Reviews of publications

Book reviewed in this article:
The Individual in Darwin's World, by S. J. Gould.
The Units of Evolution. Essays on the Nature of Species, edited by M; Ereshefsky.
Evolutionary Biology of Aging, by M. R. Rose
Genetic and Ecological Diversity, by L. M. Cook.
Evolutionary Genetics and Environmental Stress, by A. A. Hoffmann and P. A. Parsons.
Sodium Hunger, by J. Schulkin.
Practical Taxonomic Computing, by R. J. Pankhurst.     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Ecophysiology of the Camelidae and Desert Ruminants, by Richard T. Wilson
Paleontology of Vertebrates, by Jean Chaline
The Tettigoniidae: Biology, Systematics and Evolution, edited by W. T. Bailey and D. C. F. Rentz
Behaviour of Pinnipeds, edited by D. Renouf
Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 5, edited by D. W. Macdonald, D. Muller-Schwarze and S. E. Natynczuk
The Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland (Hesperiidae to Nymphalidae), edited by A. Maitland Emmet & the late John Heath
Heterotypical Behaviour in Man and Animals, edited by M. Haug, P. F. Brain and C. Aron
Insect Life Cycles, Genetics, Evolution and Co-ordination, edited by F. Gilbert.
Grasshoppers and Allied Insects of Great Britain and Ireland, by J. A. Marshall and E. C. M. Haes     

Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Lichens on Trees. A Guide to some of the commonest species, by Alan Orange.
Stephen Jay Gould on Evolution. CD-ROM for the Macintosh.
Dye Plants and Dyeing, by John and Margaret Cannon, illustr Gretel Dalby-Quenet.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Life in Moving Fluids. The Physical Biology of Flow, by Stephen Vogel.
Insects, plants and set-aside, edited by Adrian Colston and Franklyn Perring.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Plant Collectors in Madagascar and the Comoro islands , by Laurence J. Dorr.
Plant Life Histories: Ecology, Phylogeny and Evolution , edited by Jonathan Silvertown, Miguel Franco and John L. Harper.
Flore de la Polynésie Française. Vol. 1., Cannabaceae, Cecropiaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Moraceae, Piperaceae, Ulmaceae, Urticaceae , by Jacques Florence     

Reviews of publications

Frequency-Dependent Selection , edited by B. C. Clarke and L. Partridge.
Primate Origins and Evolution: a Phylogenetic Reconstruction , by R. D. Martin.
The Privileged Ape: Cultural Capital in the Making of Man , by J. Cohen.
Evolutionary Genetics , by John Maynard Smith.
Membrane Structures and Function , by W. H. Evans and J. M. Graham.
Microbial Membrane Transport Systems.     

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Book reviewed in this article:
The Nigerian Field: Index to volumes 1–50 (1931–1985).
Fruits of South-east Asia, by Jacqueline Piper.
Grain Legumes–Evolution and Genetic Resources, by J. Smartt.
Plant Population Genetics, Breeding, and Genetic Resources, edited by A. H. D. Brown, M. T. Clegg, A. L. Kahler and B. S. Weir.
Evolution, Systematics and Fossil History of the Hamamelidae.
The Systematics Association Special Volumes 40 A&B.
Plant pheno-morphological studies in Mediterranean type ecosystems, edited by Gideon Orshan.
Molecular and Genetic Aspects of Nitrate Assimilation, edited by J. L. Wray & J. R. Kinghorn
Species dispersal in agricultural habitats, edited by R. G. H. Bunce & D. C. Howard.
Flora Iberica: plantas vasculares de la Peninsula Iberica e Islas Baleares, Vol. 2: Platanaceae–Plumbaginaceae (partim), edited by S. Castroviejo, M. Lainz, G. Lopez Gonzalez et al.     

Encyclopedia of human evolution and prehistory

Review of Encyclopedia of Human Evolution and Prehistory, Second Edition edited by Eric Delson, Ian Tattersall, John A. Van Couvering, and Alison S. Brooks. New York, Garland Publishing, 2000, xiv + 753 pp, maps, charts, tables, drawings, photos, $175.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Books reviewed in this article.
FISH IN RESEARCH edited by Otto W. Neuhaus & John E. Halver.
HANDBOOK ON BREEDING OF INDIAN MAJOR CARPS BY PITUITARY HORMONE INJECTION by S. L. Chondar.
FISH PHYSIOLOGY VOL. 1. EXCRETION, IONIC REGULATION AND METABOLISM edited by W. S. Hoar & D. J Randall.
THE OCEAN, a Scientific American Book.
FISH PHYSIOLOGY Vol. II. THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM edited by W. S. Hoar and D. J. Randall.
ANTARCTIC ECOLOGY edited by M. W. Holdgate.
COMPARATIVE FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY OF THE NANDIDAE (PISCES: TELEOSTEI) by Karel F. Liem.     

Reviews of Publications

Avian Systematics and Taxonomy. Centenary Volume, edited by J. F. Monk.
The Ecology of Butterflies in Britain, edited by R. L. H. Dennis.
Evolution. A Biological and Palaeontological Approach, edited by P. Skelton.
Ethnobiological Classification. Principles of Categorization of Plants and Animals in Traditional Societies, by Brent Berlin.
The Discovery of Evolution, D. Young. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (Natural History Museum Publications)
A Chronological Taxonomy of Conus, 1758–1840, by A. J. Kohn.
Biological Diversity of Mexico. Origins and Distribution, edited by T. P. Ramamoorthy, R. Bye, A. Lot and J. Fa.
Antarctic Fish Biology: Evolution in a Unique Environment, by J. T. Eastman.
Sawfly Life History Adaptations to Woody Plants, edited by M. Wagner and K. F. Raffa.
An Introduction to Behavioural Ecology 3rd Ed., by J. R. Krebs and N. B. Davies.
The Natural History of Selborne, by Gilbert White, compiled by R. Davidson-Houston.
Genes in Ecology, edited by R. J. Berry, T. J. Crawford and G. M. Hewitt.
Algae and Symbiosis, edited by W. Reisser.
Artificial Intelligence and Molecular Biology, edited by L. Hunter     

Reviews of publications

Ecology, Community and Lifestyle: Outline of an Ecosophy , by Arne Naess (translated and edited by David Rothenberg).
Restoration Ecology: A Synthetic Approach to Ecological Research , edited by W. R. Jordan, M. E. Gilpin and J. D. Aber.
Plankton Ecology: Succession in Plankton Communities , edited by Ulrich Sommer.
Biological Control of Pests, Pathogens and Weeds: Development and Prospects , edited by R. K. S. Wood and M.J. Way.
Large Scale Cell Culture Technology , edited by Bjorn K. Lydersen.
The Story of Silk , by J. Feltwell.
Ecological Experiments: Purpose, Design and Execution , by N. G. Hairston.N 0 5
Molecular Genetics and Comparative Evolution , by J. Langridge.     

Book reviews

Book Reviewed in this article: Eucalypt Ecology: Individuals to Ecosystems Edited by Jann E. Williams and John C. Z. Woinarski Plant Variation and Evolution, 3rd edition D. Briggs and S. M. Walters Marsupial Biology: Recent Research, New Perspectives Edited by N. R Saunders and L. A. Hinds     

Du microcosme évolutif à la théorie générale : les escargots,Steve Gould et l’évolution

From an Evolutionary Microcosm to general theory: Land Snails, Steve Gould and Evolution. From 1962 to the end of his career, Stephen Jay Gould has studied the land snails of the genera Poecilozonites and then Cerion. Snails have provided him material to develop his morphometric methods, to analyze shell growth, and may have been at the origin of his work on ontogeny and phylogeny. Their variation, which he interpreted in terms of adaptation until the beginning of the 1980s, has been later reanalyzed by him in terms of non-adaptive evolution and contingency. Growth and variation of the shell allowed Gould to define constraint and canalisation in evolution. In their taxonomic work, Gould and Woodruff have practiced a definition of biological species as the group of populations allowing maximal congruence of their morphological characters, genetic characters and geographic distribution, of which potential interfecundity is necessary, but not sufficient. To cite this article: S. Tillier, C. R. Palevol 2 (2003).     

Reviews of publications

Book reviewed in this article:
Marine fish larvae-morphology, ecology and relation to fisheries , edited by Reuben Lasker.
Environmental Physiology of Plants , by A. H. Fitter & R. K. M. Hay.
Plant Taxonomy and Biosystematics , by Clive A.
Dinosaurs , by L. B. Halstead &Jenny Halstead.
Large White Butterfly. The biology, biochemistry and physiolosy of Pieris brassicae ( Linnaeaus ), by John Feltwell.
Omnivorous primates: Gathering and hunting in human evolution , edited by Robert S. O. Harding and Geza Teleki.
Handbook of Zoo Medicine , by Heinz George Klös & Ernst Lang.
Cetacean behaviour: Mechanisms and functions , edited by L. M. Herman Wiley     

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Book reviewed in this article:
The Mature and Origin of the Biological World, by E. J. Ambrose
An unusual newly discovered Archosauer from the Upper Triassic of Virginia USA, by R.E. Weems
The Biology of Nectaries, edited by B. Bentley and T. Elias
Animal Taxonomy, by H. E. Goto
Diets for Birds in Captivity by K. C. Lint & A. M. Lint
Lizards of Western Australia I. Skinks, by G. M. Storr, L. A. Smith & R. E. Johnstone
Advances in Legume Systematics, edited by R. M. Polhill & P. H. Raven
Tuberous, Cormous and Bulbous Plants, by J. S. Pate and K. W. Dixon
Evolution and the Theory of Games, by John Maynard Smith
Sound and Hearing, by Martin E. Rosenberg
Differential Equations and Applications in Ecology, Epidemics and Population Problems, edited by S. N. Busenberg & K. L. Cooke
Plant Pathology and Plant Pathogens, (2nd Edition), by Colin Dickinson & John Lucas
A Complete Guide to British Butterflies, by Margaret Brooks & Charles Knight     

Reviews of Publications

Book reviewed in this article:
The Ecology of Ectoparasitic Insects, by Adrian Marshall
Effect of Heavy Metal Pollution on Plants, Volumes I & II, edited by N. W. Lepp
Mosses of South Australia, by D. G. Catcheside
Basic Structure and Evolution of the Vertebrates, Volumes 1 and 2, by Erik Jarvik
The Evolution of Air Breathing in Vertebrates, by D. J. Randall, W. W. Burggren A. P. Farrell & M. S. Haswell     

Evolutionary Anatomy of the Primate Cerebral Cortex, 2001 et S.J. Gould : regards croisés

Evolutionary Anatomy of the Primate Cerebral Cortex, 2001 and S.J. Gould: crossed paths. The book Evolutionary Anatomy of the Primate Cerebral Cortex (Falk and Gibson, 2001) is a report of the congress in honor of H.J. Jerison held in USA (1998). Gould wrote the foreword of that book and Jerison its epilogue. For some participants, Gould’s successive works on organisms' evolution have given an important background to their own research. Jerison and Gould met for the first time something like 40 years ago and all along they have shared common scientific interests. In this article, we shall attempt an overview of Evolutionary Anatomy of the Primate Cerebral Cortex, one of the themes close to an ‘influential’ (fide Gould) book entitled: Evolution of the Brain and Intelligence (Jerison 1973). Tendencies in the organization of the brain volume of Vertebrates, and especially in still-living or fossils mammals, is a major question (cf. recent publications and the debate in Nature). If Jerison was a leader for the encephalization concept (sensu 1D, 2D), Gould clearly introduced modern research (nD) on encephalization. From him, the representation through hyperspace could describe the complexity of the paths followed by Vertebrate brain evolution. From this, the new concept of neurotaxonomy (see Thireau et al., Bull. Soc. Zool. France 122 (4) (1997) 393–411) relates encephalic organisation to species taxonomy. So, in the future, paleoneurologists should be using some results from the neurotaxonomy of existing species, for help in completing interpretation of endocranian casts. Throughout this article, special attention is given to Gould’s arguments, proposed in his foreword to Falk et Gibson, 2001. Each of these deserves to be discussed, thus benefiting evolutive neurobiology, and should be completed by the reading of his major contribution to modern biology: The structure of Evolutionary Theory (Gould 2002). To cite this article: L. Thireau, J.-C. Doré, C. R. Palevol 2 (2003).     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book Reviws in this Article
The Human Body and the Law, 2nd edition by D.W. Meyers, Edinburgh University Press, 1990
Classic Cases in Medical Ethics by Gregory E. Pence. New York: McGraw-Hill Publishing Co. 1990
Changing Values in Medical and Health Care Decision Making, edited by Uffejuul Jensen and Gavin Mooney. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 1990
IVF and Justice by Teresa Iglesias, London: The Linacre Centre For Health Care Ethics, 1990
The Practical, Moral and Personal Sense of Nursing: A Phenomenon-ological Philosophy of Practice by Anne H. Bishop and John R. Scudder, Jr. New York: State University of New York Press, 1990
A Companion to Ethics, edited by Peter Singer. Oxford and Cambridge, Mass: Basil Blackwell, 1991.
Ethics and Law in Health Care and Research edited by Peter Byrne, Chichester, UK: 1990
The Human Embryo edited by G.R. Dunstan, Exeter: Exeter University Press, 1990
Everyday Ethics: Resolving Dilemmas in Nursing Home Life by Rosalie A. Kane and Arthur L. Caplan. N.Y.: Springer Publishing Company, 1990
Psychiatric Ethics, 2nd edition, edited by S. Bloch and P. Chodoff. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1991
Health Care and Gender by Charlotte Muller. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1990     

Reviews of publications

Book reviewed in this article:
Biogeography. An Ecological and Evolutionary Approach , 5th Ed., by C. B. Cox and P. D. Moore.
Classification, Evolution and the Nature of Biology , by A. L. Panchen.
Biodiversity of the Southeastern United States Aquatic Communities , edited by C. T. Hackney, S. M. Adams and W. H. Martin.
Bryophytes and Lichens in a Changing Environment , edited by J. W. Bates and A. M. Farmer.
Atlas of Paleoclimates and Paleoenvironments of the Northern Hemisphere, Late Pleistocene—Holocene , edited by B. Frenzel, M. Pecsi and A. A. Velicho.
Cladistics. A Practical Course in Systematics. The Systematics Association Publication Mo. 10. , by P. L. Forey, C. J. Humphries, I. J. Kitching, R. W. Scotland, D. J. Siebert and D. M. Williams.
Life, The Science of Biology. 3rd Ed. by W. K. Purves, G. H. Orians and H. C. Heller.
The Proterozoic Biosphere. A Multidisciplinary Study , edited by J. W. Schopf and C. Klein.