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The Genetics and Genomics of the Rabbit
by Domenico Spina • Cristiano Boiti • Bernd Fischer • Jianglin Fan • Zsuzsanna Bosze • Joana Abrantes • Marielle Afanassieff • Daniel Allain • Andre Almeida • Susana S. Araújo • Manuel Baselga • Agustin Blasco • Paul Boettcher • Gerard Bolet • Darko Bosnakovski • Samuel Boucher • Samuele Bovo • Gudrun A. Brockmann • Luca Buttazzoni • Cesare Castellini • Pascale Chavatte-Palmer • Peter Chrenek • Veronique Duranthon • Pedro José Esteves • María-Luz García • Hervé Garreau • Elen Gócza • Mélanie Gunia • Pilar Hernández • László Hiripi • Arata Honda • Adriana Kolesárová • Ana Lemos de Matos • Rose Mage • Manolis Matzapetakis • István Nagy • Clive Page • Mariana Palma • Miriam Piles • Andrea Rau • Andreas Ritsch • Claire Rogel-Gaillard • Jun Pablo Sanchez • Maria Antonia Santacreu • Pierre Savatier • Giuseppina Schiavo • Ina Sternstein • Zsolt Szendro • Valerio Joe UtzeriRabbits have many uses - as well as being cherished pets, they are bred for their meat and fur, and as laboratory animals. Understanding their genetics and genomics is key to their production and, equally, to their care, welfare and health. Beginning with an introduction to the rabbit, including key... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
William Faulkner: A Life through Novels
by André Bleikasten • Foreword by Philip Weinstein. With the collaboration of Roger Little. Translated by Miriam Watchorn. André BleikastenWriting to American poet Malcolm Cowley in 1949, William Faulkner expressed his wish to be known only through his books. He would go on to win the Nobel Prize for literature several months later, and when he died famous in 1962, his biographers immediately began to unveil and dissect the unhappy lif... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
Theorizing Folklore from the Margins: Critical and Ethical Approaches (Activist Encounters in Folklore and Ethnomusicology)
by Katherine Borland • Mintzi Auanda Martínez-Rivera • Solimar Otero • Rachel V. González-Martin • Juan Eduardo Wolf • Miriam Melton-Villanueva • Sheila Bock • Rhonda R. Dass • Cheikh Tidiane Lo • Itzel Guadalupe Garcia • Mabel Cuesta • Gloria M. Colom Braña • Martin A. Tsang • Alexander Fernandez • Xóchitl Chávez • Cory W. Thorne • Phyllis M. May-MachundaThe study of folklore has historically focused on the daily life and culture of regular people, such as artisans, storytellers, and craftspeople. But what can folklore reveal about strategies of belonging, survival, and reinvention in moments of crisis? The experience of living in hostile conditions... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
Contending with Antisemitism in a Rapidly Changing Political Climate (Studies in Antisemitism)
by Daniel Dayan • Jan Grabowski • Bernard Harrison • Dina Porat • Philip Spencer • Gerald M. Steinberg • Marc Grimm • Esther Webman • Dave Rich • Miriam F. Elman • Tammi Rossman-Benjamin • Lesley Klaff • Balázs Berkovitz • Mark Weitzman • Kenneth Waltzer • Linda Maizels • Dana Ionescu • Mike WhineToday's highly fraught historical moment brings a resurgence of antisemitism. Antisemitic incidents of all kinds are on the rise across the world, including hate speech, the spread of neo-Nazi graffiti and other forms of verbal and written threats, the defacement of synagogues and Jewish cemeteries,... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
Animal Welfare in a Changing World
by Andrew Butterworth • Rebecca Aldworth • Shelley M. Alexander • Regina Asmutis-Silvia • Panayiotis Panos Azmanis • Prof Daniel Berckmans • Lotta Berg • Harry Blokhuis • Xavier Boivin • John Bradshaw • Prof. Victoria Braithwaite • Stijn Bruers • Henry Buller • Joyce D’Silva • Sarah Dolman • Chris Draper • David A. Fennell • Charles Foster • Taryn Glass • Temple Grandin • Adam Hart • Sophia Hepple • Kristof Hermans • Elly Hiby • Miel Hostens • Mark Jones • Michael J Kuba • Philip Lymbery • Miriam Martin • Tomas Norton • Geert Opsomer • Maria Panagiotopoulou • Paul C. Paquet • Conor Ryan • Mark Simmonds • Kalliopi Stara • Rigas Tsiakiris • Bonny Ranst • Paul Whittington • James YeatesContemporary and challenging, this thought-provoking book outlines a number of the key dilemmas in animal welfare for today's, and tomorrow's, world. The issues discussed range from the welfare of hunted animals, to debates around intensive farming versus sustainability, and the effects of climate a... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018 -
Animal Welfare in a Changing World
by Temple Grandin • David A. Fennell • Tomas Norton • Paul C. Paquet • Andrew Butterworth • Elly Hiby • Mark Jones • Conor Ryan • Philip Lymbery • Rebecca Aldworth • Shelley M. Alexander • Regina Asmutis-Silvia • Panayiotis Panos Azmanis • Prof Daniel Berckmans • Lotta Berg • Harry Blokhuis • Xavier Boivin • John Bradshaw • Prof. Victoria Braithwaite • Stijn Bruers • Henry Buller • Joyce D’Silva • Sarah Dolman • Chris Draper • Charles Foster • Taryn Glass • Adam Hart • Sophia Hepple • Kristof Hermans • Miel Hostens • Michael J Kuba • Miriam Martin • Geert Opsomer • Maria Panagiotopoulou • Mark Simmonds • Kalliopi Stara • Rigas Tsiakiris • Bonny Ranst • Paul Whittington • James YeatesContemporary and challenging, this thought-provoking book outlines a number of the key dilemmas in animal welfare for today's, and tomorrow's, world. The issues discussed range from the welfare of hunted animals, to debates around intensive farming versus sustainability, and the effects of climate a... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018 -
Invasive Birds: Global Trends and Impacts
by Matthew Burnett • Bill Pranty • Diederik Strubbe • Erik Matthysen • Matthieu Guillemain • Johan Elmberg • Iain Henderson • Ding Li Yong • Juan Carlos Reboreda • Alexander Cruz • Tim Adriaens • Craig R Allen • Michael L Avery • Alexander V Badyaev • Fabrice M Brescia • Sarah E Britton • Daniel M Brooks • Jessica L. Burnett • Corey T Callaghan • César Capinha • Jen Cele • Jameson F Chace • Jocelyn Champagnon • Alice Cibois • Andrew Close • Alyssa R Conn • Richard T Corlett • Adrian J Craig • Amy E Dunham • James A Eaton • David A Smith • Yvette C Smith • Mike W Eichholz • Cyril Eraud • Chris L Feare • Jason M Gleditsch • Guillaume G Gayet • Carlos Gutiérrez-Expósito • Haley E Hanson • Frank Huysentruyt • John G Innes • Salit Kark • Michael R Leven • Ricardo J Lopes • Jean-Francois Maillard • Ndivhuwo Maligana • Chloe I Marcheli • Lynn B Martin • Blake A Mathys • Myriam E Mermoz • Jean-Yves Meyer • Dai K Morgan • Katherine G Ohman • Claire Pernollet • Murray A Potter • Eileen C Rees • Luís Reino • Joana Ribeiro • Peter A Robertson • Andrew M Rogers • Philip D Round • Joana Santana • Cavin T Shivambu • Neftalí Sillero • Preshnee Singh • Pär Söderquist • Karina L Speziale • Martin J Sullivan • Jean-Claude Thibault • Martin Thibault • Berndt J van Rensburg • Eric Vidal • Joseph R Waas • Amy-Leigh Wilson • Katherine Winston • Kevin A Wood • Pierre Yésou • Jaime E ZolikExamining globally invasive alien birds, the first part of this book provides an account of 32 global avian invasive species (as listed by the Invasive Species Specialist Group, ISSG). It acts as a one stop reference volume; it assesses current invasive status for each bird species, including detail... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020