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This collection of specially commissioned articles looks at fragmented habitats, bringing together recent theoretical advances and empirical studies applying the metapopulation approach. Several chapters closely integrate ecology with genetics and evolutionary biology, and others illustrate how metapopulation concepts and models can be applied to answer questions about conservation, epidemiology, and speciation. The extensive coverage of theory from highly regarded scientists and the many substantive applications in this one-of-a-kind work make it invaluable to graduate students and re

Biology. --- Population biology. --- Population. --- Biology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Biology - General --- Ecology --- Acqui 2006 --- Population biology

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Cosmology is an unusual science with an unusual history. This bookexamines the formative years of modern cosmology from the perspectiveof its interaction with religious thought. As the first study of itskind, it reveals how closely associated the development of cosmologyhas been with considerations of a philosophical and religiousnature.

Cosmology --- Astronomy --- Deism --- Metaphysics --- History. --- Religious aspects --- History --- Cosmology - History --- Cosmology - Religious aspects - History --- Acqui 2006

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Southeastern Europe in the Middle Ages stood at a crossroads of trade and crusading routes and fell within the spheres of influence of both the Byzantine Orthodox Church and Latin Christendom. This authoritative survey draws on historical and archaeological sources in the narration of 750 years of the history of the region, including Romania, southern Ukraine, southern Hungary, Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Albania and Greece. Exploring the social, political and economic changes marking the transition from late Antiquity to the early Middle Ages, this book addresses important themes such as the rise of medieval states, the conversion to Christianity, the monastic movement inspired by developments in Western Europe and in Byzantium, and the role of material culture (architecture, the arts and objects of daily life) in the representation of power.

Balkan Peninsula --- Balkans --- History. --- Church history. --- Histoire --- Histoire religieuse --- History --- Arts and Humanities --- Acqui 2006 --- Balkan Peninsula - History

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Animals obviously cannot have a right of free speech or a right to vote because they lack the relevant capacities. But their right to life and to be free of exploitation is no less fundamental than the corresponding right of humans, writes Julian H. Franklin. This theoretically rigorous book will reassure the committed, help the uncertain to decide, and arm the polemicist. Franklin examines all the major arguments for animal rights proposed to date and extends the philosophy in new directions. Animal Rights and Moral Philosophy begins by considering the utilitarian argument of equal respect for animals advocated by Peter Singer and, even more favorably, the rights approach that has been advanced by Tom Regan. Despite their merits, both are found wanting as theoretical foundations for animal rights. Franklin also examines the ecofeminist argument for an ethics of care and several rationalist arguments before concluding that Kant's categorical imperative can be expanded to form a basis for an ethical system that includes all sentient beings. Franklin also discusses compassion as applied to animals, encompassing Albert Schweitzer's ethics of reverence for life. He concludes his analysis by considering conflicts of rights between animals and humans.

Animal rights --- Moral and ethical aspects --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Animal rights - Moral and ethical aspects --- Acqui 2006

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Charles Darwin transformed our understanding of the universe and our place in it with his development of the theory of evolution. John Dupre presents a lucid, witty introduction to evolution and what it means for our view of humanity, the natural world, and religion.

Evolution (Biology) --- Genetic psychology. --- Human evolution --- Philosophy. --- Darwin, Charles, --- Influence. --- Human genetics --- Psychology --- Darwin, Charles, Robert --- Acqui 2006