Ecological science, the Biosphere

This book provides complete, comprehensive, and broad subject-based reviews for students, teachers, researchers, policymakers, conservationists, and NGOs interested in the biodiversity and conservation of woody plants.

The compartmentation of genetic information is a fundamental feature of the eukaryotic cell.

Topics in Ecological and Environmental Microbiology provides an overview of ecological aspects of the metabolism and behavior of microbes, microbial habitats, biogeochemical cycles, and biotechnology.

This book discusses the possibilities, reach, challenges, and limitations of agroforestry in new contexts where the security of food, nutrition, and the environment are equally vital.

This book highlights various designs for urban green spaces and their functions.

Urban agriculture has the potential to change our food systems, enhance habitat in our cities, and to morph urban areas into regions that maximize rather than disrupt ecosystem services.

This book aims to bring together analytical population dynamics, random processes and community structure into a common framework.

Japan's traditional and fragile satoyama landscape system was developed over centuries of human life on mountainous island terrain in a monsoon climate.

The field of genetics is rapidly evolving, and new medical breakthroughs are occurring as a result of advances in knowledge gained from genetics reasearch.

This book provides a detailed study of urban agricultural development.

Industrial seaweed use started in Brittany in the XVII century.

With one volume each year, this series keeps scientists and advanced students informed of the latest developments and results in all areas of the plant sciences.

This is a thoroughly revised and updated edition of an authoritative introduction to ecological modelling.

The most up-to-date and authoritative resource on the biology and evolution of solitary beesWhile social bees such as honey bees and bumble bees are familiar to most people, they comprise less than 10 percent of all bee species in the world.

Since the first edition of this book published in 2005, there has been an immense amount of new and fascinating work on the history, ecology, and evolution of the Mediterranean flora.

This book includes information, experiences, practical initiatives and projects around the subject matter and makes it available to a wide audience.

Population genomics is a rapidly emerging field that has the potential to transform our understanding of how evolutionary forces shape genomic diversity among microbes.

This volume presents the papers given at the meeting "e;Estuarine Management and Quality Assessment"e; held at Trinity College, Dublin in September 1983.

Far away shores, exotic islands or adventurous sea voyages - coasts are the destination of dreams for millions of people around the globe.

This book investigates relations between humans, waste, pollution, and marine life.

Murray Bookchin was not only one of the most significant and influential environmental philosophers of the twentieth century--he was also one of the most prescient.

We must enhance the effectiveness ofland stewardship and management of the world's natural resources to meet a growing global population's need for conservation, sustainable development, and use of land, water, and other natural resources.

The thoroughly updated new edition of Gordon Bonan''s comprehensive textbook on terrestrial ecosystems and climate change, for advanced students and researchers.

This book offers an introduction to aquaculture sciences and fisheries, discussing the concepts and basic characteristics of fisheries, fishery resources and the related industries, as well as the status of fisheries in various countries around the globe.

"e;Engineering"e; has firmly taken root in the entangled bank of biology even as proposals to remake the living world have sent tendrils in every direction, and at every scale.

This book presents studies on current vegetation topics, from polar to tropical regions.

This compendium presents some of the major applications of neutron scattering techniques to problems in biology.

Der Begriff Umweltschutztechnik verbindet Schutz und Umwelt als Vorsorgeprinzip und Wiederherstellung geschädigter Ökosysteme mit technischen Mitteln.

This new and significantly updated authored dictionary is a unique glossary of paleontological terms, taxa, localities, and concepts.

From galagos to gorillas, the primates of western Uganda comprise a very di- verse collection of species.

This series is dedicated to serving the growing community of scholars and practitioners concerned with the principles and applications of environmental management.

Forest damage, forest decline, forest dieback - not related to biotic agents - is occurring in the Atlantic and Pacific regions.

Nature is full of fascinating stories, stories that attract our attention at a young age and keep us amazed throughout our entire lives.

This volume of the Chinese Water Systems subseries offers up-to-date and comprehensive information on various aspects of the Poyang Lake, the largest freshwater lake in China.

Data assimilation is considered a key component of numerical ocean model development and new data acquisition strategies.

The Southern Ocean surrounding the Antarctic continent is vast, in particular, its history, its isolation, and climate, making it a unique "e;laboratory case"e; for experimental evolution, adaptation and ecology.

This edited book covers major importance of tropical forest diversity and its values to vegetation, wildlife, and the local community.

Explores the role of fire in Mediterranean-type climate ecosystems, providing unique insights into the assembly and evolutionary convergence of ecosystems.

Insect parasitoids are a fascinating group of animals in many respects.

In 2005, The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) provided the first global assessment of the world's ecosystems and ecosystem services.

"e;Urban Climate Change Adaptation"e; is a timely and informative book that delves into the complex challenges posed by climate change and explores the pathways to achieving environmental sustainability.

In Flammable Australia: Fire Regimes, Biodiversity and Ecosystems in a Changing World, leading researchers in fire ecology and management discuss how fire regimes have shaped and will continue to shape the distribution and abundance of Australia's highly diverse plants and animals.

As we approach the end of this millennium, enteric diseases remain impor- tant public health problems.

Reviewed here is the current state of knowledge concerning the relationship between global change and biodiversity of temperate ecosystems.

This proceedings book is devoted to the development of environmental analysis of the surface layer of atmospheric air and green areas of urbanized areas.

A wide variety of marginal basins, ranging from polar to equatorial regions, and a few sizeable enclosed basins, can all be included among the Asian Seas.