Biodiversity

Sustainable use of biodiversity is measured under the headings ';Direct-use value', ';Indirect-use value' and ';Non-use value'.

The book examines ideas about the making and shaping of Greenland's society, environment, and resource spaces.

This book is the first to explore in detail the systematics and taxonomy of the digenean fauna of fish in Indian marine waters.

The book covers the topics: Mycorrhiza and Mycobionts Prospects of mycorrhizal fungi in the Himalaya: Forms, functions and management Diversity of Himalayan lichens Lichen diversity of the Eastern Himalaya and its conservation.

Agroforestry (AF) is a dynamic, ecologically based, natural resources management system that, by integrating trees on farms, ranches, and in other landscapes, diversifies and increases production and promotes social, economic, and environmental benefits for land users.

This is the first comprehensive science-based textbook on the biology and ecology of the Baltic Sea, one of the world's largest brackish water bodies.

This study was conducted by the Asian Development Bank to assess the impact of projects involving the construction of dams on aquatic biodiversity in Nepal.

This publication presents a biodiversity baseline assessment that was conducted in 2014-2015 at the Phipsoo Wildlife Sanctuary in southern Bhutan.

This publication provides an overview of the "e;blue economy"e; and emphasizes its significance for protecting the biodiversity of natural resources in Southeast Asia.

The natural river management (NRM) approach is designed to harness the natural functions of river systems so they sustainably provide important services such as water supply and flood and drought management.

A survey of the development and practice of butterfly conservation in south east Australia, tracing evolution of the science through a series of cases from focus on single subspecies through increasing levels of ecological complexity to critical biotopes and communities.

Mites and ticks are everywhere and acarologists go after them - some explore their bewildering diversity, others try to understand their how and why.

Hugh P.

This book is part of the Sabkha Ecosystems series.

Ponds are an exceptional freshwater resource around the world and represent thirty percent of the global surface area of standing water.

The first and so far only Plant Geography of Chile was written about 100 years ago, since when many things have changed: plants have been renamed and reclassified; taxonomy and systematics have experienced deep changes as have biology, geography, and biogeography.

The Late Cenozoic Yushe Basin, Shanxi Province, China embodies the bulk of our knowledge on successions of terrestrial vertebrates in the northern part of East Asia.

This multi-compendium is a comprehensive, illustrated and scientifically up-to-date work covering more than a thousand species of edible medicinal and non-medicinal plants.

Central Amazonian floodplain forests are an unique and endangered ecosystem.

Taphonomic bias is a pervasive feature of the fossil record.

Marine biology has always played an important role in biological research, being at the origin of many key advances.

Deserts are unique ecosystems with their own biotic and abiotic components, and are often rich in renewable natural resources, the appropriate management of which can contribute significantly to the sustainable management of desert regions for the welfare of the people.

Outside Russia very little is known about the terrestrial ecology, vegetation, biogeographical patterns, and biodiversity of the enormously extensive ecosystems of Yakutia, Siberia.

The aim of this manual is to provide a comprehensive guide to the methods involved in collecting, preparing and screening plants for bioactive properties for manipulating key ruminal fermentation pathways and against gastrointestinal pathogens.

This volume focuses on the broad pattern of increasing biodiversity through time, and recurrent events of minor and major ecosphere reorganization.

1 Plantation forests and biodiversity: Oxymoron or opportunity?

Conservation and biodiversity of protists The conservation of biodiversity is not just an issue of plants and vertebrates.

India has 7,500 km of coastline with diverse habitats and rich biota.

The debate that has arisen around the concept of the Anthropocene forms the basis of this book.

How to dwell in a forest alongside giants, avoid disturbing a living god, assist an animal with their manners, and help an elephant cross the road.

This book reviews the important role of biotechnological innovations in achieving sustainable development goals and conserving global biodiversity.

A little inquisitive girl and a great green turtle go on a journey that will remind them of the importance of preserving and respecting the environment.

This book provides a first synthetic view of an emerging area of ecology and biogeography, linking individual- and population-level processes to geographic distributions and biodiversity patterns.

This Encyclopaedia is very contemporary and focuses on the most serious problem the world is facing today, besides dealing with all the aspects of biodiversity extinction, global warming, climate change and greenhouse gases.

This Encyclopaedia is very contemporary and focuses on the most serious problem the world is facing today, besides dealing with all the aspects of biodiversity extinction, global warming, climate change and greenhouse gases.

More than a century has passed since the first bioformulations were introduced to the market.

This book is a compilation of information on all basic aspects of mealybugs, as well as management strategies for mealybug species affecting different crop plants in different countries.

This book highlights the efforts made by distinguished scientific researchers world-wide to meet two key challenges: i) the limited reserves of polluting fossil fuels, and ii) the ever-increasing amounts of waste being generated.

This book highlights the efforts made by distinguished scientific researchers world-wide to meet two key challenges: i) the limited reserves of polluting fossil fuels, and ii) the ever-increasing amounts of waste being generated.

This book offers an in-depth description of different groups of microbes (i.

Marker-assisted plant breeding involves the application of molecular marker techniques and statistical and bioinformatics tools to achieve plant breeding objectives in a cost-effective and time-efficient manner.

This book combines several ideas and philosophies and provides a detailed discussion on the value addition of fruits, vegetables, spices, plantation crops, floricultural crops and in forestry.

This book brings together the latest information on the rapid advances and developments in the field of aquatic ecology.

Plants form mutualistic association with various microorganisms, particularly in the rhizosphere region.

The book provides basic knowledge in mycorrhizal ecology, knitted with novel conceptual frameworks and contemporary perspectives, especially in the context of global change.