Applied ecology

Much environmental activism is caught in a logic that plays science against emotion, objective evidence against partisan aims, and human interest against a nature that has intrinsic value.

Much environmental activism is caught in a logic that plays science against emotion, objective evidence against partisan aims, and human interest against a nature that has intrinsic value.

Futures: Imagining Socioecological Transformation brings together leading scholars to explore how we might know, enact, and struggle for, the conjoined social and ecological transformations we need to achieve just and sustainable futures.

Futures: Imagining Socioecological Transformation brings together leading scholars to explore how we might know, enact, and struggle for, the conjoined social and ecological transformations we need to achieve just and sustainable futures.

Meat and dairy production and consumption are in crisis.

Meat and dairy production and consumption are in crisis.

Why does the way we think about urban children and urban nature matter?

Why does the way we think about urban children and urban nature matter?

A wide-ranging account of how birds spend the quiet half of their livesBirds at Rest is the first book to give a full picture of how birds rest, roost, and sleep, a vital part of their lives.

Structured in the form of a dichotomous key, comparable to those widely used in botany, the mineral key provides an efficient and systematic approach to identifying rock-forming minerals in thin-section.

With our world torn by climate change, deforestation, land degradation, hunger, malnutrition, poverty, loss of wildlife habitat, zoonotic pandemics, illegal migration and social injustice, this book seeks to find a practical and pragmatic way forwards.

A how-to guide to mastering the skills you need to navigate the murky waters of an academic science career effectively.

A how-to guide to mastering the skills you need to navigate the murky waters of an academic science career effectively.

A New YorkerBest Book of the YearA New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceA CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of the Year"e;Exquisite.

An in-depth analysis of the impact conservation behaviour can have to develop practical tools to safeguard against biodiversity extinction.

An in-depth analysis of the impact conservation behaviour can have to develop practical tools to safeguard against biodiversity extinction.

An interdisciplinary book tackling the challenges of managing peatlands and their ecosystem services in the face of climate change.

A complete user''s guide to structural equations explaining the underlying principals and practical implementation of these methods.

A complete user''s guide to structural equations explaining the underlying principals and practical implementation of these methods.

An interdisciplinary book tackling the challenges of managing peatlands and their ecosystem services in the face of climate change.

Integrates process and content of core areas of ecology using an engaging narrative, fascinating case studies, and stunning images throughout.

Integrates process and content of core areas of ecology using an engaging narrative, fascinating case studies, and stunning images throughout.

This latest Fifth Assessment Report of the IPCC will again form the standard reference for all those concerned with climate change and its consequences.

This latest Fifth Assessment Report of the IPCC will again form the standard reference for all those concerned with climate change and its consequences.

This latest Fifth Assessment Report of the IPCC will again form the standard reference for all those concerned with climate change and its consequences.

Structured in the form of a dichotomous key, comparable to those widely used in botany, the mineral key provides an efficient and systematic approach to identifying rock-forming minerals in thin-section.

This book contains the papers presented at the International Conference on Current Issues of Science and Research in the Global World, held at the premises of the Vienna University of Technology from May 27 to May 28, 2014.

This volume contains the papers presented at the 2014 International Conference on Environmental Protection and Sustainable Ecological Development (EPSED2014).

Environmental Science and Information Application Technology contains selected papers from the 2014 5th International Conference on Environmental Science and Information Application Technology (ESIAT 2014, Hong Kong, 7-8 November 2014).

This book focuses on the river morphodynamics and stream ecology of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

An Introduction to Sustainability provides students with a comprehensive overview of the key concepts and ideas which are encompassed within the growing field of sustainability.

An Introduction to Sustainability provides students with a comprehensive overview of the key concepts and ideas which are encompassed within the growing field of sustainability.

La Guía de mariposas de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Medellín, campus El Volador se suma a los libros ya publicados Arboretum y Palmetum.

The sixth edition of Environment and Society continues to connect issues about human societies, ecological systems, and the environment with data and perspectives from different fields.

The sixth edition of Environment and Society continues to connect issues about human societies, ecological systems, and the environment with data and perspectives from different fields.

Traditionally, Sociology has identified its subject matter as a distinct set - social phenomena - that can be taken as quite different and largely disconnected from potentially relevant disciplines such as Psychology, Economics or Planetary Ecology.

Traditionally, Sociology has identified its subject matter as a distinct set - social phenomena - that can be taken as quite different and largely disconnected from potentially relevant disciplines such as Psychology, Economics or Planetary Ecology.

Winner of the 2018 TWS Wildlife Publication Awards in the authored book categoryUrban development is one of the leading worldwide threats to conserving biodiversity.

This book advances the scientific understanding, development, and application of geospatial technologies related to water resource management.

Understand the current concept of wetland and methods for identifying, describing, classifying, and delineating wetlands in the United States with Wetland Indicators - capturing the current state of science's role in wetland recognition and mapping.

Integrating Scale in Remote Sensing and GIS serves as the most comprehensive documentation of the scientific and methodological advances that have taken place in integrating scale and remote sensing data.

This compendium volume, Urban Land Use: Community-Based Planning, covers a range of land use planning and community engagement issues.

Southeast Asia is highly diversified in terms of socio-ecosystems and biodiversity, but is undergoing dramatic environmental and social changes.

Southeast Asia is highly diversified in terms of socio-ecosystems and biodiversity, but is undergoing dramatic environmental and social changes.

What does the Bible say about the natural world and its place within God's purpose?

Millions upon millions of salmon and steelhead once filled California streams, providing a plentiful and sustainable food resource for the original peoples of the region.

An accessible introduction to the theory and practice of multivariate analysis for graduates, researchers and professionals dealing with ecological problems.

An accessible introduction to the theory and practice of multivariate analysis for graduates, researchers and professionals dealing with ecological problems.

Professor Bob Williams examines the essential elements that give ecosystems their durability.