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The field of plant population ecology has advanced considerably in the last decade since the first edition was published. In particular there have been substantial and ongoing advances in statistics and modelling applications in population ecology, as well as an explosion of new techniques reflecting the availability of new technologies (e.g....

A Treatise on Matter, Information, Life and ThoughtThis book presents a vivid argument for the almost lost idea of a unity of all natural sciences. This unity engenders the "e;complex familiarity"e; of the world in which we live and which can be described in "e;strangely simple"e; theoretical terms, leading to surprising new...

A Very Short IntroductionThe study of the Quaternary ice age has revolutionized ideas about Earth system change and the pace of landscape and ecosystem dynamics. The Ice Age: A Very Short Introduction looks at evidence from the continents, the oceans, and the ice core records, and the human stories behind it all. Jamie Woodward examines the...

Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation of a Megadiverse RegionSouth Africa&'s fynbos region has intrigued biologists for centuries. It has achieved iconic status as a locus of megadiversity and therefore a place to study the ecological underpinnings of massive evolutionary radiations. Researchers have made great advances over the past two decades in...

Theory, Models, and DataWhile the field of vision science has grown significantly in the past three decades, there have been few comprehensive books that showed readers how to adopt a computional approach to understanding visual perception, along with the underlying mechanisms in the brain.  Understanding Vision explains the computational...

The evolutionary psychology of womenWhen Darwin proposed that females shape evolution by being choosy in their choice of male suitors, his Victorian contemporaries were shocked that he accorded so much importance to women. But this early view of the female role was far from revolutionary: They were simply allowed to be passive &'quality...