Ecological science, the Biosphere

As agroecology gains momentum in the international research-for-development arena, there is an urgent need for methods and tools to support the codesign and evaluation of agroecological systems and their transitions.

This book reports on the ecological engineering of granular sludge processes for a high-rate removal of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus nutrients in compact wastewater treatment plants.

This volume is an energy-tailored sequel to the research on the Arctic carried out at MGIMO University.

This volume presents recent advances in the research on meromictic lakes and a state-of-the art overview of this area.

Ecosystems and Human Health introduces Ecohealth as an emerging field of study, traces its evolution, and explains its applications in cross-disciplinary and holistic programs.

Over the past 30 years or so, research effort in behaviour and ecology has progressed from simple documentation of the habits or habitats of differ- ent species to asking more searching questions about the adaptiveness of the patterns of behaviour observed; moved from documenting simply what occurs, to trying to understand why.

Mexico is a biodiverse country.

Amazonian soils are almost universally thought of as extremely forbidding.

The book discusses planthopper pests of rice.

This book is a treatise on microbial ecology that covers traditional and cutting-edge issues in the ecology of microbes in the biosphere.

The Gymnosperms is a well-illustrated comprehensive account of living and fossil plants of this group.

In Part One Leiss traces the idea of the domination of nature from the Renaissance to the nineteenth century.

A scientific study that keeps in mind the needs of butterfly collectors and of all those who love the country in the hope that it may increase their pleasure by widening the scope of their interests.

The rapid increase in environmental measurements during the past few decades is associated with (1) increasing awareness of the complex relations linking biological responses to atmospheric variables, (2) development of improved data acquisition and handling equipment, (3) the application of modeling to environmental problems, and (4) the implementation of large, cooperative studies of international scope.

Most of the chapters in this volume are authored by staff or associates of the Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE).

Satellite remote sensing for Earth science data has been rapidly expanding during the last decade.

Architecture has played a very important role in colonization of the society and the earth, and today we have the urgent task to crack the theory and practice of this same Architecture.

The study of air pollution effects on vegetation has made rapid progress in the last five years.

These are the proceedings of an Advanced Research Workshop (ARW), sponsored by the NATO Science Panel, entitled "e;Pest Control: Operations and Systems Analysis in Fruit Fly Management"e;.

This book is the third in aseries of publications devoted to the biogeographieal and ecological research in the Southern Hemisphere, published in the "e;Monographiae Biologicae"e;.

This book provides a comprehensive coverage of the advances in biology and conservation research on Chinese sturgeon in the Yangtze Estuary.

This is the first comprehensive science-based textbook on the biology and ecology of the Baltic Sea, one of the world's largest brackish water bodies.

Chaparral shrubland ecosystems are an iconic feature of the California landscape, and a highly biodiverse yet highly flammable backdrop to some of the fastest growing urban areas in the United States.

As the coastal human population increases in the United States, there will likely be increasing environmental and socioeconomic pressures on our coastal and estuarine environments.

This book offers a comprehensive exploration of recent trends in lignocellulosic biofuels, focusing on advancements and sustainability assessments.

Professor Hermann Remmert, führender Ökologie-Experte und Autor zahlreicher wissenschaftlicher Publikationen, gibt hier eine gut lesbare und auch für den Laien verständliche Einführung in die viel-diskutierte Thematik: Naturschutz.

This book examines the socio-economic impacts on the indigenous populations and local communities who depend on the Amazon for their livelihood, culture, and heritage.

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

This contributed volume presents an analysis of the current conservation status of major faunal groups in Mexico.

Fundamentals of Tropical Freshwater Wetlands: From Ecology to Conservation Management is a practical guide and important tool for practitioners and educators interested in the ecology, conservation and management of wetlands in tropical/subtropical regions.

Geoffrey R.

Since ancient times, plants have been used as a prime natural source of alternative medicines and have played an important role in our lives.

With about 50,000 entries and subentries, this General Indexcovers all 25 Volumes and Parts of the well-knownENCYCLOPEDIA OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY.

This volume details the importance of bacteria in and around the human body, highlighting the bacteria that is harmless and pathogenic bacteria.

The lake charr Salvelinus namaycush is a ubiquitous member of cold-water lake ecosystems in previously glaciated regions of northern continental U.

This book represents a first attempt to comprehensively discuss and investigate causes and potential implications of changing patterns of spouse pairing in Japan and to consider similarities and differences with patterns observed in the USA and other low-fertility Western societies.

This book presents a synthesis of critical new information for the Melastomataceae, one of the ten richest families among flowering plants with over 5,800 species that has its diversity highly concentrated in tropical or subtropical areas.

This book focuses on fluxes of energy, carbon dioxide and matter in and above a Central European spruce forest.

This book examines the long-term fate of invasive species by detailing examples of invaders from different zoological and botanical taxa from various places around the world.

This book offers an ecosystem-oriented overview of the diversity, ecological role, and biotechnological applications of marine fungi as well as an in-depth introduction to the marine environment, fungal classification, and ecological principles.

This textbook provides a complete introduction to Hydrogeology.

Large ungulates in tropical forests are among the most threatened taxa of mammals.

The papers contained in this volume were presented orally at the seventh POLYMODEL conference, held at Sunderland Polytechnic in the United King- dom in May 1984 and sponsored by Barclays Bank PLC and Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd.

The aim of this book is to describe some aspects of the chemistry and chemical ecology which are found in the garden.

This book outlines the latest trends in the use of multicriteria analysis in agriculture by highlighting recent applications for modeling agricultural decision-making.