Ecological science, the Biosphere

This textbook is focused on fundamentals of environment and ecology for undergraduate and graduate students.

This edited volume provides the historical and geological background, as well as the details pertaining to the morphology and morphometric assessments, of a singular human cranial specimen from the Late Pleistocene discovered in Hofmeyr, South Africa.

Enclosed ecosystem experiments have gained in popularity as research tools in ecological science, particularly in the study of coastal aquatic environments.

The Fifth International Rotifer Symposium was organized by Dr.

Temperature and other climate variables are currently changing at a dramatic rate.

While civil society and social movements claim for more effective measures to cope with anthropogenic climate change, legal scholars are witnessing the "e;aurora"e; of climate change law.

This book introduces the current approaches in prokaryotic taxonomy and streamlines the advanced techniques for use in prokaryotic systematics.

The editors and contributors to this volume should be justifiably proud of their participation in the tenth triennial meeting of the Chemical Signals in Vertebrates International Symposium.

This reference work encompasses the current, accepted state of the art in the science of wildfires and wildfires that spread to communities, known as wildland-urban interface (WUI) fires.

The Arctic, the Antarctic, and the Hindu Kush-Himalayas form a trio of terrains sometimes called "e;the three poles"e;.

Non-Chemical Weed Control is the first book to present an overview of plant crop protection against non-food plants using non-chemical means.

This book discusses how the relationship between climate neutrality, smart eco-innovation, and environmental sustainability can be understood as well as possible with an emphasis on relevant matters and challenges of a sustainable environment.

Microbial communities and their functions play a crucial role in the management of ecological, environmental and agricultural health on the Earth.

Provides a comprehensive synthesis of a fundamental phenomenon, the species–area relationship, addressing theory, evidence and application.

Improper disposal of plastics increases micro-plastic discharge and waste to the environment.

New Statistical tools are changing the wau in which scientists analyze and interpret data and models.

During the last decades, landscape ecology has developed tremendously.

This book brings together a wide range of sampling methods for investigating different arthropod groups.

Advances in Agronomy, Volume 165, the latest release in this leading reference on agronomy, contains a variety of updates and highlights new advances in the field.

Scientists within the field of plant biotechnology are in a constant search for techniques that can, in the simplest manner possible, answer the genetic and biochemical questions that underlie developmental processes.

This book is an attempt to compile and integrate the information documented by many botanists, both Egyptians and others, about the vegetation of Egypt.

This book covers pot-pollen-the other product, besides honey, stored in cerumen pots by Meliponini.

This book provides straightforward and practical information on isotopes applied to a variety of natural sciences.

This book is an integrated approach to present a detailed case study in order to address the taxonomic and ecological features of this planktonic choreotrich protists in an iconic tropical mangrove wetland - Sundarban.

This monograph emphasizes the many facets of bacterial evolution as impacted by bacterial interactions with phages, as well as, to a lesser degree, the evolutionary impact of phages on other organisms, including other phages.

A comprehensive review of the honeybees of Africa on a subspecies as well as by country basis.

This book aims to provide a comprehensive overview of how climate change affects planetary health and what this means for our collective future.

North American deserts-lands of little water-have long been home to a surprising diversity of aquatic life, from fish to insects and mollusks.

The anxious search for agricultural income resources, and assurance of the national water supply in the northern newly created state of Israel initiated the national project of the Hula Drainage.

This established textbook continues to provide a comprehensive and stimulating introduction to marine ecological concepts and processes.

This volume is a collection of the some of the most significant lectures that well-known experts presented at our two international "e;summits on evolution"e; (2005, 2009) as updated and revised chapters.

Maritime canals dissolve natural barriers to the dispersal of marine organisms, thus providing novel opportunities for natural dispersal, as well as for shipping-mediated transport.

This completely updated fifth edition of Bacterial Fish Pathogens is a comprehensive discussion of the biological aspects of the bacteria which cause disease in farmed and wild fish.

While politicians, entrepreneurs, and even school children could tell you that sustainability is an important and nearly universal value, many of them, and many of us, may struggle to define the term, let alone trace its history.

Pursuing a multidisciplinary approach, this book highlights current challenges in, and potential solutions to, environmental water management in Mexico.

This book presents the latest research on the uses of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA), introducing readers to these natural, biodegradable polyesters produced by microorganisms, their functions and applications.

The book synthesizes nomenclature, systematics, and descriptions of North American mammal species.

This book was written for those individuals who are concerned about the techniques and practices of plant cell cultures for horticultural crops.

Food proteins and bioactive peptides play a vital role in the growth and development of the body s structural integrity and regulation, as well as having a variety of other functional properties.

Advances in Ecological Research is one of the most successful series in the highly competitive field of ecology.

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the evolution of rivers affected by natural and anthropogenic disturbances in the southern Chile and Patagonia.

This book brings together the most recent advances from leading experts in the burgeoning field of environmental biotechnology.

This book explores a specific ecosystem in depth, in order to weave a story built on place and history.

Leaf beetles are one of the largest groups of beetles, with tens of thousands of species worldwide and around 280 in Britain.