Applied ecology

Aquatic Dicotyledons of North America: Ecology, Life History, and Systematics brings together a wealth of information on the natural history, ecology, and systematics of North American aquatic plants.

This book reexamines current knowledge on the evolution, ecology, and conservation biology of both New World vultures (Cathartidae) and Old World vultures (Accipitridae) and seeks answers to past and present regional extinctions, colorizations, and conservation questions.

Despite their diversity, amphibians and reptiles share many physiological traits, such as their dependence on external heat sources for body temperature regulation, that are of pivotal importance to their ability to cope with the environment.

A practical book for professionals who rely on water quality data for decision making, this book is based on three decades experience of three highly published water and watershed resource professionals.

Explore the Relationship between Crop and ClimateAgricultural sustainability has been gaining prominence in recent years and is now becoming the focal point of modern agriculture.

This book on urban regeneration takes an approach that captures the increasing urbanization of modern living in all parts of the world.

Microalgae are a particularly interesting source of products that range from currently marketed human nutritionals and food ingredients, to potential sources of biofuels and animal feeds.

This book spells out the theoretical structure, methodology and philosophy of the science of autecology.

This substantially updated new edition reflects the growing recognition that large areas of forests are degraded globally.

Mountain regions encompass nearly 24 percent of the total land surface of the earth and are home to approximately 12 percent of the world's population.

Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species-the first catalogue of its kind-covers all living and fossil snakes described between 1758 and 2012, comprising 3,509 living and 274 extinct species allocated to 539 living and 112 extinct genera.

Beach-spawning fishes from exotic locations on most continents of the world provide spectacular examples of extreme adaptations during the most vulnerable life cycle stages.

Like other creatures, human beings are inhabitants of their ecosystems.

The image of modern corporations has been shaped by a profits over people approach, but we are at a point where business must take the lead in healing the crises of our time.

In 1992, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), signed by over 160 countries and hailed as the key symbol of a common vision for saving Earth's biodiversity, set forth three primary mandates: preserving biodiversity, using biodiversity components sustainably, and enabling economic benefit-sharing.

This volume is based on the NATO Advanced Study Institute, "e;Advances in Mor- phometries"e; held in 11 Ciocco, Tuscany, Italy from July 18-30, 1993, and directed by Leslie F.

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology provides detailed review articles concerned with aspects of chemical contaminants, including pesticides, in the total environment with toxicological considerations and consequences.

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology provides detailed review articles concerned with aspects of chemical contaminants, including pesticides, in the total environment with toxicological considerations and consequences.

International concern in scientific, industrial, and governmental communities over traces of xenobiotics in foods and in both abiotic and biotic environments has justified the present triumvirate of specialized publications in this field: comprehensive reviews, rapidly published research papers and progress reports, and archival documentations.

In this thoroughly updated third edition, the authors have provided a series of carefully designed and tested field and laboratory exercises that represent the full scope of limnology.

This book examines how the on-paper hydropower boom impacts the safe and fair access to water and energy in emerging economies.

This book addresses the major policy, economic and financial issues encountered in global forest carbon.

This book explores the practice of Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) in the cities of the Global South.

How did we get here?

We don't know what we've got until it's gone.

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The future is uncertain.

'Jake Fiennes is changing the face of farming in Britain.

We got ourselves into this.

Charles Darwin's final major work investigates the crucial role of earthworms in shaping soil, offering a remarkable insight into nature's slow but powerful processes.

Three of the greatest SF novels in the world in one bumper omnibus, and the inspiration for the spectacular cinematic events Dune: Part One and Dune: Part Two.

This book compiles, discusses, and explains the key concepts in land politics in an easy-to-navigate A-Z format.

This carefully crafted ebook: "e;The Most Alive is the Wildest - Thoreau's Complete Works on Living in Harmony with the Nature"e; is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents:Introduction:Thoreau by Ralph Waldo EmersonBooks:Walden (Life in the Woods)A Week on the Concord and Merrimack RiversThe Maine WoodsEssays:WalkingA Winter WalkA Walk to WachusettNatural History of MassachusettsThe LandlordThe Succession of Forest TreesAutumnal TintsWild ApplesNight and MoonlightThe Highland LightHenry David Thoreau (1817-1862) was an American essayist, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, surveyor, and historian.

This textbook for advanced graduate and postgraduate veterinary students introduces animal behaviour, offering insights into its origins, cognitive aspects, communication, environmental influences, biological mechanisms, complex behaviours, adaptive strategies, and practical applications.

This book offers the first guide to landscape ecologists on the art and science of doing experiments, both observational and manipulative.

A Flora of Southern California offers an in-depth exploration of the plant life in one of the most ecologically diverse regions in North America.

This book reveals how pro environmental actions can boost individuals' and communities' psychological, social, and emotional wellbeing, resulting in positive environmental changes.

The go-to guide to California's natural history, now updated with fresh insights on stewardship for a changing climate and diverse naturalist perspectives.

Biodiversity has been a key concept in international conservation since the 1980s, yet historians have paid little attention to its origins.

In early twentieth-century America, affluent city-dwellers made a habit of venturing out of doors and vacationing in resorts and national parks.

Why are African Americans so underrepresented when it comes to interest in nature, outdoor recreation, and environmentalism?

Although suburb-building created major environmental problems, Christopher Sellers demonstrates that the environmental movement originated within suburbs--not just in response to unchecked urban sprawl.

International concern in scientific, industrial, and governmental communi- ties over traces of xenobiotics in foods and in both abiotic and biotic en- vironments has justified the present triumvirate of specialized publications in this field: comprehensive reviews, rapidly published research papers and progress reports, and archival documentations.

Global attention in scientific, industrial, and governmental commumtIes to traces of toxic chemicals in foodstuffs and in both abiotic.

Global attention in scientific, industrial, and governmental commumtles to traces of toxic chemicals in foodstuffs and in both abiotic and biotic environ- ments has justified the present triumvirate of specialized publications III this field: comprehensive reviews, rapidly published progress reports, and archival documentations.

Global attention in scientific, industrial, and governmental communities to traces of toxic chemicals in foodstuffs and in both abiotic and biotic environ- ments has justified the present triumvirate of specialized publications in this field: comprehensive reviews, rapidly published progress reports, and archival documentations.

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

That residues of pesticide and other contaminants in the total environ- ment are of concern to everyone everywhere is attested by the reception ac- corded previous volumes of "e;Residue Reviews"e; and by the gratifYing en.

Worldwide concern in scientific, industrial, and governmental com- munities over traces of toxic chemicals in foodstuffs and in both abiotic and biotic environments has justified the present triumvirate of specialized publications in this field: comprehensive reviews, rapidly published progress reports, and archival documentations.