Conservation of the environment

Shortlisted for the 2024 Wildlife Society's Publication Awards First Honorable Mention for the 2023 Rachel Carson Environment Book Award U.

Genome sequencing enables scientists to study genes over time and to test the genetic variability of any form of life, from bacteria to mammals.

This book aims to quantify and discuss how societies have directly and indirectly benefited from ecosystem services in Patagonia; not only in terms of provisioning and cultural services, but also regulating and supporting services.

Fossil species appear to persist morphologically unchanged for long intervals of geologic time, punctuated by short bursts of rapid change as explained by the Ecological Evolutionary Units (EEUs).

Brings together long-term studies of cooperation in vertebrates that challenge our understanding of the evolution of social behavior.

In the course of evolution, insects have developed an almost unbelievable variety of shapes and functional sophistication.

Natural history, the deliberate observation of the environment, is arguably the oldest science.

Currently, the major challenge of humanity is focused on population growth through agricultural production in order to meet the demand for food.

The United States is experiencing an ongoing wildfire crisis.

The Causes of Tropical Deforestation (1994) is an analysis of the problem of deforestation, using statistical technique - a form of 'environ-metrics' - to discover the true causes of an issue whose basis is hotly debated, and attributed to causes as varied as poverty, external debt, multinational logging companies, government corruption, the IMF, population growth, and non-sustainable agriculture.

This book contains 26 contributions dealing with the biology of aquatic oligochaetes and covers a wide range of topics including taxonomy, morphology, ultrastructure, embryology, reproduction, feeding biology, ecotoxicity, community studies, and species distribution.

What do experienced field naturalists discover when they explore the heavily populated Lake Ontario shoreline as if they were surveying a wilderness for the first time?

In 1996 Argentina adopted genetically modified (GM) soybeans as a central part of its national development strategy.

Two of the world's most pressing needs-biodiversity conservation and agricultural development in the Third World-are addressed in Karl S.

Includes chapters on assessing changes among assemblages and in individual species, the variety of general threats (notably habitat changes and impacts of alien species) and more particularly urban threats.

The ocean plays a central role in determining the climate of the earth.

This book explores the interactions of local inhabitants and environmental systems in the Protected Natural Areas of Mexico.

There are fewer grey seals in the world than endangered African elephants, but the British Isles host almost half of this global population.

Practical Conservation Biology covers the complete array of topics that are central to conservation biology and natural resource management, thus providing the essential framework for under-graduate and post-graduate courses in these subject areas.

This book brings together in compact form a broad scientific and sociopolitical view of US wetlands.

A GUARDIAN NATURE BOOK OF THE YEARSeeking the beautiful, the breathtaking and the bizarre, award-winning writer Charlie Elder goes in search of Britain's rarest and most endangered animals.

An overview of our current understanding of how people influence, and are influenced by, the ''green'' component of urban environments.

Although tackling the causes of climate change through mitigation is necessary, it is also essential to examine the effect of climate change and what international cooperation can take place to ensure global adaptation measures.

Landwirtschaftliche Nutzung ist heutzutage auf mehr als 50 % der Fläche Deutschlands und auch in Gebieten für den Schutz der Natur vertreten.

Beim Run auf die letzten Energieressourcen wird derzeit die Welt neu vermessen.

First published in 1985.

The book represents a multidisciplinary approach to understanding soil-landscape-vegetation relationships and, specifically, the ecophysiology of plant communities developing on sandy soils of very low fertility that are subject to seasonal flooding.

The first International Conference on the Biology of Deer Production was held at Dunedin, New Zealand in 1983.

In the last 50 years marine conservation has grown from almost nothing to become a major topic of global activity involving many people and organisations.

An accessible introduction to the unifying principles of ecology through the exploration of urban ecosystems.

Proclaims the enjoyment of teaching, studying and learning outdoors via the inspirational stories of some remarkable people.

Recent scientific literature has raised many concerns about whether fisheries have caused more extensive changes to marine populations and ecosystems than previously realized or predicted.

For most people in the United States, going almost anywhere begins with reaching for the car keys.

Chemische Substanzen in der Umwelt sind vielfältigen chemischen Reaktionen und Transportvorgängen unterworfen.

This handbook is the most comprehensive and interdisciplinary work on marine conservation and fisheries management ever compiled.

Understanding the current state and dynamics of any forest is extremely difficult - if not impossible - without recognizing its history.

Research Needs in Subsurface Science provides an overview of the subsurface contamination problems across the DOE complex and shows by examples from the six largest DOE sites (Hanford Site, Idaho Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, Nevada Test Site, Oak Ridge Reservation, Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site, and Savannah River Site) how advances in scientific and engineering knowledge can improve the effectiveness of the cleanup effort.

This book bridges natural, physical and social sciences to show how ecosystem ecology can inform the ecosystem services approach to environmental management.

During his years as a scientist working for the British government in India, Sir Albert Howard conceived of and refined the principles of organic agriculture.

"e;Weaves together a dramatic court case in Los Angeles, a grizzly-bear attack, and a surprisingly fascinating debate .

Islands are special places; they can be havens for unique plants and animals and refuges for wildlife.

The Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center began long-term planning at its inception and, in May 1997, produced a Long-Term Monitoring and Research Strategic Plan that was adopted by stakeholder groups (the Adaptive Management Work Group and the Technical Work Group) later that year.

West Germany and the Iron Curtain takes a fresh look at the history of Cold War Germany and the German reunification process from the spatial perspective of the West German borderlands that emerged along the volatile inter-German border after 1945.

The 2nd international tagging and tracking symposium was held in San Sebastian, Spain, in October 2007, seven years after the first symposium was held in Hawaii in 2000 (Sibert and Nielsen 2001).