This book provides a comprehensive overview of the patterns of biodiversity in various neotropical ecosystems, as well as a discussion on their historical biogeographies and underlying diversification processes.
Biometeorology is based on the proceedings of the Second International Bioclimatological Congress, held at The Royal Society of Medicine, London in September 1960.
This updated monograph deals with methanogenic endosymbionts of anaerobic protists, in particular ciliates and termite flagellates, and with methanogens in the gastrointestinal tracts of vertebrates and arthropods.
This book is an ambitious integration of ecological, archaeological, anthropological land use sciences, drawing on human geography, demography and economics of development across the East Africa region.
Global attention in scientific, industrial, and governmental communities to traces of toxic chemicals in foodstuffs and in both abiotic and biotic environ- ments has justified the present triumvirate of specialized publications in this field: comprehensive reviews, rapidly published progress reports, and archival documentations.
This book provides a cross-disciplinary overview of permafrost and the carbon cycle by providing an introduction into the geographical distribution of permafrost, with a focus on the distribution of permafrost and its soil carbon reservoirs.
This book analyses the adaptive reuse potential of inner-city modern movement car parking structures for controlled environment agriculture systems and the contribution of such a transformation to urban development.
Whether youre looking to save the planet or learn more about your local environment,30-Second Ecologyintroduces you to the diversity, behaviours and challenges within our ecosystem.
This book presents some results on selected taxa in the Himalayan region (mainly Nepal), pinpoints the threats to their survival and suggests ways how to avoid their extinction.
This book discusses a crucial paradigm shift in urban planning and architectural design, addressing the urgent need for sustainability and adaptation in the face of rapidly changing climate and urban landscapes.
The thoroughly updated new edition of Gordon Bonan''s comprehensive textbook on terrestrial ecosystems and climate change, for advanced students and researchers.
This book celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of publication of one of the landmarks of the modern ecological thought: the "e;Homage to Santa Rosalia or why are there so many kinds of animals"e; by George Evelyn Hutchinson.
Dieses Buchprojekt erscheint in drei Teilen mit jeweils einem inhaltlichen Schwerpunkt – PLANET, PEOPLE, PROFIT – und beschäftigt sich übergreifend mit den Nachhaltigkeitszielen der Vereinten Nationen (Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs).
The book presents a unique example of integral planning at different scales and across different types of landscapes found on the outskirts of metropolitan areas.
Ten Thousand Birds provides a thoroughly engaging and authoritative history of modern ornithology, tracing how the study of birds has been shaped by a succession of visionary and often-controversial personalities, and by the unique social and scientific contexts in which these extraordinary individuals worked.
This book sheds new light on the transformative role of microorganisms in waste management, offering a comprehensive overview of microbial waste management strategies and their applications.
Sir Arthur Tansley was the leading figure in ecology for the first half of the 20th century, founding the field, and forming its first professional societies.
Introduction to the Modelling of Marine Ecosystems, Second Edition provides foundational information on the construction of chemical and biological models - from simple cases to more complex biogeochemical models and life cycle resolving model components.
Die Intensivierung der Anbau- und Bewirtschaftungsmethoden führte in den vergangenen 50 Jahren zu einer Verarmung der Biodiversität in mitteleuropäischen Landwirtschaftsgebieten.
Advances in Ecological Research, Volume 63, the latest release in this ongoing series includes specific chapters on Tropical Ecosystems in the 21st Century.
This book outlines the status quo of worldwide wildlife tourism and its impacts on planning, management, knowledge, awareness, behaviour and attitudes related to wildlife encounters.
Dieses bewährte Kurzlehrbuch der Süßwasserkunde beschreibt die Systemeigenschaften der Gewässer und schildert die Zusammenhänge zwischen den klimatischen, geologischen und physikalisch-chemischen Faktoren sowie dem Stoffhaushalt und den aquatischen Tier- und Pflanzengemeinschaften.
This book explores the Sundarbans eco-region from a trans-boundary perspective, examining the cross-country interaction that helps planners to develop more efficient coastal zone planning for the delta.
Cape Town's iconic Table Mountain and the surrounding peninsula has been a crucible for attempts to integrate the social and ecological dimensions of wild fire.
This book addresses, reviews and evaluates key themes in organic aquaculture and is set out to show how these relate to the challenges and bottlenecks for a responsible organic aquaculture production in Europe.
At present, concerning intensive development of computer hardware and software, computer-based methods for modeling of difficult problems have become the main technique for theoretical and applied investigations.
This book develops and tests an ecological and evolutionary theory of the causes of human values-the core beliefs that guide people's cognition and behavior-and their variation across time and space around the world.
This edited volume brings together a diverse group of environmental science, sustainability and health researchers to address the challenges posed by global mass poisoning caused by arsenic water contamination.
Recent Trends in Estuarine and Coastal Dynamics: Observations and Modelling is a thorough reference guide on the most recent trends and developments in observing and modelling of estuaries and coastal oceans.
