Chivers David J (73 results)
Language: English
Published by New York Times, NY, 2025
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st. stapled pictorial wraps; 60 clean, unmarked pages: includes: David Marchese (Interview: Jonathan Roumie); Kwame Anthony Appiah (ethics: Expecting Less); Chevers (The Swarm, Ukraine's warfare); Malcolm Brooks (Cat Country, mountain lions in the west); Lynsey Addario (Living or Dead, We want o…ur Sons Back, women in syria); etc. Color & b&w; coverfeatures C.J. Chivers The warm photo by David Guttenfelder (illustrator).
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. **The stock image at left supplied by Abebooks does not match my copy, which has a white pictorial dust jacket and black cloth binding.** Front hinge is cracked, holding precariously; top of free front endpaper has former owner's signature; outer edges have soil; dus…t jacket has wear, chips, closed tears and light soil; text clean. xxiv, 364 p., illustrated [b 110].
Published by Springer Science., New York., 1980
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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Hands of Primates. Book.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Hands of Primates, edited by Holger Preuschoft and David John Chivers. Hardcover presumed First Edition in Good condition without a dust jacket, possibly as issued. The covers show moderate rubbing to the corners and edges. The binding is rolled forward with some flexibility,… though the hinges remain intact and unbroken. Minor abrasion is present on the front flyleaf. About ten pages contain sparse highlighting. This book explores the crucial role of primate hands in evolution, particularly their influence on human traits such as upright posture, stereoscopic vision, and environmental manipulation. In both human and non-human primates, hands are essential for survival, serving functions from locomotion in trees to food acquisition. The text examines how the structure and function of hands are closely adapted to the necessities of life but also highlights the complexities of genetic evolution in shaping these adaptations. The book will be carefully packaged for shipment to ensure protection from the elements. A USPS electronic tracking number will be issued free of charge. Feel free to contact us for more information or pictures regarding the book.
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Condition: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipp…ed with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.
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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 1993 edition. 421 pages. 9.61x6.69x0.99 inches. In Stock.
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Language: English
Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 1994
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Condition: VG+/VG+. 1st. 8vo. 446pp. Bit of foxing top edge, from dust. Pencil note of naturalist Larry Watkins 'for review 1995, 84.95'. Not. signed by Watkins, but we have a lot of his library/inventory.
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - The hand commonly is considered to have exerted great influence on the evolution of typically human characteristics, like upright posture, stereoscopic vision, 'manipulative' handling of parts of the environment. The German term 'Begreifen', which…is commonly used for the understanding of complex relationships in a generalised, abstract sense, always implies the original meaning of seizing objects with the aid of the hands. The hands are also of greatest importance for the survival of the other, non-human primates. Hands are absolutely essential for locomotion in an arboreal habitat, and the intake of food is dependant on the use of the hands as well: primates very rarely take in food directly with their mouths, in the wast majority of cases they seize food items with their hands. Even drinking is often performed by dipping the hand into the water and licking the drops from hand and forearm. An organ of such importance will very probably be 'adapted' to its 'function'. This statement is made so often, that any further considerations seem superfluous. Nobody doubts, that the hands of primates are highly adaptive organs, the general form and internal structure of which are closely related to the necessities of life. However, if one tries to go beyond this general statement, he finds himself confront ed with several problems: First of all, a point which W. GUTMANN has emphasized repeatedly: according to the results obtained by genetics, the first thing to appear is the mutated character.
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Gebundene Ausgabe. 430 Seiten. 25 cm. Mit zahlreichen Illustrationen (s/w). In englischer Sprache. Einband mit minimalen Lagerspuren. Eigentumsvermerk (Professorin für Verhaltensforschung) auf dem Titelblatt. Innen sehr sauber und ordentlich. Ein sehr gutes Exemplar. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1034.
Published by New York: Plenum Press, . First edition., 1980
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Contact seller5-star sellerPp. xxiv, 364, numerous text-figures (line-drawings) and photos. Publisher's original brown cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, pictorial dust jacket, lg 8vo. "New data on the structure and cycles of the forest are presented, aiding interpretations of behaviors described. The behavior of gibbons, leaf monkeys, and macaques is…summarized, and niche differentiation, positional behavior, and long-term changes in behavior are discussed together with a brief consideration of competitors" (from the jacket flap). No ownership marks. Fine copy in near fine dust jacket (with faint stain on the bottom front of the jacket).
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Condition: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut | Seiten: 392 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | The prirnates that provide the central theme of these studies by David Chivers and his colleagues are the dominant large herbi vores of the tropical evergreen rain forest. Tothis extent, they are the ecological counterparts of the gr…eat herds of ungulates in habiting the savannahs of tropical Africa (and the monsoonal plains of Asia in their pristine state). Both groups comprise the chief primary consumers of living vegetable tissue in their respective environments. Members of each show appropriate anatomical adapt ations for such a diet. As efficient exploiters of a dispersed but generally abundant food source, each group collectively forms the main vertebrate component of animal biernass in the environment. Yet, despite superficial convergence, there are important differences in the biology and behaviour of members of these two groups of herbivores. Of greatest practical moment to the enquiring biologist are the ready visibility of most plains-dwelling ungulates, the ease with which the researcher can travel over (or above) their habitat by motor transport (or light aircraft) and the facility for near approach without causing disturbance that a closed vehicle has proved to offer. Given the additional attractions of wide, open views and stupendaus scenery, generally invigorating climate and easy life-style, it is perhaps not surprising that in past decades much research effort has focussed on the larger herbivorous mammals of the tropical savannahs.
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - However well the anatomy of the gastro-intestinal tracts of a wide range of mammals is described and quantified, there can be no real explanation of observed patterns without consideration of the mechanical and chemical properties of the food consu…med, and of the digestive stages involved in its processing. This book aims to integrate findings from the many different types of investigations of mammalian digestive systems into a coherent whole. Using the themes of food, form and function, researchers discuss models of digestive processes, linking this with evolutionary aspects of food utilisation. Macroscopic and ultrastructural studies of the gastro-intestinal tract are also presented, as are physiological, ecological and biochemical aspects of the digestion of different food types. The book ends with an integrative chapter, bringing together the themes running through the earlier sections.
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - The prirnates that provide the central theme of these studies by David Chivers and his colleagues are the dominant large herbi vores of the tropical evergreen rain forest. Tothis extent, they are the ecological counterparts of the great herds of un…gulates in habiting the savannahs of tropical Africa (and the monsoonal plains of Asia in their pristine state). Both groups comprise the chief primary consumers of living vegetable tissue in their respective environments. Members of each show appropriate anatomical adapt ations for such a diet. As efficient exploiters of a dispersed but generally abundant food source, each group collectively forms the main vertebrate component of animal biernass in the environment. Yet, despite superficial convergence, there are important differences in the biology and behaviour of members of these two groups of herbivores. Of greatest practical moment to the enquiring biologist are the ready visibility of most plains-dwelling ungulates, the ease with which the researcher can travel over (or above) their habitat by motor transport (or light aircraft) and the facility for near approach without causing disturbance that a closed vehicle has proved to offer. Given the additional attractions of wide, open views and stupendaus scenery, generally invigorating climate and easy life-style, it is perhaps not surprising that in past decades much research effort has focussed on the larger herbivorous mammals of the tropical savannahs.
