▪ Abstract Many terrestrial communities include omnivorous arthropods that feed on both
prey and plant resources. In this review we first discuss some unique morphological …

▪ Abstract Cannibalism among generalist predators has implications for the dynamics of
terrestrial food webs. Spiders are common, ubiquitous arthropod generalist predators in …

Humans possess an extraordinary capacity for cultural production, from the arts and
language to science and technology. How did the human mind—and the uniquely human …

Nutrition has long been considered more the domain of medicine and agriculture than of the
biological sciences, yet it touches and shapes all aspects of the natural world. The need for …

The social anthropology of death 21 Cross-cultural generalizations and the New
Archaeology's search for middle range theory 27 Funerary practices: agency, power and …

Food webs in nature have multiple, reticulate connections between a diversity of consumers
and resources. Such complexity affects web dynamics: it first spreads the direct effects of …

This study quantifies the flow of energy and biomass from a productive marine system to a
relatively unproductive terrestrial system. Biomass from marine food webs (here, the Gulf of …

Interest in the dynamics of biological populations is quite old, its roots being traceable to the
dawn of civilization. Many illustrious names are associated with early mathematical theories …

In The Black-Tailed Prairie Dog, John L. Hoogland draws on sixteen years of research at
Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota, in the United States to provide this account of …

In 1872, a woman known only as" An Earnest Englishwoman" published a letter titled" Are
Women Animals?" in which she protested against the fact that women were not treated as …