Ecological science, the Biosphere

Unsere Atmosphäre, das Luftmeer, auf dessen Grunde wir leben, ist ein Gasgemisch, das neben den Hauptbestandteilen Stickstoff und Sauerstoff eine Vielzahl von Spurengasen enthält.

This book examines the mechanisms and functions of tonic immobility, the so-called death feigning behavior, or thanatosis, or animal hypnosis.

The Ocean of Today, The Legacy of Tomorrow takes you on an eye-opening journey through the intricate, fragile, and vital marine environments that sustain life on Earth.

Bio-based materials, including those containing wood, will become increasingly important as we move to a bio-based economy.

This book focuses on spatial planning of megacities that are growing in Asia, Africa, and America.

The Action Plan for Australian Mammals 2012 is the first review to assess the conservation status of all Australian mammals.

The book addresses the urgent need for rethinking the geopolitics and ecology in the Himalaya, by emphasising the entanglements between these two factors.

Plant microbe interaction is a complex relationship that can have various beneficial impacts on both the communities.

Amsterdamse Bos, Bois de Boulognes, Epping Forest, Hong Kong's country parks, Stanley Park: throughout history cities across the world have developed close relationships with nearby woodland areas.

This textbook provides an opportunity for undergraduate students studying the environment to work on addressing real-world environmental problems and practice the disciplinary and professional skills necessary to tackle complex issues.

An ecologist explores how life itself shapes Earth using the elemental constituents we all shareIt is rare for life to change Earth, yet three organisms have profoundly transformed our planet over the long course of its history.

Humpback Dolphins (Sousa spp.

This book analyzes different facets of anuran amphibian distribution in South America.

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

This book brings together research into the process of stream acidification and its impact on Welsh surface waters, carried out over the past decade or so.

Metacommunity ecology links smaller-scale processes that have been the provenance of population and community ecology-such as birth-death processes, species interactions, selection, and stochasticity-with larger-scale issues such as dispersal and habitat heterogeneity.

This authored dictionary presents a unique glossary of paleontological terms, taxa, localities, and concepts, with focus on the most significant orders, genera, and species in terms of historical turning points such as mass extinctions.

Global awareness of environmental issues has increased on an unprecedented scale.

Drylands have been cradles to some of the world's greatest civilizations, and contemporary dryland communities feature rich and unique cultures.

Geoecology is a fruitful interdisciplinary field, relating rocks to soils to plant and animal communities and studying the interactions between them.

This book focuses on the new concept of bioeconomy which collects the wisdom from life science, medicine and economics.

The abundance of organic pollutants found in wastewater affect urban surface waters.

The current warming trends in the Arctic may shove the Arctic system into a seasonally ice-free state not seen for more than one million years.

In recent years, especially with the approach of the 21st Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Paris in late 2015, the number of publications, conferences and meetings on climate change has been growing exponentially.

This book describes the valuation of services of ecosystems (forests, agriculture and aquatic) for Karnataka State, India, as per the validated statistical framework for natural capital accounting - SEEA: System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA.

The purpose of this book is to examine urban forests in cities around the world.

Environmental Chemistry is a relatively young science.

This book presents case studies of risk management of various hazards and risk management systems at regional, national, and local levels.

The language of ecology has grown rapidly and changed extensively over the last decade.

This book covers selected papers that were presented by participants at a "e;Wetland Invitational"e; held in Columbus Ohio, USA in May 2003.

This textbook addresses global and local environmental problems and the involvement of microorganisms in their development and remediation.

The honeybee (Apis melli/era L.

This volume provides state-of-the-art knowledge on xenobiotics in urban ecosystems, addressing a wide range of related issues, such as xenobiotic types and chemical composition, environmental fate, remedial approaches, regulatory policies and socioeconomic impacts.

Wildlife Research in Australia: Practical and Applied Methods is a guide to conducting wildlife research in Australia.

Myxomycetes: Biology, Systematics, Biogeography, and Ecology is a comprehensive overview of the body of accumulated knowledge that now exists on myxomycetes.

There is a growing need for appropriate management of aquatic plants in rivers and canals, lakes and reservoirs, and drainage channels and urban waterways.

This book provides an overview of the current status of land degradation globally and the different approaches used for its restoration.

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.

This volume is a compilation of studies on interactions of changes in land cover, land use and climate with people, societies and ecosystems in drylands of Greater Central Asia.

Environmental pollution is one of the most serious threats to the future health of our planet.

Trailblazing marine biologist, visionary conservationist, deep ecology philosopher, Edward F.

This book is a unique cross fertilization of aquatic ecology and aquaculture.

This textbook presents a comprehensive process-oriented approach to biogeochemistry that is intended to appeal to readers who want to go beyond a general exposure to topics in biogeochemistry, and instead are seeking a holistic understanding of the interplay of biotic and environmental drivers in the cycling of elements in forested watersheds.

A comparative, holistic synthesis of microbiome research, spanning soil, plant, animal and human hosts.

The book has 2 sections; Section A focuses on Environmental Sustainability and Green Technology and Section B covers Emerging Technologies in Environmental Biotechnology.

'And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

There is a growing need for appropriate management of aquatic plants in rivers and canals, lakes and reservoirs, and drainage channels and urban waterways.