Ecological science, the Biosphere

The Italian-annotated bibliography on tunas, tuna-like and billfish species is a sort of unicum, because for the very first time, it provides annotation in English for all papers published by Italian authors over the centuries in various languages.

Flächenverbrauch sowie Störungen und Zerschneidungen in der Landschaft führen für viele Tier- und Pflanzenarten zu einschneidenden Konsequenzen.

The science of dendrochronology has grown significantly in the past 20 years.

This textbook is for the standard, one-semester, junior-senior course that often goes by the title "e;Elementary Partial Differential Equations"e; or "e;Boundary Value Problems"e;.

Topics for the Beltsville Symposia are selected to highlight specific areas of research and science policy that are of concern to scientists in the Beltsville Area as well as to the general scientific community.

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

The CityForm consortium's latest book, Dimensions of the Sustainable City, is the first book to report on an empirical multi-disciplinary study specifically designed to address urban sustainability.

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

Consumers are not usually incorporated into the sociological concept of 'division of labour', but using the case of household recycling, this book shows why this foundational concept needs to be revised.

This book examines the academic discussion on climate engineering as an instance of politicization - as a subject of deliberation and decision-making.

Diagnostically illustrated with light and scanning electron micrographs, Comparative Wood Anatomy lucidly introduces dicotyledon wood in terms of cell types and their variations, pertinent literature, taxonomic distribution of features, terminology, and methods for preparation.

Fluctuations and declines in marine fish populations have caused growing concern among marine scientists, fisheries managers, commercial and recreational fishers, and the public.

Since 2007, the biennial International Conferences on Dynamics in Logistics (LDIC) offers researchersand practitioners from logistics, operations research, production, industrial and electrical engineering aswell as from computer science an opportunity to meet and to discuss the latest developments in thisparticular research domain.

This book discusses Nature and Human Communities in the historical and social background of Asia.

Now in a fully updated edition, this invaluable reference work is a fundamental resource for scholars, students, conservationists, and citizens interested in Americas national park system.

In species with internal fertilization, sperm competition occurs when the sperm of two or more males simultaneously occupy the reproductive tract of a female and compete to fertilize an egg (Parker, 1970).

Many fungi and bacteria that associate with plants are potentially harmful and can cause disease, while others enter into mutually beneficial sym- bioses.

Ökologie der Biozönosen behandelt die vielfältigen Wechselbeziehungen der Arten in ökologischen Gemeinschaften und deren Bedeutung für die Struktur und Organisation von Ökosystemen.

Walleye, one of the most sought-after species of freshwater sport fishes in North America, has demonstrated appreciable declines in their numbers from their original populations since the beginning of the 20th century.

Hemispheric specialization, and lateralized sensory, cognitive or motor function of the left and right halves of the brain, commonly manifests in humans as right-handedness and left hemisphere specialization of language functions.

This book origins from a symposium we organized in May 2005 at a joint meeting of the Biocontrol Network of Canada and the International Organization for Biological Control in Magog, Quebec, Canada.

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 textbook provides an opportunity for undergraduate students studying the environment to work on addressing real-world environmental problems and practice the disciplinary and professional skills necessary to tackle complex issues.

Despite decades of developments in immunization and drug therapy, tuberculosis remains among the leading causes of human mortality, and no country has successfully eradicated the disease.

This book offers comprehensive information on the genomics of spruces (Picea spp.

This chapter describes the processes involved in the transport of material over hillslopes.

This Workshop was organized to assess the status of knowledge on the behaviour of phosphorus in sediments and to define gaps and reassess research strategies, particularly with respect to prevalent methodology and future approach; and to define gaps and reassess research strategies for water management measures in aquatic ecosystems, especially in relation to the release of phosphorus from the sediments and its impact on the functioning of the whole system.

Asian river basins are undergoing rapid transformation.

International concern in scientific, industrial, and governmental communities over traces of xenobiotics in foods and in both abiotic and biotic environments has justified the present triumvirate of specialized publications in this field: com- prehensive reviews, rapidly published research papers and progress reports, and archival documentations.

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

Positive Beziehungen in der Natur beobachtenDie Vielfalt der Symbiosen in neun heimischen LebensräumenWie ist das Zusammenleben unterschiedlichster Pflanzen- und Tierarten möglich?

This book collects wide-ranging contributions such as case studies, reviews, reports on technological developments, outputs of research/studies, and examples of successful projects, presenting current knowledge and raising awareness to help the agriculture and forestry sectors find solutions for mitigating climate variability and adapting to change.

Here are two physicists looking over the fence of physics, getting thrilled by the life and growth of trees, taking an altogether different, exciting view of wood: trees produce wood for their own benefit.

The tidal coastline presents a fascinating ecological world.

This book is a natural extension of the SCOPE (Scientific Committee of Problems on the Environment) volumes on the carbon (C), nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and sulfur (S) biogeochemical cycles and their interactions (Likens, 1981; Bolin and Cook, 1983).

Northern Tanzania is an important and diverse ecological and cultural region with many protected lands.

Scyphozoa have attracted the attention of many types of people.

It is clear today that several prostaglandins play an important role in the regulation of many of the physiological events of the reproductive organs in the human.

Das Buch erläutert die Entwicklung unserer Kenntnisse über Strahlen und setzt sich mit Fakten und Hypothesen zum Thema "Strahlen und Strahlenschutz" auseinander.

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

The book introduces basic entomology, emphasising perspectives on insect diversity important in conservation assessment and setting priorities for management, as a foundation for managers and others without entomological training or background.

The zone where land and sea meet is composed of a variety of complex environments.

This book addresses the main enigmas of Easter Island's (Rapa Nui, in the Polynesian language) prehistory from the time of initial settlement to European contact with a multidisciplinary perspective.

With more than 1,400 species, bats are an incredibly diverse and successful group of mammals that can serve as model systems for many unique evolutionary adaptations.

Global warming is accelerating faster than the ability for natural repair, and environmental stresses are damaging ecosystems, all affecting physical and biological systems on Earth.

This extensive work focuses on an important group of temperate freshwater fish, approaching the topic from the perspectives of both biology and aquaculture.

The theme of this volume is Trait-Based Ecology - From Structure to Function.