Life sciences: general issues

Eine der größten Fragen der Wissenschaft steht vielleicht in naher Zukunft vor der Aufklärung.

The relentless loss of biodiversity is among the greatest problems facing the world today.

This accessible and entertaining book explores the fundamental connections between life and information and how they emerged inextricably linked, taking the reader on a journey through all the major evolutionary transitions.

Evolutionary medicine has been steadily gaining recognition, not only in modern clinical research and practice, but also in bioarchaeology (the study of archaeological human remains) and especially its sub-discipline, palaeopathology.

The importance of irrigation in the world's agriculture is rapidly increasing.

The unsaturated zone is the medium through which pollutants move from the soil surface to groundwater.

A number of well-known forests have been the object of studies by ecological teams.

Photochemical oxidants are secondary air pollutants formed under the influence of sunlight by complex photochemical reactions in air which contains nitrogen oxides and reactive hydrocarbons as precursors.

The reconstruction of ancient marine environments is an important task of the Earth Sciences, of great interest to geology, pure and applied, to oceanography and climatology, as well as to such fields as ecology and evolution.

Increasing amounts of various types of wastes and pollutants including nutrients enter the coastal waters via rivers, direct discharges from land drainage systems, diffuse land runoff, dumping and via the atmosphere.

In the past years, much work has been carried out on either life-history evolu- tion or structure and function of food webs.

The idea for this book arose in 1993, after the Free State of Bavaria through its Bayrisches Staatsministerium rur Landesentwicklung und Umweltfragen (Bavarian Ministry of Regional Development and the Environment) decided to discontinue both the Bavarian project management (PBWU) for forest decline research and the multidisciplinary field research on the Wank Mountain in the Alps near Garmisch.

Why do we fear Halloween candy but not vending machines?

A trailblazing inquiry into human love and relationships in the age of super-smart technologyTechnology is our new life partner.

A trailblazing inquiry into human love and relationships in the age of super-smart technologyTechnology is our new life partner.

The First Adirondackers challenges the widespread, long-standing belief that the Adirondack uplands of northern New York were uninhabited before the arrival of European colonizers.

The deep sea covers more than half the surface of the Earth, but until the circumnavigation made by the HMS Challenger almost nothing was known about the animals that live there.

This book presents the major findings of a 12-year ecological study of the Bornhoved Lake District, situated some 30 km south of Kiel.

Sand dune dynamics plays a key role in many arid deserts.

Clusia is the only dicotyledonous tree genus with crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM), and in some cases all variants of CAM can be expressed in one given species.

The deep sea covers more than half the surface of the Earth, but until the circumnavigation made by the HMS Challenger almost nothing was known about the animals that live there.

While ecology is one of the scientific disiplines that most clearly belongs to 'basic research"e;, it also strives to serve as a predictive tool for management.

Recovering the forgotten discipline of Natural Philosophy for the modern worldThis book argues for the retrieval of 'natural philosophy', a concept that faded into comparative obscurity as individual scientific disciplines became established and institutionalized.

Predation, one of the most dramatic interactions in animals' lives, has long fascinated ecologists.

This is the first of two volumes offering the very first comprehensive treatise of self-organization and non-linear dynamics in electrochemical systems.

The forgotten garden which inspired Charles Darwin becomes the modern-day setting for an exploration of memory, family, and the legacy of genius.

A geneticist tells the stories of men, women, and children whose genes have shaped their lives in unexpected ways.

Competition between species arises when two or more species share at least some of the same limited resources.

Predator-prey interactions are ubiquitous, govern the flow of energy up trophic levels, and strongly influence the structure of ecological systems.

It is becoming clear that the Mediterranean region is one of the "e;hottest"e; of the biodiversity hotspots on the planet.

To what extent should parents be allowed to use reproductive technologies to determine the characteristics of their future children?

Comparative analyses of the anatomy, reproductive physiology, and behaviour of extant primates and other mammals can offer important insights into the origins of human sexual behaviour, allowing us to reconstruct the origins of human mating systems, the evolution of sexual attractiveness, patterns of mate choice, and copulatory behaviour.

Virus Taxonomy is a standard and comprehensive source for the classification of viruses, created by the International Committee of the Taxonomy of Viruses.

Working Virtue is the first substantial collective study of virtue theory and contemporary moral problems.

Eine der größten Fragen der Wissenschaft steht vielleicht in naher Zukunft vor der Aufklärung.

This book delves into the critical intersection of waste management, bioenergy production, and the pursuit of a sustainable global future through the process of valorization.

People have always sought medical care that is tailored to every individual patient.

People have always sought medical care that is tailored to every individual patient.

An incisive, groundbreaking book that examines how a biological concept of race is a myth that promotes inequality in a supposedly "e;post-racial"e; era.

Prior to the advent of rapid DNA sequencing in the late 90s, students were taught in depth about the physiology and ecology of microorganisms.

An incisive, groundbreaking book that examines how a biological concept of race is a myth that promotes inequality in a supposedly "e;post-racial"e; era.

This book enables readers to dissect ongoing and future controversies in science-informed policy, providing a comprehensive understanding of how consensus is built—or thwarted.

Evolutionary thinking provides insights into many different areas in the research and practice of medicine and public health.

How our growing knowledge of the evolution of complex ecosystems, using the latest genetic tools, can help us heal them - and surviveThis is not another Chicken Little book about the environment.

The evolutionary objective of both sexes is to optimize the number of genes they contribute to following generations.

The Anthropocene defines the here-and-now time period on Earth of indelible (and possibly irreversible) human disturbance to the natural world, from habitat destruction and mass extinction to global climate change.

The same DNA technology that allows the analysis of a hair or tiny blood spot at a crime scene also enables sequencing the DNA of a bone fragment from a Neanderthal skeleton.