Biogeography

The permutation of basic atoms-nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen, carbon and  phosphorus-into the biomolecules DNA and RNA, subsequently evolved in cells and brains, defining the origin of life and intelligence, remains unexplained.

This monograph is devoted to full-scale geoecological risk assessment in gas industry impacted polar areas and the relevant risk management options using innovative nature-like biogeochemical technologies.

This book presents the Brazilian natural space and environment.

Interdisciplinary Teaching about the Earth and Environment for a Sustainable Future presents the outcomes of the InTeGrate project, a community effort funded by the National Science Foundation to improve Earth literacy and build a workforce prepared to tackle environmental and resource issues.

Middle East and Mediterranean region locates at a crossroad of global climatic patterns.

The permutation of basic atoms-nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen, carbon and  phosphorus-into the biomolecules DNA and RNA, subsequently evolved in cells and brains, defining the origin of life and intelligence, remains unexplained.

This atlas presents macroscopic descriptions, macro cross section pictures, general characteristics and identification keys of 335 wood species currently introduced in the European timber market from all over the world.

This book presents research on landscape ecology and the relationship between humans and wildlife.

This book if a tribute to one of the leading scientists in meteorology, Dr.

Geoarchaeology is traditionally concerned with reconstructing the environmental aspects of past societies using the methods of the earth sciences.

Geoarchaeology is traditionally concerned with reconstructing the environmental aspects of past societies using the methods of the earth sciences.

This new book summarises decades of research and collation of distributional data.

This new book summarises decades of research and collation of distributional data.

'A work of remarkable scope' - GuardianFT Best science books of 2018Primate Change has been adapted into a radio series for the BBC WORLD SERVICE.

Islands are special places; they can be havens for unique plants and animals and refuges for wildlife.

Islands are special places; they can be havens for unique plants and animals and refuges for wildlife.

When and where did the ancestors of modern birds evolve?

When and where did the ancestors of modern birds evolve?

This comprehensive volume discusses the patterns and processes analyzed in macroecology with a distinct look at the theoretical and methodological issues underlying the discipline as well as deeper epistemological matters.

Colin MacFarlane was born in the Gorbals in the 1950s, 20 years after the publication of No Mean City, the classic novel about pre-war life in what was once Glasgow's most deprived district.

This book simulates a historical walk through nature, teaching readers about the biodiversity on Earth in various eras with a focus on past terrestrial environments.

Biogeography and Evolution in New Zealand provides the first in-depth treatment of the biogeography of New Zealand, a region that has been a place of long-enduring interest to ecologists, evolutionary scientists, geographers, geologists, and scientists in related disciplines.

Biology of Sex is a lively and intellectually challenging textbook.

Biology of Sex is a lively and intellectually challenging textbook.

Being a Scientist is a comprehensive introduction to the many aspects of scientific life beyond the classroom and laboratory.

Being a Scientist is a comprehensive introduction to the many aspects of scientific life beyond the classroom and laboratory.

Many historians and political scientists argue that ties between Canada and Latin America have been weak and intermittent because of lack of mutual interest and common objectives.

Many historians and political scientists argue that ties between Canada and Latin America have been weak and intermittent because of lack of mutual interest and common objectives.

In the last two hundred years, the earth has increasingly become the private property of a few classes, races, transnational corporations, and nations.

Not Good Enough for Canada investigates the development of Canadian immigration policy with respect to persons with a disease or disability throughout the twentieth century.

Not Good Enough for Canada investigates the development of Canadian immigration policy with respect to persons with a disease or disability throughout the twentieth century.

The senses are made, not given.

The senses are made, not given.

This book provides a rich and illuminating account of the peripheries of urban, regional, and transnational development in South Korea.

In the last two hundred years, the earth has increasingly become the private property of a few classes, races, transnational corporations, and nations.

When looking at old pictures of Toronto, it is clear that the city's urban, economic, and social geography has changed dramatically over the generations.

When looking at old pictures of Toronto, it is clear that the city's urban, economic, and social geography has changed dramatically over the generations.

Biogeography, the study of the distribution of life on Earth, has undergone more conceptual changes, revolutions and turf wars than any other scientific field.

This book presents a taxonomic account of Central Asian families Liliaceae, Dioscoreaceae, Amaryllidaceae, Iridaceae, and Orchidaceae and all monocotyledonous plants.

This volume publishes for the first time specific data for Siberia on taxonomy, chorology, ecological affinity of the species of 13 families of dicotyledonous plants: Solanaceae, Scrophulariaceae, Orobanchaceae, Lentibulariaceae, Plantaginaceae, Rubiaceae, Caprifoliaceae, Adoxaceae, Valerianaceae, Dipsacaceae, Cucuribitaceae, Campanulaceae and Lobe

Sitting squarely at the interface between earth and life sciences, palaeobiogeographic information is scattered throughout many publications.

Shallow water marine molluscan faunas are distributed in a pattern of distinct, geographically definable areas.

Recent biodiversity studies, reported here for the first time, have shown that the molluscan fauna of the Gulf of Mexico is far richer and more complex than previously thought.

The prime purpose of this book is to serve as a design is of considerable value in helping the classroom text for the engineering or architec- student make the transition from the often sim- ture student.

This unique book provides the first comprehensive overview of wood based bioenergy in the northern hardwood forests of the Eastern United States.

The prerequisite to investigating the underlying causes behind mass extinction is a profound understanding of the evolutionary history of both living and dead species.

Earth is home to an estimated 8 million animal species, 600,000 fungi, 300,000 plants, and an undetermined number of microbial species.

What happens when a chemical is released into the environment?

A state-of-the-art review of scientific knowledge on the environmental risk of ocean discharge of produced water and advances in mitigation technologies.

This Volume contains the papers presented by twenty-eight invited speakers at the symposium entitled, "e;Genetic Manipulation of Woody Plants,"e; held at Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, from June 21-25, 1987.