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“jonathan ballou”

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  • Metapopulations and Wildlife Conservation

    by Jonathan Ballou, Bradley Stith, Bill Pranty, Glen Woolfenden, F. Lance Craighead, Ernest Vyse, Rob Roy Ramey II, John A. Wiens, Philip Hedrick, Paul Beier, Michael Gilpin, Jennifer Rechel, Mary Price, Vdernon Bleich, John Wehausen, Walter Koenig, Jon Fischer, William Z. Lidicker Jr., Kevin McKelvey, Richard Merrick, Thomas Loughlin, Ann York, J. W. Fitzpatrick ...
    Development of rural landscapes is converting once-vast expanses of open space into pockets of habitat where wildlife populations exist in isolation from other members of their species. The central concept of metapopulation dynamics -- that a constellation of partially isolated patches can yield overall stability to a system that is chaotic at the level of the individual patch -- offers an ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • Introduction to Conservation Genetics

    by Richard Frankham, Jonathan D. Ballou, David A. Briscoe ...
    This impressive author team brings the wealth of advances in conservation genetics into the new edition of this introductory text, including new chapters on population genomics and genetic issues in introduced and invasive species. They continue the strong learning features for students - main points in the margin, chapter summaries, vital support with the mathematics, and further reading - and ... Read more

    $83.99 CAD

  • A Primer of Conservation Genetics

    by Richard Frankham, Jonathan D. Ballou, David A. Briscoe ...
    This concise, entry level text provides an introduction to the importance of genetic studies in conservation and presents the essentials of the discipline in an easy-to-follow format, with main points and terms clearly highlighted. The authors assume only a basic knowledge of Mendelian genetics and simple statistics, making the book accessible to those with a limited background in these areas. ... Read more

    $66.99 CAD

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    Inside the Genographic Project

    by Spencer Wells ...
    Travel backward through time from today's scattered billions to the handful of early humans who lived in Africa 60,000 years ago and are ancestors to us all. In Deep Ancestry, scientist and National Geographic explorer Spencer Wells shows how tiny genetic changes add up over time into a fascinating story. Using scores of real-life examples, helpful analogies, and detailed diagrams and ... Read more

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  • The Juggler's Children

    A Journey into Family, Legend and the Genes that Bind Us

    by Carolyn Abraham ...
    Carolyn Abraham explores the stunning power and ethical pitfalls of using genetic tests to answer questions of genealogy--by cracking the genome of her own family.Recently, tens of thousands of people have been drawn to mail-order DNA tests to learn about their family roots. Abraham investigates whether this burgeoning new science can help solve 2 mysteries that have haunted her multi-racial ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • A Troublesome Inheritance

    Genes, Race and Human History

    by Nicholas Wade ...
    Drawing on startling new evidence from the mapping of the genome, an explosive new account of the genetic basis of race and its role in the human storyFewer ideas have been more toxic or harmful than the idea of the biological reality of race, and with it the idea that humans of different races are biologically different from one another. For this understandable reason, the idea has been banished ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

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  • The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene

    The Long Reach of the Gene

    by Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett ...
    Series series Oxford Landmark Science
    By the best selling author of The Selfish Gene 'This entertaining and thought-provoking book is an excellent illustration of why the study of evolution is in such an exciting ferment these days.' Science 'The Extended Phenotype is a sequel to The Selfish Gene . . . he writes so clearly it could be understood by anyone prepared to make the effort' John Maynard Smith, London Review of Books 'Dawkins ... Read more

    $11.89 CAD

  • Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

    by Ann Druyan, Carl Sagan ...
    NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “Exciting and provocative . . . A tour de force of a book that begs to be seen as well as to be read.”—The Washington Post Book WorldWorld renowned scientist Carl Sagan and acclaimed author Ann Druyan have written a Roots for the human species, a lucid and riveting account of how humans got to be the way we are. Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors is a thrilling saga that starts ... Read more

    Was $12.99 CAD Now $8.99 CAD

  • The Systems View of Life

    A Unifying Vision

    by Pier Luigi Luisi, Fritjof Capra ...
    Over the past thirty years, a new systemic conception of life has emerged at the forefront of science. New emphasis has been given to complexity, networks, and patterns of organisation, leading to a novel kind of 'systemic' thinking. This volume integrates the ideas, models, and theories underlying the systems view of life into a single coherent framework. Taking a broad sweep through history and ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD

  • Darwin's Island

    The Galapagos in the Garden of England

    by Professor Steve Jones ...
    The Origin of Species is the most famous book in science but its stature tends to obscure the genius of Charles Darwin's other works. The Beagle voyage, too, occupied only five of the fifty years of his career. He spent only five weeks on the Galapagos and on his return never left Britain again. Darwin wrote six million words, in nineteen books and innumerable letters, on topics as different as ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Creation

    How Science Is Reinventing Life Itself

    by Adam Rutherford ...
    What is life?Humans have been asking this question for thousands of years. But as technology has advanced and our understanding of biology has deepened, the answer has evolved. For decades, scientists have been exploring the limits of nature by modifying and manipulating DNA, cells and whole organisms to create new ones that could never have existed on their own.In Creation, science writer Adam ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

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  • The God Gene

    How Faith Is Hardwired into Our Genes

    by Dean H. Hamer ...
    The overwhelming majority of Americans believe in God; this conviction has existed since the beginning of recorded time and is shared by billions around the world. In The God Gene, Dr. Dean Hamer reveals that this inclination towards religious faith is in good measure due to our genes and may even offer an evolutionary advantage by reducing stress, preventing disease, and extending life.Popular ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD