Applied ecology

By the end of World War II, the United States had become well integrated into the world markets for forest products.

Preventing Prison Violence introduces the idea of 'prison ecologies' - a multi-layered perspective to understanding prison violence as a 'product' of human, environment (social and physical), systemic, and societal influences - and how an ecological approach is helpful to prevention efforts.

This inter-disciplinary book provides the latest advanced knowledge of plant effects on vegetated soil properties such as water retention capability, water permeability function, shear strength, slope hydrology, movements and failure mechanisms, and applies this knowledge to the solution of slope stability problems.

This volume synthesizes and analyzes thirty years of hydrological research in the Danum Valley Conservation Area, a lowland dipterocarp rainforest in Sabah, Malaysia.

The bioregion of Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica and New Guinea possesses a unique natural heritage stretching back over 50 million years since the break-up of the great southern continent of Gondwanaland.

Successful cycling planning depends on combining improvements to infrastructure with education.

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

This book provides a unique ethnographic account of women living with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) in India.

This book gives the most detailed and comprehensive physico-geographical overview of the very unique country of Mongolia.

This text presents up-to-date knowledge regarding lowlands, which are lands affected by fluctuating water levels.

Tribological performance of sustainable composites depend upon external parameters such as interface and environmental temperature, contact pressure and behavior of contact materials at interface and so forth.

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology publishes authoritative reviews on the occurrence, effects, and fate of pesticide residues and other environmental contaminants.

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.

Protected areas (PAs) contain biodiversity and ecosystems of high conservation value.

This atlas presents anatomical descriptions of the xylem, bark and pith of 264 species belonging to 71 families.

Wagner, one of our most distinguished wildlife biologists, is a strong critic of ecological practices in the national parks.

This book offers an itemized analysis of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), for use in any processes, products, services, industries, organizations and so forth.

Winner of the Scientific & Medical Network Book Prize 2019!

This book explores African domestic and regional responses and approaches to environmental protection and sustainability.

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Cet ouvrage est un plaidoyer en faveur de l’Objectif de Développement Durable n°6.

Household Reusable Rainwater Technology for Developing and Under-Developed Countries provides insight into household techniques for collecting and treating harvested rainwater safely for both potable and nonpotable uses, as well as practices to improve its quality, with numerous realworld case studies and data.

This book considers the concept of 'value' at the root of our actions and decision-making.

This book assesses the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (CFLRP) and identifies lessons learned for governance and policy through this new and innovative approach to collaborative forest management.

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.

Community ecology has undergone a transformation in recent years, from a discipline largely focused on processes occurring within a local area to a discipline encompassing a much richer domain of study, including the linkages between communities separated in space (metacommunity dynamics), niche and neutral theory, the interplay between ecology and evolution (eco-evolutionary dynamics), and the influence of historical and regional processes in shaping patterns of biodiversity.

Die Biodiversität ist unsere Lebensgrundlage; ihr ökonomischer, ökologischer, sozialer und ästhetischer Wert kann nicht hoch genug eingeschätzt werden.

Political Agroecology is the first book to offer a systematic and articulated reflection on Political Agroecology from the Agroecological perspective.

This book addresses the grave concerns stemming out due to conventional treatment techniques.

Biomonitoring of water quality is very much essential for assessing the overall health of water bodies and safe supply of drinking water.

Als Standardwerk beschreibt das Große Handbuch der Gleisinstandhaltung in anschaulicher und komprimierter Form alle Aspekte der Gleisinstandhaltung in Theorie und Praxis.

Atlantic cod is an important fish species in human history and continues to be a major influence on North Atlantic fisheries management, as stock collapses and recoveries impact coastal communities and shelf sea food webs.

Insect Conservation: A Global Synthesis is a landmark, field-defining work written by Professor Michael Samways, one of the founding fathers of this burgeoning discipline of conservation science.

This edited collection offers fresh perspectives on sustainable development and social impact using a circular economy framework.

The discourse of 'green growth' has recently gained ground in environmental governance deliberations and policy proposals.

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.

Winner of the IENE Project Award 2016.

Wetlands are prominent landscapes throughout North America.

Contributed to by leading experts, this book looks at the history of coppice woodlands, their physical environment, the different management techniques used and their effects on the flora and fauna.

With almost 90% of terrestrial plant material entering the detrital pool, the processing of this significant carbon source is a critical ecosystem function to understand.

Of the known greenhouse gases, political attention to date has primarily focused on carbon dioxide (CO2), whereby it is assumed that underground storages of crude oil and natural gas through Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technology could contribute significantly to global climate protection.

This unique reference book represents sustainable development of UN for providing a proper life standard and mobility for people.

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.

Invasive species are among the greatest challenges to environmental sustainability and agricultural productivity in the world.

The demand for comparable, long-term, high quality data on forest ecosystems' status and changes is increasing at the international and global level.