This book illustrates an alternative approach to 'state of sustainability' reporting by presenting cross-sectoral and multi-disciplinary discussions on sustainability issues in the context of a developing country, Botswana.
Population Biology of Passerine Birds is an up-to-date synthesis of the most recent developments in its field, especially in the framework of modern life history theories.
While sponges represent a very simple group of organisms, which are represented by over 8000 species, there is considerable interest in the increasing role they may play in future marine ecosystems.
The Proceedings of the Seventh International Rotifer Symposium, Rotifera VII, spans subjects from community ecology through biochemistry, from the most basic science through the most clearly applied technology.
A comprehensive, clear, and detailed guide to procedures for conducting marine ecological field studies Marine Ecological Field Methods is a comprehensive resource that offers the most relevant sampling methodologies for quantitative and qualitative studies of mesopelagic, demersal, littoral, and soft-bottom organisms, as well as relevant physical parameters.
Dieses Buch kombiniert das Gebiet der Wirtschaftswissenschaften – insbesondere die Geldtheorie – mit anderen Disziplinen wie Ökologie, Physik, Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften und Entwicklungstheorie.
This is the first of two volumes that together provide an integrated picture of the Montenegrin Adriatic coast, presenting the natural components of the system as well as the chemical composition and chemical processes in the extended area.
This book highlights methodological approaches for the economics of sustainable development and brings together recent empirical work done in India, especially by Dr.
This volume discusses emerging contexts of agricultural and ecosystem resilience in Sub Saharan Africa, as well as contemporary technological advances that have influenced African livelihoods.
Advances in Marine Biology has been providing in-depth and up-to-date reviews on all aspects of marine biology since 1963--over 40 years of outstanding coverage!
This handbook presents a timely and comprehensive overview of theory, data, methods and research findings that connect human population dynamics and environmental context.
Dieses Buch erörtert, welche Hindernisse für den grenzüberschreitenden Tourismus zwischen Nachbarländern wie Polen und Deutschland trotz des Schengener Abkommens bestehen.
This edited book includes more than four hundred short papers that were presented during the fourth edition of EMCEI, which was held in Sousse, Tunisia in November 2022.
This book provides state-of-the-art reviews, the latest research, prospects and challenges of the production of platform chemicals such as C6 sugars, 5-hydroxymethylfurfural, furfural, gamma-valerolactone, xylitol, 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid, levulinic acid, ethanol and others from sustainable biomass resources using processes that include heterogeneous catalysis, ionic liquids, hydrothermal/solvothermal, electrochemical and fermentation methods.
Research was carried out in Udorn Thani beginning in September, 1975, in order to elucidate the effects of seasonal changes on the aquatic community of a rice field.
This book is the outcome of a NATO Advanced Research Workshop on "e;The Eastern Mediterranean as a laboratory basin for the assessment of contrasting ecosystems"e; that was held in Kiev, Ukraine, March 23-27, 1998.
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.
This book focuses on multiple plant stresses and the molecular basis of adaptation, addressing the molecular mechanism and adaptation for both abiotic and biotic stresses.
The edited book covers the climate change impact broadly across the ecosystems including increasing pressure on livelihood and food supplies to the society.
If ripple effect is a measure of greatness in scientific discovery then GEMMOs have a lot going for them and this book dramatically illustrates the risks associated with advances being made by researchers to mobilize and control the power of the microorganism in the world's fight to perfect nature and fmd remedies for its imperfections.
The production of doubled haploids has become a necessary tool in advanced plant breeding institutes and commercial companies for breeding many crop species.
This book outlines the transitions between cultured and natural land cover/vegetation types and their implications in the search for alternatives to reverse the trend of anthropogenic environmental degradation.
The book provides a cross-sectoral, multi-scale assessment of development-directed investigations in the main rivers of wider Central Asia and Afghanistan.
Pest animals are but one of many factors that influence the desired outcome from managing natural resource based systems, whether for production or conservation purposes.
The book aims to provide city administrators and planners with a tool to accompany them in experimenting with the regeneration of no longer used parts of the built heritage, called leftovers, by adopting an innovative approach.
This contributed volume focuses on the Neotropical region, and explores the environmental, ecological and socio-economic components that facilitate the emergence of zoonotic diseases.
