Biodiversity

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There is a considerable gap between the science of conservation biology and the design and execution of biodiversity conservation projects in the field.

Antarctica, the high seas and deep seabed, the atmosphere, and space are increasingly accessible - and exploited - resource domains.

This second of two volumes on Plant Genome Diversity provides, in 20 chapters, insights into the structural evolution of plant genomes with all its variations.

Madagascar is one of the most biologically diverse places on the planet, the result of 160 million years of isolation from the African mainland.

Contestations over knowledge - and who controls its production - are a key focus of social movements and other actors that promote food sovereignty, agroecology and biocultural diversity.

This book examines, discusses and shares over 30 years' worth of research from the Allerton Project, a research and demonstration farm in the UK which has been carrying out applied interdisciplinary research to explore and explain the need to adapt the management of farmland for environmental protection and to provide public benefits.

Genetic erosion is the loss of genetic diversity within a species.

Agricultural Landscapes: Seeing Rural Through Design follows on from the author's previous books, Rural Design and Architecture and Agriculture, to encourage using design thinking to provide greater meaning and understanding of places where humans live and work with the rural landscape.

Through the integration of gender analysis into resilience thinking, this book shares field-based research insights from a collaborative, integrated project aimed at improving food security in subsistence and smallholder agricultural systems.

This interdisciplinary and accessible book will help environmentalists to make stronger arguments in favor of conserving biodiversity.

This book places lion conservation and the relationship between people and lions both in historical context and in the context of the contemporary politics of conservation in Africa.

Some animals and plants injure or kill millions of people annually, others cause trillions of dollars in property damage and loss.

Using accessible farming practices to meet the growing demands on agriculture is likely to result in more intense competition for natural resources, increased greenhouse gas emissions, and further deforestation and land degradation, which will in turn produce additional stress in the soil-water-plant-animal continuum.

Networks of land managed for conservation across different tenures have rapidly increased in number (and popularity) in Australia over the past two decades.

India is exceptionally rich in biodiversity and is one of the 12 mega-diversity centers of the world The biodiversity hotspots include mainly the Eastern Ghats and North Eastern hills.

The Great Barrier Reef is located along the coast of Queensland in north-east Australia and is the world's largest coral reef ecosystem.

This book presents extensive and new information on the Cenozoic marine and continental systems of one of the most important World Heritage sites of Southern South America: The Peninsula Valdes.

This volume in the series deals with the major Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (MAPs) of South America, providing information on major aspects of this specific group of plants on that continent (botany, traditional usage, chemistry, production/collection practices, trade and utilization).

If you are responsible for oak management, Managing Oak Forests in the Eastern United States is for you.

The generation of offshore energy is a rapidly growing sector, competing for space in an already busy seascape.

This volume systematically analyses why legal doctrines for the protection of biodiversity are not sufficiently effective.

This book provides an up-to-date outlook on the origin, evolution, structure, genomic organization, expression, regulation and transposition mechanism of retrotransposons in the plant genome and computational tools and algorithms to analyze retrotransposons across different species, and their use as genetic tools in crop breeding and improvement.

This groundbreaking volume is the first comprehensive, critical examination of the rise of protected areas and their current social and economic position in our world.

The study of the biology and ecology of Horseshoe Crabs has expanded over the last three decades.

The two volumes on "e;Wetlands as a Natural Resource"e; in the book series Ecological th Studies (Volumes 190,191) are based on the highlights of the 7 INTECOL International Wetland Conference in Utrecht,25-30 July 2004.

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Marine sediments dominate the global seabed, creating the largest ecosystem on earth.

Nematodes are small multicellular organisms that have been used as biological models since the 1960s.

This volume was developed from the proceedings of a symposium held in Miami Beach, at the 189th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society.

Southeast Asia is highly diversified in terms of socio-ecosystems and biodiversity, but is undergoing dramatic environmental and social changes.

Presenting an overview of agroecology within the framework of climate change, this book looks at the impact of our changing climate on crop production and agroecosystems, reporting on how plants will cope with these changes, and how we can mitigate these negative impacts to ensure food production for the growing population.

This book provides a state-of-the-art overview covering distinct and relevant aspects of forest policy processes in Europe, presenting a fresh perspective on different analytical approaches, theories, and frameworks.

Any effective response to an uncertain future will require independently thinking individuals working together.

Ponds and pools are a common feature of our landscape - there are at least ten times as many ponds as lakes in the UK - and they are also important wildlife habitats.

The future as a field of inquiry, debate or forecasts continues to flourish.

This book reviews state-of-the-art research into trait-based effects and their importance in community and ecosystem ecology.

Ecological restoration is a rapidly evolving discipline that is engaged with developing both methodologies and strategies for repairing damaged and polluted ecosystems and environments.

Environment includes air, water, land and the inter relationship between air water, land and human beings and other living creatures, plants micro-organisms and property.

This textbook is the first to teach insect physiology and biology specifically to students who lack a strong background in biochemistry and molecular biology.

CHOICE Highly Recommended title, 2022!

This book continues as volume 7 of a multi-compendium on Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of grassland ecosystems based on publications by Chinese scholars.

Environmental ethics presents and defends a systematic and comprehensive account of the moral relation between human beings and their natural environment and assumes that human behaviour toward the natural world can and is governed by moral norms.

The book covers various biotechnological research efforts and their applications in fisheries and aquaculture, especially in the area of fish breeding, health management, nutrition and culture.

This volume examines environmental law and governance in the Pacific, focusing on the emerging challenges this region faces.

This is the first comprehensive international atlas featuring all ecological services provided by Ramsar wetlands, with complete views of all Ramsar sites, through remote sensing and mapping.

Throughout North America, non-native wild pigs have become an ecologically and economically destructive invasive species.

Biodiversity may refer to the diversity of genes, species or ecosystems in general.