islands: Biogeographic Pattern and Evolutionary Process in Hawaiian Insects9
From Animal Signals to Art: Manipulative Animal Signaling and the Evolutionary Foundations of Aesthetic Behavior and Art Production8
Back to the Basics of Mate Choice: The Evolutionary Importance of Darwin’s Sense of Beauty8
Beyond Equilibria: The Neglected Role of History in Ecology and Evolution6
The Impact of Invasive Toads (Bufonidae) on Monitor Lizards (Varanidae): An Overview and Prospectus5
Cell-Autonomous Immunity and The Pathogen-Mediated Evolution of Humans: Or How Our Prokaryotic and Single-Celled Origins Affect The Human Evolutionary Story5
Sensitive Period Diversity: Insights From Evolutionary Models5
Wildlife Exploitation of Anthropogenic Change: Interactions and Consequences4
Validating the New Paradigm for Extinction: Overcoming 200 Years of Historical Neglect, Philosophical Misconception, and Inadequate Language3
Is Biological Control of Weeds Conservation’s Blind Spot?2
A Guide to 23 Global Syntheses of Plant Diversity Effects: Unpacking Consensus and Incongruence across Trophic Levels2
Workload Distribution and Division of Labor in Cooperative Societies2
Mistake-Making: A Theoretical Framework for Generating Research Questions in Biology, With Illustrative Application to Blood Clotting2
A World Beyond Physics: The Emergence and Evolution of Life. By Stuart A. Kauffman. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. $24.95. xii + 151 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 978-0-19-087133-8. 2011
Phyllostomid Bats: A Unique Mammalian Radiation. Edited by Theodore H. Fleming, Liliana M. Dávalos, and Marco A. R. Mello. Chicago (Illinois): University of Chicago Press. $65.00. ix + 470 p. +1
Human-Wildlife Interactions: Turning Conflict into Coexistence. Conservation Biology. Edited by Beatrice Frank, Jenny A. Glikman, and Silvio Marchini. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge Universi1
Tunas and Billfishes of the World. By Bruce Collette and John Graves; illustrated by Val Kells. Baltimore (Maryland): Johns Hopkins University Press. $75.00. 351 p.; ill.; index of scientific a1
A Paradigm Shift, or a Paradigm Adjustment? The Evolution of the Oleaceae Mating System as a Small-Scale Kuhnian Case Study1
Evolutionary Dynamics of Plant-Pathogen Interactions. By Jeremy J. Burdon and Anna-Liisa Laine. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press. $130.00 (hardcover); $49.99 (paper). x + 383 1
Mammalian Sexuality: The Act of Mating and the Evolution of Reproduction. By Alan F. Dixson. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press. $79.99. xiii + 389 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 978-1-1
The Solitary Bees: Biology, Evolution, Conservation. By Bryan N. Danforth, Robert L. Minckley, and John L. Neff; artwork by Frances Fawcett. Princeton (New Jersey): Princeton University Press. 1
Photosynthesis in Algae: Biochemical and Physiological Mechanisms. Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration: Including Bioenergy and Related Processes, Volume 45. Edited by Anthony W. D. Lark1
Abundant Earth: Toward an Ecological Civilization. By Eileen Crist. Chicago (Illinois): University of Chicago Press. $105.00 (hardcover); $35.00 (paper). viii + 307 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 978-00
:Warblers of Eastern North America. Second Edition0
Secret Worlds: The Extraordinary Senses of Animals. By Martin Stevens. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. $29.95. xi + 254 p. + 11 pl.; ill.; index. ISBN: 978-0-19-881367-5. 2021.0
Phylogenetic Ecology: A History, Critique, and Remodeling. By Nathan G. Swenson. Chicago (Illinois): University of Chicago Press. $120.00 (hardcover); $40.00 (paper). xi + 216 p.; ill.; index. 0
Social DNA: Rethinking Our Evolutionary Past. By M. Kay Martin. New York: Berghahn Books. $130.00. xiv + 274 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 978-1-78920-007-2 (hc); 978-1-78920-008-9 (eb). 2019.0
Marvelous Microfossils: Creators, Timekeepers, Architects. By Patrick De Wever; Foreword by Hubert Reeves; Translated by Alison Duncan. Baltimore (Maryland): Johns Hopkins University Press. $590
Dangerous Earth: What We Wish We Knew About Volcanoes, Hurricanes, Climate Change, Earthquakes, and More. By Ellen Prager. Chicago (Illinois): University of Chicago Press. $25.00. vii + 230 p. 0
You: A Natural History. By William B. Irvine. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. $27.95. xiv + 233 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 9780190869199. 2018.0
:The Sounds of Life: How Digital Technology Is Bringing Us Closer to the Worlds of Animals and Plants0
Bryozoan Paleobiology. Topics in Paleobiology. By Paul D. Taylor. Hoboken (New Jersey): Wiley Blackwell. $89.99 (paper). xii + 320 p. + 12 pl.; ill.; index. ISBN: 9781118455005 (pb); 97811184540
:Communication between Honeybees: More Than Just a Dance in the Dark0
Darwin’s Most Wonderful Plants: A Tour of His Botanical Legacy. By Ken Thompson. Chicago (Illinois): University of Chicago Press. $25.00. 255 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 978-0-226-67567-1 (hc); 978-0
The Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think. By Jennifer Ackerman. New York: Penguin Press. $28.00 (hardcover). xii + 355 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 9780735223011 (hc)0
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The Evolutionary Biology of Extinct and Extant Organisms. By Subir Ranjan Kundu; edited by Sofia Naznim. Academic Press. Amsterdam (The Netherlands) and New York: Elsevier. $127.50 (paper). xx 0
:Parasites: The Inside Story0
Rewilding Agricultural Landscapes: A California Study in Rebalancing the Needs of People and Nature. Edited by H. Scott Butterfield, T. Rodd Kelsey, and Abigail K. Hart. Washington (DC): Island0
:Coral Reefs of Australia: Perspectives from Beyond the Water’s Edge0
Wildlife Management and Landscapes: Principles and Applications. Wildlife Management and Conservation. Edited by William F. Porter, Chad J. Parent, Rosemary A. Stewart, and David M. Williams. P0
Scientist: E. O. Wilson: A Life in Nature. By Richard Rhodes. New York: Doubleday. $30.00. xiii + 270 p. + 16 pl.; ill.; index. ISBN: 9780385545556 (hc); 9780385545563 (eb). 2021.0
Evolutionary Causation: Biological and Philosophical Reflections. Vienna Series in Theoretical Biology. Edited by Tobias Uller and Kevin N. Laland. Cambridge (Massachusetts): MIT Press. $60.00.0
:Amphibian Models of Development and Disease. Current Topics in Developmental Biology, Volume 1450
What Is a Complex System? By James Ladyman and Karoline Wiesner. New Haven (Connecticut): Yale University Press. $35.00 (paper). xi + 169 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 978-0-300-25110-4. 2020.0
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Shrews, Chromosomes and Speciation. Cambridge Studies in Morphology and Molecules: New Paradigms in Evolutionary Biology. Edited by Jeremy B. Searle, P. David Polly, and Jan Zima. Cambridge and0
The Art of the Bee: Shaping the Environment from Landscapes to Societies. By Robert E. Page Jr. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. $34.95. xii + 239 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 97801975040
Only in Africa: The Ecology of Human Evolution. By Norman Owen-Smith. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press. $89.99 (hardcover); $44.99 (paper). xv + 361 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 9780
:Genomic Citizenship: The Molecularization of Identity in the Contemporary Middle East0
Leukemia and Lymphoma: Molecular and Therapeutic Insights. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine. Edited by Michael G. Kharas, Ross L. Levine, and Ari M. Melnick. Cold Spring Harbor (New 0
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Mutation, Randomness, and Evolution. By Arlin Stoltzfus. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. $85.00. xiii + 268 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 978-0-19-884445-7. [A companion website is avail0
The Stockholm Paradigm: Climate Change and Emerging Disease. By Daniel R. Brooks, Eric P. Hoberg, and Walter A. Boeger. Chicago (Illinois): University of Chicago Press. $120.00 (hardcover); $400
Mesozoic Sea Dragons: Triassic Marine Life from the Ancient Tropical Lagoon of Monte San Giorgio. By Olivier Rieppel; reconstructions by Beat Scheffold. Indiana (Bloomington): Indiana Universit0
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Population Ecology in Practice. Edited by Dennis L. Murray and Brett K. Sandercock. New York: Wiley. $99.95 (paper). xxiii + 424 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 9780470674147 (pb); 9781119574620 (eb). [0
:Fascinating Shells: An Introduction to 121 of the World’s Most Wonderful Mollusks0
European Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises: Marine Mammal Conservation in Practice. By Peter G. H. Evans. Academic Press. Amsterdam (The Netherlands) and New York: Elsevier. $74.96 (paper). xv + 0
After the Death of Nature: Carolyn Merchant and the Future of Human-Nature Relations. Edited by Kenneth Worthy, Elizabeth Allison, and Whitney A. Bauman. London and New York: Routledge (Taylor 0
Proceedings of the First International Snakehead Symposium. American Fisheries Society Symposium 89. Based on a symposium held in Alexandria, Virginia, 17–19 July 2018. Edited by John S. Odenki0
Spatial Analysis in Field Primatology: Applying GIS at Varying Scales. Edited by Francine L. Dolins, Christopher A. Shaffer, Leila M. Porter, Jena R. Hickey, and Nathan P. Nibbelink. Cambridge 0
Life in Deep Time: Darwin’s “Missing” Fossil Record. By J. William Schopf. Boca Raton (Florida): CRC Press (Taylor & Francis Group). $59.95 (hardcover); $29.95 (paper). xix + 229 p.; ill.; 0
:The Parrot in the Mirror: How Evolving to Be Like Birds Made Us Human0
Dinosaurs: New Visions of a Lost World. By Michael J. Benton; illustrated by Bob Nicholls. London (United Kingdom) and New York: Thames & Hudson. $39.95. 239 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 978-0-500
:The Pleistocene Social Contract: Culture and Cooperation in Human Evolution0
Plant Conservation: The Role of Habitat Restoration. By Sergei Volis. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press. $115.00 (hardcover); $49.99 (paper). xvi + 480 p. + 24 pl.; ill.; index0
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Coral Whisperers: Scientists on the Brink. Critical Environments: Nature, Science, and Politics, Volume 3. By Irus Braverman. Oakland (California): University of California Press. $85.00 (hardc0
:The Book of Minds: How to Understand Ourselves and Other Beings, From Animals to AI to Aliens0
Cuvier’s History of the Natural Sciences: Twenty Lessons from the First Half of the Eighteenth Century. Collection Archives. Edited and annotated by Theodore W. Pietsch; Foreword by Pietro Cors0
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:Microbiology of Infectious Disease: Integrating Genomics with Natural History0
:Frogs of the United States and Canada. Second Edition0
This Land Is Your Land: The Story of Field Biology in America. By Michael J. Lannoo. Chicago (Illinois): University of Chicago Press. $90.00 (hardcover); $30.00 (paper). xix + 305 p.; ill.; ind0
:The Lives of Seaweeds. A Natural History of Our Planet’s Seaweeds and Other Algae0
:Understanding Genes. Understanding Life Series0
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Why Study Biology by the Sea? Convening Science: Discovery at the Marine Biological Laboratory. Edited by Karl S. Matlin, Jane Maienschein, and Rachel A. Ankeny. Chicago (Illinois): University 0
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The Human Instinct: How We Evolved to Have Reason, Consciousness, and Free Will. By Kenneth R. Miller. New York: Simon & Schuster. $17.00 (paper). viii + 294 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 978-1-470
A Most Interesting Problem: What Darwin’s Decent of Man Got Right and Wrong about Human Evolution. Edited by Jeremy M. DeSilva; with an introduction by Janet Browne. Princeton (New Jersey): Pri0
Darwin: A Companion: Building on the Work of R. B. Freeman; with Iconographies by John van Wyhe. By Paul van Helvert and John van Wyhe. Hackensack (New Jersey) and London (United Kingdom): Worl0
The Genetics of African Populations in Health and Disease. Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology. Edited by Muntaser E. Ibrahim and Charles N. Rotimi. Cambridge and New 0
:Multispecies Biofilms: Technologically Advanced Methods to Study Microbial Communities. Springer Series on Biofilms, Volume 120
:Dancing Cockatoos and the Dead Man Test: How Behavior Evolves and Why It Matters0
Cell Survival and Cell Death. Second Edition. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology. Edited by Kim Newton, James M. Murphy, and Edward A. Miao. Cold Spring Harbor (New York): Cold Spring H0
The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life. By David Quammen. New York: Simon & Schuster. $30.00. xvi + 461 p. + 8 pl.; ill.; index. ISBN: 978-1-4767-7662-0 (hc); 978-1-4767-7664-4 (eb0
Freshwater Biodiversity: Status, Threats and Conservation. Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation. By David Dudgeon. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press. $89.99 (hardcover); $44.0
Model-Based Clustering and Classification for Data Science: With Applications in R. Cambridge Series in Statistical and Probabilistic Mathematics. By Charles Bouveyron, Gilles Celeux, T. Brenda0
Computing Skills for Biologists: A Toolbox. By Stefano Allesina and Madlen Wilmes. Princeton (New Jersey): Princeton University Press. $110.00 (hardcover); $45.00 (paper). xxii + 417 p.; ill.; 0
:Doing Integrated History and Philosophy of Science: A Case Study of the Origin of Genetics. Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, Volume 3200
:Platypus Matters: The Extraordinary Story of Australian Mammals0
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Social Butterflies. Monographs in Population Biology, Volume 65. By Henry S. Horn. Princeton (New Jersey): Princeton University Press. $120.00 (hardcover); $39.95 (paper). xix + 272 p.; ill.; i0
Phylogeny and Evolution of Bacteria and Mitochondria. Edited by Mauro Degli Esposti. Boca Raton (Florida): CRC Press (Taylor & Francis Group). $189.95. vii + 228 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 978-0
Bats and Viruses: Current Research and Future Trends. Edited by Eugenia Corrales-Aguilar and Martin Schwemmle. Norfolk (United Kingdom): Caister Academic Press. $319.00 (paper). iv + 224 p.; il0
The Correspondence of Charles Darwin. Volume 27: 1879. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt and James A. Secord. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press. $125.00. xlvi + 852 p. + 1 pl.; ill0
:COVID-19 in the Environment: Impact, Concerns, and Management of Coronavirus0
The Genesis Quest: The Geniuses and Eccentrics on a Journey to Uncover the Origin of Life on Earth. By Michael Marshall. Chicago (Illinois): University of Chicago Press. $26.00. viii + 360 p.; 0
Cellular and Animal Models in Human Genomics Research. Translational and Applied Genomics. Edited by Katherina Walz and Juan I. Young. Academic Press. Amsterdam (The Netherlands) and New York: 0
Nature Strange and Beautiful: How Living Beings Evolved and Made the Earth a Home. By Egbert Giles Leigh Jr. and Christian Ziegler. New Haven (Connecticut): Yale University Press. $28.00. xiii 0
Biology, Religion, and Philosophy: An Introduction. Cambridge Introductions to Philosophy and Biology. By Michael L. Peterson and Dennis R. Venema. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University 0
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:Field Guide to North American Flycatchers: Empidonax and Pewees0
Lizards of Mexico. Part I: Iguanian Lizards. Herpetofauna Mexicana, Volume 2. By Peter Heimes. Frankfurt am Main (Germany): Edition Chimaira. €138.00. 480 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 978-3-89973-1010
:Updating Neanderthals: Understanding Behavioural Complexity in the Late Middle Palaeolithic0
Adaptive Oncogenesis: A New Understanding of How Cancer Evolves Inside Us. By James DeGregori. Cambridge (Massachusetts): Harvard University Press. $39.95. xiii + 271 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 9780
Army Ants: Nature’s Ultimate Social Hunters. By Daniel J. C. Kronauer. Cambridge (Massachusetts): Harvard University Press. $65.00. ix + 368 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 9780674241558. 2020.0
Connectome Imaging: Macro- and Micro-Level Conceptual and Methodological Issues0
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:Understanding Evo-Devo. Understanding Life Series0
Grassroots Stewardship: Sustainability Within Our Reach. By F. Stuart Chapin III. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. $34.95. xiii + 222 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 978-0-19-008119-5. 20200
:Forest Microbiology: Forest Tree Health, Volume 20
Conservation Genetics in Mammals: Integrative Research Using Novel Approaches. Edited by Jorge Ortega and Jesus E. Maldonado. Cham (Switzerland) and New York: Springer. $179.99. vii + 378 p.; i0
Coexistence in Ecology: A Mechanistic Perspective. Monographs in Population Biology. By Mark A. McPeek. Princeton (New Jersey): Princeton University Press. $105.00 (hardcover); $45.00 (paper). 0
Thinking through Climate Change: A Philosophy of Energy in the Anthropocene. Palgrave Studies in the Future of Humanity and Its Successors. By Adam Briggle. Palgrave (Macmillan). Cham (Switzerl0
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Life in Extreme Environments: Insights in Biological Capability. Ecological Reviews. Edited by Guido di Prisco, Howell G. M. Edwards, Josef Elster, and Ad H. L. Huiskes. Cambridge and New York:0
:Insights from Data with R: An Introduction for the Life and Environmental Sciences0
Immortal: Our Cells, DNA, and Bodies. By David Goldman. Academic Press. Amsterdam (The Netherlands) and New York: Elsevier. $72.20 (paper). xvi + 188 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 978-0-323-85692-8. 20
Darwin’s Psychology. By Ben Bradley. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. $40.00. xv + 409 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 978-0-19-870821-6. 2020.0
Double Helix of Phyllotaxis: Analysis of the Geometric Model of Plant Morphogenesis. By Boris Rozin. Irvine (California): BrownWalker Press. $39.95 (paper). xi + 171 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 978-0
Changing Climate, Changing Worlds: Local Knowledge and the Challenges of Social and Ecological Change. Ethnobiology. Edited by Meredith Welch-Devine, Anne Sourdril, and Brian J. Burke. Cham (Sw0
:The Mind of a Bee0
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:Evolutionary Developmental Biology. Current Topics in Developmental Biology, Volume 1410
Philosophy of Science for Biologists. Edited by Kostas Kampourakis and Tobias Uller. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press. $89.99 (hardcover); $34.99 (paper). x + 330 p.; ill.; in0
Genetic Counseling: Clinical Practice and Ethical Considerations. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine. Edited by Laura Hercher, Barbara Biesecker, and Jehannine C. Austin. Cold Spring H0
Epigenetics, Nuclear Organization and Gene Function: With Implications of Epigenetic Regulation and Genetic Architecture for Human Development and Health. By John C. Lucchesi. Oxford and New Yo0
:Dead Zones: The Loss of Oxygen from Rivers, Lakes, Seas, and the Ocean0
Effective Conservation Science: Data Not Dogma. Edited by Peter Kareiva, Michelle Marvier, and Brian Silliman. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. $100.00 (hardcover); $49.95 (paper).0
:Vagrancy in Birds0
Agricultural Resilience: Perspectives from Ecology and Economics. Ecological Reviews. Edited by Sarah M. Gardner, Stephen J. Ramsden, and Rosemary S. Hails. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge Un0
Human Language: From Genes and Brains to Behavior. Editor-in-Chief: Peter Hagoort; Section Editors: Christian F. Beckmann et al. Cambridge (Massachusetts): MIT Press. $150.00. viii + 741 p.; il0
Mammals of the Southeastern United States. By Troy L. Best and John L. Hunt. Tuscaloosa (Alabama): University of Alabama Press. $64.95. xvi + 476 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 978-0-8173-2052-2 (hc); 0
Skeletons: The Frame of Life. By Jan Zalasiewicz and Mark Williams. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. $24.95. xv + 294 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 978-0-19-880210-5. 2018.0
Making Eden: How Plants Transformed a Barren Planet. By David Beerling. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. $27.95. xiii + 257 p. + 10 pl.; ill.; index. ISBN: 978-0-19-879830-9. 2019.0
The Role of Global Air Pollution in Aging and Disease: Reading Smoke Signals. By Caleb E. Finch. Academic Press. Amsterdam (The Netherlands) and New York: Elsevier. $180.00. xiii + 203 p.; ill.0
Hominin Postcranial Remains from Sterkfontein, South Africa, 1936–1995. Human Evolution Series. Edited by Bernhard Zipfel, Brian G. Richmond, and Carol V. Ward. Oxford and New York: Oxford Univ0
:The Biomimicry Revolution: Learning from Nature How to Inhabit the Earth0
Conservation Biology: Foundations, Concepts, Applications. Third Edition. By Fred Van Dyke and Rachel L. Lamb. Cham (Switzerland) and New York: Springer. $109.00. xxxi + 613 p.; ill.; index. IS0
Animal Physiology: An Environmental Perspective. By Patrick J. Butler, J. Anne Brown, D. George Stephenson, and John R. Speakman. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. $82.95. xii + 1080
Wasp. Animal Series. By Richard Jones. London (United Kingdom): Reaktion Books. $19.95 (paper). 207 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 978-1-78914-161-0 (pb). 2019.0
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Fires of Life: Endothermy in Birds and Mammals. By Barry Gordon Lovegrove; Foreword by Roger S. Seymour. New Haven (Connecticut): Yale University Press. $40.00. xxiii + 356 p.; ill.; index. ISB0
:Birds of Belize. Princeton Field Guide0
:Philosophy and Neuroscience: A Methodological Analysis. New Directions in Philosophy and Cognitive Science0
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:Early Life on Earth: Evolution, Diversification, and Interactions0
Kingfisher. Animal Series. By Ildiko Szabo. London (United Kingdom): Reaktion Books. $19.95 (paper). 199 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 978-1-78914-139-9. 2019.0
Pelican. Animal Series. By Barbara Allen. London (United Kingdom): Reaktion Books. $19.95 (paper). 228 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 978-1-78914-075-0. 2019.0
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:Ants: A Visual Guide0
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Theoretical Ecology: Concepts and Applications. Edited by Kevin S. McCann and Gabriel Gellner. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. $100.00 (hardcover); $49.95 (paper). xiii + 303 p.; 0
Plastid Genome Evolution. Advances in Botanical Research, Volume 85. Edited by Shu-Miaw Chaw and Robert K. Jansen. Academic Press. Amsterdam (The Netherlands) and New York: Elsevier. $214.00. x0
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:Landscape Evolution: Landforms, Ecosystems, and Soils0
:Snakes of the World: A Guide to Every Family0
What Is Life?: Five Great Ideas in Biology. By Paul Nurse. New York: W. W. Norton & Company. $20.00. ix + 145 p.; no index. ISBN: 9780393541151 (hc); 9780393541168 (eb). 2020.0
Convergent Evolution on Earth: Lessons for the Search for Extraterrestrial Life. Vienna Series in Theoretical Biology. By George R. McGhee Jr.. Cambridge (Massachusetts): MIT Press. $45.00. xiv0
Bird Love: The Family Life of Birds. By Wenfei Tong; Consultant Editor: Mike Webster. Princeton (New Jersey): Princeton University Press. $29.95. 192 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 978-0-691-18884-3. 20
Behavioral Ecology of Neotropical Birds. Edited by Juan Carlos Reboreda, Vanina Dafne Fiorini, and Diego Tomás Tuero. Cham (Switzerland): Springer. $149.99. viii + 220 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 970
Collective Behavior in Systems Biology: A Primer on Modeling Infrastructure. By Assaf Steinschneider. Academic Press. Amsterdam (The Netherlands) and New York: Elsevier. $102.00 (paper). xviii 0
:Trees and Forests of Tropical Asia: Exploring Tapovan0
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The Last Butterflies: A Scientist’s Quest to Save a Rare and Vanishing Creature. By Nick Haddad. Princeton (New Jersey): Princeton University Press. $24.95. xiii + 250 p. + 16 pl.; ill.; index.0
Climate Change, Ocean Acidification and Sponges: Impacts Across Multiple Levels of Organization. Edited by José Luis Carballo and James J. Bell. Cham (Switzerland) and New York: Springer. $199.0
Paddlefish: Ecological, Aquacultural, and Regulatory Challenges of Managing a Global Resource. Based on a symposium held in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 4 February 2017. American Fisheries Society Symp0
Evolution and Selection of Quantitative Traits. By Bruce Walsh and Michael Lynch. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. $150.00. xxix + 1459 p.; ill.; author index, organism and trait i0
Perturbation, Behavioural Feedbacks, and Population Dynamics in Social Animals: When to Leave and Where to Go. By Daniel Oro. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. $65.00. xii + 152 p.;0
:Competition Theory in Ecology. Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution0
Bone: A Regulator of Physiology. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine. Edited by Gerard Karsenty and David T. Scadden. Cold Spring Harbor (New York): Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.0
:Mosquitoes of the World. Volumes 1 and 20
Modern Statistics for Modern Biology. By Susan Holmes and Wolfgang Huber. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press. $64.99 (paper). xxiii + 382 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 978-1-108-70529-0
Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law. By Mary Roach. New York: W. W. Norton & Company. $26.95. xi + 308 p.; ill.; no index. ISBN: 9781324001935 (hc); 9781324001843 (eb). 2021.0
:The Colobines: Natural History, Behaviour and Ecological Diversity. Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology0
Microbes: The Life-Changing Story of Germs. By Phillip K. Peterson. New York: Prometheus Books. $25.95. xviii + 294 p.; index. ISBN: 9781633886346 (hc); 9781633886353 (eb). 2020.0
:Ecology and Conservation of the Dutch Ground Beetle Fauna: Lessons from 66 Years of Pitfall Trapping0
Why Chimpanzees Can’t Learn Language and Only Humans Can. Leonard Hastings Schoff Memorial Lectures. By Herbert S. Terrace. New York: Columbia University Press. $28.00. xxiii + 219 p.; ill.; in0
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Influenza: The Cutting Edge. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine. Edited by Gabriele Neumann and Yoshihiro Kawaoka. Cold Spring Harbor (New York): Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. $0
Crop Pollination by Bees. Volume 1: Evolution, Ecology, Conservation, and Management. Second Edition. By Keith S. Delaplane. Wallingford (United Kingdom) and Boston (Massachusetts): CABI. $67.50
:Trout and Salmon of the Genus Salmo0
Sedges of the Northern Forest: A Photographic Guide. A Northern Forest Atlas Guide. By Jerry Jenkins. Ithaca (New York): Cornell University Press (Comstock Publishing Associates). $16.95 (paper0
:Bats: Their Biology and Behavior0
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A Series of Fortunate Events: Chance and the Making of the Planet, Life, and You. By Sean B. Carroll. Princeton (New Jersey): Princeton University Press. $22.95. vii + 213 p.; ill.; index. ISBN0
Bat Calls of Britain and Europe: A Guide to Species Identification. Edited by Jon Russ. Exeter (United Kingdom): Pelagic Publishing. £49.99. x + 462 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 978-1-78427-225-8 (hc0
Animals’ Best Friends: Putting Compassion to Work for Animals in Captivity and in the Wild. By Barbara J. King. Chicago (Illinois): University of Chicago Press. $25.00. ix + 274 p.; index. ISBN0
:Plastic Pollution and Marine Conservation: Approaches to Protect Biodiversity and Marine Life0
Across the Bridge: Understanding the Origin of the Vertebrates. By Henry Gee. Chicago (Illinois): University of Chicago Press. $75.00 (hardcover); $25.00 (paper). xii + 312 p.; ill.; index. ISB0
:Single-Molecule Studies of Nucleic Acids and Their Proteins0
Wildlife Biodiversity Conservation: Multidisciplinary and Forensic Approaches. Edited by Susan C. Underkoffler and Hayley R. Adams. Cham (Switzerland) and New York: Springer. $199.99 (hardcover0
Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Volume 9: Bats. Chief Editors: Don E. Wilson and Russell A. Mittermeier; Associate Editors: Albert Martínez Vilalta, David Leslie Jr. Marc Olivé, and Andre0
Index to Titles and Authors/Editors of Books Reviewed0
:Human Migration: Biocultural Perspectives0
To the Last Smoke: An Anthology. By Stephen J. Pyne. Tucson (Arizona): University of Arizona Press. $29.95 (paper). x + 436 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 978-0-8165-4012-9. 2020.0
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Life’s Edge: The Search for What It Means to Be Alive. By Carl Zimmer. New York: Dutton (Penguin Random House). $28.00. xx + 348 p.; index. ISBN: 9780593182710 (hc); 9780593182727 (eb). 2021.0
:The Failures of Mathematical Anti-Evolutionism0
Elephant. By Errol Fuller. Princeton (New Jersey): Princeton University Press. $29.95. 287 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 978-0-691-19132-4. 2019.0
:Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of the Natural Protected Area Las Musas, Guanajuato0
Index to Reviewers of Books0
Time and the Generations: Population Ethics for a Diminishing Planet. Kenneth J. Arrow Lecture Series. By Partha Dasgupta; with Robert Solow, Scott Barrett, Eric Maskin, Joseph Stiglitz, and Ai0
:The Accidental Ecosystem: People and Wildlife in American Cities0
Renewable Energy and Wildlife Conservation. Wildlife Management and Conservation. Edited by Christopher E. Moorman, Steven M. Grodsky, and Susan P. Rupp. Published in association with The Wildl0
:Explorers of Deep Time: Paleontologists and the History of Life0
(Ir)rationality of animal choice? A guide to testing transitivity0
A Dominant Character: The Radical Science and Restless Politics of J. B. S. Haldane. By Samanth Subramanian. New York: W. W. Norton & Company. $40.00. xiii + 384 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 978-0
Frogfishes: Biodiversity, Zoogeography, and Behavioral Ecology. By Theodore W. Pietsch and Rachel J. Arnold. Baltimore (Maryland): Johns Hopkins University Press. $124.95. xv + 601 p.; ill.; in0
Integrating Evolutionary Biology into Medical Education for Maternal and Child Healthcare Students, Clinicians, and Scientists. Edited by Jay Schulkin and Michael L. Power. Oxford and New York:0
Guide to the Plants of Arizona’s White Mountains. By George C. West; with contributions by Julie Hammonds; Foreword by Ellen L. West. Albuquerque (New Mexico): University of New Mexico Press. $0
The Story of the Dinosaurs in 25 Discoveries: Amazing Fossils and the People Who Found Them. By Donald R. Prothero. New York: Columbia University Press. $35.00. xv + 472 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 0
Uncertainty: How It Makes Science Advance. By Kostas Kampourakis and Kevin McCain. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. $29.95. xii + 254 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 978-0-19-087166-6. 20200
:Applied Mycology: Entrepreneurship with Fungi. Fungal Biology0
Vanishing Ice: Glaciers, Ice Sheets, and Rising Seas. By Vivien Gornitz. New York: Columbia University Press. $35.00. xv + 381 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 9780231168243 (hc); 9780231548892 (eb). 2010
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Trout and Char of the World. Edited by Jeffrey L. Kershner, Jack E. Williams, Robert E. Gresswell, and Javier Lobón-Cerviá. Bethesda (Maryland): American Fisheries Society. $79.00. xxvi + 831 p0
:Infectious Disease Ecology of Wild Birds0
All Things Harmless, Useful, and Ornamental: Environmental Transformation through Species Acclimatization, from Colonial Australia to the World. Flows, Migrations, and Exchanges. By Pete Minard0
Bird Senses: How and What Birds See, Hear, Smell, Taste, and Feel. By Graham R. Martin. Exeter (United Kingdom): Pelagic Publishing. $39.69. x + 270 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 978-1-78427-216-6 (pb0
Index to Titles and Authors/Editors of Books Reviewed0
:The Biological Role of a Virus. Advances in Environmental Microbiology, Volume 90
Studying Primates: How to Design, Conduct and Report Primatological Research. By Joanna M. Setchell. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press. $84.99 (hardcover); $34.99 (paper). xix 0
Metazoa: Animal Life and the Birth of the Mind. By Peter Godfrey-Smith. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. $28.00. x + 336 p. + 8 pl.; ill.; index. ISBN: 9780374207946. 2020.0
Evolutionary Ecology of Plant-Herbivore Interaction. Edited by Juan Núñez-Farfán and Pedro Luis Valverde. Cham (Switzerland) and New York: Springer. $169.99. xix + 376 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 970
:Power in the Wild: The Subtle and Not-So-Subtle Ways Animals Strive for Control over Others0
:The Monster’s Bones: The Discovery of T. Rex and How It Shook Our World0
The Ecology of Herbal Medicine: A Guide to Plants and Living Landscapes of the American Southwest. By Dara Saville; Foreword by Jesse Wolf Hardin. Albuquerque (New Mexico): University of New Me0
Urban Evolutionary Biology. Edited by Marta Szulkin, Jason Munshi-South, and Anne Charmantier. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. $100.00 (hardcover); $49.95 (paper). xiv + 303 p.; i0
Cellular Biophysics and Modeling: A Primer on the Computational Biology of Excitable Cells. By Greg Conradi Smith. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press. $125.00 (hardcover); $49.90
Life and Death in the Gombe Chimpanzees: Skeletal Analysis as an Insight into Life History. Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects. By Claire A. Kirchhoff. Cham (Switzerland) and N0
The Selfish Ape: Human Nature and Our Path to Extinction. By Nicholas P. Money. London (United Kingdom): Reaktion Books. $20.00. 148 p.; index. ISBN: 978-1-78914-155-9. 2019.0
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:A Miscellany of Bats0
:Male Choice, Female Competition, and Female Ornaments in Sexual Selection0
Handbook of Algal Science, Technology and Medicine. Edited by Ozcan Konur. Academic Press. Amsterdam (The Netherlands) and New York: Elsevier. $161.50 (paper). xxix + 705 p.; ill.; index. ISBN:0
Fantastic Fossils: A Guide to Finding and Identifying Prehistoric Life. By Donald R. Prothero; illustrated by Mary Persis Williams. New York: Columbia University Press. $35.00. xi + 323 p. + 8 0
Wild Chimpanzees: Social Behavior of an Endangered Species. By Adam Clark Arcadi. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press. $79.99 (hardcover); $34.99 (paper). xiii + 233 p. + 14 pl.;0
Architects of Structural Biology: Bragg, Perutz, Kendrew, Hodgkin. By John Meurig Thomas; Foreword by Venki Ramakrishnan. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. $45.00. xxi + 298 p.; ill0
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