Biogeography

In the summer of 2003, a workshop was held in Portsmouth, NH, to discuss land measurement techniques for the North American Carbon Program.

Wood is one of the most valuable materials for mankind, and since our earliest days wood materials have been widely used.

This monograph presents state-of-the-art knowledge in wood manufacturing design with a special focus on the elaboration of functional relationships.

Authoritative reviews and focused case studies on the history and future of the fauna and flora of Southeast Asia.

This book provides basic information on the design of structures with tropical woods.

This monograph describes ways of using trees and their byproducts in environmental protection technologies and methodologies throughout their lifecycles.

This book comprehensively summarizes important aspects of research in the active field of lignocellulosic (polymer) composites, including polymer materials from or containing cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin.

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.

Cephalopods are diverse, highly developed molluscs capable of swimming and jet propulsion.

The Guayana Highlands in northeastern tropical America, rising from lowland rain forests and savannas up to 3000 m elevation, are characterized by ancient tablelands called tepuis.

This book provides concise and cutting-edge reviews in astrobiology, a young and still emerging multidisciplinary field of science that addresses the fundamental questions of how life originated and diversified on Earth, whether life exists beyond Earth, and what is the future for life on Earth.

This Encyclopedia of Agrophysics will provide up-to-date information on the physical properties and processes affecting the quality of the environment and plant production.

This book is intended for use both in the industry and the academia.

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.

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This book aims to serve as a centralized reference document for students and researchers interested in aspects of marine nitrogen fixation.

This book shows how chemical modifications influence some properties of wood nanocomposites.

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This book describes how biologically available free energy sources (ATP, chemical potential, and membrane potentials, among others) can be used to drive synthetic reactions, signaling in cells, and various types of motion such as membrane traffic, active transport, and cell locomotion.

This monograph presents a state-of-the-art analysis of eco-friendly and aesthetic structures in wooden dome construction.

The rate of creation of reactive nitrogen (NR) on the earth has dramatically increased in the last half century mainly due to the production of N-fertilizer through the Haber-Bosch process, fossil fuel combustion, and the cultivation of plants that fix N from the atmosphere.

Land-use change is one of the main drivers of many environmental change processes.

Integrates geoscience and ecology, focusing on connections in ecological, geospheric, hydrospheric and atmospheric processes in ecosystems.

An invaluable introduction to the upland regions of Britain - their structure, climate, vegetation and animal life, their present and past uses and the problems of their conservation for the future.

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Geochemistry at the surface of the earth is dominated by two somewhat antagonistic forces: chemical reactions which attempt to attain a steady state (equilibrium) and geological movement of materials in time and space which changes the parameters that control chemical equilibrium.

This study describes the fundamentals of assessing the vulnerability of coral islands, as well as environmental management and resource exploitation.

This new book by Marc Pansu and Jacques Gautheyrou provides a synopsis of the analytical procedures for the physicochemical analysis of soils.

Is ecological knowledge relevant for environmental policy and if so, to what extent and in what way?

The first edition of this book was the first to provide an integrated description of sap ascension from an anatomical and functional point of view.

All coastal areas are facing a growing range of stresses and shocks, the scale of which now poses threats to the resilience of both human and environmental coastal systems.

The plant fossil record provides evidence that the genus Metasequoia was widely distributed and experienced a wide range of climatic and environmental conditions throughout the Northern Hemisphere from the early Late Cretaceous to the Plio-Pleistocene.

This book presents the Brazilian natural space and environment.

What does existing scientific knowledge about physics, chemistry, meteorology and biology tell us about the likelihood of extraterrestrial life and civilizations?

In the last quarter century, delamination has come to mean more than just a failure in adhesion between layers of bonded composite plies that might affect their load-bearing capacity.

This book comprehensively summarizes important aspects of research in the active field of lignocellulosic (polymer) composites, including polymer materials from or containing cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin.

This book is the first comprehensive textbook at the graduate level encompassing all aspects that are associated with the emerging field of astrobiology.

This book recognizes and celebrates the contributions of Professor Ashok Sahni to the field of paleontology.

This is the first academic book about the dinosaurs, birds and pterosaurs of Korea, one of the richest and most exciting regions on earth for the study of vertebrate ichnology.

The world is warming up rapidly and this change is most noticeable in mountains with already observable consequences on flora and fauna.

Energy, chemistry, solvents, and habitats - the basic elements of living systems - define the opportunities and limitations for life on other worlds.

This book provides an updated list of the vascular flora of the National Park of Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise, incorporating the latest nomenclatural and floristic findings.

Coastal zones play a key role in Earth System functioning and form an "e;edge for society"e; providing a significant contribution to the life support systems.