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Provides an overview of the endocrine system of vertebrates by first emphasizing the mammalian system as the basis of most terminology and understanding of endocrine mechanisms and then applies that to non-mammals.

Using theory and practice, this text covers the fundamentals of environmental biophysics, biogeochemical cycles, and vegetation dynamics. It bridges the disciplinary gap among the different ecosystem models developed by atmospheric scientists, ecologists, and hydrologists. Review questions, supplemental code, and modeling projects are provided.

Gordon Bonan's comprehensive textbook introduces an interdisciplinary framework to understand the interaction between terrestrial ecosystems and climate change. Ideal for advanced students studying ecology, environmental science, atmospheric science, and geography. This thoroughly updated edition contains new science and references, completely new material, and emphasizes Earth system science.

The formation of new species ('speciation') creates new biological diversity. This book addresses the role of ecological differences between populations in driving speciation. It reviews this process of 'ecological speciation' from ecological, geographic, and genetic perspectives.

An exploration of chaos: motion that is paradoxically predictable yet random, aided by elementary mathematics, numerous figures, and computer animations (available on a companion CD). The history, mechanism, and practical consequences of this fascinating phenomenon are explained in terms accessible to a motivated high school student.

Human factors/ergonomics (HFE) as a discipline has grown by accretions rather than having been developed systematically and deliberately. This book creates a formal conceptual structure for HFE. It is intended as a contribution to cultural history.

Looking at the everyday interaction of religion and media in our cultural lives, this work assesses modern religiosity. Drawing on research into household media consumption, it charts the way in which media and religion intermingle and collide in the cultural experience of media audiences.

Introduction to Geomagnetic Fields is a textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate students of geophysics. It explains the natural magnetic fields in and surrounding the Earth that arise from a variety of electric currents. This second edition has been fully revised, designed for use on a semester course and includes student exercises at the end of each chapter.

This issue of Clinics in Sports Medicine, edited by Eric McCarty, will cover a variety of useful topics related to Articular Cartilage. Articles include, but are not limited to: Basic science of articular cartilage; Non-operative options for management of articular cartilage disease; Biologic options for articular cartilage wear; Management of OCD lesions of the Knee; Elbow and Ankle, Microfracture; Osteochondral Autograft; Allografts; Autologous Chondrocytes and Next Generation Matrix based Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation; Management and surgical options for articular defects in the shoulder; and Management and surgical options for articular defects in the hip, among others.