Ecological science, the Biosphere

Systems biology and computational biology have recently become prominent areas of research in the biomedical community, especially in the area of cell biology.

Land Restoration: Reclaiming Landscapes for a Sustainable Future provides a holistic overview of land degradation and restoration in that it addresses the issue of land restoration from the scientific and practical development points of view.

Ecosystems are complex and enigmatic entities that are ultimately our life support systems.

As predicted by Charles Elton in 1958, today invasive species have come to dominate 3% of the Earth's ice-free surface, constituting one of the most serious ecological and economic threats of the new millennium.

The Second Autumn Course on Mathematical Ecology was held at the Intern- ational Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy in November and December of 1986.

Soils will play a central role in mediating the impact of climate change on natural and managed ecosystems.

The Crimean Peninsula has a rich and complex environmental history.

When we wrote this book it was, admittedly, flrst of all for the sake of our own enjoyment and enlightenment.

Why do unrelated organisms sometimes appear almost identical in details of the anatomy, behavior, physiology, and ecology?

The book covers many aspects of the theory of food-web formation and maintenance presented with field-collected information.

Long-run interactions between the economy and the natural environment are studied from all points of view.

Despite their importance in terms of employment and income generation, inshore fisheries have been a neglected area of study.

This book presents selected papers from the V International Scientific and Practical Conference “Ecosystems without Borders” held at Kaliningrad State Technical University, Kaliningrad, Russia, October 2–3, 2024.

During the intensification of research activities in the Southern Ocean in recent years, both at national levels and through international cooperation in such projects as BIOMASS with its FIBEX and SIBEX phases, the need was felt increasingly for closer collaboration between biologists, meteorologists, and oceanographers in the study of the interaction between the atmospheric forces, the water masses, and the living resources.

This third, thoroughly updated edition of a well received book, presents the most complete collection of theories, paradigms and methods utilized by the landscape sciences.

This book provides new insights into the social behavior of bats - one of the most fascinating topics currently being pursued by researchers.

This book details theexperiences gained by the Catalan Water Agency (ACA) in a Mediterraneanwatershed the Catalan River Basin District following the launch of the EUWater Framework Directive (WFD) in the year 2000.

Urban expansion beyond the city's administrative boundaries has altered villages to a great extent.

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.

The collection's focus is on girls' secondary education, and hence the gendered cultural expectations of the middle classes and upper classes, will provide the dominant narrative, given the relatively recent democratization of European educational systems.

This Book presents innovative and state of the art studies developed in Environmental Education in different countries to highlight this theme and promote its implementation all over the world.

Bayesian statistics has exploded into biology and its sub-disciplines, such as ecology, over the past decade.

This contributed volume brings out a comprehensive collection of information on environmental toxicology, its impact on living organisms in general and human health in particular.

This book describes the scientific principles that are used throughout the world to ensure the rapid, healthy growth of forest plantations.

The book analyses the landscape as a geosystem in all its complexity (from the abiotic environment, and land use to socio-economic character) as an integrated natural resource, as society's life space, as well as an object of planning and decision making on sustainable land use.

The first of a series designed to cover all tropical rain forests in the world.

In 1996, the Federal Facilities Council (FFC), which operates under the aegis of the National Research Council, established a standing committee on Environmental Engineering with the express purpose of providing a forum where federal environmental engineers and program managers could meet on a regular basis to exchange information about facilities-related environmental programs, policies, and issues.

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Wie dieses Buch betont, sind Kompaktheit, Effizienz und Umweltqualität aktuelle, konkurrierende Ziele der Stadtentwicklung.

This book integrates a wide range of subjects into a coherent purview of the status of coastal marine science.

Reintroduction of Fish and Wildlife Populations provides a practical step-by-step guide to successfully planning, implementing, and evaluating the reestablishment of animal populations in former habitats or their introduction in new environments.

Experts in microbiology and autoimmunity examine the association between microorganisms and the development of specific categories of autoimmune diseases.

During 2001, a severe drought occurred in the Klamath River Basin.

This book discusses emerging contexts of global warming and climate change, agricultural vulnerability and adaptation from local to global scale.

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.

The book is the first comprehensive analysis of the macroecology and geobotany of endemic vascular plants with case-studies and analyses from different regions in the world.

The volcanic and oceanic nature of the Canary Islands, its rich plant biodiversity and high rate of endemism, as well as the relict character of some of its plant communities make it a territory of great biological interest.

In the four years since the publication of the second edition this book has been very well received by those for whom it was intended - candidates for primary examinations in Obstetrics and Gynaecology.

Anthropological Survey of India under the Tenth Five Year Plan has undertaken a National Project on Man in Bioshere for detailed study.

The introduction of sports and recreational facilities into natural environments calls for reflection on their impact on fragile ecosystems.

There are few books available that provide a good introduction to the methods and techniques for ecological research.

Ecotoxicology is the science that seeks to predict the impacts of chemi- cals upon ecosystems.

This book chronicles the decades-long work of studying, analyzing, and reversing the environmental pressures that threatened India's Chilika Lagoon, the largest brackish-water lagoon in the region, and the second largest in the world.

This book is a comprehensive, beautifully illustrated colour guide to the plants which farmers, growers and gardeners can use to improve soil structure and restore fertility without the use and expense of agrichemicals.

Integrates geoscience and ecology, focusing on connections in ecological, geospheric, hydrospheric and atmospheric processes in ecosystems.

This volume details the function of hydrocarbon seeps, their evolution over time, the most important seep occurrences and the fauna present in ancient hydrocarbon seeps.