Ecological science, the Biosphere

Mangroves are a fascinating group of plants that occur on tropical and subtropical shorelines of all continents, where they are exposed to saltwater inundation, low oxygen levels around their roots, high light and temperature conditions, and periodic tropical storms.

This book collects research papers on the economic and social impact of earth sciences.

Biosurfactants for a Sustainable Future Explore the state-of-the-art in biosurfactant technology and its applications in environmental remediation, biomedicine, and biotechnologyBiosurfactants for a Sustainable Future explores recent developments in biosurfactants and their use in a variety of cutting-edge applications.

This is the second volume on dormancy in aquatic organisms.

Life in Lakes and Rivers reveals to us not only the fascination of the world of fresh waters, but the excitement and delight of finding out more about it.

This book comprises some of the major facts and solutions on environmental studies and its importance on the ecosystem.

This is the fourth and final volume reviewing EPA's Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP).

This book has been developed to provide a detailed discussion of probiotics, which have been evaluated for use predominantly in fish and shellfish aquaculture.

This volume examines how local communities respond and adapt to ecological changes and disasters resulting from climate change.

This book describes leading research in bioengineering for development of novel technologies for ferrous metal extraction.

This book addresses an important topic of food security in South Asia with specific reference to climate change.

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This book had its genesIs In the frustrations of the editors in locating authoritative, up-to-date material for an interdisciplinary graduate course in mammary gland biology, lactation, and breast-feeding.

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This short book sets out to explore the concept of nature in the context of a changing reality, in which the extent of our transformation of the environment has become evident: What is nature and to what extent has humanity transformed it?

This book provides a comprehensive view for plant microbe interactions towards stress management and microbiome-assisted approaches in sustainable agriculture.

Science in the Ancient World presents a worldwide history of science, from prehistoric times through the medieval period.

Water Conflicts applies cutting-edge thinking to identify pathways that can transform complex water conflicts.

No realm on Earth elicits thoughts of paradise more than the tropics.

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This book develops and establishes knowledge about borderology in the border zone between different countries, cultures, and climatic environment.

This book discusses the remarkable plant diversity of the Maltese Archipelago.

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This book analyses international Green Infrastructure (GI) planning and design strategies.

This highly illustrated volume is a compendium of evidence and examples of change on Heard Island, a World Heritage Site near Antarctica and one of the most remote places on earth.

Insects and fungi have a shared history of association in common habitats where together they endure similar environmental conditions, but only recently have mycologists and entomologists recognized and had the techniques to study the intricacies of some of the associations.

A synopsis of the use of lasers in gynecology is presentedin this book; it is supported by more than 10 years ofexperience and backed up by studies inthe fields ofexperimental surgery, technical medicine and clinicalgynecology.

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Aquatic Functional Biodiversity: An Ecological and Evolutionary Perspective provides a general conceptual framework by some of the most prominent investigators in the field for how to link eco-evolutionary approaches with functional diversity to understand and conserve the provisioning of ecosystem services in aquatic systems.

The work describes the general ecological aspects of Iran as well as West and Central Asia in the introduction.

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This book explores the history of wildlife television in post-war Britain.

The European Russian forests are described within the boreal, hemiboreal and nemoral forest regions; floodplain forests are also characterized.

The book provides for the first time an overview of the latest scientific studies conducted on micro and nano plastic pollution in the Mediterranean Sea both from the biological and environmental point of view as well as from the chemical point of view in order to have a more real idea of ?

Aspects of Brazilian Floristic Diversity: From Botany to Traditional Communities offers a unique approach in floristic diversity of the Neotropical region, specifically encompassing the Brazilian flora.

This book explores the concepts, premises, advancements, and challenges in quantifying natural forest landscape patterns through mapping techniques.

This book explores how lessons from past urban planning experiences can inform current debates on urban agriculture.

The new edition of this widely respected text provides comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of the effects of biological physical interactions in the oceans from the microscopic to the global scale.

In Regreening the Bare Hills: Tropical Forest Restoration in the Asia-Pacific Region, David Lamb explores how reforestation might be carried out both to conserve biological diversity and to improve the livelihoods of the rural poor.

A number of interdisciplinary fields related to Plant Cell Biotechnology are discussed.

This book introduces what sclerotia grains are, and where and how they exist in soils, by compiling the results obtained from the studies on fungal sclerotia formed by Cenococcum geophilum (Cg) and related species, the visible black small grains persistent for a few thousand to ten thousands of years in forest soils and sediments.

This book integrates a variety of issues such as regional settings of productivity and nutrient cycling; plankton of coastal and shelf systems; plankton, climate change and human-induced changes; harmful algae and their impacts; and gelatinous zooplankton.

This book presents research on landscape ecology and the relationship between humans and wildlife.

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

The paleontological site of Senèze (Haute Loire, central France) was discovered in 1892 inside a volcanic crater.

Biological invasions are one of the strongest drivers of global environmental change, and invasive species are now often in the public discourse.

This book examines the politics of community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) in Namibia.

Today, 55% of the world's human population lives in urban areas.