The role of parents in shaping the characters of their children, the causes of violence and crime, and the roots of personal unhappiness are central to humanity. Like so many fundamental questions about human existence, these issues all relate to behavioural development. In this lucid and accessible book, eminent biologist Professor Sir Patrick Bateson suggests that the nature/nurture dichotomy we often use to think about questions of development in both humans and animals is misleading. 

Includes a comprehensive overview of the pathologies observed in wild and aquarium-maintained cephalopods. Presents fundamental aspects of the anatomical and histological structures of cephalopods. Features the identification of different pathogens, histopathologies and diagnosis of diseases in cephalopods. Useful for marine pathologists, parasitologists, veterinarians and those involved in fishery sanitary assessment, aquarium maintenance and aquaculture practice.

This volume includes twelve novel empirical papers focusing on the behaviour and cognition of both captive and wild bonobos (Pan paniscus). As our species less known closest relative, the bonobo has gone from being little studied to increasingly popular as a species of focus over the past decade. Overall this volume demonstrates how anyone interested in understanding humans or chimpanzees must also know bonobos. Bonobos are not only equal to chimpanzees as our relatives, but they are also unique.

The average person can name more bird species than they think, but do we really know what a bird "species" is? This open access book takes up several fascinating aspects of bird life to elucidate this basic concept in biology. From genetic and physiological basics to the phenomena of bird song and bird migration, it analyzes various interactions of birds - with their environment and other birds. Lastly, it shows imminent threats to birds in the Anthropocene, the era of global human impact. 

Los lectores de Emily Dickinson (Amherst, Massachusetts, 1830-1866) se cuentan por millones, tanto en el mundo de habla inglesa como fuera de él. El enorme interés que sus versos siguen despertando se finca en una sensibilidad lírica y una capacidad de recreación emotiva y visual que rebosan los límites espaciales de sus sucintas, aunque complejas, piezas poéticas.