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Zebra Stripes
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Year: 2016 Publisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press,

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From eminent biologists like Alfred Russel Wallace and Charles Darwin to famous authors such as Rudyard Kipling in his Just So Stories, many people have asked, "Why do zebras have stripes?" There are many explanations, but until now hardly any have been seriously addressed or even tested. In Zebra Stripes, Tim Caro takes readers through a decade of painstaking fieldwork examining the significance of black-and-white striping and, after systematically dismissing every hypothesis for these markings with new data, he arrives at a surprising conclusion: zebra markings are nature's defense against biting fly annoyance. Popular explanations for stripes range from camouflage to confusion of predators, social facilitation, and even temperature regulation. It is a serious challenge to test these proposals on large animals living in the wild, but using a combination of careful observations, simple field experiments, comparative information, and logic, Caro is able to weigh up the pros and cons of each idea. Eventually-driven by experiments showing that biting flies avoid landing on striped surfaces, observations that striping is most intense where biting flies are abundant, and knowledge of zebras' susceptibility to biting flies and vulnerability to the diseases that flies carry-Caro concludes that black-and-white stripes are an adaptation to thwart biting fly attack. Not just a tale of one scientist's quest to solve a classic mystery of biology, Zebra Stripes is also a testament to the tremendous value of longitudinal research in behavioral ecology, demonstrating how observation, experiment, and comparative research can together reshape our understanding of the natural world.


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Pearls & parasites
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ISBN: 3736416199 Year: 2016 Publisher: Dinslaken : [Anboco],

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Analyse d'un cas de réintroduction des grands mammifères ongulés dans le miombo katangais (RDC) : le Sanctuaire Mikembo
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Year: 2012 Publisher: [S.l. : chez l'auteur],

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Wild equids : ecology, management, and conservation
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ISBN: 1421419106 9781421419107 9781421419091 1421419092 Year: 2016 Publisher: Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE,

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Readers will find new insight into the lives of the world's horses, zebras, and asses, understand the basis of our relationships with these animals, and develop a greater understanding of where equids come from and why they are worth conserving.Included in this book are detailed, state-of-the-science syntheses on Social structure, behavior, and cognition Habitat and diet Ecological niches Population dynamics Roles of humans in horse distribution through time Human dimensions and the meaning of wild Management of free-roaming horses Captive breeding of wild equids Conservation of wild equids Conservation of migrations Reintroductions Genetics and paleogenetics.

Manual of equine field surgery
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ISBN: 1416002707 9781416002703 9781437710380 1437710387 Year: 2006 Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] Saunders Elsevier

The equine manual
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ISBN: 9780702037214 0702037214 9780702027697 Year: 2006 Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] Elsevier Saunders

Equine behavior : a guide for veterinarians and equine scientists
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ISBN: 9780702026348 9780702037139 0702037133 0702026344 Year: 2004 Publisher: Edinburgh ; Philadelphia : W.B. Saunders,

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"With more than 1000 references, the book explores equine behavior from first principles, by considering the behavior of free-ranging horses and focusing on ways in which management and training influence the responses of their domestic counterparts." "Illustrated with more than 500 photographs and line diagrams, Equine Behavior: A guide for veterinarians and equine scientists is an essential resource for practising veterinarians students and enthusiasts with a specific interest in horses, ponies, and donkeys. Professional trainers and handlers, equine scientists and behavior therapists will also find its contents invaluable."--Jacket.


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Equine surgery
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ISBN: 9781437708677 9781437708684 1437708684 1437708676 Year: 2012 Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] Elsevier/Saunders

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Veterinary surgery --- Horses --- Veterinary Medicine --- Investigative Techniques --- Animal Diseases --- Equidae --- Diseases --- Health Occupations --- Perissodactyla --- Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment --- Disciplines and Occupations --- Mammals --- Vertebrates --- Chordata --- Animals --- Eukaryota --- Organisms --- Horse Diseases --- Methods --- Surgery, Veterinary --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Surgery --- Veterinary Surgery --- Surgeries, Veterinary --- Veterinary Surgeries --- Equus caballus --- Equus przewalskii --- Horse, Domestic --- Domestic Horse --- Domestic Horses --- Horse --- Horses, Domestic --- Methodological Studies --- Methodological Study --- Procedures --- Studies, Methodological --- Study, Methodological --- Method --- Procedure --- Equine Diseases --- Disease, Equine --- Disease, Horse --- Diseases, Equine --- Diseases, Horse --- Equine Disease --- Horse Disease --- Eucarya --- Eukarya --- Eukaryotes --- Eukaryotas --- Eukaryote --- Animalia --- Animal --- Metazoa --- Chordates --- Chordate --- Vertebrate --- Mammalia --- Mammal --- Perissodactylas --- Health Professions --- Health Occupation --- Health Profession --- Profession, Health --- Professions, Health --- Occupations --- Ass --- Equus asinus --- Asses --- Donkeys --- Mules --- Zebras --- Donkey --- Mule --- Zebra --- Diseases, Animal --- Disease --- Investigative Technics --- Investigative Technic --- Investigative Technique --- Technic, Investigative --- Technics, Investigative --- Technique, Investigative --- Techniques, Investigative --- Medicine, Veterinary --- Animal Husbandry --- veterinary --- Techniques --- Technique --- HORSES --- HORSE DISEASES --- SURGERY

Equine geriatric medicine and surgery
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ISBN: 0721601634 9780721601632 Year: 2006 Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] Saunders Elsevier

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Equidae --- Animal Diseases --- Health Occupations --- Growth and Development --- Disciplines and Occupations --- Perissodactyla --- Diseases --- Physiological Processes --- Physiological Phenomena --- Mammals --- Vertebrates --- Phenomena and Processes --- Chordata --- Animals --- Eukaryota --- Organisms --- Horse Diseases --- Horses --- Veterinary Medicine --- Aging --- Aging, Biological --- Biological Aging --- Senescence --- Mutation Accumulation --- Medicine, Veterinary --- Animal Husbandry --- Equus caballus --- Equus przewalskii --- Horse, Domestic --- Domestic Horse --- Domestic Horses --- Horse --- Horses, Domestic --- Equine Diseases --- Disease, Equine --- Disease, Horse --- Diseases, Equine --- Diseases, Horse --- Equine Disease --- Horse Disease --- Eucarya --- Eukarya --- Eukaryotes --- Eukaryotas --- Eukaryote --- Animalia --- Animal --- Metazoa --- Chordates --- Chordate --- Vertebrate --- Mammalia --- Mammal --- Physiological Concepts --- Physiological Phenomenon --- Physiological Process --- Concept, Physiological --- Concepts, Physiological --- Phenomena, Physiological --- Phenomenas, Physiological --- Phenomenon, Physiological --- Physiological Concept --- Process, Physiological --- Processes, Physiological --- Perissodactylas --- Development and Growth --- Developmental Biology --- Health Professions --- Health Occupation --- Health Profession --- Profession, Health --- Professions, Health --- Occupations --- Diseases, Animal --- Disease --- Ass --- Equus asinus --- Asses --- Donkeys --- Mules --- Zebras --- Donkey --- Mule --- Zebra --- veterinary --- Horse Diseases. --- Horses. --- Geriatrics

Equine sports medicine and surgery
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ISBN: 0702026719 9780702037146 0702037141 9780702026713 9780702026713 Year: 2004 Publisher: Edinburgh New York Saunders

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