Ecological science, the Biosphere

Now updated and expanded, People and Nature is a lively, accessible introduction to environmental anthropology that focuses on the interactions between people, culture, and nature around the world.

Elms occur, both naturally and cultivated, throughout much of the temperate world.

Sturgeons are considered "e;living fossils"e;, sharing many morphological and biological features with ancestral fish.

This unique richly-illustrated account of the landforms and geology of the world's coasts, presented in a country-by-country (state-by-state) sequence, assembles a vast amount of data and images of an endangered and increasingly populated and developed landform.

This book highlights the untapped potential of underground spaces as a pivotal resource for climate resilience and sustainable urban development.

This book provides deep insights into the ecology of the plague bacterium Yersinia pestis in natural foci, its diversity, genetic variability and the function of the vector, thus painting a holistic picture of how plague pandemics have evolved and how the bacterium has adapted perfectly to its environment over such a long period of time.

World of Unstable Mutations The book "e;Triplet Repeat Diseases of the Nervous System"e; overviews the lat- est data on several disorders associated with unstable mutations.

This volume presents a set of coherent, cross-referenced perspectives on incorporating the spatial representation and analytical power of GIS with agent-based modelling of evolutionary and non-linear processes and phenomena.

This volume contains papers presented at a NATO Advanced Research Institute, sponsored by their Eco-Sciences Panel, on "e;The effects of acid precipitation on vegetation and soils,"e; held at Toronto, Canada from May 22-26, 1978.

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.

Social behavior occurs in some of the smallest animals as well as some the largest, and the transition from solitary life to sociality is an unsolved evolutionary mystery.

The viruses of the family Rhabdoviridae have an exceedingly broad host range and are widely distributed throughout the animal and plant king- doms.

This set of exercises has been created expressly for students and teachers of conservation biology and wildlife management who want to have an impact beyond the classroom.

Landscape ecology continues to grow as an exciting, dynamic ecological d- cipline.

"e;Wetlands"e; has become a hot word in the current environmental debate.

If I had to nominate an area of food production in which science has played a major role in addressing product quality to meet market needs I would not pass by the intimate rela- tionship of cereaI chemistry with cereaI plant breeding programs.

In a perspective of sustainable management, the balance between ecological dynamics, social and economic are now at the heart of ecological modeling and environmental strategies screenwriting.

This textbook provides a no-nonsense introduction to the principles of theoretical and mathematical biology.

Human activities are affecting the global environment in myriad ways, with numerous direct and indirect effects on ecosystems.

The textbook entitled Tropical Ecology of Southeast Asia - The Indonesian Archipelago unfolds in its 5 major chapters with 20 subchapters on more than 500 pages, with more than 300 figures, the basic principles of ecology with examples mainly coming from the Indonesian Archipelago.

Gale explains why international negotiations have not produced a sustainable solution to tropical rainforest degradation.

Recognizing that sound information is vital to the progress of conservation, IUCN have gathered together a visual portfolio of maps of rain forests in Africa.

'Informative, well-constructed, and readable.

This is the first ever monumental and scientific documentation of the faunal wealth of the Indian Desert state of Rajasthan.

Dig up a whole new culinary world with this New York Times best-selling field guide to foragingMost of us "e;forage"e; for food in the aisles of well-lit grocery stores.

This book is unique in providing a comprehensive, up-to-date synthesis of what is known about soil biodiversity and the factors that regulate its distribution, as well as the functional significance of below-ground biodiversity for ecosystem form and function.

This book provides a unique and multifaceted view on and understanding of borders and their manifestations: physical and mental, cultural and geographical, and as a question of life and death.

Hands-On Chemical Ecology: Simple Field and Laboratory Exercises, a premiere collection of practical exercises in chemical ecology, offers tools and strategies for understanding this young science.

Discusses ecological models.

High above the mountaintops on the Isle of Mull, a huge bird is soaring.

We live in an age of ecocide.

This book demonstrates that trade-offs can be very important for conservationists.

Mediterranean-type ecosystems have provided ecologists with some of the most scientifically-rewarding opportunities to formulate and evaluate hypotheses about large and small-scale ecological phenomena.

This book provides a conceptually organized framework to understand the phenomenon of biological invasions at the Anthropocene global scale.

Large-scale experimentation allows scientists to test the specific responses of ecosystems to changing environmental conditions.

Oceans and Human Health: Opportunities and Impacts, Second Edition explores the inextricably interconnected and complex relationship between oceans and humans.

Australia's venomous snakes are widely viewed as the world's most deadly and are regarded with cautious curiosity, fascination and, regrettably, fear.

Planthoppers include some of the most devastating pests of major agricultural crops throughout the world.

This book concentrates on the marine mammalian group of Odontocetes, the toothed whales, dolphins, and porpoises.

With the emergence of urban and community forestry as the fastest growing part of our pro- fession in the last 15 years, the need for a book such as this inevitably developed.

The Tropics are home to the greatest biodiversity in the world, but tropical species are at risk due to anthropogenic activities, mainly land use change, habitat loss, invasive species, and pathogens.

This edited volume is a comprehensive guide to understanding and harnessing the power of renewable energy for a sustainable future.

Biological Control: Global Impacts, Challenges and Future Directions of Pest Management provides a historical summary of organisms and main strategies used in biological control, as well as the key challenges confronting biological control in the 21st century.

Comprehensive review and transdisciplinary analysis of environmental literacy within the context of environmental science and sustainable development.

This volume is concerned with the role of science in fishery management.

Microbial granules have practical importance in anaerobic and aerobic biological wastewater treatment.

In this comprehensive and abundantly illustrated book, Allan A.

The global human population will reach nine billion by 2050, and seafood is projected to be the primary food source to sustain such a large population.

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.