Ecological science, the Biosphere

This book is an attempt to acknowledge the discipline 'wetland science' and to consolidate research findings, reviews and synthesis articles on different aspects of the wetlands in South Asia.

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

The Anolis lizards of the Caribbean are ideally suited for the study of evolutionary ecology.

The Ocean and Us provides an overview of our contemporary understanding of the ocean and all the ways our lives interact with it.

This book puts an updated account on functional aspects of multiphasic microbial interactions within and between plants and their ecosystem.

Studies of marine ecology have traditionally been approached through lectures and field courses devoted mainly to intertidal and inshore habitats, and it is surprising in these days of increased awareness of man's environmental impact that so little attention has been given to integrated approaches involving the whole coastal zone and including the terrestrial part, which is man's major habitat.

Critical examination of participatory biodiversity assessment focusing on lessons for policy makers and planners.

Periphyton: Functions and Application in Environmental Remediation presents a systematic overview of a wide variety of periphyton functions and applications in environmental remediation, providing readers with an understanding of the biological/ecological features of periphyton, the methodology of their study, and their application in environmental conservation.

The development of a crop, and therefore its health, is always the result of interplay between biological and environmental factors, as influenced by human agency.

From time immemorial, firewood has been a very important source of energy for mankind.

Igapo forests are a common part of the Amazon whose ecosystems are critical to our shared human future.

Unraveling the mystery of the catastrophic age of extinctionsTwo hundred sixty million years ago, life on Earth suffered wave after wave of cataclysmic extinctions, with the worst wiping out nearly every species on the planet.

The Hamburg Congress on Climate and Development was conceived as a response to the worldwide interest on issues of climatic change and variability.

The chapters included in this book represent the work from the US, Canada, Japan, China, India, Iran, Netherlands, Turkey, Slovakia, and Portugal.

Controversial, and often discussed with passion and vehemence, desertification is a problem on whose solution the survival of millions of humans is dependent.

The Arab Republic of Egypt enjoys a vital strategic location.

The earth's cryosphere, which includes snow, glaciers, ice caps, ice sheets, ice shelves, sea ice, river and lake ice, and permafrost, contains about 75% of the earth's fresh water.

Governing for the Environment explores one of the dimensions of the value-knowledge system needed in any movement towards humane governance for the planet: the ecological sustainability and integrity of the Earth's environment.

No International Congress of Entomology would now be complete without a symposium on insect life-cycles.

This is the first book to comprehensively apply the fundamental tools and concepts of demography to a nonhuman species.

The book provides a complete vision about Spanish sustainable renovation of buildings situation at this moment, analysing legal and technological context and opportunities that economic stimulus -by means of direct aids- and the use of BIM methodologies offers a standardization of high scale interventions.

An understanding of applied ecology and conservation is an important requirement of a wide range of programmes of study including applied biology, ecology, environmental science and wildlife conservation.

Advances in Comparative and Environmental Physiology helps biologists, physiologists, and biochemists keep track of the extensive literature in the field.

The main thrust of this book is focused on addressing the various interrelated processes, analysis and activities bearing upon sound river management.

As the largest scale chemical reaction, photosynthesis supplies all of the organic carbon and oxygen for life on Earth.

Cladocerans are increasingly used in many fields of science and this volume covers a wide range of such topics.

A plethora of different theories, models, and concepts make up the field of community ecology.

This book investigates soil ecology and biodiversity for its ability to maintain a balance of beneficial organisms to support plant growth.

Research on the ecosystems has emerged in recent decades as a vital, successful, and sometimes controversial approach to environmental science.

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology publishes authoritative reviews on the occurrence, effects, and fate of pesticide residues and other environmental contaminants.

When it comes to reproduction, gymnosperms are deeply weird.

Pike and related fish form an important part of aquatic ecosystems and are also commercially very valuable.

Es ist höchste Zeit, daß die Diskussion um die künftige Energieversorgung wieder an Sachlichkeit gewinnt.

This book illustrates the major trends in applied microbiology research with immediate or potential industrial applications.

An enthralling exploration of the biologically richest island on Earth, featuring more than 200 spectacular color images by award-winning National Geographic photographer Tim LamanIn this beautiful book, Bruce Beehler, a renowned author and expert on New Guinea, and award-winning National Geographic photographer Tim Laman take the reader on an unforgettable journey through the natural and cultural wonders of the world's grandest island.

Nontarget Effects of Biological Control is the first book of its kind.

This edited book aims to focus on microbial diversity in arid lands and deserts versus specific microbial assemblages associated with plants.

This volume contains the papers and abstracts of the posters given at the symposium on Long-term Changes in Coastal Benthic Communities organized by the Commission of the European Communities in Brussels, Belgium from 9 till 12 December 1985.

This book focuses solely on the issues of agricultural productivity analysis with advanced modeling approaches bringing solutions to food-insecure regions of the world, especially in south and southeast Asia and in Africa.

In aquatic ecosystems, the oligochaetes are often a major component of the community.

This book focuses on regions for which until now the geomorphology was very poorly studied and relatively unknown.