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Book SynopsisMyriapods are the only major zoological group for which a modern encyclopedic treatment has never been produced. In particular, this was the single major gap in the largest zoological treatise of the XIX century (Grassé’s Traité de Zoologie), whose publication has recently been stopped. The two volumes of “The Myriapoda” fill that gap with an updated treatment in the English language. Volume II deals with the Diplopoda or millipedes. As in the previous volume, the treatment is articulated in chapters dealing with external and internal morphology, physiology, reproduction, development, distribution, ecology, phylogeny and taxonomy. All currently recognized suprageneric taxa and a very large selection of the genera are considered. All groups and features are extensively illustrated by line drawings and micrographs and living specimens of representative species of the main groups are presented in color photographs.Trade ReviewA section of sixteen color plates completes the picture of the external morphology of millipedes and gives an account of their amazing mega-diversity. The book is well illustrated with near 300 light, TEM and SEM micrographs and line drawings. Near 15 tables summarize the leading information, including a final large table giving an overview of the suprageneric millipede taxa. Each of the [...] chapters is a deep and updated review, fully referenced with a list of references at the end (80 pages in all, about 1,600 titles). All the co-authors are renowned experts, morphologists, ecologists, taxonomists and biogeographers, leading specialists on the topics they discuss. To conclude, coupled with the first volume of the monograph, this book is an excellent tool of reference not only for myriapodologists, but also for those who are interested in the biology, ecology and evolution of soil arthropods and soil biology in general. We are, therefore, grateful to Sandro Minelli for finally completing his editorial project, planned long time ago, of an updated treatise on Myriapoda (as he tell us in the preface of the first volume), thus filling a nearly century-long gap in the modern zoological literature about this intriguing group of arthropods. Marzio Zapparoli, in: Fragmenta entomologica, 48 (1): 87-88 (2016).Table of ContentsPreface 1 Diplopoda – An outline of research history, by Alessandro MINELLI 2 Diplopoda – General morphology, by Markus KOCH 3 Diplopoda – Integument, by Slobodan E. MAKAROV 4 Diplopoda – Skeletomuscular system and locomotion, by Markus KOCH 5 Diplopoda – Digestive system, by Carmem Silvia FONTANETTI, Cristina MOREIRA-DE-SOUSA, Tamaris GIMENEZ PINHEIRO, Raphael BASTÃO DE SOUZA & Annelise FRANCISCO 6 Diplopoda – Tracheal system, by Gero HILKEN, Andy SOMBKE, Carsten H. G. MÜLLER & Jörg ROSENBERG 7 Diplopoda – Circulatory system, by Christian S. WIRKNER & Willi E. R. XYLANDER 8 Diplopoda – Nervous and neuroendocrine systems, by Andy SOMBKE & Jörg ROSENBERG 9 Diplopoda – Sensory organs, by Carsten H.G. MÜLLER & Andy SOMBKE 10 Diplopoda – Reproduction, by Alessandro MINELLI & Peter MICHALIK 11 Diplopoda – Development, by Alessandro MINELLI 12 Diplopoda – Ecology, by Jean-François DAVID 13 Diplopoda – Geographical distribution, by Henrik ENGHOFF 14 Diplopoda – Fossils, by Gregory D. EDGECOMBE 15 Diplopoda – Phylogenetic relationships, by Gregory D. EDGECOMBE 16 Diplopoda – Taxonomic overview, by Henrik ENGHOFF, Sergei GOLOVATCH, Megan SHORT, Pavel STOEV & Thomas WESENER Class DIPLOPODA Subclass Penicillata Order Polyxenida Subclass CHILOGNATHA Infraclass PENTAZONIA Superorder LIMACOMORPHA Order Glomeridesmida Superorder ONISCOMORPHA Order Sphaerotheriida Order Glomerida Infraclass HELMINTHOMORPHA Subterclass COLOBOGNATHA Order Platydesmida Order Siphonocryptida Order Siphonophorida Order Polyzoniida Subterclass EUGNATHA Superorder MEROCHAETA Order Polydesmida Superorder NEMATOPHORA Order Chordeumatida Order Callipodida Order Stemmiulida Superorder JULIFORMIA Order Julida Order Spirostreptida Order Spirobolida Helminthomorpha incertae sedis Order Siphoniulida Taxonomic index Subject index

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Book SynopsisIn a flurry of post-war productivity, Niko Tinbergen re-established his lab in Leiden, wrote landmark papers and his famous book The Study of Instinct, and founded the journal Behaviour to serve the burgeoning field of ethology. Tinbergen and his senior assistant, Jan van Iersel, published their classic paper, "Displacement reactions in the three-spined stickleback," in the first issue of his new journal in 1948. Stickleback are now a powerful model in the fields of behavioural ecology, evolutionary biology, developmental genetics, and ecotoxicology - an extraordinary development for a small fish that began its modeling career among an enthusiastic core of Tinbergen students in the 1930s. From a series of clever experiments with painted model fish to the use of the sequenced genome to analyze the genetic basis of courtship, stickleback science progressed in leaps and bounds, often via seminal studies published in the pages of Behaviour. Tinbergen’s Legacy in Behaviour traces sixty years in the development of science using stickleback as a model, with 34 original articles covering topics ranging from homosexuality and cannibalism to genetics and speciation. Desmond Morris, Theo Bakker, Robert Wootton, Michael Bell, Tom Reimchen, Boyd Kynard, Harman Peeke, and Iain Barber provide fresh retrospectives on their republished works. Commentary by Frank von Hippel accompanies the articles and explains the roles they played in the frontiers of science as researchers falsified or expanded upon one another’s ideas.Trade Review"The collection illustrates the rapid development of this field from ethology or Tierpsychologie towards up-to-date behavioural ecology and its manifold sub-areas. ... [It] is a book which has been on my desk since I bought it and every now and then I start reading it again, finding new interesting stuff from 60 years of stickleback research. ... Of course at a first glance this book appears to be most interesting for people working on sticklebacks and other fish model systems to whom I highly recommend it. I am, however, sure that readers with a more general interest in the course of behavioural research during the last 60 years will also not regret obtaining this nice anthology." - J. G. Frommen, University of Bern, in: Journal of Fish Biology (2011) vol. 79, pp. 310–311 "Frank Von Hippel has collected a number of research milestones in stickleback research [which] represent key moments in the science of animal behaviour. ... For current researchers in animal behaviour, this book provides a fascinating overview of the history of the discipline and the journey it has taken from its beginnings in the middle of the last century to the present day." - Ashley Ward, University of Sydney, in: Fish and Fisheries (2011) vol. 12, pp. 120–121 "... [T[hose interested in learning more about the major scientists in stickleback research and the history of this model organism will find this book a useful read." - Kate L. Laskowski, Eric R. Giesing, Laura R. Stein, Simon P. Pearish, and Molly H. Kent, University of Illinois, in: The Quarterly Review of Biology, vol. 85, p. 516Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction: the Stickleback Model Russell & Russell (1985): Sticklebacks and ethology The Reproductive Cycle Tinbergen & van Iersel (1948): “Displacement reactions” in the three-spined stickleback Retrospective: Desmond Morris Morris (1957): “Typical intensity” and its relation to the problem of ritualisation Morris (1958 excerpts): The reproductive behaviour of the ten-spined stickleback (Pygosteus pungitius L.) Sevenster (1961 excerpts): A causal analysis of a displacement activity (fanning in Gasterosteus aculeatus L.) Retrospective: Harman V. S. Peeke Peeke (1969 excerpts): Habituation of conspecific aggression in the three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus L.) Retrospective: R. J. Wootton Wootton (1971 excerpts): Measures of the aggression of parental male three-spined sticklebacks Retrospective: Theo C. M. Bakker Bakker & Sevenster (1983 excerpts): Determinants of dominance in male sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus L.) Baerends (1985 excerpts): Do the dummy experiments with sticklebacks support the IRM-concept? MacDonald et al. (1995 excerpts): Intertidal breeding and aerial development of embryos of a stickleback fish (Gasterosteus) MacDonald et al. (1995 excerpts): Experiments on embryo survivorship, habitat selection, and competitive ability of a stickleback fish (Gasterosteus) which nests in the rocky intertidal zone McDonald et al. (1995 excerpts): Nuptial colour loss and signal masking in Gasterosteus: an analysis using video imaging Kraak et al. (2000 excerpts): Stickleback males, especially large and red ones, are more likely to nest concealed in macrophytes Rush et al. (2003 excerpts): Reflectance spectra from free-swimming sticklebacks (Gasterosteus): social context and eye-jaw contrast Homosexuality, Cannibalism & Sexual Strategies Morris (1952): Homosexuality in the ten-spined stickleback (Pygosteus pungitius L.) Morris (1955): The causation of pseudofemale and pseudomale behaviour: a further comment van den Assem (1967 excerpts): Territory in the three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus L. An experimental study in intra-specific competition Retrospective: R. J. Wootton Wootton (1972 excerpts): The behaviour of the male three-spined stickleback in a natural situation: a quantitative description Retrospective: Boyd Kynard Kynard (1978 excerpts): Breeding behavior of a lacustrine population of threespine sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus L.) Ridley & Rechten (1981): Female sticklebacks prefer to spawn with males whose nests contain eggs Feuth-de Bruijn & Sevenster (1983 excerpts): Parental reactions to young in sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus L.) Salfert & Moodie (1985 excerpts): Filial egg-cannibalism in the brook stickleback, Culaea inconstans (Kirtland) Foster (1995 excerpts): Understanding the evolution of behavior in threespine stickleback: the value of geographic variation Predators & Parasites Hoogland et al. (1956 excerpts): The spines of sticklebacks (Gasterosteus and Pygosteus) as means of defence against predators (Perca and Esox) Retrospective: Iain Barber Barber & Huntingford (1995): The effect of Schistocephalus solidus (Cestoda: Pseudophyllidea) on the foraging and shoaling behaviour of three-spined sticklebacks, Gasterosteus aculeatus Retrospective: T. E. Reimchen Reimchen (1995 excerpts): Predator-induced cyclical changes in lateral plate frequencies of Gasterosteus Reimchen (2000 excerpts): Predator handling failures of lateral plate morphs in Gasterosteus aculeatus: functional implications for the ancestral plate condition Physiology & Behaviour de Ruiter & Bonga (1985): Consequences of nestbuilding behaviour for osmoregulation in male three-spined sticklebacks Borg & Mayer (1995): Androgens and behaviour in the three-spined stickleback Borg et al. (2004): Mechanisms in the photoperiodic control of reproduction in the stickleback Behavioural Genetics, Phylogenetics & Speciation Bakker (1986 excerpts): Aggressiveness in sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus L.): a behaviour-genetic study Retrospective: Michael A. Bell Bell (1995): Intraspecific systematics of Gasterosteus aculeatus populations: implications for behavioral ecology von Hippel & Weigner (2004 excerpts): Sympatric anadromous-resident pairs of threespine stickleback species in young lakes and streams at Bering Glacier, Alaska Kitano et al. (2008 excerpts): Divergence of male courtship displays between sympatric forms of anadromous threespine stickleback Bibliography of stickleback papers published in Behaviour, 1948-2008

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Book SynopsisThe Eupithecia of China by Vladimir Mironov and Anthony Galsworthy offers a complete revision of the approximately 300 species occurring in China of this difficult genus of moths in the family Geometridae of the Lepidoptera. This fills a huge knowledge gap and clears up much taxonomic confusion resulting from limited earlier studies. All species are illustrated with colour photographs and the genitalia of both sexes, where known, are illustrated in excellent line drawings. The text gives full descriptions of all species, known distributions, hints on identification and, importantly, lists all known specimens in museum and private collections examined by the authors, thus providing a solid basis both for future researchers and collectors.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction Abbreviations Taxonomic changes introduced in this book Systematic account Genus Eupithecia The haworthiata species group The kamburonga species group The brevifasciaria species group The abietaria species group The proterva species group The irambata species group The ultimaria species group The leucostaxis species group The undata species group The venosata species group The interruptofasciata species group The lanceata species group The lariciata species group The tripunctaria species group The propagata species group The fletcherata species group The rajata species group The atrisignis species group The suboxydata species group The innotata species group The centaureata species group The despectaria species group The gueneata species group The graphata species group The sinuosaria species group The irriguata species group The nevadata species group The russeliata species group The addictata species group The druentiata species group The cretaceata species group The satyrata species group The millefoliata species group The semigraphata species group The subfuscata species group Species unplaced to species group Genus Pareupithecia Genus Eva Genus Girida Genus Mesoptila

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Book SynopsisMorality is often defined in opposition to the natural "instincts," or as a tool to keep those instincts in check. New findings in neuroscience, social psychology, animal behavior, and anthropology have brought us back to the original Darwinian position that moral behavior is continuous with the social behavior of animals, and most likely evolved to enhance the cooperativeness of society. In this view, morality is part of human nature rather than its opposite. This interdisciplinary volume debates the origin and working of human morality within the context of science as well as religion and philosophy.Trade Review'Because this collection represents some of the most cutting edge research questions being addressed in the field of animal studies right now, for anyone interested in the nature and development of morality in humans and animals and the relations between the two, this book is well worth considering.' Ben Mulvey in Metapsychology Online Reviews, Feb 3rd 2015 (Volume 19, Issue 6) 'Overall, this is a very well-written and thought-provoking text. Evolved Morality: The Biology and Philosophy of Human Conscience covers such a plethora of meaningful philosophical ideas, it is difficult to do it justice with a brief book review. It would be an excellent text for all social science students. It is sufficiently easy to read but covers a dearth of complex ideas, and therefore, it may help both undergraduate and graduate students learn to critically assess these important philosophical issues. This is a book that promotes critical reasoning about the concept of morality and human nature. Robert Perna in PsycCRITIQUES, June 22, 2015, Vol. 60, No. 25, Article 8Table of ContentsTable of Contents 1. Evolution A history of the altruism-morality debate in biology Oren Harman The moral consequences of social selection Christopher Boehm Natural normativity: The “is” and “ought” of animal behavior Frans de Waal 2. Meta-ethics Empiricism and normative ethics: What do the biology and the psychology of morality have to do with ethics? Owen Flanagan, Aaron Ancell, Stephen Martin and Gordon Steenbergen Human nature and science Simon Blackburn Is a naturalized ethics possible? Philip Kitcher The origins of moral judgment Richard Joyce 3. Neuroscience and Development The neurobiological platform for moral values Patricia Smith Churchland The neuroscience of social relations. A comparative-based approach to empathy and to the capacity of evaluating others’ action value Pier Francesco Ferrari A social cognitive developmental perspective on moral judgment Larisa Heiphetz and Liane Young Morality, intentionality, and intergroup attitudes Melanie Killen and Michael T. Rizzo 4. Religion Does religion make people moral? Ara Norenzayan Supernatural beliefs: Adaptations for social life or byproducts of cognitive adaptations? Vittorio Girotto, Telmo Pievani, Giorgio Vallortigara

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Book SynopsisThis volume tries to map out the intriguing amalgam of the different, partly conflicting approaches that shaped early modern zoology. Early modern reading of the “Book of Nature” comprised, among others, the description of species in the literary tradition of antiquity, as well as empirical observations, vivisection, and modern eyewitness accounts; the “translation” of zoological species into visual art for devotion, prayer, and religious education, but also scientific and scholarly curiosity; theoretical, philosophical, and theological thinking regarding God’s creation, the Flood, and the generation of animals; new attempts with respect to nomenclature and taxonomy; the discovery of unknown species in the New World; impressive Wunderkammer collections, and the keeping of exotic animals in princely menageries. The volume demonstrates that theology and philology played a pivotal role in the complex formation of this new science. Contributors include: Brian Ogilvie, Bernd Roling, Erik Jorink, Paul Smith, Sabine Kalff, Tamás Demeter, Amanda Herrin, Marrigje Rikken, Alexander Loose, Sophia Hendrikx, and Karl Enenkel.Trade Review“As this topic is so visual, there are nearly one hundred illustrations (some in color), unusual and welcome in an academic publication. The quality of the publisher’s production is matched in the scholarship of the essays within that present us with the latest interpretations of what it meant for early modern zoologists to read the “Book of Nature.” This book is highly recommended to historians of science and medicine, scientific taxonomists, and art historians.” Anna Marie Roos, University of Lincoln. In: ISIS, Vol. 106, No. 4 (2015), pp. 921-922.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Illustrations Notes on the Editors Notes on the contributors 1. Introduction. Karl Enenkel INTERSECTIONS OF ZOOLOGY, RELIGION AND POLITICS IN ANTIQUITY 2. Die antike Vorgeschichte der Verankerung der Naturgeschichte in Politik und Religion: Plinius‘ Zoologie und der römische Imperialismus Karl Enenkel, with an English summary THE ORDER OF NATURE: EARLY MODERN VIEWS ON CLASSIFICATION AND GENERATON, AND THEIR THEOLOGICAL, IDEOLOGICAL AND EMPIRICAL BACKGROUND 3. The Species and Beyond: Classification and the Place of Hybrids in Early Modern Zoology Karl Enenkel 4. Identification of Herring Species (Clupeiae) in Conrad Gesner’s Ichtyological Works: a Case Study on Taxonomy, Nomenclature, and Animal Depiction in the 16th Century Sophia Hendrikx 5. Der Wal als Schauobjekt: Thomas Bartholin (1616-1680), die dänische Nation und das Ende der Einhörner Bernd Roling, with an English summary 6. Snakes, Fungi and Insects. Otto Marseus van Schrieck, Johannes Swammerdam and the Theory of Spontaneous Generation Eric Jorink 7. Insects in John Ray’s Natural History and Natural Theology Brian W. Ogilvie 8. Exkurs ins Pflanzenreich: Die Rose des Paracelsus. Die Idee der Palingenesie und die Debatte um die natürliche Auferstehung zwischen Mittelalter und Neuzeit Bernd Roling, with an English summary IMAGES OF GENESIS: INTERSECTIONS OF THE VISUAL ARTS, SCIENCE, AND RELIGION 9. Rereading Dürer’s Representations of the Fall of Man Paul J. Smith 10. Pioneers of the Printed Paradise: Maarten de Vos, Jan Sadeler I and Emblematic Natural History of the Printed Paradise in the Late 16th Century Amanda K. Herrin 11. Exotic Animal Painting by Jan Brueghel the Elder and Roelant Savery Marrigje Rikken SYMBOLIC USE OF ANIMALS AND POLITICAL EDUCATION 12. Are Cranes Republicans? A Short Chapter in Political Ornithology Sabine Kalff 13. Tierallegorie als ein Mittel der Fürstenerziehung. Die Theriobulia des böhmischen Humanisten Johannes Dubravius Alexander Loose, with an English summary PHYSIOLOGY AND POLITICICAL IDEOLOGY 14. From Physiology to Political Ideology: the Images of Man in Early Modern Scotland Tamás Demeter Index Nominum

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Book SynopsisFrancis Willughby together with John Ray revolutionized the study of natural history. They were motivated by the new philosophy of the mid 1600s and transformed natural history in to a rigorous area of study. Because Ray lived longer and more of his writings have survived, his reputation subsequently eclipsed that of Willughby. Now, with access to previously unexplored archives and new discoveries we are able to provide a comprehensive evaluation of Francis Willughby’s life and works. What emerges is a polymath, a true virtuoso, who made original and imaginative contributions to mathematics, chemistry, linguistics as well as natural history. We use Willughby’s short life as a lens through which to view the entire process of seventeenth-century scientific endeavor. Contributors are Tim Birkhead, Isabelle Charmantier, David Cram, Meghan Doherty, Mark Greengrass, Daisy Hildyard, Dorothy Johnston, Sachiko Kusukawa, Brian Ogilvie, William Poole, Chris Preston, Anna Marie Roos, Richard Serjeantson, Paul J. Smith and Benjamin Wardhaugh.Trade Review[this] ]volume [...] provides us with an exemplary view of a figure [of Francis Willughby] whose wide-ranging significance is at last becoming clear. - Michael Hunter, Birkbeck, University of London, EHR, CXXXIII. 564, October. 2018, 1314-1316, doi:10.1093/ehr/cey215 It [the work] is a very worthy validation of a neglected and misunderstood scientist. - William Noblett, Archives of Natural History 45.1 (2018): pp. 184-185 (DOI: 10.3366/anh.2018.0503)Table of ContentsForeword by Michael Willoughby, Lord Middleton xi Preface xii Acknowledgements xvi List of Figures and Maps xix List of Abbreviations xxiii List of Contributors xxiv 1. The Life and Domestic Context of Francis Willughby 1 Dorothy Johnston 2. The Education of Francis Willughby 44 Richard Serjeantson 3. The Chymistry of Francis Willughby (1635–72): The Trinity College, Cambridge Community 99 Anna Marie Roos 4. Willughby’s Mathematics 122 Benjamin Wardhaugh 5 Science on the Move: Francis Willughby’s Expeditions 142 Mark Greengrass, Daisy Hildyard, Christopher D. Preston, and Paul J. Smith 6 The Willughby Library in the Time of Francis the Naturalist 227 William Poole 7. Francis Willughby and John Ray on Words and Things 244 David Cram 8. Willughby’s Ornithology 268 Tim R. Birkhead, Paul J. Smith, Meghan Doherty, and Isabelle Charmantier 9. Historia Piscium (1686) and Its Sources 305 Sachiko Kusukawa 10. Willughby on Insects 335 Brian W. Ogilvie 11. The Legacies of Francis Willughby 360 Isabelle Charmantier, Dorothy Johnston, and Paul J. Smith Bibliography 387 Index 419

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Book SynopsisThis 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 majority of papers in this volume show that whether you are interested in the evolution of culture and tool use, social relationships and sharing or foraging ecology and cognition, bonobos have a major contribution to make. Four papers provide further evidence that the behaviour and psychology of bonobo females is radically different from that observed in chimpanzees. Foraging behaviour and cognition of bonobos is the focus of three papers that each show important ways that bonobos spatial cognition differs remarkably from chimpanzees. Two papers are relevant to solving the puzzle of why bonobos are expert extractive foragers in captivity but have never been seen using tools to obtain food in the wild. The articles presented in this volume are previously published in a Special Issue of Behaviour, Volume 152, Parts 3-4 (March 2015).Table of ContentsMoving bonobos off the scientifically endangered list Brian Hare and Shinya Yamamoto Relationship quality in captive bonobo groups Jeroen M.G. Stevens, Evelien De Groot and Nicky Staes Prolonged maximal sexual swelling in wild bonobos facilitates affiliative interactions between females Heungjin Ryu, David A. Hill And Takeshi Furuichi Sex and strife: post-conflict sexual contacts in bonobos Zanna Clay and Frans B.M. De Waal Non-reciprocal but peaceful fruit sharing in wild bonobos in Wamba Shinya Yamamoto Can fruiting plants control animal behaviour and seed dispersal distance? David Beaune, François Bretagnolle, Loïc Bollache, Gottfried Hohmann and Barbara Fruth Context influences spatial frames of reference in bonobos (Pan paniscus) Alexandra G. Rosati The influence of testosterone on cognitive performance in bonobos and chimpanzees Victoria Wobber and Esther Herrmann Why do wild bonobos not use tools like chimpanzees do? T. Furuichi, C. Sanz, K. Koops, T. Sakamaki, H. Ryu, N. Tokuyama and D. Morgan A comparative assessment of handedness and its potential neuroanatomical correlates in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and bonobos (Pan paniscus) William D. Hopkins, Jennifer Schaeffer, Jamie L. Russell, Stephanie L. Bogart, Adrien Meguerditchian and Olivier Coulon Bonobos and chimpanzees exploit helpful but not prohibitive gestures Evan L. Maclean and Brian Hare Preference or paradigm? Bonobos show no evidence of other-regard in the standard prosocial choice task Jingzhi Tan, Suzy Kwetuenda and Brian Hare Experimental evidence that grooming and play are social currency in bonobos and chimpanzees Kara Schroepfer-Walker, Victoria Wobber and Brian Hare

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Book SynopsisIn Cognitive Kin, Moral Strangers?, Judith Benz-Schwarzburg reveals the scope and relevance of cognitive kinship between humans and non-human animals. She presents a wide range of empirical studies on culture, language and theory of mind in animals and then leads us to ask why such complex socio-cognitive abilities in animals matter. Her focus is on ethical theory as well as on the practical ways in which we use animals. Are great apes maybe better described as non-human persons? Should we really use dolphins as entertainers or therapists? Benz-Schwarzburg demonstrates how much we know already about animals’ capabilities and needs and how this knowledge should inform the ways in which we treat animals in captivity and in the wild.Table of Contents Preface and Acknowledgments Part 1: Introduction  1Socio-Cognitive Abilities in Animals as the Object of Science—and What Has Been Neglected Thus Far  2Questions and Objectives of the Book Part 2: Socio-Cognitive Abilities in Animals  3The Concept of Cognition and the Concept of Consciousness  4Culture in Animals?  4.1Animal Tool Use and Tool Production: a Widespread Phenomenon  4.2Theoretical Considerations  4.3Culture in Chimpanzees  4.4Culture in Orangutans, Gorillas, and Dolphins  4.5Culture in New Caledonian Crows  4.6Can We Speak Meaningfully of “Culture” in Animals?  5Language in Animals?  5.1Language: the Ultimate Differentia Specifica?  5.2Concept Possession as Prerequisite for Language  5.3Functional and Intentional Aspects of Natural Animal Communication  5.4Propositional Representations and Basic Grammar: First Notes from Language-Teaching Experiments  5.5Can We Speak Meaningfully of “Language” in Animals?  6Theory of Mind in Animals?  6.1Theory of Mind as Everyday Psychology  6.2Theory of Mind Research in Children  6.3Theory of Mind in Animals: What Do Animals Know about Perceptual States and False Beliefs?  6.4Can We Speak Meaningfully of “Theory of Mind” in Animals?  7Summary and Transition Part 3: The Relevance of Socio-Cognitive Abilities in Animals for Animal Ethics and Animal Welfare  8Kinship and Responsibility: the Moral Status of Animals  8.1Introduction to Basic Concepts in Animal Ethics  8.2Basic Positions in Animal Ethics  8.3“Classical” Arguments in Animal Ethics and Animal Welfare  8.4A “New” Argument: Personhood Rights for Animals  8.5Problems and Limits of Personhood Rights  8.6Opportunities for Personhood Rights: “Cognitive Relatives” as Ambassadors of Species Protection?  9Kinship and Responsibility: the Discrepancy between Ethical Demands and the Status Quo  9.1Case Study: How We Treat Great Apes  9.2Case Study: How We Treat Dolphins  10Summary Part 4: Discussion  11Cognitive Kinship and the Concept of an Evolutionary Self  11.1Animals as Strangers and Kin at the Same Time  11.2On the Way to a Nature Deficit of a Special Kind  12A Comparison of Arguments  12.1Animal Welfare Arguments vs. Species Conservation Arguments  12.2Utilitarian Pathocentrism vs. Personhood Rights  12.3Rights that Go Beyond the Weighing of Goods  12.4Criteria that Go Beyond the Ability to Consciously Suffer  12.5Painless Killing and Production of Insensitive Animals  13Possibilities of Modifying Personhood Rights for Animals  13.1Toward a Consistently Gradual Understanding  13.2Personhood Status Despite Being a “Gradual” Person?  13.3Species-Specific Inalienable Rights?  13.4Differentiation between Clear and Less Clear Cases?  14Alternative: Turn the Focus Back to the Suffering of Animals?  14.1The Relationship between the Ability to Suffer and Socio-Cognitive Abilities  14.2Socio-Cognitive Abilities, Animal Welfare, and Species Conservation  14.3Indicators of Well-being in Captivity  14.4Enrichment as Occupational Therapy  14.5Cognition—Motivation—Frustration: the Need to Gain Information and Engage in Exploratory Behavior  14.6The Difficulty of Assessing Behavioral Disorders, Using Stereotypies as an Example  14.7The Effects of Enrichment  14.8Enrichment in Captivity as an Ethical Necessity  15Final Evaluation of Personhood Rights for Animals  Acknowledgements  Bibliography  Index

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Book SynopsisThis volume is dedicated to the memory of the eminent carcinologist Michael Türkay, of the Research Institute and Natural History Museum Senckenberg, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It is a tribute to his outstanding international contribution to the study of decapod crustaceans. An extensive account of Michael’s life and achievements is presented, along with thirty-one scientific papers by 62 of his friends and colleagues from around the world. The book’s focus is almost entirely on decapod crustaceans, and covers a variety of topics, including taxonomy, systematics, zoogeography, morphology, palaeontology, genetics, general biology and ecology. Numerous new taxa are described from a number of marine and freshwater groups, including one new genus and 13 new species named in honour of Michael himself. The contents of this volume were originally published in 2017 in Crustaceana volume 90, issue 7-10.Table of ContentsPreface 1 PETER DAVIE & CAROLA BECKER, Michael Türkay (3 April 1948–9 September 2015) 3 SHANE T. AHYONG & KEIJI BABA, Uroptychus michaeli (Decapoda, Chirostylidae), a new species of deep-water squat lobster from north-western Australia and Taiwan 29 KEIJI BABA & ENRIQUE MACPHERSON, Uroptychus tuerkayi sp. nov. (Anomura, Chirostylidae), a new squat lobster from the Atlantis-Great Meteor Seamount Chain in the eastern Atlantic 37 CAROLA BECKER & MICHAEL TÜRKAY, Host specificity and feeding in European pea crabs (Brachyura, Pinnotheridae) 49 RAQUEL C. BURANELLI & FERNANDO L. MANTELATTO, Broadranging low genetic diversity among populations of the yellow finger marsh crab Sesarma rectum Randall, 1840 (Sesarmidae) revealed by DNA barcode 75 R. N. BURUKOVSKY, Feeding ecology of the shrimp Crangon allmanni Kinahan, 1860 (Decapoda, Crangonidae) in the North and White seas 95 MARTHA R. CAMPOS & DIÓGENES CAMPOS, Species diversity of freshwater decapod crustaceans (crabs and shrimps) from Colombia 113 P. CASTRO, Western Pacific Euryplacidae Stimpson, 1871 and Goneplacidae MacLeay, 1838 (Decapoda, Brachyura, Goneplacoidea) in the Senckenberg Naturmuseum, Frankfurt 139 NEIL CUMBERLIDGE, Redescription of Potamonautes walderi (Colosi, 1924) from the lower Congo River basin in Central Africa (Brachyura, Potamoidea, Potamonautidae) 147 RICHARD G. HARTNOLL, NICOLA WEBER, SAM B. WEBER & HUNGCHANG LIU, Polymorphism in the chelae of mature males of the land crabs Johngarthia lagostoma and Epigrapsus spp 161 SEBASTIAN KLAUS, CÉLIO MAGALHÃES, RODOLFO SALASGISMONDI, MARTIN GROSS & PIERRE-OLIVIER ANTOINE, Palaeogene and Neogene brachyurans of the Amazon basin: a revised first appearance date for primary freshwater crabs (Brachyura, Trichodactylidae) 183 TOMOYUKI KOMAI, A new squat lobster species of the genus Munida (Decapoda, Anomura, Munididae) from the deep-sea off the Ryukyu Islands, Japan 199 L. LIANOS, M. C. MOLLEMBERG, D. J. M. LIMA & W. SANTANA, New records of king crabs (Decapoda, Anomura, Lithodidae) from southern Brazil 211 LIN MA & XINZHENG LI, A new species of the genus Typhlamphiascus (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Miraciidae) from the South China Sea 219 E. MACPHERSON, L. BEUCK, C. RODER & C. R. VOOLSTRA, A new species of squat lobster of the genus Munida (Galatheoidea, Munididae) from the Red Sea 235 CÉLIO MAGALHÃES, A new genus and species of freshwater crab (Decapoda, Pseudothelphusidae) from the Tapajós River, a southern tributary of the Amazon River in Brazil 245 SANCIA E. T. VAN DER MEIJ, The coral genus Caulastraea Dana, 1846 (Scleractinia, Merulinidae) as a new host for gall crabs (Decapoda, Cryptochiridae), with the description of Lithoscaptus tuerkayi sp.nov. 257 JOSE C. E. MENDOZA & E. Y. SY, Sundathelphusa miguelito, a new species of freshwater crab from the southern Philippines (Brachyura, Gecarcinucidae) 269 TOHRU NARUSE & DAISUKE UYENO, Ankerius grusocurare, a new species of Aphanodactylidae (Decapoda, Brachyura) from Iriomote Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan 285 MARIANA NEGRI, TATIANA MAGALHÃES, NATÁLIA ROSSI, DARRYL L. FELDER & FERNANDO L. MANTELATTO, Reproductive aspects of the shrimp Cuapetes americanus (Kingsley, 1878) (Caridea, Palaemonidae) from Bocas del Toro, Panama 291 PETER K. L. NG, PAUL F. CLARK, SANTANU MITRA & APPUKUTTANNAIR BIJU KUMAR, Arcotheres borradailei (Nobili, 1906) and Pinnotheres ridgewayi Southwell, 1911: a reassessment of characters and generic assignment of species to Arcotheres Manning, 1993 (Decapoda, Brachyura, Pinnotheridae) 309 MACHTELD ODIJK & CHARLES H. J. M. FRANSEN, A new sponge associated shrimp species of the Indo-West Pacific genus Paraclimenaeus (Decapoda, Caridea, Palaemonidae) 329 KATSUSHI SAKAI, A second report on material from Dr. Mortensen’s collection of Thalassinidea and Callianassidea (Decapoda) in the ZoologicalMuseum, Copenhagen 347 WILLIAM SANTANA & MARCOS TAVARES, A new western Atlantic species of Collodes Stimpson (Decapoda, Brachyura, Inachoididae) 375 ADNAN SHAHDADI, PETER J. F. DAVIE & CHRISTOPH D. SCHUBART, Perisesarma tuerkayi, a new species of mangrove crab from Vietnam (Decapoda, Brachyura, Sesarmidae), with an assessment of its phylogenetic relationships 385 SABRINA M. SIMÕES, GISELE S. HECKLER & ROGERIO C. COSTA, Reproductive period and recruitment of Penaeoidea shrimp on the southeastern Brazilian coast: implications for the closed season 407 MORITZ SONNEWALD & MICHAEL TÜRKAY, Composition of the epibenthic decapod crustacean megafauna of the German Exclusive Economic Zone: comparison and analysis of past and recent surveys 423 VASSILY A. SPIRIDONOV, Two new species of Thalamita Latreille, 1829 (Decapoda, Portunidae) 441 S. A. SUDNIK, Biology of the shrimp Oplophorus spinosus (Brullé, 1839) (Decapoda, Oplophoridae) in the continental slope waters of the coast of northwest Africa 465 MASATSUNE TAKEDA &HIRONORI KOMATSU, Two new species of the genus Actumnus Dana, 1851 (Decapoda, Brachyura, Pilumnidae) from the Ryukyu Islands, southwest Japan 481 YAQIN WANG, ZHIBIN GAN & XINZHENG LI, A new species of the genus Leptochela (Decapoda, Caridea, Pasiphaeidae) from the Yellow Sea 497 BERND WERDING & ALEXANDRA HILLER, Description of a new species of Pachycheles (Decapoda, Anomura, Porcellanidae) from the southern Caribbean Sea 509

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Book SynopsisIn Genealogy of Obedience Justyna Włodarczyk provides a long overdue look at the history of companion dog training methods in North America since the mid-nineteenth century, when the market of popular training handbooks emerged. Włodarczyk argues that changes in the functions and goals of dog training are entangled in bigger cultural discourses; with a particular focus on how animal training has served as a field for playing out anxieties related to race, class and gender in North America. By applying a Foucauldian genealogical perspective, the book shows how changes in training methods correlate with shifts in dominant regimes of power. It traces the rise and fall of obedience as a category for conceptualizing relationships with dogs.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Preface Introduction: Canine- Human Intensifications, Periodizing Dog Training in the US Since the 1850s  1 Periodizing Dog Training with Foucault  2 1850–1910: Shaping the Dog’s Soul  3 1910–1970s: The Emergence and Strengthening of the Disciplinary Regime  4 1980s–2000s: From Governmentality to Self-Governmentality: Biopower, Behaviorism and Care of Self  5 2000–2015: Beyond Behaviorism: Affirmative Biopolitics 1 The Gentle Way in Punishment: Transcending Animality/ Performing Animality in Early US Pet Dog Training Manuals, 1850–1900  1 Dog Training in the Nineteenth Century  2 Canine Sagacity  3 The Gentle Way in Punishment  4 Canine Minstrelsy  5 Conclusion 2 Hunting Dog Manuals: The Pointer as a Work of Art in the Age of Biopolitical Reproduction, 1845–1909  1 Sports Hunting  2 The Notion of Breed and Hunting Dogs  3 Polishing Instinct: The Pointer as a Work of Art  4 S.T. Hammond’s Training or Breaking?  5 Hunting in Black and White 3 Culture of Instinct: Emergence of the Disciplinary Regime, 1910–1946  1 Was Most Modern?  2 Police Dogs  3 Most’s Masculine Methods  4 Nietzsche Goes to the Dogs  5 Should American Dogs Bite?  6 Conclusion 4 The Rise and Fall of Obedience: From Helen Whitehouse Walker to the Dawn of Positive Training, 1933–1984  1 Leading Others: Tools of Discipline  2 Governmentality  3 Training You to Train Your Dog: Layers of Human-Canine Discipline  4 The Soul of a Trainer: Crossover Trainers, 1980s–2000s  5 Off the Leash  6 Feeling Power and Positive Dog Training 5 Power without Coercion: From Governmentality to Self-Governmentality, from Discipline to Self-Control, 1984–2000s  1 Had Foucault Read Skinner?  2 Training as a Practice of Freedom  3 Doggie Zen: Dog Training and Technologies of the Self  4 From Discipline to Control  5 Accounting for Affect/Accounting for Gender 6 Countermodernity: Resistance to the Positive Training Revolution, 1980s–2000s  1 Disciplining Affects: The Dog Whisperer  2 Vicki Hearne: On the Nature of Freedom  3 David McCaig: Pastoral Dissent 7 Be More Dog: Towards an Affirmative Biopolitics  1 Do More with Your Dog  2 Are We Having Fun Yet?  3 Affirmative Biopolitics  4 Garrett, Foucault and Radical Behaviorism  5 Beyond Behaviorism  6 Beyond Agility  7 Back to Ethology, Back to the Body  8 Conclusion Conclusion: The Death of Obedience References Index

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Book SynopsisDorylaims are probably the most diverse order of nematodes and are often an abundant component of the fauna in soils and freshwater habitats. As a result of their widespread distribution and many different feeding habits, they are considered as good bio-indicators of environmental quality and soil health. Their usefulness in this regard is only impeded by practical difficulties related to the accurate identification of the members of such a large and complex group. In this volume, Professor Reyes Peña-Santiago gives a detailed morphology of the dorylaims and provides a thorough overview of their feeding behaviour, reproduction, ecology, and diversity. You will learn what dorylaims are like and how they live, making this book an invaluable tool for nematologists, ecologists and other scientists who wish to embark on an in-depth study of the members of this fascinating group.Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements 1. Concept   Morphological characterisation: distinctive features   Biology   Distribution   Diversity 2. General aspect   Size   Shape   Habitus   Colour 3. Body wall and pseudocoel   Cuticle    Structure (layers)    Surface ornamentation    Specialisations   Body pores   Epidermis and lateral chords   Somatic musculature   Pseudocoel and its components 4. Lip region and amphids   Lip region shape    Profile (contour)    Anterior margin    Tapering    Differentiation (separation from the adjoining body)   Lips and their papillae    General pattern    Lips    Papillae    Oral aperture (mouth)    Oral field   Amphids    Basic structure    Position    Aperture    Fovea 5. Stoma and feeding apparatus   Cheilostom    Detailed structure    General morphology   Guiding ring    Guiding sheath    Mural tooth    Axial odontostyle    Odontophore    Musculature associated with stoma 6. Digestive tract   Pharynx    General morphology    Sections    Ultrastructure    Anterior section    Enlargement    Basal expansion and pharyngeal glands    Basic patterns   Pharyngo-intestinal junction   Intestine proper   Prerectum   Rectum 7. Female genital system   General concept and terminology   Ovary   Oviduct   Sphincter   Uterus    Basic types    Uterine special differentiations   Vagina    Vulva    Malformations 8. Male genital system   General concept   Testes   Genital tract   Spicules   Lateral guiding pieces   Gubernaculum   Genital papillae (supplements) and other papillae   Specialised musculature   Glands associated with male genital system 9. Nervous system and receptors   Central nervous system   Nerves   Cephalic nervous system   Pharyngeal nervous system   Recto-sympathetic nervous system   Sensory structures    Chemoreceptors   Amphids   Other chemoreceptive elements    Mechanoreceptors   Labial and cephalic papillae   Other mechanoreceptive elements 10. Caudal region   General concept   Tail shape   Tail sexual dimorphism   Postembryonic changes in tail shape   Functional and evolutionary aspects of tail shape 11. Feeding habits and feeding behaviour   Methodological constraints   Feeding spectrum   Feeding behaviour   Food suitability and selection   Feeding functional morphology   Excretion and osmo-regulation in dorylaims 12. Reproduction and development   Bisexual vs monosexual species   Gatemetogenesis and egg production   Embryonic development and hatching   Postnatal development – general aspects   Moulting process   Genital system development   Other (minor) postnatal changes   Life cycle and life span 13. Ecology and Biogeography   Rationale – dorylaims as K-strategists   Dorylaims as components of nematode communities   Local distribution   Vertical (depth) distribution   Temporal (seasonal) distribution   Regional distribution   Global distribution .    The distribution of particular taxa – some examples    Historic biogeography    Phylogeography   Dispersal and transport   Chorological relationships   Biotic interactions   Dorylaims as bioindicators in a global change scenario   Notes on survival 14. Diversity   Historical outline    The origins (1845-1920)    The prodigious 1930s decade    The order Dorylaimida setting    The golden age of the exploration of dorylaimid diversity (1960-1990)    A new era for an integrative approach   The internal phylogeny of Dorylaimida   Evolutionary relationships of Dorylaimida with other nematode taxa    Dorylaims – members of the subclass Dorylaimia    Mononchs – the closest relatives of dorylaims?    Dorylaims and other animal-parasitic Dorylaimia    Dorylaimida and other non-Dorylaimia    Updated inventory of dorylaimid taxa Subject Index Cited Taxa Index

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Book SynopsisThis book contains key contributions to the Xth International Symposium on Ruminant Physiology. Proceedings from past ISRP symposia have had a major influence on research and teaching in animal science over the years. Without a doubt the peer-reviewed chapters in this book, written by some of the best scientists in the field, will live up to this fine tradition. The chapters cover a wide range of topics spanning from digestion and absorption to metabolism, reproduction and lactation. Advancement of knowledge within important issues related to rumen fermentation, absorption mechanisms and splanchnic metabolism is treated in nine chapters. A number of chapters address the relationship between nutrition and gene expression illustrating important progress in scientific knowledge that can be obtained by applying the molecular biology methods to the field. Several chapters address the effects of nutrition on immunology and cover topics related to the health and welfare of production animals. In keeping with the increased attention on the relationship between food and human health, the book contains two important chapters on this topic.Table of ContentsForeword 7; Part I: Rumen fermentation; Characterisation and quantification of the microbial populations of the rumen 19; J.L. Firkins and Z. Yu; Abstract 19; Introduction 19; Enumerating and characterising prokaryotic and protozoal populations by culture-based and microscopic methods 21; Characterising bacterial populations by molecular biology techniques 24; Observations from cloning and sequencing studies for bacteria 26; Quantitative issues influencing the interpretation of bacterial clone libraries 30; Quantification of microbial populations in the rumen 32; Protozoal ecology 36; Protozoal interactions with Bacteria and Archaea 42; Conclusions 45; Acknowledgements 46; References 46; The role of thermodynamics in the control of ruminal fermentation 55; E.M. Ungerfeld and R.A. Kohn; Abstract 55; Introduction 55; Background 58; Thermodynamics and kinetics of H sinks 64; Thermodynamics and kinetics of VFA interconversion 72; Conclusions 80; References 81; Digestion and passage of fibre in ruminants 87; P. Huhtanen, S. Ahvenjarvi, M.R. Weisbjerg and P. Norgaard; Abstract 87; Introduction 87; Site of digestion 89; Digestion kinetics 92; Parameter estimates of intrinsic rate and extent of digestion 92; The in situ method 93; Effect of intrinsic characteristics on digestion kinetics 98; Effect of extrinsic characteristic on digestion kinetics 100; Validity of digestion kinetic methods 104; Passage kinetics 105. Methodology 106; Particle dynamics 110; Intrinsic and extrinsic factors influencing passage kinetics 114; Integrated models of cell wall digestion in the rumen 119; Conclusions 125; References 126; Part II: Absorption mechanisms; Transport systems in the epithelia of the small and large intestines 139; G. Breves and S. Wolffram; Abstract 139; Introduction 139; Carbohydrate digestion and monosaccharide absorption 140; Rate of flow of starch into the small intestines 140; Enzymatic hydrolysis 141; Epithelial transport of sugars 141; Gastrointestinal absorption of amino acids and peptides 143; Absorption of amino acids 144; Absorption of tri- and dipeptides 147; Intestinal phosphate (Pi) absorption 149; Concluding remarks 150; References 151; Urea transporters and urea recycling in ruminants 155; J.C. Marini, J.M. Sands and M.E. Van Amburgh; Abstract 155; Introduction 155; Urea excretion and its regulation by the kidney 156; Urea entry into the gastrointestinal tract 161; Future work and summary 163; Acknowledgements 164; References 164; Ruminal SCFA absorption: channelling acids without harm 173; G. Gabel and J.R. Aschenbach; Abstract 173; Introduction 173; Quantitative aspects of intraruminal acid production and their final fate 174; Intraruminal proton release and buffering 174; Mechanisms of acid elimination from the ruminal content 174; Intraepithelial metabolism of SCFA 176; Disadvantages vs. advantages of intraepithelial SCFA breakdown 177; Acid-base balance in the ruminal epithelial cell 180; pHi regulating mechanisms and extracellular conditions 180. Systemic vs. luminal release of protons and acids 183; Functional adaptation of the ruminal epithelium can stabilise the whole system 186; Conclusions 188; Acknowledgements 189; References 189; Part III: Splachnic metabolism; Splanchnic metabolism of long-chain fatty acids in ruminants 199; J.K. Drackley and J.B. Andersen; Abstract 199; Introduction 199; Role of PDV in absorption of dietary LCFA 200; Role of splanchnic organs in coordination and use of LCFA 201; Secretion of TAG as VLDL vs. TAG accumulation in liver 205; Control of hepatic ss-oxidation of NEFA 208; Cellular partitioning of hepatic NEFA metabolism 211; Can hepatic capacity for NEFA ss-oxidation be manipulated? 214; Do PDV adipose tissues influence liver metabolism of LCFA? 216; Conclusions and future perspectives 217; References 217; Splanchnic amino acid metabolism in ruminants 225; C.K. Reynolds; Abstract 225; Introduction 226; Measurement of splanchnic amino absorption and metabolism 227; Metabolism of amino acids by the portal-drained viscera 228; Liver metabolism of amino acids 234; Metabolic impact of nonprotein nitrogen metabolism 241; Conclusions 243; References 244; Splanchnic metabolism of short-chain fatty acids in the ruminant 249; N.B. Kristensen and D.L. Harmon; Abstract 249; Introduction 249; Low first pass sequestration of acetate and propionate by ruminal epithelium 250; Large first pass sequestration of butyrate and valerate by the ruminal epithelium 252; Is the ruminal epithelium a specialized butyrate scavenger? 253; Hepatic SCFA metabolism 254; Acyl-CoA synthetases in SCFA metabolism 258; Perspectives 260; Acknowledgements 260; References 260. Part IV: Lactation and reproduction physiology; Patterns and putative regulatory mechanisms of high-affinity glutamate transporter expression by ruminants 269; J.C. Matthews and G.L. Sipe; Abstract 269; Introduction 269; Glutamate transport systems 271; System X-AG transport proteins 271; Importance of system X-AG transport capacity in support of tissue function 272; Characterized and putative regulatory mechanisms of system X-AG transporter expression and function 277; Modulation of chlortetracycline on cattle carcass quality and expression of system X-AG transporters and glutamine synthetase 284; Conclusions 286; Acknowledgements 286; References 286; Characterisation and nutritional regulation of the main lipogenic genes in the ruminant lactating mammary gland 295; L. Bernard, C. Leroux and Y. Chilliard; Abstract 295; Introduction 295; Origin of milk fatty acids 296; Characterisation of the main lipogenic genes and tools for studying gene expression and regulation 298; Effect of dietary factors on lipogenic genes expression in the mammary gland 303; Molecular mechanisms involved in nutritional regulation of gene expression 310; Conclusions and perspectives 316; Acknowledgements 318; References 318; Roles of growth hormone and leptin in the periparturient dairy cow 327; Y.R. Boisclair, S.R. Wesolowski, J.W. Kim and R.A. Ehrhardt; Abstract 327; Introduction 327; Growth hormone 328; Leptin 330; Conclusions 336; Acknowledgements 336; References 336. Part V: Lactation and reproduction physiology; Prenatal nutrition, fetal programming and opportunities for farm animal research 347; B.H. Breier; Abstract 347; Introduction 348; Maternal and fetal responses to reduced maternal nutrition 349; Influence of early life nutrition on postnatal growth and metabolism 350; Animal models of nutritional programming 351; Interactions between prenatal and postnatal nutrition 352; Endocrine and metabolic mechanisms 354; Fetal programming - opportunities for research in farm animals 355; Conclusion 357; Acknowledgements 357; References 358; Mammary cell turnover: relevance to lactation persistency and dry period management 363; A.V. Capuco, E. Annen, A.C. Fitzgerald, S.E. Ellis and R.J. Collier; Abstract 363; Introduction 363; Concept of cell turnover 364; Identification of progenitor cells 365; Population dynamics during lactation 368; Population dynamics during a 60-day dry period 373; Implications of cell turnover to shortened dry periods 376; Conclusions and perspectives 383; References 383; Milk fat depression: concepts, mechanisms and management applications 389; J.M. Griinari and D.E. Bauman; Abstract 389; Introduction 389; Milk fat depression 390; The effect of trans-10, cis-12 CLA on milk fat synthesis 396; Nutritional challenges of cows in early lactation 401; Milk fat reduction and associated lactation responses 403; Conclusions 408; References 409. Part VI: Nutrition and immunology; Endocrine effects on immune function: defining opportunities based on knowledge from growing calf and periparturient animal models 421; T. Elsasser, K.L. Ingvartsen, S. Kahl, and A.V. Capuco; Abstract 421; Introduction 421; Brief overview of the periparturient phenomenon 422; Hormonal maintenance of pregnancy and the impact of fetal-maternal tolerance on natural immunosuppression 423; Somatotropic axis modulation of immune function 425; Temporal, state-dependant, and inter-animal variability factors in the endocrine control of immune function 427; Newer findings on the impact of GH on localized immune function/nitric oxide production 431; The endocrine - immune gradient and integration of priority signals 437; Adrenomedullin - a novel bridge in the endocrine regulation of immune system function 441; Conclusions 445; References 446; Energy and protein effects on the immune system 455; M.E. Kehrli, Jr., J.D. Neill, C. Burvenich, J.P. Goff, J.D. Lippolis, T.A. Reinhardt and B.J. Nonnecke; Abstract 455; Introduction 455; Immune function status of periparturient dairy cattle 456; Energy and protein status of periparturient dairy cattle 459; Energy and protein requirements of the immune system 460; Influence energy and protein status on immune function 462; Conclusions 465; References 465; Vitamin and trace mineral effects on immune function of ruminants 473; W.P. Weiss and J.W. Spears; Abstract 473; Introduction 473; Factors affecting immune response to vitamin and mineral supply 474; Chromium 475; Copper 477; Selenium and vitamin E 480; Vitamin A and B-carotene 483; Zinc 485; Other minerals and vitamins 486; Conclusions 486; References 487. Part VII: Nutrition and stress physiology; Feeding management and stress in calves 499; A.M. de Passille and J. Rushen; Abstract 499; Introduction 499; Deprivation of sucking behaviour 499; Milk quantity 505; Individual versus group housing 507; Conclusions 508; Acknowledgements 508; References 509; Effects of nutrition on stress reactivity 511; L. Munksgaard, M.S. Herskin, P. Lovendahl and J.B. Andersen; Abstract 511; Introduction 511; Changes in HPA-axis activity induced by feeding and fasting 512; Baseline cortisol levels in relation to diet composition and total energy intake 513; HPA-axis reactivity to acute stress is modulated by energy intake 514; Diet composition may affect serotonin at CNS level 516; Can changes in the level of serotonin and CRF regulation at the CNS level affect behavioural responses to stress? 516; How do diet composition and energy intake affect behaviour? 517; Effects of composition and energy density of the diet on time budgets 517; Conclusion 520; Acknowledgements 521; References 521; Part VIII: Human health aspects; Milk fatty acids and human health: potential role of conjugated linoleic acid and trans fatty acids 529; D.E. Bauman, A.L. Lock, B.A. Corl, C. Ip, A.M. Salter and P.W. Parodi; Abstract 529; Introduction 529; The biology of CLA 531; Ruminant dimension 533; Use of models to investigate effects of CLA on disease 538; Functional food implications of CLA for disease prevention in humans 544; Conclusion 550; References 551. Does cow's milk enhance linear growth: evidence from developing and industrialized countries 563; C. Hoppe, C. Molgaard and K. F. Michaelsen; Abstract 563; Introduction 563; Populations with marginal or poor nutritional status 563; Well-nourished populations 564; Own studies 565; Breast milk and infant formula 567; Milk and IGF-I in adults 568; Possible mechanisms 568; Linear growth and non-communicable diseases 569; IGF-I and non-communicable diseases 569; Conclusion 569; References 570; Part IX: Workshop reports; The use of ruminants in less developed counties and the priorities within ruminant physiology research to assist in development; Chaired by J. Madsen and T. Hvelplund; Discussion paper - Ruminants in agricultural development: where is the future for animal physiologists? 575; J. Madsen; Methods used for studying particle size and digesta flow; Chaired by D.P. Poppi and A.de Vega; Discussion paper 1 - Use of image analysis for measuring particle size in feed, digesta and faeces 579; P. Norgaard; Discussion paper 2 - Measurement of digesta flow entering the omasal canal 587; S. Ahvenjarvi; Index 591.

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