Ecological science, the Biosphere

In light of the novel corona virus outbreak in December 2019 and its subsequent impact on entire world as a global pandemic, the book attempts to provide integrated risk assessment on Covid -19 like pandemics, as well as to understand the societal, environment and economic impact of the outbreak in various sectors of development.

Delve into the fascinating world of soil science with "e;The Urban Soil Guide,"e; a comprehensive manual designed for everyone from science beginners to seasoned horticulturists.

This book covers aspects of biological nitrogen fixation along with the unique signaling and interaction between the diazotrophic bacteria and plants, especially the non-legumes.

Wind farms are an essential component of global renewable energy policy and the action to limit the effects of climate change.

In North America Juniperus woodlands occupy approximately 55 million hectares, an area larger than the state of Texas.

The book emphasizes role of functional microbes in soil to improve fertility and plant health in agro-ecosystem.

North American deserts-lands of little water-have long been home to a surprising diversity of aquatic life, from fish to insects and mollusks.

This book puts together all aspects of valorization of vegetable and fruit wastes (VFWs) into different biocommodities and platform chemicals using fermentation and non-fermentation processes.

Advances in Ecological Research, first published in 1962, is one of Academic Press's most successful and prestigious series.

The aim of this book is to systematize and discuss population genetic studies of freshwater fish in a region that harbors the greatest diversity of species among all inland water ecosystems.

The International Society on OXygen Transport to Tissue (ISO'IT) has canpleted nine years as a society since its first fonnal meeting at Charleston-Clanson, South Carolina, United States of America in 1973.

In 2014, the Chemical Signals in Vertebrates (CSiV) group held its 13th triennial meeting in conjunction with the 30th meeting of the International Society of Chemical Ecology (ISCE).

This book focuses on sustainability concepts in architecture and urban design, environmental issues, and natural resources.

Understanding the functioning of ecosystems requires the understanding of the interactions between consumer species and their resources.

Death is not an end - it's a new beginning.

These proceedings deal with the relationship between species composition of freshwater phytoplankton and the trophic gradient.

At a time of societal urgency surrounding ecological crises from depleted fisheries to mineral extraction and potential pathways towards environmental and ecological justice, this book re-examines ecologically unequal exchange (EUE) from a historical and comparative perspective.

Influenza virus is an important human pathogen, frequently causing widespread disease and a significant loss of life.

Indonesia possesses the second largest primate population in the world, with over 33 different primate species.

Ecosystem Dynamics focuses on long-term terrestrial ecosystems and their changing relationships with human societies.

This is the 5th edition of a well-established book Principles of Plant Nutrition which was first published in 1978.

The book offers a model for city development and renewal based on land value capture (called 'value capture').

This book presents research findings and conclusions that has been developed as algorithms or intelligent new methods solving problems in the fields of air pollution, climate and health, natural hazards and risks, water resources, human activities and management and informatics, remote sensing, high-performance computing and GIS for environmental monitoring and management.

How can the Earth's finite water resources be managed sustainably to meet the growing needs of humans and of nature in ways that avert the looming crisis?

Comparative Evaluations of Innovative Fisheries Management begins with a look at four places outside the European Union known for innovative management: New Zealand, Nova Scotia, Alaska and Iceland.

Birds of Prey of the East and its companion volume, Birds of Prey of the West, are the most comprehensive and authoritative field guides to North American birds of prey ever published.

In this book, leading researchers from this field systematically explain the latest research results on anaerobic responses in plants.

This book aims to assess, evaluate and critically analyze the methods that are currently available for a judicious pest management in durable food.

This book includes chapters focusing on the principles of biological control and influence of policy, ecology and diversity in establishing successful programs.

Ammonia oxidising bacteria (AOB) and archaea are ubiquitous microorganisms, but their abundance and diversity vary widely across environments and play a crucial role in many ecosystems and aquatic ecosystems in particular.

This book proposes a unique and comprehensive integrated synthesis of the current understanding of the science of Himalayan dynamics and its manifestations on physical systems and ecosystems at different spatial and temporal scales.

A comprehensive progress report on the multi-disciplinary field of ocean and climate change research is given.

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.

This volume in the Greenwood Guides to Biomes of the World: series covers the freshwater biomes that exist in wetlands, ponds and lakes, and rivers and streams, examining all aspects that define these biomes: Vegetation, Geographical Distribution, Challenges posed by the environment, Adaptation of the plants and animals to the environment.

Today, microbiology is a rapidly growing discipline in the life sciences, and the technologies are evolving on a virtually daily basis.

Environmental monitoring in the Gulf of Mexico poses extensive challenges and significant opportunities.

This new issue of DELUS: The Journal of the Institute of Landscape and Urban Studies, entitled "e;Chasing Water,"e; brings together contributions on the topic of water.

From their largely descriptive beginnings about a half century ago, studies on the ecology of small mammals have mushroomed in number, scope, content and complexity.

This book presents an overview of current knowledge about social-ecological systems (SESs), a productive new field dedicated to understanding the relationships between human society and nature.

This thesis provides a novel methodological basis for mechanistically understanding the dynamics of chemicals in products (CiPs) in the anthroposphere and physical environment and establishes a modeling continuum from production of a chemical to its concentrations in various environmental compartments.

This book deals with the multi-omics approaches to investigate the diversity of endophytes and their interaction with plants in diversified ecological systems.

This work focuses on the potential impact of climate change on soil erosion in a monsoon-dominated sub-tropical region.

This book addresses the climate risk influencing biodiversity globally and discusses the sustainable use of biological diversity and its legal implications.

The problems related to the process of industrialisation such as biodiversity depletion, climate change and a worsening of health and living conditions, especially but not only in developing countries, intensify.

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This volume provides an overview of the fundamental concepts and recent advancements in organic farming, a form of agriculture that is increasing rapidly in popularity.

Balkan Biodiversity is the first attempt to synthesise our current understanding of biodiversity in the great European hot spot.