Author:
Publisher: Tate Publishing
ISBN: 1622951875
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
The Countershaded Ibex
Author:
Publisher: Tate Publishing
ISBN: 1622951875
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Publisher: Tate Publishing
ISBN: 1622951875
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Animal Camouflage
Author: Martin Stevens
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139496239
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
In the last decade, research on the previously dormant field of camouflage has advanced rapidly, with numerous studies challenging traditional concepts, investigating previously untested theories and incorporating a greater appreciation of the visual and cognitive systems of the observer. Using studies of both real animals and artificial systems, this book synthesises the current state of play in camouflage research and understanding. It introduces the different types of camouflage and how they work, including background matching, disruptive coloration and obliterative shading. It also demonstrates the methodologies used to study them and discusses how camouflage relates to other subjects, particularly with regard to what it can tell us about visual perception. The mixture of primary research and reviews shows students and researchers where the field currently stands and where exciting and important problems remain to be solved, illustrating how the study of camouflage is likely to progress in the future.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139496239
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
In the last decade, research on the previously dormant field of camouflage has advanced rapidly, with numerous studies challenging traditional concepts, investigating previously untested theories and incorporating a greater appreciation of the visual and cognitive systems of the observer. Using studies of both real animals and artificial systems, this book synthesises the current state of play in camouflage research and understanding. It introduces the different types of camouflage and how they work, including background matching, disruptive coloration and obliterative shading. It also demonstrates the methodologies used to study them and discusses how camouflage relates to other subjects, particularly with regard to what it can tell us about visual perception. The mixture of primary research and reviews shows students and researchers where the field currently stands and where exciting and important problems remain to be solved, illustrating how the study of camouflage is likely to progress in the future.
The Nature of Paleolithic Art
Author: R. Dale Guthrie
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226311265
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Publisher Description
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226311265
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Publisher Description
Devices of Wonder
Author: Barbara Maria Stafford
Publisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 9780892365906
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Exhibition held at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 13 November 2001 to 3 February 2002.
Publisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 9780892365906
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Exhibition held at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 13 November 2001 to 3 February 2002.
Ordovician of the World
Author: Diego GarcĂa-Bellido Capdevila
Publisher: IGME
ISBN: 9788478408573
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 692
Book Description
Publisher: IGME
ISBN: 9788478408573
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 692
Book Description
Foraging Theory
Author: David W. Stephens
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691206791
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
This account of the current state of foraging theory is also a valuable description of the use of optimality theory in behavioral ecology in general. Organizing and introducing the main research themes in economic analyses of animal feeding behavior, the authors analyze the empirical evidence bearing on foraging models and answer criticisms of optimality modeling. They explain the rationale for applying optimality models to the strategies and mechanics of foraging and present the basic "average-rate maximizing" models and their extensions. The work discusses new directions in foraging research: incorporating incomplete information and risk-sensitive behavior in foraging models; analyzing trade-offs, such as nutrient requirements and the threat of being eaten while foraging; formulating dynamic models; and building constrained optimization models that assume that foragers can use only simple "rules of thumb." As an analysis of these and earlier research developments and as a contribution to debates about the role of theory in evolutionary biology. Foraging Theory will appeal to a wide range of readers, from students to research professionals, in behavioral ecology, population and community ecology, animal behavior, and animal psychology, and especially to those planning empirical tests of foraging models.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691206791
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
This account of the current state of foraging theory is also a valuable description of the use of optimality theory in behavioral ecology in general. Organizing and introducing the main research themes in economic analyses of animal feeding behavior, the authors analyze the empirical evidence bearing on foraging models and answer criticisms of optimality modeling. They explain the rationale for applying optimality models to the strategies and mechanics of foraging and present the basic "average-rate maximizing" models and their extensions. The work discusses new directions in foraging research: incorporating incomplete information and risk-sensitive behavior in foraging models; analyzing trade-offs, such as nutrient requirements and the threat of being eaten while foraging; formulating dynamic models; and building constrained optimization models that assume that foragers can use only simple "rules of thumb." As an analysis of these and earlier research developments and as a contribution to debates about the role of theory in evolutionary biology. Foraging Theory will appeal to a wide range of readers, from students to research professionals, in behavioral ecology, population and community ecology, animal behavior, and animal psychology, and especially to those planning empirical tests of foraging models.
Concealing-coloration in the Animal Kingdom
Author: Gerald Handerson Thayer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
Tokyo Black
Author: Andrew Warren
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781975656652
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
A burned spy must stop a deadly cult from igniting global conflict... Thomas Caine lives in the shadows. Betrayed and left for dead, he has put his past as a government assassin behind him. Now he lives off the grid, in the seedy underworld of Pattaya, Thailand. But when local gangsters set him up for a crime he didn't commit, his old CIA masters make him an offer he can't refuse: rot in a hellish Thai prison, or accept a dangerous mission in Tokyo, Japan. As he hunts the neon-lit city for a CIA asset's missing daughter, he quickly learns there is more to his assignment than meets the eye. Looming in the shadows is Tokyo Black; a right wing terrorist cult, whose members demonstrate their loyalty by burning their yakuza tattoos from their skin. Can Thomas Caine defeat this fanatical enemy, before they ignite an international conflict that kills thousands? Tokyo Black is a high-octane thrill-ride packed with gun battles, car chases, fascinating characters and exotic locations. Reviews say "Up there with Lee Child and Vince Flynn! A heart stopping roller-coaster ride! Move over Jason Bourne... Here comes Thomas Caine!" Click the Buy Now button and enter the thrilling world of Thomas Caine today!
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781975656652
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
A burned spy must stop a deadly cult from igniting global conflict... Thomas Caine lives in the shadows. Betrayed and left for dead, he has put his past as a government assassin behind him. Now he lives off the grid, in the seedy underworld of Pattaya, Thailand. But when local gangsters set him up for a crime he didn't commit, his old CIA masters make him an offer he can't refuse: rot in a hellish Thai prison, or accept a dangerous mission in Tokyo, Japan. As he hunts the neon-lit city for a CIA asset's missing daughter, he quickly learns there is more to his assignment than meets the eye. Looming in the shadows is Tokyo Black; a right wing terrorist cult, whose members demonstrate their loyalty by burning their yakuza tattoos from their skin. Can Thomas Caine defeat this fanatical enemy, before they ignite an international conflict that kills thousands? Tokyo Black is a high-octane thrill-ride packed with gun battles, car chases, fascinating characters and exotic locations. Reviews say "Up there with Lee Child and Vince Flynn! A heart stopping roller-coaster ride! Move over Jason Bourne... Here comes Thomas Caine!" Click the Buy Now button and enter the thrilling world of Thomas Caine today!
Flight Test Techniques Used to Evaluate Performance Benefits During Formation Flight
Author: Ronald J. Ray
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drag (Aerodynamics)
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drag (Aerodynamics)
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
All Yesterdays
Author: John Conway
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781291177121
Category : Animals, Fossil
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
All Yesterdays is a book about the way we see dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals. Lavishly illustrated with over sixty original artworks, All Yesterdays aims to challenge our notions of how prehistoric animals looked and behaved. As a criticalexploration of palaeontological art, All Yesterdays asks questions about what is probable, what is possible, and what iscommonly ignored.Written by palaeozoologist Darren Naish, and palaeontological artists John Conway and C.M. Kosemen, All Yesterdays isscientifically rigorous and artistically imaginative in its approach to fossils of the past - and those of the future.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781291177121
Category : Animals, Fossil
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
All Yesterdays is a book about the way we see dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals. Lavishly illustrated with over sixty original artworks, All Yesterdays aims to challenge our notions of how prehistoric animals looked and behaved. As a criticalexploration of palaeontological art, All Yesterdays asks questions about what is probable, what is possible, and what iscommonly ignored.Written by palaeozoologist Darren Naish, and palaeontological artists John Conway and C.M. Kosemen, All Yesterdays isscientifically rigorous and artistically imaginative in its approach to fossils of the past - and those of the future.