Ecological science, the Biosphere

This book contributes to the theoretical and practitioner literature in environmental governance and sustainability of natural resources by linking case studies of the roles of narratives to the three key practices in local environmental governance: socio-political legitimacy in participation; collaboratively creating stakeholder-ness, and cultivating social and ecological capabilities.

"e;Plankton in a Changing World: The Impact of Global Change on Marine Ecosystems"e; invites readers to explore the microscopic hidden world beneath the waves.

Evidence now suggests that the roles of essential fatty acids as growth promoters and as indices of health and nutrition are fundamentally similar in freshwater and marine ecosystems.

This book focuses on the various applications of microorganisms for sustainable environment and the reduction of hazardous pollutants released in various forms, including xenobiotics, e-waste, pesticides, insecticides, plastic, heavy metals, paper waste, medical waste, textile dyes, and their impact on environmental and human health.

In recent years, scientists have realized that evolution can occur on timescales much shorter than the "e;long lapse of ages"e; emphasized by Darwin-in fact, evolutionary change is occurring all around us all the time.

The African savannas are rich in wildlife.

This book addresses the multidisciplinary challenges in biodiversity conservation with a focus on wildlife crime and how forensic tools can be applied to protect species and preserve ecosystems.

The first comprehensive reference book on the ecology, taxonomy, conservation and management of wild pigs and peccaries worldwide.

This textbook covers R data analysis related to environmental science, starting with basic examples and proceeding up to advanced applications of the R programming language.

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This volume provides insight into gibbon diet and community ecology, the mating system and reproduction, and conservation biology, all topics which represent areas of substantial progress in understanding socio-ecological flexibility and conservation needs of the hylobatid family.

Earth is home to an estimated 8 million animal species, 600,000 fungi, 300,000 plants, and an undetermined number of microbial species.

Ecology is the study of the "e;relationships among living organisms or between them and the physical environment.

Das vorliegende Buch vermittelt Studierenden die hydrologischen, hydraulischen und wasserbaulichen Grundlagen für Gerinne und Fließgewässer.

GUTSHOP '84 was the fourth in a series of workshops on various aspects of fish feeding (Table 1).

In response to the overwhelming concern for possible acute and long-term effects of ozone depletion on terrestrial and aquatic life, this volume presents a comprehensive collection of review articles from an internationally acknowledged group of experts.

Ethnoprimatology is situated at the intersection between the biological and cultural subfields of anthropology.

In their very first lecture biochemists learn that biomolecules, namely nucleic acids, proteins and lipids, are extremely temperature sensitive and will denature and lose their function easily.

Ecology, like all literary narrative, has the potential for turnabout, surprise, lessons learned, and tragedy.

More than seven years have passed since the first monograph on viroids was published.

Researchers in the field of ecological genomics aim to determine how a genome or a population of genomes interacts with its environment across ecological and evolutionary timescales.

Phytoplankton, or algae, are the engines of the Earth.

Morphometrical differentiation 63 Prediction of breeding origin .

This contributed volume is about water resources, their variability with prevalent environmental conditions and its sustainable management in India.

Marine systems vary in their sensitivities to perturbation.

This comprehensive book discusses the ecophysiological features of trees affected by the two most prominent factors of climate change: atmospheric CO2 concentration and temperature.

By investigating a simple question, a philosopher of science and a molecular biologist offer an accessible understanding of microbial communities and a motivating theory for future research in community ecology.

Soils are neither good nor bad, but some have inherent or acquired characteristics that may or may not suit our intended use.

The importance of salmon to the Pacific Northwesteconomic, recreational, symbolicis enormous.

Efficiency and Equity of Climate Change Policy is a comprehensive assessment of the economic effects of climate change policy, addressing the issues with a quantitative modelling approach.

This book covers all aspects of fisheries and aquaculture of the temperate Himalayas, including fisheries resources, fish biodiversity, aquaculture status, prospects, and potential.

Conceptual separation of humans and natural ecosystems is reflected in the thinking of most natural resource management professions, including for- estry, wildlife management, fisheries, range management, and watershed management (Burch 1971).

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For almost a century and a half, biologists have gone to the seashore to study life.

This book is not a conventional review of diving physiology.

This book presents lively case studies of tourism developments in the European High North from diverse perspectives.

The effects of climate change are beginning to be felt around the world with rising temperatures, changing precipitation levels, more frequent and severe storms and longer more intensive droughts threatening human life and livelihoods and damaging property and infrastructure.

This book provides a unique, comprehensive exploration of the scale, scope, threats and drivers of wildlife trafficking.

Climate variability has major impacts in many parts of the world, including Australia.

AN AUTHORITATIVE SURVEY OF CURRENT RESEARCH INTO CLINICALLY USEFUL CONVENTIONAL AND NONCONVENTIONAL ANTIBIOTIC THERAPEUTICS Pharmaceutically-active antibiotics revolutionized the treatment of infectious diseases, leading to decreased mortality and increased life expectancy.

The Antarctic fish fauna has evolved over a long period of geographic and climatic isolation.