Covering an area of over 130 million km2 spanning the Mediterranean, equator and tropics, the African continent features a spectacular geographic diversity.
"e;Hydrogenosomes and Mitosomes: Mitochondria of Anaerobic Eukaryotes"e; provides a summary of the current knowledge of these organelles, which occur in unicellular, often parasitic organisms, including human pathogens.
Research on the evolution of social behaviour has been dominated by genetic relatedness for a long time; however, both recent empirical studies and theoretical concepts give growing evidence for ecological factors acting as very prominent additional or alternative driving forces in social evolution.
Studies of biotic interactions of algae that involve chemical defenses or signals are currently vibrant, active components of both marine ecological and phycological research.
In the well-watered groves of academe, most of us are content to gather worshipful students and technicians in a shady nook to contemplate the eternal verities and to plan extravagant feasts to celebrate our contributions to "e;knowledge"e; and to the gradual improvement of the human condition.
Extensive grazing and browsing by domestic and wild herbivores shape the vegetation composition, structure and dynamics of many terrestrial ecosystems.
Das Buch behandelt rechtliche und naturschutzfachliche Fragen des Artenschutzes, denen sich die Praxis in Verfahren der Fachplanung, der kommunalen Bauleitplanung sowie bei der Zulassung von Eingriffsvorhaben zunehmend konfrontiert sieht.
Plant roots may not only be colonized by mycorrhizal fungi, but also by a myriad of bacterial and fungal root endophytes that are usually not considered by the investigators of classic symbioses.
Whether youre looking to save the planet or learn more about your local environment,30-Second Ecologyintroduces you to the diversity, behaviours and challenges within our ecosystem.
Managed ecosystems cover a large part of the Earth's land surface, provide almost all of our food and most of our wood and fibre, and are increasingly a source of renewable energy.
Research in tropical forestry is confronted with the task of finding strategies to alleviate pressure on remaining forests, and techniques to enhance forest regeneration and restore abandoned lands, using productive alternatives that can be attractive to local human populations.
Dieses Buch enthält eine umfassende Analyse der rechtlichen Pflichten und Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten zum Schutz vor Risiken und Gefahren für Vögel, Fledermäuse und Insekten durch Glas und Licht.
A darkly alluring plant family and the arrival of modernityVictorian Nightshades tells the story of how one plant familynotorious for centuries in England because of its frequently psychoactive and poisonous propertiesrose to social and economic prevalence during the nineteenth century.
A darkly alluring plant family and the arrival of modernityVictorian Nightshades tells the story of how one plant familynotorious for centuries in England because of its frequently psychoactive and poisonous propertiesrose to social and economic prevalence during the nineteenth century.
'The story of a disease that plunged its victims into a prison of viscous time, and the drug that catapulted them out of it' - Guardian Hailed as a medical classic, and the subject of a major feature film as well as radio and stage plays and various TV documentaries, Awakenings by Oliver Sacks is the extraordinary account of a group of twenty patients.
