Ecological science, the Biosphere

This book presents essential insights on the interaction between rising risks and raising the bar for resilience during the climate crisis.

Written by leading experts in their respective fields, Principles and Applications of Soil Microbiology 3e, provides a comprehensive, balanced introduction to soil microbiology, and captures the rapid advances in the field such as recent discoveries regarding habitats and organisms, microbially mediated transformations, and applied environmental topics.

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The world's ecosystems are increasingly threatened by human development.

This book focuses on the applications of plant growth promoting microorganisms (PGPMs) in the form of bioinoculants to enhance the crop productivity and resilience against pathogens.

The beetle genus Agrilus has over 3000 species which makes it the most numerous in the Animal Kingdom.

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.

Creating and Restoring Wetlands: From Theory to Practice, Second Edition describes the challenges and opportunities relating to the restoration of freshwater and estuarine wetlands in natural, agricultural, and urban environments in the coming century.

This book discusses growing environmental threats posed by air and water pollution, exploring their causes, impacts, and potential solutions.

This book focuses on the indirect effects on environmental resilience.

This book examines how urban agriculture (UA) is valued in the sustainable city.

This book presents the main drivers of benthic structure and processes in estuaries from the 8,000 km-Brazilian coast, assesses the influence of natural and human disturbance, and discusses their ecological importance and management needs.

Aldo Leopold, father of the "e;land ethic,"e; once said, "e;The time has come for science to busy itself with the earth itself.

Cyanobacteria have existed for 3.

The catastrophic runaway wildfires advancing through North America and other parts of the world are not unprecedented.

Mangroves are salt-adapted plants that are found along many of the world's tropical and sub-tropical coastlines.

This book provides keys to decrypt current political debates on the environment in light of the theories that support them, and provides tools to better understand and manage environmental conflicts and promote environmentally friendly behaviour.

Science for Ecosystem-based Management: Narragansett Bay in the 21st Century addresses the broad problem of coastal nutrient pollution.

This completely updated edition of The Handbook of Nature provides scientific answers to questions that arise when looking at the world around us.

The present volume contains the presentations of a NATO advanced Research Workshop (ARW) entitled "e;The invasion of the Black, Mediterranean and Caspian Seas by the American Ctenophore, Mnemiopsis leidyi Agassiz: a multidisciplinary perspective and a comparison with other aquatic invasions"e;, held on 24 - 26 June 2002 in Baku (Azerbaijan).

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CCTV for Wildlife Monitoring is a handbook on the use of CCTV in nature watching, conservation and ecological research.

This book provides a critical analysis of the interactions of humans and wildlife in Zimbabwe.

This book describes essential principles of and approaches to monitoring and modeling algal blooms.

Martens and Fishers (Martes) in Human-Altered Environments: An International Perspective examines the conditions where humans and martens are compatible and incompatible, and promotes land use practices that allow Martes to be representatively distributed and viable.

This book discusses the nontrophic interactions that occur in ecosystems and their importance in understanding biological communities.

Dieses Buch befasst sich mit Leitfragen in der Landschaftsplanung.

This monograph discusses fire hazard and fire resistance in wooden structures with a long duration of operation.

"e;awareness"e; of the world's citizens and encourage governments to devote more attention and resources to address this issue.

Fast alle Landschaften auf der Erde sind Kulturlandschaften, in die der Mensch großräumig eingegriffen hat.

Various parallels have been drawn between wolves and humans from the perspective of their social organisation.

Applied Microbiology and Molecular Biology in Oil Field Systems addresses the major problems microbes cause in oil fields, (e.

This book focuses on the topic of ecotoxicology of aquatic macrophytes and is wide ranging, including the use of macrophytes for remediation of contaminated sites.

This book provides comprehensive single source coverage of bioindication/biomonitoring in the fields of ecology, ecotoxicology and environmental sciences; from the ecological basics to the effects of chemicals on the environment and the latest test strategies.

Rocky shores correspond to a very particular habitat in Brazil, which is concentrated in the Southeastern and Southern coasts.

Steppes form one of the largest biomes.

Earthworms are the most important members of the soil detritivore community and function as soil engineers because of their effects on soil properties and their influence on the availability of resources for other organisms, including microorganisms and plants.

Algae and Cyanobacteria in Extreme Environments is a unique collection of essays, contributed by leading scientists from around the world, devoted to algae - and some related microbes - observed in unexpected harsh habitats, which it seems are an oasis or Garden of Eden for these organisms.

Pollutants released to the environment are distributed among the many environmental media such as air, water, soil, and vegetation, as the result of complex physical, chemical and biological processes.

These Notes grew from my research in evolutionary biology, specifically on the theory of evolutionarily stable strategies (ESS theory), over the past ten years.

This book comprehensively covers all aspects of distribution, taxonomy, life cycle, cultivation, application in traditional medicine, their secondary metabolites, and their biological properties, along with various parameters to yield improvement in selected species of Cordyceps.

At present, quantitative ecological risk assessment is widely used in different contexts, however very often without an understanding of the natural mechanisms that drive the processes of environmental and human risk.

Human-driven greenhouse emissions are increasing the velocity of climate change and the frequency and intensity of climate extremes far above historical levels.

In den letzten Jahrzehnten ist die Bedeutung der Lebensmitteltoxikologie enorm ge­ wachsen.