Ecological science, the Biosphere

and management is presently undergoing enormous change: away L from managing single resources to managing ecosystems.

This book covers the broader application of environmental biotechnology for protecting the environment through different bioremediation and biodegradation techniques framed toward removing environmental contaminants, including emerging contaminants.

This report is the first in a congressionally mandated series of biennial evaluations of the progress being made by the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP), a multibillion-dollar effort to restore historical water flows to the Everglades and return the ecosystem closer to its natural state, before it was transformed by drainage and by urban and agricultural development.

This publication comprises the proceedings of the first International Conference devoted to the structural roots of trees and woody plants.

Snow leopard (Panthera uncia) is an endangered species, and its population size is steadily declining.

This volume contains a solid body of the current state of knowledge on the various themes and activities in agroforestry worldwide.

This volume deals with many aspects of the physical and chemical limnology of the Salton Sea, California's largest lake and a lake that may soon to be the object of a multi-billion dollar restoration project.

Fungi playa major role in the sustainability of the biosphere, and mycorrhizal fungi are essential for the growth of many of our woods and forests.

That residues of pesticide and other contaminants in the total environment are of concern to everyone everywhere is attested by the reception accorded previous volumes of "e;Residue Reviews"e; and by the gratifying enthusiasm, sincerity, and efforts shown by all the in- dividuals from whom manuscripts have been solicited.

A critical examination of current knowledge and ideas on cave biology, with emphasis on evolution, ecology, and conservation.

This book suggests sustainable economy from the viewpoint of tourism fostering low carbon footprint.

With one volume each year, this series keeps scientists and advanced students informed of the latest developments and results in all areas of the plant sciences.

This book presents the first ecocritical study of novelist, philosopher, poet and public intellectual Iris Murdoch (1919–1999).

This book brings a unique perspective to animal movement studies because all studies come from African tropical environments where the great diversity, either biological and structurally (trees, shrubs, vines, epiphytes), present the animals with several options to fulfil their basic needs.

This book presents the results of an interdisciplinary research project that was set up to introduce Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) at the Zayandeh Rud, Central Iran's most important river.

It is now just 20 years since Gomatos and his co-workers at the Rocke- feller University showed that the nucleic acid in reovirus particles is double-stranded RNA (dsRNA).

This book aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the current challenges in one of the most biodiverse regions in the world.

Middle East and Mediterranean region locates at a crossroad of global climatic patterns.

This book introduces readers to ecological informatics as an emerging discipline that takes into account the data-intensive nature of ecology, the valuable information to be found in ecological data, and the need to communicate results and inform decisions, including those related to research, conservation and resource management.

Advisory work, by its very nature, is an intermediary between the re- search worker and those who apply the results of his research.

Comparative Mechanisms of Cold Adaptation covers the proceedings of a symposium held at the Naval Arctic Research Laboratory in Barrow, Alaska in 1975 and 1976.

This textbook focuses on a set of skills-based learning outcomes common among undergraduate environmental programs.

Volume 40 contains state-of-the-art, comprehensive reviews about applied microbiology, biotechnology, and microbial ecology, including a two-part review on "e;Challenges in Commercial Biotechnology"e; by Dr.

The go-to guide to California's natural history, now updated with fresh insights on stewardship for a changing climate and diverse naturalist perspectives.

This monograph provides a comprehensive collection of information on soil fertility degradation across various climatic zones and soil orders.

Among all great ape species, the bonobo is still the least studied in both captivity and the wild.

This book explores the knowledge, work and life of Pacific coastal populations from the Pacific Northwest to Panama.

This book integrates various scientific approaches, including bioremediation and nanomaterials, to address environmental challenges posed by living organisms.

The Himalaya, a global biodiversity hotspot, sustains about one-fifth of the humankind.

The Himalaya, a global biodiversity hotspot, sustains about one-fifth of the humankind.

This volume of the Chinese Water Systems subseries offers up-to-date and comprehensive information on various aspects of the Poyang Lake, the largest freshwater lake in China.

Anisoptera is the first of two volumes on the Odonata in the series Encyclopedia of South American Aquatic Insects.

Applications of Biosurfactant in Agriculture explores the use of beneficial microorganisms as an alternative to current synthetic plant protection strategies.

International Marine Mammal Law is a comprehensive, introductory volume on the legal regimes governing the conservation and utilisation of marine mammals.

This book states that the new environmental challenge will also have to be faced ethically, science can provide the tools, but people will have to be sensitized so that they make their own environmental ethics.

The fifth International Symposium on Palaeolimnology was held at Ambleside in the English Lake District from August 31 to September 6, 1989.

This book presents the novel concept of photo-switched biodegradation of bioplastics which is one of the important methods to overcome plastic waste issues in oceans.

Control theory can be roughly classified as deterministic or stochastic.

Contamination of the different components of environment through industrial and anthropogenic activities have guided new eras of research.

Food webs have now been addressed in empirical and theoretical research for more than 50 years.

This book gets to the heart of trophy hunting, unpacking and explaining its multiple facets and controversies, and exploring why it divides environmentalists, the hunting community, and the public.

This is the third volume of Advances in Microbial Ecology to be produced by the current editorial board.

For over 350 million years, thousands of species of amphibians have lived on earth, but since the 1990s they have been disappearing at an alarming rate, in many cases quite suddenly and mysteriously.