Biodiversity

Omnipresent in virtually all terrestrial ecosystems and of undisputed ecological and economical importance, the study of social insects is an area that continues to attract a vast number of researchers.

1 Plantation forests and biodiversity: Oxymoron or opportunity?

This book provides a compact, up-to-date and detailed overview of the vegetation of the Iberian Peninsula, a highly diverse part of Europe in the Mediterranean area.

This book studies the application of green roofs in ecoregions of the western United States and Canada.

Future Sustainable Ecosystems: Complexity, Risk, Uncertainty provides an interdisciplinary, integrative overview of environmental problem-solving using statistics.

Landscapes are being degraded and simplified across the globe.

In recent years, citizen science has emerged as a powerful new concept to enable the general public, students, and volunteers to become involved in scientific research.

The success of the first volume of The Biology of Sea Turtles revealed a need for broad but comprehensive reviews of major recent advances in sea turtle biology.

Fire is a natural part of the Australian bush.

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) give the UN a road-map for development, with Agenda 2030 as the target.

Possibly the first textbook to present a practically applicable ecosystems theory, Introduction to Systems Ecology helps readers understand how ecosystems work and how they react to disturbances.

The research category of the landscape ecology, which researches the structure, functions, and the spatio-temporal changes of the ecological landscapes, has now been contributing to the human life and the shifts of the socio-economic paradigm.

News headlines would often have us believe that conservationists are inevitably locked in conflict with the people who live and work on the lands they seek to protect.

Ferns gives the reader an introduction to the reasons for the variety of ferns in the British Isles, as well as the history of their development within this landscape and their use by man.

This new edition has been revised throughout, and adds several sections, including: lean manufacturing and design for the environment, low impact development and green infrastructure, green science and engineering, and sustainability.

This book is a compilation of detailed articles on various products and services that can be derived from bioresources through bioprocess.

'A very enjoyable book that brilliantly blends science, insight and passion' TRISTAN GOOLEYThe secret world of fungi is another kingdom.

This book provides a comparative history of Islamic education in the Soviet Union and the post-Soviet countries.

This book explores the biology of decapod shrimps, a group of animals known to most people as a nutritious and tasty food item.

This book highlights the common ground between biomedicine and traditional healing.

Erfolgskontrollen als integraler Bestandteil von Programmen und Projektensowie weiterer Maßnahmen des Naturschutzes dienen vorrangig derÜberprüfung, ob ein Erfolg von fachlich hergeleiteten Maßnahmen eingetretenist.

'A funny and beautifully written welcome to the enigmatic, weird and wonderful world of wasps' DAVE GOULSON, author of SILENT EARTHThere may be no insect with a worse reputation than the wasp, and none guarding so many undiscovered wonders.

National implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) provisions has yielded enough challenges for providers and users of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge alike.

Radiophysical and Geomagnetic Effects of Rocket Burn and Launch in the Near-the-Earth Environment describes experimental and theoretical studies on the effects of rocket burns and launchings on the near-the-Earth environment and geomagnetic fields.

Earthworm Ecology, Second Edition updates the most comprehensive work available on earthworm ecology with extensive revisions of the original chapters.

Awareness of the use of animals in human society in fields such as farming, biotechnology and sport is dogged by the lack of a clear and objective exposition of the issues involved and a sense of possible conflict between human and animal welfare.

Contemporary Earth and animal activists rarely collaborate, perhaps because environmentalists focus on species and ecosystems, while animal advocates look to the individual, and neither seems to have much respect for the other.

Which new institutions do we need in order to trigger local- and global sustainable urban development?

Hedges and field margins are important wildlife habitats and deliver a range of ecosystem services, and their value is increasingly recognised by ecologists.

This book emerges from the recognition that energy, environment and ecosystems are dynamically and inextricably connected.

Angesichts der zunehmenden Zerstörung der Natur durch den Menschen und der technischen Fortschritte in den Biowissenschaften hat die Frage nach dem Verhältnis des Menschen zu seiner natürlichen Umwelt höchste Aktualität.

Natural Resources Conservation and Advances for Sustainability addresses the latest challenges associated with the management and conservation of natural resources.

This book is the first of its kind in bringing together biodiversity, chemical ecology, phytochemistry and cancer therapy.

The south-east Queensland region is currently experiencing the most rapid urbanisation in Australia.

This book integrates the different prospective, scientific and practical experience of researchers as well as beneficiaries and stakeholders in the field of forest conservation in Southeast Europe.

This book is devoted to Agroecological Crop Protection, which is the declension of the principles of agroecology to crop protection.

The diversity, ecological role and biotechnological applications of marine fungi have been addressed in numerous scientific publications in the last few years.

Across the world, ecosystems are for sale.

Protected areas and conservation policies ore usually established with only local nature and wildlife in mind.

Apart from being commercially and socially significant, anchovies and sardines populations occupy crucial positions in the oceans' ecosystems.

Originally published in 1975 Terrestrial Environments covers the zoogeography and ecology of the main terrestrial environments of the world, including fresh water habitats with emphasis on their fauna.

This book explores the ecology and evolutionary dynamics of fungi.

Livestock production and its use of finite resources is devastating biodiversity and pushing wildlife to the brink of extinction.

Despite recent efforts, agricultural production continues to threaten biodiversity, disrupt delivery of key ecosystem services and contribute to climate change.

Their story began 500 million years ago, but we only started to get to know them in 1746, when Linne described the first ostracod species.

Written with passion for anyone interested in seeing an end to the illegal trade in elephant ivory and rhino horn, this book shows how, by working together, people all over the world who care about these animals are gradually bringing about change for the better.

Phytoplankton responses to human impact at different scales provides a state-of-the-art review of changes in the phytoplankton assemblages determined by human alterations of lakes and rivers.

Aphids Unveiled: The Saga of Nature's Most Irritating Insects explores the curious journey of these tiny insects from humble beginnings to becoming the most obnoxious pests for farmers and home gardeners alike.

Bringing Bayesian Models to Life empowers the reader to extend, enhance, and implement statistical models for ecological and environmental data analysis.

In the Miocene and Pliocene fossil shell beds of the eastern United States, the single most spectacular molluscan species radiation is seen in the ecphora shells (the Tribe Ecphorini).