Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008. Quarto, paperback, diagrams. This book presents an insight into the evolutionary and ecological processes that underpin animal behaviour. It also provides an overview of the evolutionary and methodological framework of behavioural ecology. Why are some species monogamous while others are polygamous? Why are males usually..... More
Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press, 2009. Octavo, black and white illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. Stephen Daubert presents twenty-six new stories that pull the reader into the mystery and immediacy of ecological processes ranging from the microscopic to the tectonic. Many show surprising intersections of creatures from different realms or the..... More
Washington DC: Island Press, 2009. Octavo, paperback, text illustrations. In humanity's more than 100,000 year history, we have evolved from vulnerable creatures clawing sustenance from Earth to a sophisticated global society manipulating every inch of it. In short, we have become the dominant animal. Why, then, are we creating a...... More
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 2007. Octavo, paperback, illustrations. In this brilliant synthesis of evolutionary biology, palaeontology, and modern environmental science, Novacek shows how all three can help readers understand and prevent what he and others call today's mass extinction event. More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2010. Octavo, paperback, line drawings. This book provides an introduction to the role of diversity in complex adaptive systems. A complex system - such as an economy or a tropical ecosystem - consists of interacting adaptive entities that produce dynamic patterns and structures. Diversity plays a...... More