Quarterly Review of Biology

Papers
(The median citation count 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)
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Niche Breadth: Causes and Consequences for Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation114
On The Biogeography of Habitat Islands: The Importance of Matrix Effects, Noncore Species, and Source-Sink Dynamics24
Taste and Smell: A Unifying Chemosensory Theory13
Knock-On Effects of Environmental Influences during Embryonic Development of Ectothermic Vertebrates12
Insect Radiations on Islands: Biogeographic Pattern and Evolutionary Process in Hawaiian Insects9
Back to the Basics of Mate Choice: The Evolutionary Importance of Darwin’s Sense of Beauty8
From Animal Signals to Art: Manipulative Animal Signaling and the Evolutionary Foundations of Aesthetic Behavior and Art Production7
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
Mistake-Making: A Theoretical Framework for Generating Research Questions in Biology, With Illustrative Application to Blood Clotting2
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
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
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
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
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
:Cryptic Species: Morphological Stasis, Circumscription, and Hidden Diversity. The Systematics Association Special Volume 890
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
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
: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
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
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
:The Hidden Universe: Adventures in Biodiversity0
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
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
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
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
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
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
:The Biomimicry Revolution: Learning from Nature How to Inhabit the Earth0
:The Failures of Mathematical Anti-Evolutionism0
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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
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
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
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
:Philosophy and Neuroscience: A Methodological Analysis. New Directions in Philosophy and Cognitive Science0
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
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
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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
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
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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
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
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
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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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
:Bats: Their Biology and Behavior0
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
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
:Infectious Disease Ecology of Wild Birds0
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
:Single-Molecule Studies of Nucleic Acids and Their Proteins0
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
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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
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 Monster’s Bones: The Discovery of T. Rex and How It Shook Our World0
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
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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
:The Lives of Seaweeds. A Natural History of Our Planet’s Seaweeds and Other Algae0
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
The Evolutionary Biology of Species. Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution. By Timothy G. Barraclough. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. $90.00 (hardcover); $45.95 (paper). xii + 20
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
:Male Choice, Female Competition, and Female Ornaments in Sexual Selection0
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
:Explorers of Deep Time: Paleontologists and the History of Life0
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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
Marvelous Microfossils: Creators, Timekeepers, Architects. By Patrick De Wever; Foreword by Hubert Reeves; Translated by Alison Duncan. Baltimore (Maryland): Johns Hopkins University Press. $590
Brains as Engines of Association: An Operating Principle for Nervous Systems. By Dale Purves. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. $49.95. xiii + 196 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 978019088010
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:Warblers of Eastern North America. Second Edition0
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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
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
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
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
:Pocket Guide to Birds of Australia0
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
:The Sounds of Life: How Digital Technology Is Bringing Us Closer to the Worlds of Animals and Plants0
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
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
:Birds of Costa Rica. Princeton Field Guides0
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
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:Landscape Evolution: Landforms, Ecosystems, and Soils0
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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
:World Archaeoprimatology: Interconnections of Humans and Nonhuman Primates in the Past. Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology0
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
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
:Trees and Forests of Tropical Asia: Exploring Tapovan0
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
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
:Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of the Natural Protected Area Las Musas, Guanajuato0
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
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
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
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
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
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
:Applied Mycology: Entrepreneurship with Fungi. Fungal Biology0
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
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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
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
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
:The Biological Role of a Virus. Advances in Environmental Microbiology, Volume 90
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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
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
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
:Microbiology of Infectious Disease: Integrating Genomics with Natural History0
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
:Coral Reefs of Australia: Perspectives from Beyond the Water’s Edge0
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
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
:The Book of Minds: How to Understand Ourselves and Other Beings, From Animals to AI to Aliens0
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
:Crayfishes of Alabama0
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
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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
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
:Understanding Genes. Understanding Life Series0
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
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(Ir)rationality of animal choice? A guide to testing transitivity0
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
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
:Animal Anomalies: What Abnormal Anatomies Reveal about Normal Development0
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
:Dancing Cockatoos and the Dead Man Test: How Behavior Evolves and Why It Matters0
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
:Fascinating Shells: An Introduction to 121 of the World’s Most Wonderful Mollusks0
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
:Early Life on Earth: Evolution, Diversification, and Interactions0
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
Championing Science: Communicating Your Ideas to Decision Makers. By Roger D. Aines and Amy L. Aines. Oakland (California): University of California Press. $85.00 (hardcover); $29.95 (paper). x0
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:Platypus Matters: The Extraordinary Story of Australian Mammals0
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
:The Pleistocene Social Contract: Culture and Cooperation in Human Evolution0
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
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
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
Saving the Tasmanian Devil: Recovery through Science-Based Management. Edited by Carolyn J. Hogg, Samantha Fox, David Pemberton, and Katherine Belov. Clayton South (Australia): CSIRO Publishing0
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
:COVID-19 in the Environment: Impact, Concerns, and Management of Coronavirus0
:Power in the Wild: The Subtle and Not-So-Subtle Ways Animals Strive for Control over Others0
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
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
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
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
:Antibiofilm Strategies: Current and Future Applications to Prevent, Control and Eradicate Biofilms. Springer Series on Biofilms, Volume 110
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:Field Guide to North American Flycatchers: Empidonax and Pewees0
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
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
:Birds of Southern Africa. Fifth Revised Edition0
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
Connectome Imaging: Macro- and Micro-Level Conceptual and Methodological Issues0
:A Miscellany of Bats0
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
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
:Population Biology of Vector-Borne Diseases. Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases Series0
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
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
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
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
The Bentley Glass Memorial Endowment Fund0
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
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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
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
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
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
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
:Frogs of the United States and Canada. Second Edition0
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
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
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
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
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
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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
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
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:Birds of Belize. Princeton Field Guide0
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
:Forest Microbiology: Forest Tree Health, Volume 20
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
Elephant. By Errol Fuller. Princeton (New Jersey): Princeton University Press. $29.95. 287 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 978-0-691-19132-4. 2019.0
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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
:Insights from Data with R: An Introduction for the Life and Environmental Sciences0
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
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
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
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
:Ants: A Visual Guide0
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
:Evolutionary Developmental Biology. Current Topics in Developmental Biology, Volume 1410
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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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
Mosses 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
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
:Snakes of the World: A Guide to Every Family0
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:Vagrancy in Birds0
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
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
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
Interactions in the Marine Benthos: Global Patterns and Processes. Systematics Association Special Volume 87. Edited by Stephen J. Hawkins, Katrin Bohn, Louise B. Firth, and Gray A. Williams. C0
All Things Harmless, Useful, and Ornamental: Environmental Transformation through Species Acclimatization, from Colonial Australia to the World. Flows, Migrations, and Exchanges. By Pete Minard0
The Bentley Glass Memorial Endowment Fund0
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
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
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
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
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
Nature’s Giants: The Biology and Evolution of the World’s Largest Lifeforms. By Graeme D. Ruxton; Foreword by Norman Owen-Smith. New Haven (Connecticut): Yale University Press. $35.00. 224 p.; 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
:Competition Theory in Ecology. Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution0
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
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
:Much Like Us: What Science Reveals about the Thoughts, Feelings, and Behaviour of Animals0
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:The Colobines: Natural History, Behaviour and Ecological Diversity. Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology0
:Multispecies Biofilms: Technologically Advanced Methods to Study Microbial Communities. Springer Series on Biofilms, Volume 120
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