Biodiversity

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

Originally published in 1998, Southern Forested Wetlands is an up to date, one source compendium of current knowledge on the wetland ecology of America's southern forests.

Mammals in the British Isles looks at the influences on their numbers and distribution, both now and in the past, examines aspects of their biology with emphasis on function and physiology, and concludes with an account of relationships with man.

This book examines theories and ethnographies related to the anthropology of power in conservation.

Mangroves thrive in intertidal zones, where they gather organisms and objects from land, river, and ocean.

Phytoplankton, or algae, are the engines of the Earth.

This book is a product of the TEEB study (The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity).

Population genomics is revolutionizing wildlife biology, conservation, and management by providing key and novel insights into genetic, population and landscape-level processes in wildlife, with unprecedented power and accuracy.

The overarching contribution of this book is a review and assessment of the current and future impacts of globalization on the world's forests.

In this volume of the TEEB (The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity) publication series, the key concepts of the project are applied to local and regional policy and public management.

The purpose of this book is to assess the potential effects of biotechnological approaches particularly genetic modification on biodiversity and the environment.

Die Europäische Union hat mit der Etablierung der Fauna-Flora-Habitat-Richtlinie (92/43/EWG) und der Vogelschutzrichtlinie (79/409/EWG) dasSchutzgebietssystem Natura 2000 begründet, das die biologische Vielfaltder Arten und Lebensräume dauerhaft sichern und entwickeln soll.

Shallow lakes are important for their amenity value and the ecosystem services that they support.

Key features:The first reference book to provide a comprehensive treatment of the biogreography of the Andean regionIncludes lists of the synonyms for each area and examples of the plant and animal taxa characterizing them.

Over the last 50 years there has been a growing appreciation of the important role that farmers play in the development and conservation of crop genetic diversity, and the contribution of that diversity to agro-ecosystem resilience and food security.

Most of the world's population lives on or near the coasts.

This book examines the concept of naturalness in ecosystems, discusses its values and considers choices about the level of naturalness in conservation efforts.

This reference book provides advanced knowledge on sustainable biogenic waste management.

Shortlisted for the 2018 TWS Wildlife Publication Awards in the edited book categoryLesser Prairie-Chickens have experienced substantial declines in terms of population and the extent of area that they occupy.

More than 4000 beaches distributed along the Brazilian coastline are one of the country's main assets.

At the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, the nations of the world adopted the convention on Biological Diversity.

Despite their rich fossil history, there are only four surviving species of sirenians or sea cows, the only fully aquatic herbivorous mammals.

Conventional tillage and burning crop residues has degraded the soil resource base and intensified soil degradation with concomitant decrease in crop production capacity.

The green economy is widely seen as a potential solution to current global economic and environmental crises, and a potential mechanism by which sustainable development might be achieved in practice.

Exploring the relationship between mathematics and ecology, Spatial Ecology focuses on some important emerging challenges in the field.

Aquatic habitats supply a wide range of vital ecosystem benefits to cities and their inhabitants.

Deforestation in tropical rainforest countries is one of the largest contributors to human-induced climate change.

Despite their enormous bulk and complexity of architecture, plants make up only around a quarter of a million of the 8 million or so species on Earth.

Innovative Methods of Marine Ecosystem Restoration offers a ray of hope in an increasingly gloomy scenario.

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.

Richard Judd and Christopher Beach define the environmental imagination as the attempt to secure 'a sense of freedom, permanence, and authenticity through communion with nature.

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

Conservation of plant resources is often focused on seed banks and botanical gardens.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 WAINWRIGHT PRIZETheSunday TimesBest Nature Writing Books 2020A naturalist's passionate dive into the lives of bees (of all stripes)-and the natural world in her own backyardBrigit Strawbridge Howard was shocked the day she realised she knew more about the French Revolution than she did about her native trees.

Urban Deer Havens consists of a thorough examination of selected cervid (deer) species that are known to inhabit urban communities in the United States.

Through this book, the readers will learn about the different aspects of Actinobacteria- beginning with its ecology and occurrence, to the ways of its adaptation to harsh climates, and finally to its practical applications.

The devastating impacts of natural disasters not only directly affect humans and infrastructure, but also animals, which may be crucial to the livelihoods of many people.

For the first time in a single volume, this book brings together more than 150 of the best walks, tracks or trails in Victoria, which can be walked, cycled or driven by the moderately fit individual.

This book examines how extractivism transforms territories and affects the well-being of rural people, drawing on in-depth fieldwork conducted on tree plantations in Chile.

More than 300 species of Australian native animals - mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians - use tree hollows, but there has never been a complete inventory of them.

Although urban allotment gardening dates back to the nineteenth century, it has recently undergone a renaissance of interest and popularity.

Shortlisted for the 2018 TWS Wildlife Publication Awards in the edited book categoryLesser Prairie-Chickens have experienced substantial declines in terms of population and the extent of area that they occupy.

Agroforestry systems (AFS) are becoming increasingly relevant worldwide as society has come to recognize their multiple roles and services: biodiversity conservation, carbon sequestration, adaptation and mitigation of climate change, restoration of degraded ecosystems, and tools for rural development.

This book is the result of 14 years of collecting Entolomataceae in the native forests of Tasmania, Australia.

Recommended in CHOICE, February 2021Insects are all around us, outweighing humanity by 17 times.

'Conservation in the 21st century needs to be different and this book is a good indicator of why.

Enrolling over 30 million acres, the U.

Ecological Restoration and Management of Longleaf Pine Forests is a timely synthesis of the current understanding of the natural dynamics and processes in longleaf pine ecosystems.

This book offers a rare and detailed insight into 20 years' of in-depth field research and conservation of the white-headed langur.