Biogeography

This book presents a summary of terrestrial microbial processes, which are a key factor in supporting healthy life on our planet.

Harmful algal blooms (HABs) - blooms that cause fish kills, contaminate seafood with toxins, or cause human or ecological health impacts and harm to local economies - are occurring more often, in more places and lasting longer than in past decades.

This authored dictionary presents a unique glossary of paleontological terms, taxa, localities, and concepts, with focus on the most significant orders, genera, and species in terms of historical turning points such as mass extinctions.

This class-tested textbook examines the basic elements of living systems: energy, chemistry, solvents, and habitats in crucial depth.

This book provides an overview of eco-friendly resins and their composite materials covering their synthesis, sources, structures and properties for different industrial applications to support the ongoing research and development in eco-friendly and renewable commercial products.

This book presents an intensive study on the biogeochemical cycle of mercury in a river-reservoir system in Wujiang River Basin, the upper branch of the Yangtze River.

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.

While the possible depletion of energy sources has been emphasized in most literatures, this book aims to show that the increase of entropy in the biosphere, resulting since the dawn of industrial era, is a cause for urgent concern.

This book presents a profile of the majority of hot springs in and around tourist destinations in Nepal.

This volume incorporates theoretical and practical knowledge through case studies and reviews to serve as a baseline of information for coastal ecosystem research, and discusses the impacts of pollution, industrialisation, agriculture and climate change on coastal ecosystem biogeochemistry and biodiversity.

The book introduces readers to the heritage of St.

The latest edition of this highly successful and popular textbook has been completely revised and updated to include the latest developments in biogeography.

Organizing Nature explores how the environment is organized in Canada's resource-dependent economy.

Organizing Nature explores how the environment is organized in Canada's resource-dependent economy.

Vegetation fires are prevalent in several regions of the world, including South/ Southeast Asia (S/SEA).

Vegetation fires are prevalent in several regions of the world, including South/ Southeast Asia (S/SEA).

The interplay between Geology and Biology has shaped the Earth from the early Precambrian, 4 billion years ago.

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

This up-to-date textbook of global vegetation ecology, which comprises the current state of knowledge, is long overdue and much-needed.

This book discusses the various aspects, from production to marketing of turmeric and ginger, the world's two most important and invaluable medicinal spice crops.

This new and significantly updated authored dictionary is a unique glossary of paleontological terms, taxa, localities, and concepts.

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

This book provides a unique exploration of the inter-relationships between the science of plant environmental responses and the understanding and management of forest fires.

In the agriculture, forestry, the primary and secondary wood working industry there are considerable resources of raw materials which can only be used in a rational manner for energetic purposes.

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 explores various digital representation strategies that could change the future of wooden architectures by blending tradition and innovation.

Since prehistoric times and throughout the course of human evolution, wood has been an integral part of all civilizations.

This book provides an up-to-date overview of the microbiology, biogeochemistry, and ecology of marine hydrocarbon seeps, a globally occurring habitat for specialized microorganisms and invertebrates that depend on natural hydrocarbon seepage as a food and energy source.

All sub disciplines in Organic Geochemistry (Petroleum Geochemistry, Environmental Geochemistry etc.

This volume presents recent advances in the research on meromictic lakes and a state-of-the art overview of this area.

This book provides essential information on Mexico's Holocene and Anthropocene climate and vegetation history.

This book presents the Brazilian natural space and environment.

This third volume focusses on anthropogenic organic pollutants harming the environment.

This book delves into human-induced and natural impacts on coastal wetlands, intended or otherwise, through a series of vignettes that elucidate the environmental insults and efforts at amelioration and remediation.

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.

Using a series of case studies, the book demonstrates the power of dynamic analysis as applied to the fossil record.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of recent research on estuaries of the east coast of India, and how changing biogeochemical dynamics as a result of climate change and human activity have impacted estuaries and other open water ecosystems.

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

The book is based on results from the Russian expedition in the region of the Antarctic Peninsula and Powell Basin in the northern part of the Weddell Sea, as well as on the review of earlier research in the region.

This book provides important insights into the operating principles of plants by highlighting the relationship between structure and function.

This work summarizes the science and management of a rapidly expanding topic in climate science, namely adaptation and mitigation.

The interdisciplinary field of Astrobiology constitutes a joint arena where provocative discoveries are coalescing concerning, e.

This book introduces readers to the application of fracture mechanics and mesomechanics to the analysis of the fracture behaviors of wood and bamboo.

Coral reefs are the largest landforms built by plants and animals.

This book gives an overview of the relationships between agriculture and air quality, which is an issue of increasing importance for practitioners and policy makers.

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 introduces readers to the background, general framework, main operators, and other basic characteristics of biogeography-based optimization (BBO), which is an emerging branch of bio-inspired computation.

After providing a historical overview, this book highlights the current state of knowledge, gaps in our knowledge, recent findings and future prospects with regard to the biological, chemical, geological, and geographical specificities of the Plitvice lakes in Croatia.

What's in Your Genome?

What's in Your Genome?