Ecological science, the Biosphere

This book explores the nature of marine conservation based on the case study of Hinase, a fishing village in Okayama, Japan.

This book examines social innovation strategies in the collaborative development of spaces for growing food in cities.

The distribution and re-distribution of people across the landscape has signi cant implications for ecological, economic and social dynamics.

Wheat provides over 20% of the calories for the world population of 5.

This book is a reference material on how to sustainably manage water crises.

Saskia Wilmsen charakterisiert die Epidermiszellformen von 37 Blütenpflanzen, um einerseits den Einfluss epidermaler Mikrostrukturen in optisch wirksamen Bereichen von Petalen hinsichtlich ihrer Attraktivität auf Hummeln zu untersuchen und andererseits deren Unterschiede in Bezug auf spektrale Reflexion und Glanzeffekte zu analysieren.

Microbes are ubiquitous in nature, and plant-microbe interactions are a key strategy for colonizing diverse habitats.

The significance of the climate change and their impacts on fruit crops, their problems, and their solutions determine the need for a book in agriculture.

Marine sediments dominate the global seabed, creating the largest ecosystem on earth.

Mit klassischen Planunterlagen oder Bildmontagen können Normalbürger*innen Nutzen und Auswirkungen von Bauvorhaben kaum einschätzen.

This study discusses an original proposal aimed at critically analyzing the power relations that exist in contemporary agriculture.

Biology and Ecology of Earthworms is established as a key valuable text for students of agriculture, soil science, and soil invertebrate zoology and ecology.

Hydrogeology of Crystalline Rocks deals with deep groundwater in the granite and gneiss basement of the continents.

Oceans and lakes are characterized by large residence times and can thus be considered as being in an equilibrium or quasi-equilibrium state.

This stimulating and comprehensive collection brings together multiple perspectives on the topic of personality in nonhuman animals-linking historical perspectives, theoretical approaches, methods, and cutting-edge discoveries.

How do we explain the remarkably abrupt changes that sometimes occur in nature and society--and can we predict why and when they happen?

This book sheds light on one of the biggest development issues of our time: how the rise of entrepreneurship and the associated mindset is likely to unfold in unexpected places and change socio-economic and political fortunes.

With more than 10,000 species that vary in size, use diverse habitats that extend across latitudes and altitudes, consume a wide variety of food items, differ in how they fly (or not), communicate, and reproduce, and have different life histories, birds exhibit remarkable variation in form (anatomy) and function (physiology).

This book emerges from the recognition that energy, environment and ecosystems are dynamically and inextricably connected.

The book deals with the most striking landscapes and landforms of Nigeria.

This study of wetlands management and development policy uses integrated ecosystem modelling which links hydrology, ecology and economics.

Genetic studies aimed at understanding the origin of species are dominating major scientific journals.

Since the two previous rotifer symposia in Lunz and Gent were highly successful, it was considered important to continue the tradition every third year.

Concerted efforts to study starvation and survival of nondifferentiating vegeta- tive heterotrophic bacteria have been made with various degrees of intensity, in different bacteria and contexts, over more than the last 30 years.

Climate changes, particularly warming trends, have been recorded around the globe.

This book provides information that facilitates integrated climate actions in cities, leveraging disruptive technologies, business models, policies, financing, and leadership solutions.

This contributed volume focuses on the Neotropical region, and explores the environmental, ecological and socio-economic components that facilitate the emergence of zoonotic diseases.

In response to the field's need for an introductory text, the authors have distilled the vast and scattered literature relating to the biotechnology of microbial secondary metabolites.

This book deals with not just complex linkages, interactions and exchanges that form the relationship between the economic activities, human society and the ecosystems, but also the influences and impacts that each causes on the other.

This book examines the interplay between urban growth and the environmental issues in India.

'A fantastic little book' - BirdwatchFeaturing 130 of the most common and readily identifiable species, this illustrated pocket guide is the ideal companion for anyone interested in the naturally occurring spiders found in the British Isles.

Nature-based solutions (NbS) are solutions inspired or supported by nature.

Increasingly, mathematical methods are being used to advantage in addressing the problems facing humanity in managing its environment.

This book is a review of research on the prehistoric and historic evolution of the Basin of Mexico's lacustrine systems.

Jarvis and McNaughton provide a cogent example of the impact of physiological studies in ecology.

Ecologists have two long-standing ways to study large ecosystems such as lakes, forests, and salt-marsh estuaries.

The first book to focus exclusively on the subject, Geodiversity, Second Edition describes the interrelationships between geodiversity and biodiversity, the value of geodiversity to society, as well as current threats to its existence.

Scyphozoa have attracted the attention of many types of people.

There is a growing need for cooperation between disciplines, not only to deal with the burning problems of the present, but to study the interaction of societies and their ecosystems in the past.

This book provides up-to-date information on the environmental impact of transgenic trees on genetically modified tree (GMT) communication strategy.

This book gathers papers presented and discussions held at the Conference on Wind Energy and Wildlife Impacts in Melbourne, Australia on 9th October 2012.

As part of its efforts to improve fertilizer use and efficiency in West Africa, and following the recent adoption of the West African fertilizer recommendation action plan (RAP) by ECOWAS, this volume focuses on IFDC's technical lead with key partner institutions and experts to build on previous and current fertilizer recommendations for various crops and countries in West Africa for wider uptake by public policy makers and fertilizer industry actors.

This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date compendium of critical information for those working in the field of fungal biofilms, and those entering the field.

Many biologists and ecologists have developed models that find widespread use in theoretical investigations and in applications to organism behavior, disease control, population and metapopulation theory, ecosystem dynamics, and environmental management.