Biodiversity

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

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Resilience is a term that is gaining currency in conservation and sustainable development, though its meaning and value in this context is yet to be defined.

Microalgae and cyanobacteria are a very diverse group of photosynthetic microorganisms with many applications.

Comprising of -18 sub-ethnic groups the indigenous communities, or better known as the Orang Asli, located in the Peninsular Malaysia, is a unique community in terms of their culture, lifestyle, and heritage.

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 is a visual tour of Caribbean coral reefs between 1968 and 1978.

Macrofungi have significant importance in human health, particularly in nutrition, medicine, pharmaceuticals, agriculture and industries.

Governance of Marine Fisheries and Biodiversity Conservation explores governance of the world s oceans with a focus on the impacts of two inter-connected but historically separate streams of governance: one for fisheries, the other for biodiversity conservation.

Rove beetles (Staphylinidae) are common elements of the soil biota, living in the litter and deeper soil layers.

This book is intended to provide an overview for the identification and establishment of biodiversity islands.

At the turn of the eighteenth century, selfhood was understood as a "e;tabularasa"e; to be imprinted in the course of an individual's life.

Provides a state-of-the-science overview of arthropods affecting grape production around the world.

This book focuses in detail on all ecologically important aspects of the Kongsfjorden system such as the marine and atmospheric environment including long-term monitoring, Ecophysiology of individual species, structure and function of the ecosystem, ecological processes and biological communities.

Now the subject of an Emmy Awardwinning film the New York Times calls spellbindingHow does life work?

One of the greatest unmet challenges in conservation biology is the genetic management of fragmented populations of threatened animal and plant species.

Sustainable horticulture is gaining increasing attention in the field of agriculture as demand for the food production rises to the world community.

The growing urgency, complexity and "e;wickedness"e; of sustainability problems-from climate change and biodiversity loss to ecosystem degradation and persistent poverty and inequality-present fundamental challenges to scientific knowledge production and its use.

Biodiversity loss in terrestrial environments associated with human activities has been appreciated as a major issue for some years now.

Earth Matters on Stage: Ecology and Environment in American Theater tells the story of how American theater has shaped popular understandings of the environment throughout the twentieth century as it argues for theater's potential power in the age of climate change.

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.

The vast savannas and great migrations of the Serengeti conjure impressions of a harmonious and balanced ecosystem.

Although of high abundance, diversity and ecological importance, meiofauna is little covered by relevant scientific media.

The conservation of biodiversity is now big business.

Harvest of Fish and Wildlife: New Paradigms for Sustainable Management unites experts in wildlife and fishery sciences for an interdisciplinary overview of harvest management.

Forests are considered the lungs of the planet, as they consume and store carbon dioxide and produce oxygen.

In this book, an international team of leading marine mammal scientists, with a remarkably diverse set of backgrounds and areas of expertise, lead you through a synthesis of current knowledge on baleen whales.

This book presents a new account of Euphorbia in southern Africa.

Reduce the environmentally negative aspects of industrial agriculture with an ecologically sound philosophy!

CHOICE 'Highly Recommended for all readers' June 2021 Vol.

The management of common pool resources and publicly-owned areas is fraught with difficulty.

Rabbitfishes (family Siganidae) are a vital yet often overlooked group of fishes in coral reef and seagrass ecosystems native to the tropical and subtropical Indo-Pacific region.

Vertebrate invasive species are important ecologically, socially, and scientifically throughout much of the globe.

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Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region is exceptionally biodiverse.

Get the latest sustainable agriculture practices and keep an eye on the future Developing and Extending Sustainable Agriculture: A New Social Contract explores the challenges faced by today's farmers and ranchers to provide practical strategies to develop a twenty-first century system of sustainable agriculture that is economically sound, environmentally compatible, and socially acceptable.

For most of human history, we have lived our daily lives in a close relationship with the land.

As a review of the status of biogeography in the West Indies in the 1980s, the first edition of Biogeography of the West Indies: Past, Present, and Future provided a synthesis of our current knowledge of the systematics and distribution of major plant and animal groups in the Caribbean basin.

In this volume, 24 flowering plant families comprising a total of 911 genera are treated.

This highly original volume investigates and documents the complex interactions between small family farms and Man and Biosphere Reserves in Cuba.

Strongly grounded in the scientific method and evidence, The Environment: Science, Issues, and Solutions presents an organized, accessible, building block approach that introduces the principles of ecology.

Ever since the concept of the "e;struggle for life"e; became the heart of Darwin's theory of evolution, biologists have studied the relevance of interactions for the natural history and evolution of organisms.

In recent years the concept of the resource "e;nexus"e; has been both hotly debated and widely adopted in research and policy circles.

Challenge yourself to learn dozens of embroidery stitches and use them to create 30 simple projects that are ready to display.

FUTURE/PRESENT brings together a vast collection of writers, artists, activists, and academics working at the forefront of today's most pressing struggles for cultural equity and racial justice in a demographically changing America.

This book focuses on the global threats to coastal environments from invasive, non-native species and examines how these alien biological species adversely alter landscapes and socioeconomic conditions as well as the psychological attitudes and perceptions of local inhabitants and tourists.

This book explains the causes, consequences and desirable solutions to the unbalanced and unfair relationship between Homo sapiens and the other species that inhabit Planet Earth in a succinct, enjoyable and thought-provoking way.

The Concept of Milieu in Environmental Ethics discusses how we can come together to address current environmental problems at the planetary level, such as climate change, biodiversity loss, transborder pollution and desertification.

Based on principles of the conservation and optimization of biodiversity and of equity and sustainability, this book focuses on the ecology of the coffee agroecosystem as a model for a sustainable agricultural ecosystem.