Eine Natur und Kulturgeschichte

Ragnar K Kinzelbach

In 8 AD Augusta the rhinoceros was given to Emperor Octavian, to fight and die in a Roman arena. The first Indian rhinoceros to reach Europe alive, embedded in Augusta's narrative is a natural and cultural history that sheds light on ... ....

Atlas on Hairs of Indian Mammals, Part 1. Carnivora

Rina Chakraborty and JK De

This is the first volume in a series describing the hairs of Indian mammals. Volume 1 covers seven carnivore families: Felidae, Ursidae, Hyaenidae, Canidae, Herpestidae, Viverridae, and Mustelidae.

Bevers (Beavers)

Leefwijze en gedrag / relatie met mens en natuur

Stefan Dekker and Jasja Vreugdenhil

Bevers tells the story of the beaver in the Netherlands and how it has fared since having been reintroduced in the '80's. These landscape architects leave clear marks in the landscape, to the dismay of some, and this book ... ....

Elephants in Thailand, Volume 2

Through the Ages

Joachim Schliesinger

Volume 2 of this series portrays the association between elephant and man since the dawn of history and the importance of elephants in Thai history. It describes the deep roots of the elephant in theology, describes the important position ... ....

Elephants in Thailand, Volume 3

White Elephants in Thailand and Neighboring Countries

Joachim Schliesinger

The book defines the "white elephant", recounts the myths about white elephants in ancient Indian lore (the Jatakas) and their transmission to Southeast Asia, presents reports of early Western travelers on the white elephants ... ....

Marine Mammal Species of India

E Vivekanandan and R Jeyabaskaran

The Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute has collected and published information on occasional strandings, sightings and gear entanglement of marine mammals for more than 50 years from a vast network of trained field staff located ... ....

The Secret World of Red Wolves

The Fight to Save North America's Other Wolf

T DeLene Beeland

Red wolves are shy, elusive, and misunderstood predators. Until the 1800s, they were connmon in the longleaf pine savannahs and deciduous forests of the southeastern United States. However, habitat degradation, persecution, and interbreeding ... ....

Trichotaxonomy of Species of the Families Sciuridae, Viverridae, Mustelidae, Herpestidae and Tragulidae

Archana Bahuguna

The present study describes the characteristics of primary guard hair of species of Sciuridae, Tragulidae, Herpestidae, Viverridae and Mustelidae from dorsal, ventral tail and head regions. Earlier workers have described mainly the ... ....

A Naturalist's Guide to the Birds of Singapore

Yong Ding Li, Lim Kim Chuah and Lee Tiah Khee

This easy-to-use identification guide to the 280 bird species most commonly seen in Singapore is perfect for residents and visitors alike. High quality photographs from Singapore's top nature photographers are accompanied by detailed ... ....

Atlas das Aves Nidificantes em Portugal

Presents results from data collected on breeding birds during six years of fieldwork in mainland Portugal, Azores and Madeira. It provides information on the distribution of 235 bird species. With 592 colour pages, the book includes ... ....

Bird Checklist for South Africa's National Botanical Gardens

C Willis, O Curtis and M Anderson

Bird Checklist for South Africa's National Botanical Gardens is the first in a series of SANBI publications to be produced in collaboration with Sappi. The checklist covers birds occurring in all nine of the National Botanic ... ....

Birds of Uzbekistan: Photoalbum

Boris Nedosekov and Roman Kashkarov

Uzbekistan is situated in the heart of Central Asia. Measuring 448,844 km² in surface area, it is the most densely populated of all Central Asian states. Despite this, nature and wildlife in Uzbekistan remains rich and diverse ... ....

Birds: A Visual Guide

Joanne Burger

For centuries, humans have admired birds for their spectacular plumage, beautiful song and dazzling behavioural displays, as well as envying their power of flight. This ability has enabled them to colonise most of the world, from tropical ... ....

Catalogue of Type Specimens (Aves) in the National Zoological Collection of the Zoological Survey of India

This catalogue lists all type specimens of brds present in the National Zoological Collection of the Zoological Survey of India.

Check-List of Japanese Birds

Points worthy of special mention in this revision are the drastic change of taxonomy reflecting the latest developments of molecular phylogeny, and the addition of an abundance of newly recorded species and subspecies.

Devon Bird Report 2011

Devon Birdwatching and Preservation Society

Contains: Cover and central section of photographs in colour. Many line drawings, graphs and tables. Review of the year, Weather Report, Systematic List, Survey Report, Notes on birds New to Devon, Ringing Report, Devon County List and ... ....

Handbook of the Birds of the World (16-Volume Set + Special Volume)

Josep Del Hoyo, Andrew Elliott and Jordi Sartagal

Handbook of the Birds of the World (16-Volume Set + Special Volume) comprises all volumes of HBW, illustrating and describing in detail every species of bird in the world. For the first time an animal class has all the species ... ....

Hong Kong Bird Report 2001/02

Hong Kong Birdwatching Society (HKBWS)

The main body of the work is taken up with the Systematic List 2001-02 which covers the 359 species recorded in Hong Kong during the period. The list includes the following new records for Hong Kong; Red-throated Loon, Whooper Swan ... ....

Hong Kong Bird Report 2003/04

Hong Kong Birdwatching Society (HKBWS)

The main body of the work is taken up with the Systematic List 2003-04 which covers the 345 species recorded in Hong Kong during the period. The list includes the following new records for Hong Kong; Wedge-tailed Shearwater, Short-tailed ... ....

Hong Kong Bird Report 2009/10

Hong Kong Birdwatching Society (HKBWS)

About half of the Hong Kong Bird Report 2009/10 is taken up with the Systematic List 2009-10 which covers the 430 Category I & II species recorded in Hong Kong during the period with updated taxonomy where necessary.

Les Rapaces d'Europe

Diurnes et Nocturnes

Paul Geroudet and Michel Cuisin

This is the revised 7th edition of Les Rapaces d'Europe, which was overseen by the French ornithologist Michel Cuisin. With an elegant and evocative style, Paul Géroudet treats the natural history of all diurnal and ... ....

National Geographic Pocket Guide to the Birds of North America

Laura Erickson and Jonathan Alderfer

This pocket guide takes the authority and reputation of National Geographic's top-selling Field Guide to the Birds of North America and turns it short and sweet.

Oiseaux Marins, Cotiers et des Zones Humides de Nouvelle-Caledonie

Guide d'Identification

Nicolas Barre, Olivier Hebert and Frederic Desmoulins

This pocket guide concisely describes more than 60 bird species, and not only covers breeding species, but also the most common migratory species from amongst the more than 120 species found at sea, along the coast or in wetlands.

Our Song Birds

A Song for Every Week of the Year

Matt Sewell

In this beautiful follow-up to 2012's hit, Our Garden Birds, street artist Matt Sewell offers more watercolours and quirky descriptions of British songbirds. In Matt's world, the peewit sings the blues, and the bittern fills his neck ... ....

Penguins

Their World, Their Ways

Tui de Roy

Penguins are, perhaps, the most loved of all birds, often being portrayed as caricatures of ourselves. Yet despite their popularity the many extraordinary facets of penguin life are only just being revealed.

Penguins: Spy In the Huddle (Region 2)

David Tennant

From the makers of Earthflight... The spycameras are back. This time they travel to Antarctica where they will focus on the most charismatic and popular bird on Earth - the Penguin.

The Book of Raptors

Marcos Lacasa

The Book of Raptors is the answer for all those bird fans who have longed to have a book that offers both a high technical quality and that is also illustrated. More than 20 top level scientists and specialists have developed ... ....

The Crossley ID Guide: Britain & Ireland

Richard Crossley and Dominic Couzens

Aimed at beginner and intermediate birders, yet suitable for all levels, this third volume in the groundbreaking Crossley ID Guide series is the most user-friendly field guide to the birds of Britain and Ireland.

The Finnish Bird Ringing Atlas Volume 1 / Suomen Rengastusatlas 1

Pertti Saurola, Jari Valkama and William Velmala

In Finland, ringing of birds was initiated 100 years ago, in 1913. Since then, almost 10.4 million birds have been ringed with more than 1.1 million later encounters. The data hosted by the Finnish Ringing Centre have been used for ... ....

The Secret Lives of Puffins

Dominic Couzens and Mark Sisson

Puffins are among the most instantly recognisable, iconic and well loved of birds. For many they are a highlight of the UK's summer coastline and their colourful appearance, comedy antics and approachability just add to their popular ... ....

The Social Life of Greylag Geese

Patterns, Mechanisms and Evolutionary Functions in an Avian Model System

Isabella BR Scheiber, Brigitte Weiss, Josef Hemetsberger and Kurt Kotrschal

The flock of greylag geese established by Konrad Lorenz in Austria in 1973 has become an influential model animal system and one of the few worldwide with complete life-history data spanning several decades. Based on the unique records of ... ....

Vogels kijken op IJsland [Birdwatching in Iceland]

De beste vogelplekken - kaarten - fotografie tips

Martin Hierck

Amphibians and Reptiles of Texas

With Keys, Taxonomic Synopses, Bibliography, and Distribution Maps

James R Dixon and Toby J Hibbitts

This third edition of James R. Dixon's Amphibians and Reptiles of Texas, completely redesigned throughout with color photographs, revised taxonomic keys, and updated species descriptions, covers more than two hundred species ... ....

Amphibians of the Taita Hills

G John Measey, PK Malonza and V Muchai

Amphibians of the Taita Hills describes the amphibians (frogs) of the Taita Hills in south-eastern Kenya. It will help demystify what amphibians are, and their importance in conservation, as well as make readers aware of the importance ... ....

Anacondas

Hans Bisplinghof and Henry Bellosa

Offers professional guidance on breeding anacondas.

Day Geckos

F Bruse, M Meyer and W Schmidt

Offers guidance on breeding of 24 species of day geckos.

Ensuring a Future for South Africa's Frogs

A Strategy for Conservation Research

GJ Measy

South Africa, particularly the eastern part of the country, is home to a spectacular diversity of frogs (order Anura). However, the very survival of many species is in danger due to various factors causing habitat loss.

Herpetological Osteopathology

Annotated Bibliography of Amphibians and Reptiles

Bruce M Rothschild, Hans-Peter Schultze and Rodriguez Pelligrini

As scientific analysis of testable hypotheses has replaced the speculative approach to study of bone disease in recent and fossil amphibians and reptiles, the field has advanced from simply reporting observations to analyzing their ... ....

Iguanas: A Pictorial Guide to the Iguanas of the World.

Jerry D Fife

This amazing new book by reptile author, Jerry Fife, features information and beautiful color photos of every species of iguana in the world, including Fiji, Marine, Land, Pink, Ctenosaurs, Cyclura, Green (including albinos and more),... ....

Les Rainettes du Cameroun (Amphibiens Anoures)

Jean-Louis Amiet

A comprehensive guide to the frogs of Cameroon. Each species entry has a detailed description and distribution map in colour, and the book contains more than 1500 drawings of morphological variations, tadpoles, etc.

Maurische Landschildkroeten

Testudo graeca

Mario Herz

The spur-thighed tortoise has a wide distribution, spanning three continents. Presumably, this group consists of 20 species. Author Mario Herz introduces the various local forms, their respective and clearly different rearing conditions ... ....

Origin, Evolution and Biogeographic History of South American Turtles

Marcelo Fuente, Juliana Sterli and Ignacio Maniel

The extended continental South American turtle record (Norian to Lujanian) allows us to follow the evolution of this reptile clade from its origins. Several significant stem turtle taxa such as: Palaeochersis talampayensis and ... ....

Star Tortoises

The Natural History, Captive Care, and Breeding of Geochelone elegans and Geochelone platynota

JD Fife

Provides insight into the captive care and breeding of the Indian Star tortoises, Sri Lankan Star tortoises and the rare Burmese Star tortoise. Detailed information on housing, diet, breeding, egg incubation, care, and much more.

The Amphibians and Reptiles of Cyprus

Felix Baier, David J Sparrow, Hans-Jurg Wiedl and Max Kasparek

Contains a glossary, extensive bibliography, and identification keys. This is the 2nd and revised edition.

Threatened Newts and Salamanders

Guidelines for Conservation Breeding

Guenter Schultschik and Wolf-Ruediger Grosse

Approximately two thirds of the more than 7000 known amphibian species on earth are currently considered to be threatened by the IUCN. Of the 650 known species of newts and salamanders, about 430 are more or less exposed to the risk of ... ....

Verbreitung, Biologie und Schutz des Teichmolches, Lissotriton vulgaris (Linnaeus, 1758)

Wolf-Ruediger Grosse, Klaus-Detlef Kuehnel and Andreas Noellert

This book covers the biology, protection and distribution of the smooth newt, Lissotriton vulgaris.

Elasmobranchs of the Mediterranean and Black Sea

Status, Ecology and Biology: A Bibiliographic Analysis

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

The General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean promotes the development, conservation, rational management and best utilization of living marine resources, as well as the sustainable development of aquaculture in the Mediterranean ... ....

Fishes of the Fitzcarrald, Peruvian Amazon / Peces del Fitzcarraldo, Amazonia Peruana

James S Albert, Tiago P Carvalho, Junior A Chuctaya, Paulo Petry, Roberto E Reis and Blanca Regifo

The Peruvian Amazon has one of the highest concentrations of aquatic biodiversity in the world, with almost 1,000 fish species currently known, and more described every year. Fishes of the Fitzcarrald, Peruvian Amazon shows ... ....

Great Whites of False Bay - South Africa

Dirk Schmidt

The Great White shark is undoubtedly one of the most well-known and most awesome apex or macro-predator of the seas. It is the largest predating fish on earth and has earned a much maligned reputation as an indiscriminate man-eater. ....

Peixes Litorais

Estuario do Sado

Dinah Sobral and Joao Gomes

This identification guide covers 35 species of littoral fish found in the natural reserve Estuário do Sado in Portugal. Each entry describes distinctive characteristics, distribution, habitat, threats, and reproduction.

Tinbergen's Legacy in Behaviour

Sixty Years of Landmark Stickleback Papers

Frank A von Hippel

In a flurry of post-war productivity, Niko Tinbergen re-established his lab in Leiden, wrote landmark papers and his famous book The Study of Instinct, and founded the journal Behaviour to serve the burgeoning field of ethology ... ....

A Landscape of Insects

And Other Invertebrates

Duncan Neil MacFadyen and Shem Compion

A landscape of insects and other invertebrates is a stepping stone in the process of documenting and conserving South Africa's huge diversity of insect life. The images in A Landscape of Insects have all been photographed on ... ....

A Manual for the Identification of the Dragonflies and Damselflies of New Guinea, Maluku, and the Solomon Islands

John Michalski

A Manual for the Identification of the Dragonflies and Damselflies of New Guinea, Maluku, and the Solomon Islands is the first comprehensive guide to all 620 species of dragonflies of New Guinea and the neighbouring islands ... ....

A Naturalist's Guide to the Butterflies of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand

Laurence Kirton

This easy-to-use identification guide to the 280 butterfly species most commonly seen in Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand is perfect for residents and visitors alike. High quality photographs from the area's top nature ... ....

Advanced Technologies for Managing Insect Pests

Isaac Ishaaya, Subba Reddy Palli and A Rami Horowitz

Among the highlights of Advanced Technologies for Managing Insect Pests is the use of novel insecticides acting on a specific site in an insect group and are compatible with natural enemies and the environment.

African Queens and Their Kin

A Darwinian Odyssey

David AS Smith

The African Queen is one of the world's commonest butterflies, principally in Africa and Asia. African Queens and Their Kin concerns its lifecycle and ecology, behaviour, genetics, host preferences, parasites and migration ... ....

Atlas of Drosophila Morphology

Wild-Type and Classical Mutants

Sylwester Chyb and Nicolas Gompel

The Atlas of Drosophila Morphology: Wild-type and Classical Mutants is the guide every Drosophila researcher wished they had when first learning genetic markers, and the tool they wish they had now as a handy reference in their ... ....

Atlas of the Honeydew Producing Conifer Aphids of Europe

Andrea Binazzi and Stephan Scheurer

This atlas provides detailed data on those conifer aphid species (Insecta Aphididae) excreting a lot of honeydew as important source for the "forest-honey" production. Atlas of the Honeydew Producing Conifer Aphids of Europe ... ....

Border Bees

Colin Weightman

The current edition of this title is a second revision of the original Tales of a Border Beekeeper, written by the former Bee Craft Northern Correspondent, Colin Weightman, MBE. This edition can be said to be a pot pourri ... ....

Britain's Day-Flying Moths

A Field Guide to the Day-Flying Moths of Britain and Ireland

David Newland, Robert Still and Andy Swash

This concise photographic field guide will help you identify any of the 100 or so day-flying moths found in Britain and Ireland. Combining stunning photographs, authoritative text, and an easy-to-use design ...

Butterflies of South Africa's National Botanical Gardens

CK Willis and SE Woodhall

Both amateur and professional butterfly enthusiasts (lepidopterists) will find this new book a delight when either visiting the National Botanical Gardens in South Africa or as a collection to their butterfly field guides.

Collins Pocket Guide to New Zealand Minibeasts

Terence Lindsey and Rod Morris

The Collins Pocket Guide to New Zealand Minibeasts is a guide to over 120 species of 'minibeasts', from earthworms and leeches to springtails and sand scarabs. A practical and portable reference guide, it provides the ... ....

Commercially Important Sea Cucumbers of the World

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Sea cucumbers are exploited and traded in more than 70 countries worldwide. Commercially Important Sea Cucumbers of the World provides identification information on 58 species of sea cucumbers that are commonly exploited in ... ....

Common Seashells

This is a new chart covering common seashells found around the shores of Britain and Ireland. Covers both the bivalves (including mussels, cockles, scallops, razor shells, oysters, venus shells and others) and the gastropods ...

Cychrus, Calosoma et Carabus de Chine

Thierry Deuve

In China, the genera Cychrus, Calosoma and Carabus are represented by 646 species distributed in almost the whole of the country. By their aesthetic qualities, these insects are among the most beautiful beetles ... ....

Erebidae, Arctiinae (Lithosiini, Arctiini) of Malay Peninsula - Malaysia

Karol Bucsek

Erebidae, Arctiinae (Lithosiini, Arctiini) of Malay Peninsula - Malaysia lists 380 species in 86 genera. Of these, eight new genera, 107 new species and two new subspecies are described.

Fauna of New Zealand, No 69: Carabidae (Insecta: Coleoptera)

Synopsis of Species, Cicindelinae to Trechinae (in part)

Andre Larochelle and Marie-Claude Lariviere

The family Carabidae (ground-beetles, including tiger beetles) is composed of over 34,000 species distributed among 1927 genera worldwide. Carabids occupy most land habitats on nearly all continents. Most ground-beetles ...

Fauna of New Zealand, No 70: Carabidae Periegopidae (Arachnida: Araneae)

CJ Vink, N Duperre and J Malumbres-Olarte

There are only three species known in the family Periegopidae and all are in one genus, Periegops. These rare spiders have only ever been found in relict forests at limited locations in New Zealand (Banks Peninsula, ...

Fifteen Papers on Extant and Fossil Spiders

Jurg Wunderlich

Volume 7 in the series Beiträge zur Araneologie contains 15 papers on extant and fossil spiders.

Fossil and Extant Spiders (Araneae) - Fossile und Heutige Spinnen [Supplement]

Jurg Wunderlich

This volume contains additions to volume 3 and volume 5 in this series.

Giant Beetles of the Genera Dynastes and Megasoma

Alexander Weigelt

Giant Beetles – The name thrills if you come face to face with a male Hercules beetle of up to 18 cm long that is reminiscent of a gladiator with horns and body armour. The name befits the fist-sized elephant beetles just as well ... ....

Guide to Freshwater Invertebrates

Michael Dobson, Simon Pawley, Melanie Fletcher, Anne Powell and Alan Crowden

The invertebrates that live in Britain's rivers, streams, lakes, ponds and wetlands are endlessly fascinating and hugely important in the ecology of fresh waters. Guide to Freshwater Invertebrates provides an introduction to ... ....

Identification of Marine and Freshwater Molluscs Shells

AD Dholakia

The non-marine molluscs of India are a part of the molluscan fauna of India. There are 5070 species of molluscs living in the wild in India, of which 3371 are marine molluscs, and 1671 species are non-marine molluscs. This includes 1488 ... ....

Illustrated Key to the Families of British Springtails (Collembola)

Thom Dallimore, Peter Shaw and Steve Hopkin

This new AIDGAP guide, in the fold-out chart style, is an illustrated key to the families of Collembola in Britain. Although not as detailed as Hopkin (2007), the authors hope that this new guide will encourage ...

Insect Molecular Genetics

An Introduction to Principles and Applications

Marjorie A Hoy

Insect Molecular Genetics, Third Edition, summarizes and synthesizes two rather disparate disciplines-entomology and molecular genetics. Insect Molecular Genetics provides an introduction to the techniques and literature ... ....

Leven Met Parasieten (Living With Parasites)

Parasieten Bij Mens En Dier

Frans Rochette

Parasites are exceptional organisms. In this book Frans Rochette explores the weird and amazing world of parasites, including remarkable stories about past methods to get rid of parasites.

Millipedes

Shura Sigling

An Archispirostreptus gigas that seems to float at speed on a wave of tiny feet is a sight that can by now be beheld at many terrarium fairs. Spectacular colors and the unusual body shape of some species have meanwhile made millipedes ... ....

Moon-Related Population Dynamics and Ecology of the Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus, Other Beetles, Butterflies, Dragonflies

Mondbezogene Populationsdynamik und Oekologie des Hirschkaefers Lucanus cervus, anderer Kaefer, Schmetterlinge, Libellen

Detlef Mader

Contains three chapters: long-term population dynamics (in English), short-term population dynamics and swarming (in English) and protection measures (in German).

Nematodes of Thar Desert Rajasthan

Padma Bohra and Razia Sultana

The present book provides the distribution of terrestrial nematodes from the Thar Desert of Rajasthan. The first chapter gives a detail account of methodology used to extract soil nematodes for taxonomical study.

Physiological Systems in Insects

Marc Klowden

Physiological Systems in Insects discusses the roles of molecular biology, neuroendocrinology, biochemistry, and genetics in our understanding of insects. All chapters in the new edition are updated, with major revisions to those ... ....

Pictorial Handbook on Plant and Soil Nematodes of Rajasthan

Padma Bohra

Nematodes are found in almost all habitats, but are often overlooked because most of them are microscopic in size. For instance, a square yard of wood land or agricultural habitat may contain several million nematodes. Many species are ... ....

Pollen Wasps and Flowers in Southern Africa

SK Gess and FW Gess

Pollen wasps are different to other wasps as, like bees, they provision their nests with pollen and nectar, rather than with hunted insects and spiders, as other wasps do. Western southern Africa is particularly rich in pollen wasps where ... ....

Populationsdynamik, Oekologie und Schutz des Hirschkaefers im Raum Heidelberg und Mannheim

Detlef Mader

The stag beetle is the largest and best-known central European beetle. It is strictly protected in Germany since 1935, which has been expanded in recent years on the European level. This volume contains an analysis of records ...

Pot-Honey

A Legacy of Stingless Bees

Patricia Vit, Silvia RM Pedro and David W Roubik

The stingless bees are one of the most diverse, attractive, fascinating, conspicuous and useful of all the insect groups of the tropical world. This is a formidable and contentious claim but I believe it can be backed up. They are fifty ... ....

South African Red Data Book: Butterflies

GA Henning, RF Terblanche and JB Ball

South African Red Data Book: Butterflies, produced in cooperation with the Lepidopterists' Society of Africa, fulfils the need for a revised South African Red Data Book for butterflies as well as for an improved proposed ... ....

Spider Research in the 21st Century

Trends & Perspectives

David Penney and Norman I Platnick

Over the last few decades the internet, increased computing capabilities, molecular techniques and new imaging technologies have altered the way we do research in the 21st century. The result is a great increase in multi-disciplinary research ... ....

Studies on Aquatic and Semi Aquatic Hemiptera Insecta of Jaintia Hills and East Khasi Hills District of Meghalya North E

Jennifer Lyngdoh

This volume cover seven families of insects found in the Jaintia Hills and East Khasi Hills, District of Meghalya, North Eastern India.

Synopsis of Adventive Species of Coleoptera (Insecta) Recorded from Canada. Part 2: Staphylinidae

Jan Klimaszewski, Adam Brunke, Volker Assing, David Langor, Alfred Newton, Caroline Bourdon and Pel

A synopsis of adventive species of Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) in Canada is provided. Of the over 1654 rove beetle species recorded from Canada, 156 species in 76 genera and 13 subfamilies are reported as adventive, constituting about ... ....

The Spider Families of Europe / Die Spinnen-Familien Europas

Keys, Diagnoses and Diversity / Bestimmung, Merkmale und Vielfalt

Juerg Wunderlich and Frieder Sauer

In The Spider Families of Europe / Die Spinnen-Familien Europas the extant and fossil European spiders – mainly the identification of their families and their diagnoses – are treated in two parts: One part is in German ... ....

Water Dancers Of South Africa's National Botanical Gardens

An Illustrated Dragonfly and Damselfly Checklist

CK Willis and MJ Samways

After birds, butterflies, and bees, dragonflies and damselflies are among the most conspicuous groups of animals observed in South Africa's National Botanical Gardens. They are particularly prevalent around rivers, streams, dams and ... ....

Ice Ages and Interglacials

Measurements, Interpretation, and Models

Donald Rapp

The second edition of Ice Ages and Interglacials has been completely updated. It studies the history and gives an analysis of extreme climate change on Earth. In order to provide a long-term perspective, the first chapter briefly ... ....

The Vertebrate Fauna of Pirro Nord (Apricena, Apulia, Southern Italy)

Lorenzo Rook

This special issue of Paleontographica Section A treated the fossil vertebrate fauna found at Pirro Nord, Italy.

Lexikon der Meeresaquaristik

Daniel Knop

This comprehensive encyclopedia provides a complete overview of all facets and subject areas of the marine aquarium. From aquarium chemistry and technology to care and problem solving, the reader will find answers to ...

Phytoplankton Responses to Human Impacts at Different Scales

16th Workshop of the International Association of Phytoplankton Taxonomy and Ecology (IAP)

Nico Salmaso, Luigi Naselli Flores, Leonardo Cerasino, Giovanna Flaim, Monica Tolotti and Judit Padisak

Previously published in Hydrobiologia, vol. 698, 2012. Phytoplankton Responses to Human Impacts at Different Scales provides a state-of-the-art review of changes in the phytoplankton assemblages determined by ... ....

Species Composition and Distribution of Diatom Assemblages in Spring Waters from Various Geological Formations in Southe

Agata Z Wojtal

Algae are present in most fresh waters, including spring waters. Springs are the simplest of natural laboratories for studying interactions between a limited number of species and environmental factors, and they are refugia for a number ... ....

A Bibliography of Indian Geology

Being a List of Books and Papers, Relating to the Geology of British India and Adjoining Countries, Published Previous t

Richard Dixon Oldham

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. Geologist and seismologist Richard Dixon Oldham (1858-1936) is best known for making two fundamental discoveries: in 1900 he identified primary, secondary ... ....

Arthur H. Westing

Pioneer on the Environmental Impact of War

Arthur H Westing

Since the 1960s the environment has become an issue of increasing public concern in North America and elsewhere. Triggered by the Second Indochina War (Vietnam Conflict) of 1961-1975, and further encouraged by the International Conference ... ....

Butterflies on the Roof of the World

A Memoir

Peter Smetacek

Witty and insightful, Butterflies on the Roof of the World is the story of a man and his family's passion for butterflies. In Butterflies on the Roof of the World, Peter Smetacek invites us into the fascinating world ... ....

Canon EOS Rebel T4i / 650D

From Snapshots to Great Shots

Jeff Revell

Now that you've bought the amazing Canon EOS Rebel T4i/650D, you need a book that goes beyond a tour of the camera's features to show you exactly how to use the camera to take great pictures.

Captain Paul Watson

Interview with a Pirate

Lamya Essemlali and Paul Watson

Paul Watson became an animal rights activist at the young age of eleven, in 1962. When trappers killed a beaver that Paul had befriended, he systematically and efficiently located and destroyed their traps. This was the beginning of fifty ... ....

Cayley and Son

The Life and Art of Neville Henry Cayley and Neville William Cayley

Penny Olsen and Andrew Isles

The classic field guide What Bird Is That? has been known to bird enthusiasts throughout Australia for decades, ever since it was first published in 1931. It was written and illustrated by Neville William Cayley (1886-1950) ... ....

Charley Harper's What's in the Woods?

A Nature Discovery Book

Zoe Burke

In artist Charley Harper’s Birducopia, a wealth of birds, animals, trees, and plants are ingeniously portrayed, creating a complete environment of a woodsy park. Each creature and plant is extracted from the larger painting ... ....

Chemical Research on Plant Growth

A Translation of Theodore de Saussure's Recherches Chimiques sur la Vegetation

Theodore de Saussure and Jane F Hill

Recherches Chimiques sur la Végétation was a seminal work in the development of the understanding of photosythesis and plant chemistry. The original publication, which was the first concise ... ....

Everest: Fifty Years of Conquest

George Craig

The possibility of climbing the world's highest mountain was first aired in 1885. Although Tibet and Nepal were initially forbidden to explorers, the challenge captured the imagination of the world's mountaineers. Over the next ... ....

Flight By Elephant

The Untold Story of World War II's Most Daring Jungle Rescue

Andrew Martin

The incredible story of Gyles Mackrell and his Burmese, elephant-assisted wartime rescue mission. In the summer of 1942, Gyles Mackrell – a decorated First World War pilot and tea plantation overseer, performed a series ...

Giant Isopods and Other Crafty Crustaceans

Heidi Moore

- What is bioluminescence? - How deep in the ocean do giant isopods live? - Do people eat giant isopods? Find out the answers to these questions and more in Giant Isopods and Other Crafty Crustaceans.

Here on Earth

An Animal Alphabet

Marcia Perry

Marcia Perry's vibrant, engaging paintings portray a host of Earth's amazing animals. For each letter of the alphabet, Perry provides a picture profiling a collection of creatures whose names begin with that letter, accompanied by ... ....

Iconography of the Natural History of the Madonie / Iconografia della Storia Naturale delle Madonie (4-Volume Set)

Francesco Mina Palumbo, Pietro Mazzola and Francesco M Raimondo

The Italian naturalist Francesco Minà Palumbo (1814-1899) conducted many studies in Madonie, a mountainous area in the middle of the northern Sicilian coast and made drawings of everything he saw. The ability to illustrate any kind ... ....

Kitty the Toon

The World's First Inland Colony

John Miles and Barry Robson

The story of the worlds first inland Kittiwake colony, especially written for children. Targeted at children aged 8-10. Shows familiar images from Newcastle and Gateshead.

LIFE Paradise Found

100 Places That are Beautiful Beyond Belief

Editors of LIFE

LIFE takes you on a beautiful tour of some of the world's most exquisite and exotic natural settings. We visit the canyons of Kauai and the white-sand beaches of Australia's Gold Coast. LIFE Paradise Found includes the ... ....

Looking at Birds

An Antidote to Field Guides

John Busby

Langford Press is delighted  to be launching a new series of books called Wildlife Art Techniques (WATs) with a work by the internationally highly respected artist John Busby. The aim of this series of book is to become a logical ... ....

Phosphorus

An Element That Could Have Been Called Lucifer

Mikhail Butusov and Arne Jernelov

Phosphorus starts with depiction of the phosphorus role in life creation and evolution. Then it outlines in which vital processes different phosphates participate in life of all flora and fauna, from DNA molecules till body tissue ... ....

Recalling the Buffalo

The Martin S. Garretson Collection

Ken Tingley and Merill Distad

Cowboy, conservationist, and curator Martin S. Garretson was widely considered one of the foremost experts on the natural history of the buffalo as well as one of the preeminent advocates for the preservation of the North American bison ... ....

Skimming Stones

And Other Ways of Being in the Wild

Rob Cowen and Leo Critchely

Skimming Stones: And Other Ways of Being in the Wild and Other Ways of Being in the Wild is a book of simple skills that can help us to interact with nature, achieve a deeper connection with it and even step inside another dimension ... ....

Space Chronicles

Facing the Ultimate Frontier

Neil deGrasse Tyson and Avis Lang

Neil deGrasse Tyson is a rare breed of astrophysicist, one who can speak as easily and brilliantly with popular audiences as with professional scientists. Now that NASA has put human space flight effectively on hold, Tyson's views on ... ....

Storm Kings

The Untold History of America's First Tornado Chasers

Lee Sandlin

While tornadoes have occasionally been spotted elsewhere, only the central plains of North America have the perfect conditions for their creation. For the early settlers the sight of a funnel cloud was an unearthly event. They called it ... ....

The Amateur's Flower Garden

A Handy Guide to the Formation and Management of the Flower Garden and the Cultivation of Garden Flowers

Shirley Hibberd

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. One of the most popular and successful gardening writers of the Victorian era, Shirley Hibberd (1825-90) was editor of three bestselling gardening magazines ... ....

The Golem

What You Should Know About Science

Harry Collins and Trevor Pinch

In The Golem Harry Collins and Trevor Pinch liken science to the Golem, a creature from Jewish mythology, powerful yet potentially dangerous, a gentle, helpful creature that may yet run amok at any moment. Through a series ... ....

The Life of David Lack

Father of Evolutionary Ecology

Ted R Anderson

Most people who have taken a biology course in the past 50 years are familiar with the work of David Lack, but few remember his name. Almost all general biology texts produced during that period have a figure showing the beak size difference ... ....

The New Art of Photographing Nature

An Updated Guide to Composing Stunning Images of Animals, Nature, and Landscapes

Art Wolfe, Martha Hill and Tim Grey

What is the difference between a good picture and a great one? In this fully revised edition of the classic bestseller The Art of Photographing Nature, master photographer Art Wolfe and former Audubon photo editor Martha Hill ...

The Perfect Storm

Ornella D'Alessio

Ocean storms are the most overwhelming and intoxicating aspects of nature – a relentless force that's life itself, pure energy and movement. Through extreme photographs shot by an intrepid artist in dangerous conditions ... ....

The Science of Monsters

Why Monsters Came to Be and What Made Them so Terrifying

Matt Kaplan

Modern audiences do not find dragons frightening. Fascinating as mythical creatures, yes, but terrifying, no. Yet, present them with a story about a virus that can kill a healthy adult in hours and they will have nightmares for weeks. ....

The Sea Inside

Philip Hoare

In The Sea Inside, Philip Hoare sets out to rediscover the sea, its islands, birds and beasts. He begins on the south coast where he grew up, a place of almost monastic escape. From there he travels to the other side of the world ... ....

The Secret Lives of Backyard Bugs

Discover Amazing Butterflies, Moths, Spiders, Dragonflies, and Other Insects!

Judy Burris and Wayne Richards

With the help of The Secret Lives of Backyard Bugs, readers will discover the amazing life transformations happening right in their own backyards. Hundreds of full-colour, close-up photographs capture the various stages in the ... ....

The Visioneers

How a Group of Elite Scientists Pursued Space Colonies, Nanotechnologies, and a Limitless Future

W Patrick McCray

In 1969, Princeton physicist Gerard O'Neill began looking outward to space colonies as the new frontier for humanity's expansion. A decade later, Eric Drexler, an MIT-trained engineer, turned his attention to the molecular world ... ....

The Zoo's Annual Piggyback Race

Matt Harrigan and Melinda Beavers

This is a story about an exciting Piggyback race in which all of the animals take part! However amongst the excitement, misfortune strikes, putting all but one pair of animals out of the race..."The gun went off, the race had begun ... ....

Web of Nature

Martin Lister (1639-1712), the First Arachnologist

Anna Marie Roos

This first full-length biography of Dr. Martin Lister (1639-1712), vice-president of the Royal Society, Royal Physician, and the first arachnologist and conchologist, provides an unprecedented picture of a seventeenth-century virtuoso. ....

When Your Porcupine Feels Prickly

Kathy DeZarn Beynette

In this delightful book, twenty-two of Kathy DeZarn Beynette's bright and joyous animal paintings are paired with poems about the creatures portrayed. Sweetly hilarious and unfailingly kind, the poems model good manners based on ... ....

iDarwinistas!

the Construction of Evolutionary Thought in Nineteenth Century Argentina

Alex Levine and Adriana Novoa

Treatments of the reception of Darwinism have focused on Western Europe and North America. iDarwinistas! turns to Argentina in the second half of the nineteenth century. Having hosted Darwin during the voyage of the Beagle ... ....

52 Wildlife Weekends

A Year of British Wildlife-Watching Breaks

James Lowen

This first guide to British wildlife experiences packaged into 52 weekend-sized breaks highlights the best of British wildlife – from tiny silver-spotted skippers to gargantuan basking sharks, from seabird skyscrapers to autumn fun ... ....

Antarktida

Pavel Prosek

This is the first Czech monograph on the Antarctic. It is divided into four thematic units. The first part gives information about Antarctica as a continent and its position and importance on a planetary scale, its physical geography ... ....

Beneath the Garden State

Exploring Aquatic New Jersey

Herb Segars

llustrated with over 230 brilliant color photos, Beneath the Garden State introduces readers to the strange and beautiful animals found in the Atlantic waters off New Jersey. See the beauty of the one-half-inch long naked sea ... ....

Bradt Travel Guide: Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Jan Mayen, Franz Josef Land

Andreas Umbreit

This stunningly gorgeous, seriously remote Arctic archipelago is about as far from civilization as you can get in Europe. Permafrost freezes the ground up to half a kilometre in depth, while winter temperatures can drop to over 40 below ... ....

Discover Yorkshire's Wildlife

Your Guide to Yorkshire Wildlife Trust's Nature Reserves

Jonathan Leadley and Joanna Richards

Yorkshire is world-renowned for its spectacular and varied landscapes teeming with wildlife. The county offers locals and visitors the chance to experience rugged coastline, majestic heather moorland, tranquil river valleys and ancient ... ....

Fauna of Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Part 1

Zoological Survey of India

The first part of this state fauna covers several insect orders.

Feldberg - Belchen - Oberes Wiesental

Naturschutzgrossprojekt im Suedschwarzwald

The area covered by the large-scale German conservation project "Feldberg - Belchen - Oberes Wiesental", including the Feldberg, the Belchen and valley of the Wiese, encompasses a unique mountain landscape of the Black Forest ...

Footsteps Through the Salad

Wildlife Profiles and Natural Phenomena of Auroville

Tim Wrey

What do you know about the common mammals, birds, amphibians, snakes, lizards, flying insects and other creatures that you see around Auroville? Probably not a lot – like most people. If that is the case, then here is an opportunity ... ....

Hertfordshire Garden History (Volume II)

Gardens Pleasant, Groves Delicious

Deborah Spring

This second volume of Hertfordshire garden history considers how Hertfordshire's historic parks and gardens – some still existing, many others lost – have been influenced by, and reflect, the social and economic history of ... ....

Kroonjuwelen van de Kaap

Kaapse Flora en Vegetatie [Crown Jewels of the Cape - Cape Flora and Vegetation]

Liesbeth Sluiter and Joop Schaminee

The fynbos is one of the most species-rich kinds of vegetation in the world, housing some 5000 plant species found nowhere else on earth. In Kroonjuwelen van de Kaap photographer and journalist Liesbeth Sluiter and ecoologist ... ....

Rani Bagh 150 Years

Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Udyan and Zoo

Bittu Sahgal, Mariam Dossal, Vikas Dilawari, Marselin R Almeida, Katie Bagli and Pheroza Hutokshi

Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Udyan and Zoo, popularly known as Rani Bagh, was earlier known as Victoria Gardens. Located at the Mount Estate, Byculla, it was opened to the public in 1862. Several imposing monuments, and in 1890 a small zoo ... ....

Ruaha National Park: An Intimate View

A Field Guide to the Common Trees, Flowers and Small Creatures of Central Tanzania

Sue Stolberger

A field guide to trees, flowers and invertebrates found in Ruaha National Park, Tanzania.

Sounds of Seychelles (2-Disc Set)

Soundscapes and Fauna of the Granitic Islands / Ambiances Naturelles et Faune des Iles Granitiques

Gerard Rocamora, Aurora SSo and Gilles Abbe

This boxed set of two audio CDs and two colour booklets is an invitation to experience the rich world of the sounds of Seychelles. The first disk presents a selection of 14 beautiful soundscapes of the granitic islands: concerts of wild ... ....

The Best of Britain from the Air

An Amazing Aerial Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland

Reader's Digest

Take a unique tour of the most interesting, picturesque and unusual places in the British Isles with this extraordinary new atlas that combines the most up-to-date mapping with satellite and aerial photography.

The Kafue National Park Zambia

Nikki Ashley and Ian Murphy

This book describes the flora and fauna of Kafue National Park, Zambia, and also contains practical information for visitors, including contact details and overviews of different camp sites and safari lodges.

The Mediterranean Sea

Its History and Present Challenges

Stefano Goffredo and Zvy Dubinsky

The Mediterranean Sea: Its History and Present Challenges is an indispensable addition to the multidisciplinary coverage of the science of the Mediterranean Sea. The editors have gathered leading authorities from the fields of ... ....

The Natural History of Selborne

Gilbert White and Anne Secord

Gilbert White's Natural History of Selborne (1789) reveals a world of wonders in nature. Over a period of twenty years White describes in minute detail the behaviour of animals through the changing seasons in the rural Hampshire .. ....

The Old Ways

A Journey on Foot

Robert Macfarlane

In The Old Ways Robert Macfarlane sets off from his Cambridge home to follow the ancient tracks, holloways, drove – roads and sea paths that form part of a vast network of routes criss-crossing the British landscape and its ... ....

Tideland Treasure

A Naturalist's Guide to the Beaches and Salt Marshes of Hilton Head Island an the Southeastern Coast

Todd Ballantine

Tideland Treasure is an illustrated guide to the beaches and marshes of the Eastern United States coast, encompassing seashores and wetlands from Ocean City, New Jersey, to Cape Canaveral, Florida. This is the revised edition of ... ....

Toms River

A Story of Science and Salvation

Dan Fagin

The riveting true story of a small town ravaged by industrial pollution, Toms River melds hard-hitting investigative reporting, a fascinating scientific detective story, and an unforgettable cast of characters into a sweeping ... ....

Vancouver Island

Barkley to Clayoquot

Matthew Maran, Alex Newman, Josie Osborne and Steven Swaby

Vancouver Island: Barkley to Clayoquot is a photographic document of Vancouver Island's west coast by award-winning photographer Matthew Maran. Divided into three main sections – Ocean, Coast, and Forest – it features ... ....

Wild Sri Lanka

Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne

Sri Lanka has one of the highest species densities in the world including a number of endemic plants and animals. It is one of the best places in the world for seeing Blue Whales, Sperm Whales, Leopards, Asian Elephants and Sloth Bears ... ....

A Guide to Dendrobium of New Guinea

Andre Schuiteman

The orchid genus Dendrobium was named and described in 1799 by the Swedish botanist Olof Peter Swartz. At that time he only knew some 20 species, the great majority of which would not even count as true dendrobiums by modern ... ....

A Taxonomic Revision of the Genus Astragalus L. (Leguminosae) in the Old World (3-Volume Set)

D Podlech and Sh Zarre

A complete taxonomic treatment with keys, descriptions, distribution and seen specimens. A total of 2398 species, accepted species, plus numerous synonyms, including 13 new species. Please note that this set weighs in at 6 kg.

A Taxonomic Revision of the Genus Astragalus L. (Leguminosae) in the Old World (DVD-ROM)

D Podlech and Sh Zarre

A complete taxonomic treatment with keys, descriptions, distribution and seen specimens. A total of 2398 species, accepted species, plus numerous synonyms, including 13 new species. This DVD-ROM contains searchable PDFs.

Antioxidant Properties of Spices, Herbs and Other Sources

Denys J Charles

The scientific world and modern society today is experiencing the dawning of an era of herbal medicine. Extensive research has shown that aromatic plants are important anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, anti aging and immune boosting ... ....

Arboretum Trees of Pasoh Forest Reserve / Okok Arboretum di Hutan Simpan Pasoh

CL Joann, MY Ahmad Shahar, AA Aminudin, MN Mohammad Rozaimi, H Abu Husin, C Fletcher and AG Zhafri

Pasoh Forest Reserve (FR) is among the best-studied remnant of tropical lowland forest in South-East Asia. Pasoh FR houses living collections of 279 woody plant species. Arboretum Trees of Pasoh Forest Reserve highlights 30 trees ... ....

Bamboos of Nagaland

HB Naithani

Jointly published by Nagaland Empowerment of People Through Economic Development and Nagaland Bamboo Development Agency. Describes the bamboos found in Nagaland, a state in the far north-eastern part of India.

Bulbous Plants: Biotechnology

Kishan Gopal Ramawat and Jean-Michel Merillon

Bulbous plants are those with organs for nutrient storage and these include tubers, corms, and bulbs. They can be ornamental or edible, herbaceous or perennial. Important examples of such plants are potato, sweet potato, yam, arrowroot ... ....

Calcicolous Species of the Genus Caloplaca in the Polish Western Carpathians

Karina Wilk

Calcicolous Species of the Genus Caloplaca in the Polish Western Carpathians is based on a revision of material from national and foreign herbaria and on the author's field study. Thirty-nine taxa of Caloplaca Th. ... ....

Captured Landscape

The Paradox of the Enclosed Garden

Kate Baker

The enclosed garden, or hortus conclusus, is a place where architecture, architectural elements, and landscape, come together. It has a long history, ranging from the paradise garden and cloister, the botanic garden and the giardini ... ....

Chemistry of Phytopotentials

Health, Energy and Environmental Perspectives

MM Srivastava, LD Khemani and Shalini Srivastava

Since the beginning of human civilization, plants have been our true companions. Plants contribute not only to our existence but also serve us through discovery, design and the treatment of various diseases where there is no satisfactory ... ....

Coding and Decoding of Calcium Signals in Plants

Sheng Luan

Plants cannot move away from their environments. As a result, all plants that have survived to date have evolved sophisticated signaling mechanisms that allow them to perceive, respond, and adapt to constantly changing environmental conditions ... ....

Conspectus of World Ethnomycology

Fungi in Ceremonies, Crafts, Diets, Medicines, and Myths

Frank M Dugan

Conspectus of World Ethnomycology surveys the folk usage of fungi worldwide from the perspective of a specialist in germplasm conservation and research. It catalogs the scientific names of fungi used for food, medicine, and other ... ....

El Bosque si Tiene Valor

El uso de palmeras en las comunidades campesinas e indigenas de la region de Inambari, Madre de Dios, Peru

Narel Paniagua Zambrana, Rainer W Bussmann and Manuel J Macia

Palms are the most important group of plants in the Amazon. Their composition, dynamics, and structure contribute to the distinctive Amazonian ecological balance. Besides their ecological importance, palms play an important role in the ... ....

Ethnobotany in the New Europe

People, Health and Wild Plant Resources

Manuel Pardo-de-Santayana, Andrea Pieroni and Rajindra K Puri

The study of European wild food plants and herbal medicines is an old discipline that has been invigorated by a new generation of researchers pursuing ethnobotanical studies in fresh contexts. Modern botanical and medical science itself ... ....

Ferns, Clubmosses, Quillworts and Horsetails of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly

Rosaline J Murphy, Christopher N Page, Rosemary E Parslow and Ian J Bennallick

Within the British Isles, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly have a remarkably rich and varied fern flora, and Ferns, Clubmosses, Quillworts and Horsetails of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly is the culmination of many years of ... ....

Flora Nativa: Arboles y Arbustos del Uruguay y Regiones Vecinas

Guia de Campo y Usos Medicinales Tomo I

Fernando Perez Piedrabuena

A new edition of this work on the medicinal plants and bushses found in Uruguay.

Flora Of Barak Valley, Assam, With Their Economic Utility, Volume 1

Herbaceous Flora

PS Das, M Dutta Choudhury and BK Dutta

Flora of Barak Valley, Assam With Their Economic Utility, Volume 1 is a pioneering floristic work on the valley particularly on herbaceous flora. The present book provides historical and geographical features of vegetation patterns ... ....

Flora Ornamental Espana

Aspectos Historicos y Principales Especies

Daniel Guillot Ortiz

This is a brief history of gardening and the presence of ornamental plants in the botanical literature of Spain. The entry for each species gives the scientific name, family name, common names, synonyms, chorology, occasionally wild ... ....

Flora of Anshi National Park

Western Ghats-Karnataka

Sachin A Punekar and P Lakshminarasimhan

First detailed floristic account of Anshi National park (ANP) of Karnataka State which is a part of recently declared Dandeli Anshi Tiger Reserve (DATR) situated at southern end of the Northern Western Ghats. A total of 923 species ... ....

Flora of China Illustrations, Volume 20-21

Asteraceae

Flora of China Editorial Committee

Flora of China, Illustrations, Volume 20-21 is the 21st in a series of 22 volumes of the Flora of China Illustrations. It accompanies Flora of China (FOC) Volume 20-21, which was published in 2011 and treated ...

Flora of Peninsular Malaysia, Series I: Ferns and Lycophytes, Volume 2

BS Parris, R Kiew, RCK Chung and LG Saw

Flora of Peninsular Malaysia, Series I: Ferns and Lycophytes, Volume 2 accounts for the lycophyte and fern families in Peninsular Malaysia. It includes descriptions and keys for the identification of families, genera and species ... ....

Flora of Taiwan: Selaginellaceae

Ho-Ming Chang, Wen-Liang Chiou and Jenn-Che Wang

In this study, we revised members of this family found in Taiwan by carefully examining specimens deposited in Taiwan and major herbaria worldwide, and checked as many types and protologues of name as possible. In addition to nomenclature ... ....

Flora of the Otway Plain and Ranges, Volume 2

Enid Mayfield and David J Cantrill

This visually superb and informative field guide is the second volume of Flora of the Otway Plain and Ranges, and covers more than 480 species of Daisies, Heaths, Peas, Saltbushes, Sundews, Wattles and other shrubby and herbaceous ... ....

Fungus Flora of Tropical Africa, Volume 2: Monograph of Lactarius in Tropical Africa

Annemieke Verbeken and Ruben Walleyn

Descriptions, identification keys (+ translation into French), color-drawings and pictures for 94 species (161 pp. + 54 plates).

Fungus Flora of Tropical Africa, Volume 3: Monograph of Crinipellis and Chaetocalathus in Tropical Africa

Vladimir Antonin

Descriptions, identification keys (+ translation into French), color-drawings and pictures for 21 species (42 pp. + 4 plates).

Genome-Enabled Analysis of Plant-Pathogen Interactions

Thomas Wolpert, Tomonori Shiraishi, Alan Collmer, Kazuya Akimitsu and Jane Glazebrook

This important new book updates and documents the recent progress on genome-enabled technologies that have enhanced, and will continue to refine, our understanding of how plants and microbes interact at the molecular level.

Genomics of Cyanobacteria

Franck Chauvat and Corinne Cassier-Chauvat

Advances in Botanical Research publishes in-depth and up-to-date reviews on a wide range of topics in plant sciences. The series features a wide range of reviews by recognized experts on all aspects of plant genetics, biochemistry ... ....

Handbook Of Liverworts and Hornworts of the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands

Creu Casas, Montserrat Brugues, Rosa M Cros, Cecilia Sergio, Marta Infante and Anna Barron

This book is concerned with liverworts and hornworts of the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands. Biogeographically it covers the Mediterranean and Eurosiberian regions, comprising identification keys to generic and specific level ... ....

Handbook of Mosses of the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands

Creu Casas, Rosa M Cros, Cecilia Sergio, Anna Barron, Iolanda Filella, Elena Ruiz and Alan Perry

This volume is concerned with mosses of the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands and has its basis in Flora dels Briofits dels Paisos Catalans, Volume 1: Molses.

Higher Plants of China (Revised Edition, 14-Volume Set)

Wu Peng-Chen

This revised edition collects together all 14 volumes in the Higher Plants of China series

Hungry Planet

Stories of Plant Diseases

Gail Schumann and Cleora J D'Arcy

This comprehensive book delivers everything we have come to appreciate and expect from a Schumann and D'Arcy offering. It tells the stories of plant pathology with a passionate voice and laces each tale with the essential research-based ... ....

Illustrated Guidebook to Common Freshwater Red Algae

Pertti Eloranta and Janina Kwandrans

A compact guidebook, including keys.

Interactions of Yeasts, Moulds, and Antifungal Agents

How To Detect Resistance

Geraldine Susan Hall

The incidence of fungal infections increases with the increase in antibiotic usage and increasing immunosuppressed populations. There is no longer only one antifungal agent and the response of fungi to various agents is not always predictable ... ....

Kirstenbosch: The Most Beautiful Garden in Africa

Brian J Huntley

Kirstenbosch is a name that resonates round the world as the home of a uniquely rich flora in a setting of unsurpassed beauty, and in 2013 Kirstenbosch celebrates its 100th anniversary. This centenary publication tells the story of its ... ....

Le Maghreb a Travers ses Plantes

Plantes, Productions Vegetales et Traditions au Maghreb

Jamal Bellakhdar

An ethnobotanical work on the plants, plant products and traditions as found in the Maghreb, a region usually defined as much or most of the region of Northwest Africa, west of Egypt. A trilingual glossary is included at the end.

Les Familles des Plantes a Fleurs d'Europe

Botanique Systematique et Utilitaire

Philippe Martin and Jacques Lambinon

Characterizes the main families of flowering plants in Europe, as well as some exotic large families, treating 174 families in total, and is abundantly illustrated. It approaches this in a consensual approach between ...

Malaysian Herbal Heritage

Vimala Subramaniam

The Malaysian Herbal Heritage is a coffee-table book consisting of 50 Malaysian medicinal plants that occur in the Peninsular Malaysia. Malaysian Herbal Heritage includes their common uses and traditional practices ... ....

MicroRNAs in Plant Development and Stress Responses

Ramanjulu Sunkar

Precise regulation of gene expression in both time and space is vital to plant growth, development and adaptation to biotic and abiotic stress conditions. This is achieved by multiple mechanisms, with perhaps the most important control ... ....

Morphogenesis and Pathogenicity in Fungi

Jose Perez-Martin and Antonio Di Pietro

Infectious fungal diseases continue to take their toll in terms of human suffering and enormous economic losses. Invasive infections by opportunistic fungal pathogens are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in immuno-compromised ... ....

Pictorial Guide to Aquatic Macrophytes of the Gangetic Plains in Bihar, India

Hasko F Nesemann and Gopal Sharma

The Gangetic plains in Bihar are characterized as Ecological region of the "Lower Gangetic Plains Deciduous Forests". The purpose of this guide is to correlate the different biological communities which inhabit the fresh waters ... ....

Plant Chemical Biology

Dominique Audenaert

The application of plant chemical biology is currently limited to specialized subfields of plant research. By examining how chemical biology can be applied to study plant biology, Plant Chemical Biology illustrates how chemical ... ....

Plant Fungal Pathogens

Methods and Protocols

Melvin D Bolton and Bart PHJ Thomma

Over the course of evolution, fungi have adapted to occupy specific niches, from symbiotically inhabiting the flora of the intestinal tract of mammals to saprophytic growth on leaf litter resting on the forest floor.

Plant Kinases

Methods and Protocols

Nico Dissmeyer and Arp Schnittger

Modification of target protein properties by reversible phosphorylation events has been found to be one of the most prominent cellular control processes in all organisms. Recent advances in the areas of molecular biology and biochemistry ... ....

Plant Nuclear Structure, Genome Architecture and Gene Regulation

David E Evans, Katja Graumann and John A Bryant

Understanding plant nuclear structure – the spatial and dynamic organisation of the plant nucleus and the function and interactions of its components (e.g. RNA, proteins, nuclear envelope) – is vital in determining an integrated ... ....

Plant Sciences Reviews 2012

David Hemming

Plant Sciences Reviews 2012 makes available in printed form CAB Reviews in plant sciences published online in 2012. It provides analysis on key current research topics including plant diseases, genetics, climate impacts ... ....

Plant Tissue Culture

Techniques and Experiments

Roberta H Smith

Plant Tissue Culture, Third Edition builds on the classroom tested, audience proven manual that has guided users through successful plant culturing A.tumefaciens mediated transformation, infusion technology, the latest information ... ....

Plastid Development in Leaves During Growth and Senescence

Basanti Biswal, Karin Krupinska and Udaya C Biswal

The major function of chloroplasts in green plants and algae is oxygenic photosynthesis. Further, chloroplasts manufacture essential metabolites and phytohormones. Because of the extensive interconnection with cellular metabolic and ... ....

Proceedings of Cycad 2008

The 8th International Congress on Cycad Biology, 13-15 January 2008, Panama City, Panama

Dennis Wm Stevenson, Roy Osborne and Alberto Sidney Taylor Blake

Cycads have been around since the Late Permian. During this time they have retained seemingly unchanged features, yet they have evolved unique characteristics that science continues to uncover. As the discoveries keep coming, medicine and ... ....

Recent Trends in Biotechnology and Therapeutic Applications of Medicinal Plants

Mohd. Shahid, Anwar Shahzad, Abida Malik and Aastha Sahai

Recent Trends in Biotechnology and Therapeutic Applications of Medicinal Plants provides an overview of current trends in biotechnology and medicinal plant sciences. The work includes detailed chapters on various advance ... ....

Receptor-like Kinases in Plants

From Development to Defense

Frans Tax and Birgit Kemmerling

Sequencing projects have revealed the presence of at least several hundred receptor kinases in a typical plant genome. Receptor kinases are therefore the largest family of primary signal transducers in plants, and their abundance suggests ... ....

Research Materials of Pteridophytes in China, Volume 2

China Scientific Book Services (CSBS)

This anthology contains 26 papers published in Chinese journals in recent years.

Secretions and Exudates in Biological Systems

Jorge M Vivanco and Frantisek Baluska

Secretions and emissions in biological systems play important signaling roles within the organism but also in its communications with the surrounding environment. Secretions and Exudates in Biological Systems brings together ... ....

Seed Dormancy

Methods and Protocols

Allison R Kermode

Understanding seed-related processes is of major social, environmental, and economic concern. The viability and vigor of seeds are the very basis for sustainable agriculture and forestry, and comprehending the molecular and cellular ... ....

Signaling and Communication in Plant Symbiosis

Silvia Perotto and Frantisek Baluska

A multiplicity of biotrophic micro-organisms interact with plants in nature, forming symbiotic relationships that range from mutualism to antagonism. Microorganisms that have adopted biotrophy as a lifestyle are able to colonize the plants ... ....

South African Traditional Medicinal Plants from KwaZulu-Natal, Volume 1

Described 1903-1904

Henrik Greve Blessing, Berit Smestad Paulsen, Hege Ekeli, Quinton Johnson and Kaare R Norum

South African Traditional Medicinal Plants from KwaZulu-Natal, Volume 1 is based on notebooks that the Norwegian medical doctor Henrik Greve Blessing wrote when he was visiting the KwaZulu-Natal district in the years 1901 ... ....

Synopsis Fungorum, Volume 30

Poroid Fungi of Europe

Leif Ryvarden

This volume contains eight chapters, see table of contents for more details.

Taxonomic Monograph on Impatiens L. (Balsaminaceae) of Western Ghats, South India

The Key Genus for Endemism

Veeralinga Bhaskar

This taxonomic monograph on Impatiens L. (Balsaminaceae) of Western Ghats, Peninsular India is a comprehensive treatment of a most difficult genus to classify. This book is the outcome of author's long standing scientific ... ....

Taxonomic Redefinition of Subtribe Malaxidinae (Orchidales, Malaxidae)

Hanna B Margonska

Taxonomic Redefinition of Subtribe Malaxidinae (Orchidales, Malaxidae) aims to offer a complete taxonomic revision of the subtribe Malaxidinae. Accordingly, clear and univocal characteristics of each genus and all its ...

Technological Innovations in Major World Oil Crops, Volume 2

Perspectives

Surinder Kumar Gupta

Technological Innovations in Major World Oil Crops, Volume 2 presents essential information on advancements in oilseed production, processing and utilization. Advances in the technology of seed processing to produce oil and oil ... ....

The American Herbal Products Association Botanical Safety Handbook

Access to accurate, evidence-based, and clinically relevant information is essential to anyone who uses or recommends herbal products. With input from some of the most respected experts in herbal and integrative medicine, this completely ... ....

The Lichens and Allied Fungi of Great Smoky Mountains National Park

An Annotated Checklist with Comprehensive Keys

James C Lendemer, Richard C Harris and Erin A Tripp

Like the Great Smoky Mountains themselves, much about the lichens of the Smokies has remained shrouded in mystery. The Lichens and Allied Fungi of Great Smoky Mountains National Park sheds considerable light on the diversity of ... ....

The Liverworts and Hornworts of the Tristan Da Cunha Group of Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean

Jiri Vana and John J Engel

Intriguing plant life on the world's most remote inhabited island... The historic collections of liverworts and hornworts of the Tristan da Cunha group of islands in the South Atlantic Ocean were examined together with the heretofore ... ....

The Story of Kew Gardens in Photographs

Lynn Parker and Kiri Ross-Jones

This splendidly illustrated book about the world famous botanic gardens at Kew examines their historic impact and importance. With 250 fascinating photographs, many of them previously unseen, it describes the botanical, social, cultural ... ....

Transgenic Plants

Methods and Protocols

Jim M Dunwell and Andy C Wetten

In 2010 the global area of transgenic crops reached 148 million hectares, an 87-fold increase since 1996, making it the most rapidly adopted technology in the history of modern agriculture.

Trichoderma: Biology and Applications

Prasun K Mukherjee, Benjamin A Horwitz, Uma Shankar Singh, Mala Mukherjee and Monika Schmoll

Trichoderma are biotechnologically significant fungi, widely used in both agriculture and industry. Divided into three sections, covering taxonomy and physiology, interactions with plants and applications and significance ... ....

Two with Nature

Illustrated Wildflowers of South-West Australia

Ellen Hickman and John Ryan

Fusing art and science, words and images, Two with Nature stimulates new ways of knowing the green world.

Vascular Flora of Illinois

A Field Guide

Robert H Mohlenbrock

This latest editon of Vascular Flora of Illinois includes over thirty-four hundred species of flora from Illinois, adding more than 250 newly-recongized plants to this definitive collection. Because catalouging our hertiage is ... ....

Wild Crop Relatives: Genomic and Breeding Resources: Forest Trees

Chittaranjan Kole

Wild Crop Relatives: Genomic and Breeding Resources: Industrial Crops

Chittaranjan Kole

Wild crop relatives are now playing a significant part in the elucidation and improvement of the genomes of their cultivated counterparts. Wild Crop Relatives: Genomic and Breeding Resources  includes comprehensive ... ....

Wild Crop Relatives: Genomic and Breeding Resources: Plantation and Ornamental Crops

Chittaranjan Kole

A Handbook for the Sheep Clinician

Agnes C Winter and Michael Clarkson

An established favourite with veterinary and agricultural students and a valuable addition to the library of any veterinarian or sheep farmer, A Handbook for the Sheep Clinician covers the basics of sheep medicine and production ... ....

Adaption of Microbial Life to Environmental Extremes

Novel Research Results and Application

Helga Stan-Lotter and Sergiu Fendrihan

Once considered exceptional rarities, extremophiles have become attractive objects for basic and applied research ranging from nanotechnology to biodiversity to the origins of life and even to the search for extraterrestrial life.

Aging Research in Yeast

Michael Breitenbach, S Michal Jazwinski and Peter Laun

Aging Research in Yeast includes contributions by the leading experts in the field of yeast aging. Budding yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) and other fungal organisms provide models for aging research that are relevant ... ....

Amino Acid Analysis

Methods and Protocols

Michail A Alterman and Peter Hunziker

Amino Acid Analysis (AAA) is an integral part of analytical biochemistry. In a relatively short time, the variety of AAA methods has evolved dramatically with more methods shifting to the use of mass spectrometry (MS) as a detection method ... ....

An Introduction to Population Genetics

Theory and Applications

Rasmus Nielsen and Montgomery Slatkin

An Introduction to Population Genetics is intended as a text for a one-semester biology course in population genetics at the undergraduate or graduate levels. The goal of the book is to present both classical population genetics ... ....

Animal Behavior

An Evolutionary Approach

John Alcock

This new edition of Animal Behaviour: An Evolutionary Approach has been thoroughly rewritten with coverage of much recent work in animal behavior. The scope of the changes for the Tenth Edition, however, is much more all-encompassing ... ....

Animal Science Reviews 2012

David Hemming

This title offers expert analysis of key research topics in animal science published in 2012. It makes available in printed form the scientific reviews in animal science published online in CAB Reviews during 2012. It provides analysis of ... ....

Avian Immunology

Karel Schat, Bernd Kaspers and Pete Kaiser

The science underpinning avian immunology is crucial to understanding basic immunological principles and the exceptional features of the avian immune system, as different strategies birds have adopted can provide important evolutionary ... ....

Bacteria in Agrobiology

Stress Management

Dinesh K Maheshwari

The future of agriculture strongly depends on our ability to enhance productivity without sacrificing long-term production potential. An ecologically and economically sustainable strategy is the application of microorganisms, such as the ... ....

Bacteria in Agrobiology

Plant Growth Responses

Dinesh K Maheshwari

The future of agriculture strongly depends on our ability to enhance productivity without sacrificing long-term production potential. An ecologically and economically sustainable strategy is the application of microorganisms, such as the ... ....

Beneficial Microorganisms in Multicellular Life Forms

Eugene Rosenberg and Uri Gophna

All animals and plants form associations with hundreds or thousands of different beneficial microorganisms. These symbiotic microbes play an important role in the development, adaptation, health and evolution of their hosts.

Bioenergetics

David Nicholls and Stuart Ferguson

The fourth edition of Bioenergetics presents a clear and up-to-date explanation of chemiosmotic theory, covering mitochondria, bacteria, and chloroplasts. Bioenergetics takes account of the many newly determined structure ... ....

Bioinorganic Chemistry

Inorganic Elements in the Chemistry of Life - An Introduction and Guide

Wolfgang Kaim, Brigitte Schwederski and Axel Klein

Completely revised and updated with new topical material, the second edition of Bioinorganic Chemistry summarizes in one comprehensive volume the current knowledge on the role of inorganic elements in biological processes and the ... ....

Bone Research Protocols

Miep H Helfrich and Stuart H Ralston

Studies over the past decade have continued to bring tremendous advances to our understanding of bone biology. New pathways have been discovered and expanded our knowledge of the ways in which genes and gene products affect bone cells and ... ....

Cell Cycle Checkpoints

Methods and Protocols

Willis X Li

Cell cycle checkpoints control the fidelity and orderly progression of eukaryotic cell division. By controlling the orderly progression of critical cell cycle events such as DNA replication and chromosome segregation and ensuring proper ... ....

Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 12

Marion L East and Martin Dehnhard

This volume presents the proceedings of Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 12, hosted by the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research and held between 28th – 31st August, 2011 at the Schloss Friedrichsfelde and the Leibniz Institute .. ....

Chemical and Physical Signatures for Microbial Forensics

John B Cliff, Helen W Kreuzer, Christopher J Ehrhardt and David S Wunschel

Combining the disciplines of biological, physical and chemical science, microbial forensics has a rapidly rising profile in a world increasingly troubled by the threat of 'biocrime' and 'bioterrorism'.

Cytokine Protocols

Marc De Ley

Recent studies have discovered new known and characterized cytokines, allowing for advancement in miniaturization of micro-analytical methods as well as the extensive development of bio-informatics and nanotechnology. These advancements ... ....

Disorders of Sex Development in Domestic Animals

DAF Villagomez, L Iannuzzi and WA King

Reprint of: Sexual Development 2012, Vol. 6, No. 1-3 The etiologies and pathologies of disorders of sex development of humans and animals explored by integrative approaches at the interface of several disciplines are ...

Endosymbiosis

Wolfgang Loeffelhardt

The origin of energy-conserving organelles, the mitochondria of all aerobic eukaryotes and the plastids of plants and algae, is commonly thought to be the result of endosymbiosis, where a primitive eukaryote engulfed a respiring ... ....

Free-living Amoebae

An Evolutionary Crib for Emerging Pathogens

Gilbert Greub

Free-living Amoebae offers unique coverage of all presently known amoeba-resistant microorganisms and their significance in the study of infectious diseases. It highlights the role of free-living amoebae as a widespread evolutionary ... ....

Fundamentals of Microbiology

Jeffrey C Pommerville

The Tenth Edition of Jeffrey Pommerville's best-selling, award-winning classic text Fundamentals of Microbiology provides nursing and allied health students with a firm foundation in mircrobiology. Updated to reflect the ... ....

Genetics and the Behavior of Domestic Animals

Temple Grandin and Mark Deesing

Behavior is shaped by both genetics and experience-nature and nurture. Genetics and the Behavior of Domestic Animals synthesizes research from behavioral genetics and animal and veterinary science, bridging the gap between these ... ....

Germline Development

Methods and Protocols

Wai-Yee Chan and Le An Blomberg

The germline is unique in mammals as it is the only cell lineage that undergoes mitosis, meiosis, and differentiation, making these cells amenable to in-depth genomic and mechanistic studies.

Hear Where We Are

Sound, Ecology, and our Sense of Place

Michael Stocker

Throughout history, hearing and sound perception have been typically framed in the context of how sound conveys information and how that information influences the listener. Hear Where We Are inverts this premise and examines how ... ....

Horse Genetics

Ernest Bailey and Samantha Brooks

This is a fully updated edition of the widely read textbook by Dr Ann T. Bowling, following the sequencing of the complete horse genome. This is the only text to provide broad coverage of all genetics topics, focussing on horses.

Invertebrate Learning and Memory

Randolf Menzel and Paul R Benjamin

Understanding how memories are induced and maintained is one of the major outstanding questions in modern neuroscience. This is difficult to address in the mammalian brain due to its enormous complexity, and invertebrates offer major ... ....

Life: The Science of Biology, Volume 1

The Cell and Heredity

David Sadava, David M Hillis, H Craig Heller and May R Berenbaum

From its first edition, Life: The Science of Biology has set the standard for experiment-based introductory biology texts. There is no stronger textbook for helping students understand not just what we know ... ....

Life: The Science of Biology, Volume 3

Plants and Animals

David Sadava, H Craig Heller, David M Hillis and May R Berenbaum

From its first edition, Life: The Science of Biology has set the standard for experiment-based introductory biology texts. There is no stronger textbook for helping students understand not just what we know ... ....

Mechanisms of Morphogenesis

The Creation of Biological Form

Jamie A Davies

Morphogenesis is the set of processes that generate shape and form in the embryo – an important area within developmental biology. An exciting and up-to-the-minute account of the very latest research into the factors that create ... ....

Microbial Metabolic Engineering

Methods and Protocols

Qiong Cheng

Metabolic engineering is the practice of genetically optimizing metabolic and regulatory networks within cells to increase production and/or recovery of certain substance from cells.

Microbiology of Waterborne Diseases

Microbiological Aspects and Risks

Steven Percival

This comprehensive text describes the diseases associated with water, their causative agents and the ways in which they gain access to water systems. It also details the methods for detecting and identifying waterborne microorganisms ... ....

Microorganisms in Environmental Management

T Satyanarayana, Bhavdish Narain Johri and Anil Prakash

Microbes and their biosynthetic capabilities have been invaluable in finding solutions for several intractable problems mankind has encountered in maintaining the quality of the environment. They have, for example, been used to positive ... ....

Microorganisms in Sustainable Agriculture and Biotechnology

T Satyanarayana, Bhavdish Narain Johri and Anil Prakash

This review of recent developments in our understanding of the role of microbes in sustainable agriculture and biotechnology covers a research area with enormous untapped potential. Chemical fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides and other ... ....

Mitochondrial Bioenergetics

Methods and Protocols

Carlos M Palmeira and Antonio Moreno

Increasing interest in mitochondrial bioenergetics is being driven by the impact of drug and environmental chemical-induced disturbances of mitochondrial function as well as hereditary deficiencies and the progressive deterioration of ... ....

Mitochondrial Disorders

Biochemical and Molecular Analysis

Lee-Jun C Wong

Due to the complexity of the mitochondrial system and the myriad genes involved in their function, the clinical manifestations of mitochondrial diseases are remarkably variable and heterogeneous. The laboratory and clinical methodologies ... ....

Mucins

Methods and Protocols

Michael A McGuckin and David J Thorton

Epithelial mucins are large complex cell surface and secreted glycoproteins produced by mucosal epithelial cells. In, Mucins: Methods and Protocols expert researchers in the field detail many of the methods which are now commonly ... ....

Next Generation Microarray Bioinformatics

Methods and Protocols

Junbai Wang, Aik Choon Tan and Tianhai Tai

Recent improvements in the efficiency, quality, and cost of genome-wide sequencing have prompted biologists and biomedical researchers to move away from microarray-based technology to ultra high-throughput, massively parallel genomic ... ....

Organelle Genetics

Evolution of Organelle Genomes and Gene Expression

Charles E Bullerwell

Mitochondria and chloroplasts are eukaryotic organelles that evolved from bacterial ancestors and harbor their own genomes. The gene products of these genomes work in concert with those of the nuclear genome to ensure proper organelle ... ....

Polyextremophiles

Life Under Multiple Forms of Stress

Joseph Seckbach, Aharon Oren and Helga Stan-Lotter

Many microorganisms and some macro-organisms can live under extreme conditions. For example, high and low temperature, acidic and alkaline conditions, high salt areas, high pressure, toxic compounds, high level of ionizing radiation... ....

Proteases

Structure and Function

Klaudia Brix and Walter Stocker

Proteolysis is an irreversible posttranslational modification affecting each and every protein from its biosynthesis to its degradation. Limited proteolysis regulates targeting and activity throughout the lifetime of proteins.

Protein NMR Techniques

Methods and Protocols

Alexander Shekhtman and David S Burz

The field of protein NMR spectroscopy has rapidly expanded into new areas of biochemistry, molecular biology and cell biology research that were impossible to study as recently as ten years ago. This third edition of ...

Proteoglycans

Methods and Protocols

Francoise Redini

Now recognized as a reservoir for growth factors and cytokines modulating cell activation status and turnover, proteoglycans have stimulated great amount of interest and research. In Proteoglycans: Methods and Protocols, experts ... ....

Regulatory RNAs

Basics, Methods and Applications

Bibekanand Mallick and Zhumur Ghosh

Recent progress in high-throughput technologies and genome wide transcriptome studies have lead to a significant scientific milestone of discovering non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) which spans through a major portion of the genome. These RNAs ... ....

Reviews in Fluorescence 2009

Chris D Geddes

Reviews in Fluorescence 2009, the sixth volume of the book serial from Springer, serves as a comprehensive collection of current trends and emerging hot topics in the field of fluorescence and closely related disciplines.

Rho GTPases

Methods and Protocols

Francisco Rivero

Although initially described as major regulators of cytoskeletal remodeling, Rho GTPases have been implicated in the establishment of polarity, endocytosis, vesicle trafficking, morphogenesis, cytokinesis, transcriptional activation ... ....

Ribosome Display and Related Technologies

Methods and Protocols

Julie A Douthwaite and Ronald H Jackson

Display technologies have become a very powerful way of generating therapeutic lead molecules and specific reagents for increasing our understanding of biology; however, despite being first described shortly after phage display, the use ... ....

Ribozymes

Methods and Protocols

Juerg S Hartig

Over the past decade, there have been a variety of fundamental insights into ribozymes which have changed the perspective on RNA catalysis. In, Ribozymes: Methods and Protocols, researchers in the field detail many of the protocols ... ....

SELDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry

Methods and Protocols

Charlotte H Clarke and Diane L Bankert McCarthy

SELDI is distinct from other TOF-MS technologies in that it couples features of chromatography and mass spectrometry, facilitating analyte enrichment and sample cleanup on an array surface. In the growing field of proteomics, SELDI techniques ... ....

Single Molecule Enzymology

Methods and Protocols

Gregory I Mashanov and Christopher Batters

The last fifteen years have witnessed the birth and maturation of many original methods and the development of protocols specific to single molecule measurements and their analysis, including techniques involving optical imaging ... ....

Statistical Human Genetics

Methods and Protocols

Robert C Elston, Jaya M Satagopan and Shuying Sun

Recent advances in genetics over the last quarter of a century, especially in molecular techniques, have dramatically reduced the cost of determining genetic markers and hence opened up a field of research that is increasingly helping to ... ....

Study Guide for Life: The Science of Biology

Kristine Nowak, Betty McGuire, Mark Sarvary, Laurel hester, Joseph Bruseo, Thomas Koval and Ed Awad

Revised for the Tenth Edition of Life: The Science of Biology, the Life: Study Guide offers a variety of study and review tools. The Big Picture provides the student with a quick overview of the chapter's main concepts and themes.

Synthetic Gene Networks

Methods and Protocols

Wilfried Weber and Martin Fussenegger

The rapid expansion of synthetic biology is due to the design and construction of synthetic gene networks that have opened many new avenues in fundamental and applied research. Synthetic Gene Networks: Methods and Protocols provides ... ....

The Physics of Foraging

An Introduction to Random Searches and Biological Encounters

Gandhimohan M Viswanathan, Marcos G E de Luz, Ernesto P Raposo and H Eugene Stanley

Do the movements of animals, including humans, follow patterns that can be described quantitatively by simple laws of motion? If so, then why? These questions have attracted the attention of scientists in many disciplines, and stimulated ... ....

Two Hybrid Technologies

Methods and Protocols

Bernhard Suter and Erich E Wanker

Protein-protein interactions (PPIs) are strongly predictive of functional relationships among proteins in virtually all processes that take place in the living cell. Therefore, the comprehensive exploration of interactome networks is one ... ....

Ubiquitin Family Modifiers and the Proteasome

R Jurgen Dohmen and Martin Scheffner

The ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) and ubiquitin-related modifiers are not only involved in cellular protein quality control but also in the regulation of many fundamental cellular processes/pathways as well as in their disease-relevant ... ....

Vertebrate Endocrinology

David O Norris and James A Carr

The fifth edition of Vertebrate Endocrinology provides a complete overview of the endocrine system of vertebrates. It begins by emphasizing the mammalian system as the basis of most terminology and understanding of endocrine ... ....

Veterinary Science

Current Aspects in Biology, Animal Pathology, Clinic and Food Hygiene

Antonio Pugliese, Alberto Gaiti and Cristiano Bolti

Today, veterinary science experiences major development in all its fields as a consequence of continuous technological advances in diagnostic tools and breakthrough in applied genomics and biology. Veterinary Science contains ... ....

mTOR

Methods and Protocols

Thomas Weichhart

Since its discovery, the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) has been shown to regulate many critical molecular processes in eukaryotes such as metabolism, growth, survival, aging, synaptic plasticity, memory, and immunity.

Advances in Evolutionary Developmental Biology

J Streelman

Providing outstanding breadth of coverage in evo-devo, Advances in Evolutionary Developmental Biology provides a comprehensive review of the milestones of research in evolution and development and outlines the exciting research ... ....

Building the Most Complex Structure on Earth

An Epigenetic Narrative of Development and Evolution of Animals

Nelson Cabej

Building the Most Complex Structure on Earth provides readers with a basic biological education an easy and understandable introduction into a new epigenetic theory of development and evolution. This is a novel theory that describes ... ....

Evolution

Douglas J Futuyma

Evolution, Third Edition is a comprehensive treatment of contemporary evolutionary biology that is directed toward an undergraduate audience. It addresses major themes – including the history of evolution, evolutionary ... ....

Evolution from the Galapagos

Two Centuries after Darwin

Gabriel Trueba and Carlos Montufar

Evolution from the Galapagos is a collection of the some of the most significant lectures that well-known experts presented at our two international "summits on evolution" (2005, 2009) as updated and revised chapters. ....

Human Auditory Development

Lynne A Werner, Richard R Fay and Arthur N Popper

Human Auditory Development will provide an important contemporary reference on hearing development and will lead to new ways of thinking about hearing in children and about remediation for children with hearing loss.

L'Origine des Especes

Texte Integral de la Premiere Edition de 1859

Charles Darwin and Thierry Hoquet

A French translation of the first edition of On the Origin of Species, originally published in 1859.

Life: The Science of Biology, Volume 2

Evolution, Diversity and Ecology

David Sadava, David M Hillis, H Craig Heller and May R Berenbaum

From its first edition, Life: The Science of Biology has set the standard for experiment-based introductory biology texts. There is no stronger textbook for helping students understand not just what we know ... ....

Mothers and Others

The Evolutionary Origins of Mutual Understanding

Sarah Blaffy Hrdy

Somewhere in Africa, more than a million years ago, a line of apes began to rear their young differently than their Great Ape ancestors. From this new form of care came new ways of engaging and understanding each other. How such singular ... ....

Origins of Life

The Primal Self-Organization

Richard Egel, Dirk-Henner Lankenau and Armen Y Mulkidjanian

If theoretical physicists can seriously entertain canonical "standard models" even for the big-bang generation of the entire universe, why cannot life scientists reach a consensus on how life has emerged and settled on this planet ... ....

Peculiar Penguins and Funny Looking Frogs

Allyson Shepard Bailey

Have you ever wondered why some animals look or behave the way they do? Peculiar Penguins and Funny Looking Frogs answers some of those questions. Drawing on information from many different scientific disciplines and expert ... ....

The Origins of Modern Humans

Biology Reconsidered

Fred H Smith and James C Ahern

The Origins of Modern Humans provides an update of an award-winning classic, which introduced the major competing theories in human evolution. The coverage now features new fossil and molecular evidence, such as the genetic evidence ... ....

The Paleobiology of Australopithecus

Kaye E Reed, John G Fleagle and Richard E Leakey

Australopithecus species have been the topic of much debate in palaeoanthropology since Raymond Dart described the first species, Australopithecus africanus, in 1925. The Paleobiology of Australopithecus synthesizes the ... ....

The War of the Sexes

How Conflict and Cooperation Have Shaped Men and Women from Prehistory to the Present

Paul Seabright

As countless love songs, movies, and self-help books attest, men and women have long sought different things. The result? Seemingly inevitable conflict. Yet we belong to the most cooperative species on the planet. Isn't there a way ... ....

Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, Volume 43

Volume 43 contains 21 chapters, see table of contents for more details.

Ecology and Applied Environmental Science

Kimon Hadjibiros

Ecology and Applied Environmental Science presents a brief theoretical approach to ecology, based on energy, population and cycles of chemical elements. This introductory textbook examines a good selection of environmental problems ... ....

Expert Knowledge and Its Application in Landscape Ecology

Ajith H Perera, C Ashton Drew and Chris J Johnston

Typically, landscape ecologists use empirical observations to conduct research and devise solutions for applied problems in conservation and management. In some instances, they rely on advice and input of experienced professionals in ... ....

Integrating Ecology and Poverty Reduction

The Application of Ecology in Development Solutions

Jane Carter Ingram, Fabrice DeClerck, Cristina Rumbaitis del Rio and Jeffrey D Sachs

This second volume of this series, Integrating Ecology into Global Poverty Reduction Efforts: Opportunities and Solutions, builds upon the first volume, Integrating Ecology into Global Poverty Reduction Efforts.

Landscape Ecology for Sustainable Environment and Culture

Bojie Fu and K Bruce Jones

Climate change and the pressures of escalating human demands on the environment have had increasing impacts on landscapes across the world. Landscape Ecology for Sustainable Environment and Culture, world-class scholars discuss ... ....

A Diatom Prediction Model and Classification for Urban Streams from Perth, Western Australia

Jacob John

The metropolitan city of Perth has its beginning with the establishment of the Swan River Colony in 1829, around the Swan-Canning River estuary. Within the last 183 years the city has expanded with almost 1.4 million people inhabiting the ... ....

Arid Lands Water Evaluation and Management

Robert Maliva and Thomas M Missimer

A large part of the global population lives in arid lands which have low rainfall and often lack the water required for sustainable population and economic growth. Arid Lands Water Evaluation and Management presents a comprehensive ... ....

Coastal Erosion and Protection in Europe

A Comprehensive Overview

Enzo Pranzini and Allan T Williams

Europe has a long history of managing coastal erosion through a variety of protection strategies, from the defences of the Venice lagoons to coastal land reclamation in the Netherlands.

Community Forest Monitoring for the Carbon Market

Opportunities Under REDD

Margaret Skutsch

Recent developments in international policy on Reduced Emissions from Deforestation in Developing countries (REDD) open the way for crediting of carbon saved by rural communities through management of the forests in their vicinity. ....

Environmental Soil Properties and Behaviour

Raymond N Yong, Masashi Nakano and Roland Pusch

From bridges and tunnels to nuclear waste repositories, structures require that soils maintain their design engineering properties if the structures are to reach their projected life spans. The same is true for earth dams, levees ... ....

Estuaries of India

Biodiversity, Ecology, Conservation, Management

DV Rao, Laishram Kosygin and Swetapadma Dash

Estuaries have been very useful to men in all coastal areas of the world from time immemorial. They are very productive biologically and excellent habitats for animals like fish, shellfish, crustaceans, wading birds etc. They are ideal ... ....

Forestry in a Global Context

Roger Sands

From the time of hunter-gatherers to the present day forests have played a vital role in the development of humanity and society. This broad introductory textbook sets world forestry in a social, environmental, historical, and economic ... ....

Forests in Development

A Vital Balance

Tomas Schlichter and Leopoldo Montes

Forests in Development: A Vital Balance, shows some of the main advances in forestry over the six years spanning between the XII World Forestry Congress in Canada and the XIII WFC held in Buenos Aires.

Loch Leven: 40 Years of Scientific Research

Understanding the Links Between Pollution, Climate Change and Ecological Response

Linda May and Bryan M Spears

Reprinted from Hydrobiologia, Volume 681, 2012 Shallow lakes are important for their amenity value and the ecosystem services that they support. However, many are located in areas of high population density and intensive ... ....

Mediterranean Oak Woodland Working Landscapes

Dehesas of Spain and Ranchlands of California

Pablo Campos, Lynn Huntsinger, Jose L Oviedo, Mario Diaz, Paul F Starrs, Richard B Standiford and M

The oak tree was a boon companion as humans expanded their presence across much of the globe. While oak woodlands (Quercus spp.) come today in stunningly diverse forms, the stately dehesas of Spain and the dramatic oak-dominated ... ....

National Vegetation Classification: Field Guide to Mires and Heaths

T Elkington, N Dayton, DL Jackson and IM Strachan

The National Vegetation Classification (NVC) has become the standard classification used for describing vegetation in Britain. It is a 'phytosociological' classification, classifying vegetation solely on the basis of the plant ... ....

Prairie Fire

A Great Plains History

Julie Courtwright

Prairie fires have always been a spectaculaar and dangerous part of the Great Plains. Nineteenth-century settlers sometimes lost their lives to uncontrolled blazes, and today ranchers such as those in the Flint Hills of Kansas manage the ... ....

Principles of Ecological Landscape Design

Travis Beck and Carol Franklin

Today, there is a growing demand for designed landscapes – from public parks to back gardens – to be not only beautiful and functional, but also sustainable. With Principles of Ecological Landscape Design ...

Public Expenditure and Strategies for Sustainable Management of Environment and Forest Ecosystems in Karnataka

Sunil Nautiyal, MS Umesh Babu and BP Nayak

The Government of Karnataka has been for the last few decades concentrating on quite a few schemes for conservation of forests and their development. These schemes are implemented by the Department of Forests in consultation with the ... ....

Restoring Lands - Coordinating Science, Politics and Action

Complexities of Climate and Governance

Herman A Karl, Lynn Scarlett, Juan Carlos Vargas-Moreno and Michael Flaxman

Environmental issues, vast and varied in their details, unfold at the confluence of people and place. They present complexities in their biophysical details, their scope and scale, and the dynamic character of human action and natural ... ....

The Soils of Germany

Thomas Scholten, Wolfgang Fleck and Heiner Fleige

The main objective of The Soils of Germany is a geographic and thus regional differentiation of typical settings of soil formation and the related soils. Accordingly, soil-landscapes form the main structural element of ... ....

Wetlands and Lakes of the World

Devashish Kar

The occurrence and description of wetlands in India with reference to those around the world is detailed in a sequential manner from local, provincial, regional, and national to global scenario in Wetlands and Lakes of the World ... ....

Community Biodiversity Management

Promoting Resilience and the Conservation of Plant Genetic Resources

Walter Simon de Boef, Abishkar Subedi, Nivaldo Peroni, Marja Thijssen, Elizabeth O'Keeffe and Swam

The conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity are issues that have been high on the policy agenda since the first Earth Summit in Rio in 1992. As part of efforts to implement in situ conservation, a methodology referred to as ... ....

Conservation Assessment of Butterflies of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland

Red List and Atlas

S Mecenero, JB Ball, DA Edge, ML Hamer, GA Henning, MA Krueger, EL Pringle, RF Terblanche and William

Unless the distributions and Red List status of species are known, conservation planning is impossible. Conservation Assessment of Butterflies of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland: reports the outcomes of the most important ... ....

Fundraising And Marketing Tools for Biodiversity Conservation and Development Projects

Cape Action for People and the Environment

The majority of people working in the field of biodiversity conservation, whether paid or voluntarily, generally have backgrounds in the natural sciences, or do so due to their passion for sustaining and conserving all life forms.

Glimpses of Animal Biodiversity

K Muthuchelian

Glimpses of Animal Biodiversity contains a series of scientific articles regarding animal biodiversity. lt addresses the economic, institutional and social challenges confronting scientists and policy makers in conserving biodiversity ... ....

Livro Vermelho dos Vertebrados de Portugal

Peixes Dulciaquicolas e Migradores, Anfibios, Repteis, Aves e Mamiferos

This red data book to vertebrates in Portugal covers freshwater and migratory fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.

Pesticide Regulation and the Endangered Species Act

Kenneth D Racke, Bernalyn McGaughey, James Cowles, Tilghman Hall, Jeffrey Jenkins and Scot Jackson

Pesticide Regulation and the Endangered Species Act addresses the confluence of two great streams of environmental protection and regulation, both geographically situated within a continent of abundant natural resources, incredible ... ....

Recent Advances in Biodiversity of India

C Raghunathan, C Sivaperuman and K Venkataraman

Recent Advances in Biodiversity of India contains 67 chapters reporting on the current status of biodiversity in India.

Recent Studies in Biodiversity and Traditional Knowledge in India

Chandra Ghosh and AP Das

This book contains the proceedings of the National Seminar on The Exploration, Protection and Conservation of Biodiversity and Traditional Knowledge, organised by the Department of Botany, Gour Mahavidyalaya on February 4-5, 2011.

Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal

AK Sanyal, JRB Alfred, Sandip Tiwari and Sangita Mitra

Gives a detailed account of the status of biodiversity including details of such species that have become extinct in West Bengal, those critically endangered and some that are exclusively found in the local ecosystem.

Treasuring Our Biodiversity

An EDS Guide to the Protection of New Zealand's Indigenous Habitats and Species

Lucy Brake and Raewyn Peart

New Zealand has particularly high levels of biodiversity but a very poor record of conserving it.This Guide is designed to assist people who want to achieve better biodiversity outcomes as well as those whose activities impact on New Zealand ... ....

Treetops at Risk

Challenges of Global Canopy Ecology and Conservation

Margaret D Lowman, Soubadra Devy and T Ganesh

Forest canopies not only support high terrestrial biodiversity but also represent a critical interface between the atmosphere and the earth. They provide goods and services to support diverse human communities and offer opportunities to ... ....

White Lion

Back to the Wild

Andrew Schofield

This is the story of the first White Lions to be released back into the wild. But it's not just the story of the White Lions – it also tells of how a game reserve was created from overgrazed sheep and cattle farms to becoming ... ....

Why NOT Wilderness?

A Plea for Wild Places in the Canadian West

Dave Sheppard

It is a common perception that Canada is mostly wilderness. Perhaps this was true 150 years ago. Perhaps it was true 50 years ago. But today, this is no longer the case. Led by the logging, mining, and oil and gas industries, we are losing ... ....

Addressing Tipping Points for a Precarious Future

Timothy O'Riordan and Timothy Lenton

Tipping points are zones or thresholds of profound changes in natural or social conditions with very considerable and largely unforecastable consequences. Tipping points may be dangerous for societies and economies, especially if the ... ....

America's Climate Choices

National Research Council (NRC) and Committee on America's Climate Choices

Climate change is occurring. It is very likely caused by the emission of greenhouse gases from human activities, and poses significant risks for a range of human and natural systems. And these emissions continue to increase, which will ... ....

Antarctic Futures

Human Engagement with the Antarctic Environment

Tina Tin, Daniela Liggett, Machiel Lamers and Patrick T Maher

At the beginning of the 21st century, Antarctica is poised at the edge of a warmer and busier world. Leading Antarctic researchers examine the needs and challenges of Antarctic environmental management today and tomorrow.

Beacons: Stories for Our Not So Distant Future

Gregory Norminton, Tom Bullough, David Constantine, Clare Dudman, Rodge Glass and Alasdair Gray

A riveting and provocative collection of short fiction, Beacons: Stories for Our Not So Distant Future throws down the gauntlet to award-winning writers, challenging them to devise original responses to the climate crisis. ....

Biology, Controls and Models of Tree Volatile Organic Compound Emissions

Ulo Niinemets and Russell K Monson

Plant-driven volatile organic compound (BVOC) emissions play a major role in atmospheric chemistry, including ozone and photochemical smog formation in the troposphere, and they extend the atmospheric lifetime of the key greenhouse gas ... ....

China's Climate Change Policies

Weiguang Wang, Guoguang Zheng, Jihua Pan, Yong Luo, Hongbo Chen and Ying Chen

Shows the reader the real China, which can provide more comprehensive solutions for future global climate regimes. This book includes research into China's twelfth Five-Year-Plan; low-carbon city pilot schemes ...

Climate of the Romanian Carpathians

Dana Magdalena Micu

Climate of the Romanian Carpathians examines the specific climatic characteristics of a major and complex orographic barrier on the Continent (representing about 32% of the most extended European mountain range – the Carpathians ... ....

Detection of Melt Ponds on Arctic Sea Ice with Optical Satellite Data

Anja Roesel

The Arctic sea ice is characterized by profound changes caused by surface melting processes and the formation of melt ponds in summer. Melt ponds contribute to the ice-albedo feedback as they reduce the surface albedo of sea ice, and ... ....

Ecology of Tehri Dam

DR Khanna, Khanna Pramod and Vikas Singh

The present book Ecology of Tehri Dam greatly emphasize on the limnological study of reservoir. Reservoirs are of much importance as they are our store of freshwater and provide the water during the drought, to local areas for ... ....

Eddy Covariance

A Practical Guide to Measurement and Data Analysis

Marc Aubinet, Timo Vesala and Dario Papale

This highly practical handbook is an exhaustive treatment of eddy covariance measurement that will be of keen interest to scientists who are not necessarily specialists in micrometeorology. The chapters cover measuring fluxes using eddy ... ....

Future Climate Change (4-Volume Set)

Mark A Maslin and Samuel Randalls

In recent years, future climate change has increasingly been recognized as one of the most important issues of the twenty-first century, challenging the very structure of our global society. No longer just an abstruse scientific concern ... ....

Global Overshoot

Contemplating the World's Converging Problems

Doug Cocks

Global Overshoot is a multidisciplinary analysis (including history and pre-history) from an ecological and evolutionary perspective of the contemporary world system. Global Overshoot compares and critiques attitudes ... ....

La Fauna Silvestre en un Clima Cambiante

E Kaeslin, I Redmond and N Dudley

FAO's report La Fauna Silvestre En Un Clima Cambiante, foresees that the rate of loss of wild animal species will be accelerated by climate change unless urgent measures are taken. Particularly at risk are wildlife and ecosystems ... ....

Land-Use and Land-Cover Changes

Impact on Climate and Air Quality

Nicole Molders

Wildfires, changing glaciers, deforestation, open-pit mining, increasing demands for food and bio-fuel production and the growth of megacities change our landscape. Land-Use and Land-Cover Changes comprehensively reviews the current ... ....

Merchants of Doubt

How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming

Naomi Oreskes and Erik M Conway

The U.S. scientific community has long led the world in research on such areas as public health, environmental science, and issues affecting quality of life. Our scientists have produced landmark studies on the dangers of DDT, tobacco smoke ... ....

Microbial Degradation of Xenobiotics

Shree Nath Singh

Our interest in the microbial biodegradation of xenobiotics has increased many folds in recent years to find out sustainable ways for environmental cleanup. Bioremediation and biotransformation processes harness the naturally occurring ... ....

Mountain Weather Research and Forecasting

Recent Progress and Current Challenges

Fotini Katopodes Chow, Stephan FJ De Wekker and Bradley J Snyder

Mountain Weather Research and Forecasting provides readers with a broad understanding of the fundamental principles driving atmospheric flow over complex terrain and provides historical context for recent developments and future ... ....

National Security and Human Health Implications of Climate Change

Harinda Fernando, Zvjezdana Klaic and Jennifer L McCulley

Climate change has been identified as one of the greatest threats to humanity of all times. In addition to producing adverse environmental conditions such as rising sea level, drought, crop failure, vector-borne diseases, extreme events ... ....

Nonlinear Climate Dynamics

Henk A Dijkstra

Nonlinear Climate Dynamics introduces stochastic dynamical systems theory in order to synthesize our current knowledge of climate variability. Nonlinear processes, such as advection, radiation and turbulent mixing, play a central ... ....

Permafrost Hydrology

Ming-Ko Woo

Permafrost Hydrology systematically elucidates the roles of seasonally and perennially frozen ground on the distribution, storage and flow of water. Cold regions of the World are subject to mounting development which significant ... ....

Population 10 Billion

The Coming Demographic Crisis and how to Survive it

Danny Dorling

Before May 2011 the top demographics experts of the United Nations had suggested that world population would peak at 9.1 billion in 2100, and then fall to 8.5 billion people by 2150. In contrast, the 2011 revision suggested that 9.1 billion ... ....

Precipitation Modeling and Quantitative Analysis

Xiaofan Li and Shouting Gao

Precipitation Modeling and Quantitative Analysis examines surface rainfall processes through cloud-resolving modeling and quantitative analysis of surface rainfall budget and summarizes modeling and analysis results in recent ... ....

Quantitative Ecotoxicology

Michael C Newman

Quantitative Ecotoxicology, Second Edition explores models and methods of quantitative ecotoxicology at progressively higher biological scales using worked examples and common software packages. It complements the author's ... ....

Recarbonization of the Biosphere

Ecosystems and the Global Carbon Cycle

Rattan Lal, Klaus Lorenz, Reinhard F Huettl, Bernd Uwe Schneider and Joachim Von Braun

Recarbonization of the Biosphere describes comprehensively carbon (C) cycle process in global ecosystems and the potential and co-benefits of recarbonization of the biosphere. An ever increasing human population is disposing ... ....

Risk and Uncertainty Assessment for Natural Hazards

Lisa Hill, Steve Sparks and Jonathan Rougier

Assessment of risk and uncertainty is crucial for natural hazard risk management, facilitating risk communication and informing strategies to successfully mitigate our society's vulnerability to natural disasters. Written by some of ... ....

Soil Enzymology in the Recycling of Organic Wastes and Environmental Restoration

Carmen Trasar, Teresa Hernandez, Carlos Garcia, Carlos Rad and Salvador Gonzalez-Carcedo

Soil Enzymology in the Recycling of Organic Wastes and Environmental Restoration covers soil enzymes which play a fundamental role in many soil processes such as the mineralization of organic matter, the synthesis of humic substances ... ....

The Atmospheric Chemist's Companion

Numerical Data for Use in the Atmospheric Sciences

Peter Warneck and Jonathan Williams

The Atmospheric Chemist's Companion provides a collection of frequently needed numerical data as a convenient desk-top or pocket reference for atmospheric scientists as well as a concise source of information for others ... ....

The End of Night

Searching for Natural Darkness in an Age of Artificial Light

Paul Bogard

Streetlamps, neon signs – an ever-present glow that has changed the natural world and adversely affected our health; Paul Bogard illuminates the problems caused by a lack of darkness. We live awash in artificial light.

The Environmental Impact Statement After Two Generations

Managing Environmental Power

Michael R Greenberg

The Environmental Impact Statement After Two Generations is about a subject that Michael Greenberg has worked on and lived with for almost forty years. He was brought up in the south Bronx at a time when his neighborhood suffered ... ....

The Surface Waters Acidification Programme

BJ Mason

The Surface Waters Acidification Programme presents the results of a major international and interdisciplinary study of the mechanism and consequences of surface water acidification, which is a growing environmental problem. ....

Toxicity of Heavy Metals to Legumes and Bioremediation

Mohammad Saghir Khan, Parvaze Ahmad Wani and Almas Zaidi

Toxicity of Heavy Metals to Legumes and Bioremediation discusses various effects of heavy metal exposure to legumes as well as the bioremediation potential of rhizosphere microbes. Availability of heavy metals, their uptake and ... ....

Tsunamis in the World Ocean, Volume 2

Past, Present and Future

Kenji Satake, Alexander B Rabinovich, Utku Kanoglu and Stefano Tinti

The tsunami from the 1960 Chilean earthquake affected the entire Pacific Ocean and motivated the international coordination of tsunami research and warning systems around the Pacific. However, the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami affected the ... ....

Understanding Earth's Deep Past

Lessons for Our Climate Future

National Research Council and National Academies

There is little dispute within the scientific community that humans are changing Earth's climate on a decadal to century time-scale. By the end of this century, without a reduction in emissions, atmospheric CO₂ is projected ... ....

A Geographic Perspective of Cuban Landscapes

Jennifer Gebelein

Beginning in the era of the Spanish conquest and taking the reader right up to the present day, A Geographic Perspective of Cuban Landscapes focuses on how the landscape of Cuba has changed and evolved into the environment we ... ....

Active Tectonics of the Hellenic Subduction Zone

Beth Shaw

Active Tectonics of the Hellenic Subduction Zone is remarkable for the wide range of the techniques and observations used and for its insights, which cross several disciplines. It begins by solving a famous puzzle of the ancient ... ....

Collecting Rock, Gems and Materials

Identification, Values and Lapidary Uses

Patti Polk

Unlike the dense and highly technical academic tomes that are text-heavy, poorly organized and intimidating, this colorful and easy-to-use reference guide dedicated to collecting rocks, gems and minerals is ideal for readers who want to ... ....

Connectome

How the Brain's Wiring Makes Us Who We are

Sebastian Seung

In this bold and groundbreaking book, renowned neuroscientist Sebastian Seung reveals the secrets of the human brain. Sebastian Seung is at the forefront of a revolution in neuroscience. He believes that our identity lies not ...

Discovering the Universe

With Starry Night College

Neil F Comins and William J Kaufmann

The ninth edition of Discovering the Universe with Starry Night Collage develops the main theme, 'the process of scientific discovery', through the clear, accurate presentation of key concepts found in previous editions ... ....

Earth System Modelling, Volume 2

Algorithms, Code Infrastructure and Optimisation

Luca Bonaventura, Rene Redler and Reinhard Budich

Collected articles in this series are dedicated to the development and use of software for earth system modelling and aims at bridging the gap between IT solutions and climate science. The particular topic covered in ...

Earth System Modelling, Volume 3

Coupling Software and Strategies

Sophie Valcke, Rene Redler and Reinhard Budich

Collected articles in Earth System Modelling, Volume 3 are dedicated to the development and use of software for earth system modelling and aims at bridging the gap between IT solutions and climate science. The particular topic ... ....

Earth System Modelling, Volume 5

Tools for Configuring, Building and Running Models

Rupert Ford, Graham Riley, Reinhard Budich and Rene Redler

Collected articles in this series are dedicated to the development and use of software for earth system modelling and aims at bridging the gap between IT solutions and climate science. The particular topic covered in this volume addresses ... ....

Earth's Natural Resources

John V Walther

Earth's Natural Resources provides a thorough overview of the subject and details how natural resources relate to individuals and our society. It discusses how the Earth's natural resources form and change over time, how ... ....

Effective Parameters of Hydrogeological Models

Vikenti Gorokhovski

Models of geological objects are tools for interpolation and extrapolation of available data in space and time continuously. Real structures of the objects are unknown, and their models and simulated results carry uncertainty which cannot ... ....

Engineering, Design and Construction of Portable Newtonian Telescopes

Albert Highe

Engineering, Design and Construction of Portable Newtonian Telescopes is a massive 694-page book with 472 illustrations and 113 tables that tells you how to design and build a portable Newtonian telescope that performs better ... ....

Evapotranspiration in the Soil-Plant-Atmosphere System

Viliam Novak

Evapotranspiration and its components (evaporation and transpiration) as a process is one of the basic terms of Earth's water balance; its importance is accented by the fact that transpiration is the vital element of the biomass ... ....

Fire Phenomena and the Earth System

An Interdisciplinary Guide to Fire Science

Claire M Belcher

Fire plays a key role in Earth system processes. Wildfires influence the carbon cycle and the nutrient balance of our planet, and may even play a role in regulating the oxygen content of our atmosphere. The evolutionary history of plants ... ....

Glaciations in North and South America from the Miocene to the Last Glacial Maximum

Comparisons, Linkages and Uncertainties

Nat Rutter, Andrea Coronato, Karin Helmens, Jorge Rabassa and Marcelo Aristides Zarate

Improved dating methods have increased our ability to more precisely determine the timing and durations of glaciations. Utilizing glacial and loess deposits, in ...

Groundwater in Ethiopia

Features, Numbers and Opportunities

Seifu Kebede

Groundwater in Ethiopia provides a comprehensive description of groundwater resources in Ethiopia and its various dimensions (groundwater as resource, environmental functions, and socioeconomics). The prevailing knowledge of groundwater ... ....

Guesstimation 2.0

Solving Today's Problems on the Back of a Napkin

Lawrence Weinstein and Patricia Edwards

Guesstimation 2.0 reveals the simple and effective techniques needed to estimate virtually anything – quickly – and illustrates them using an eclectic array of problems. A stimulating follow-up to ...

How to Find a Habitable Planet

James Kasting

Ever since Carl Sagan first predicted that extraterrestrial civilizations must number in the millions, the search for life on other planets has gripped our imagination. Is Earth so rare that advanced life forms like us – or even the ... ....

Hubble: The Print Collection

14 Frameable Prints

S Squintet

Ideal for children and adults alike, Hubble: The Print Collection showcases some of the most beautiful and dramatic pictures taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. These cosmic images reveal galaxies, nebulae and planets ... ....

Introducing Physical Geography

Alan H Strahler

The 6th edition of Introducing Physical Geography is known for its clear writing, distinctive photos and illustrations and a strong supplements program. The text continues its tradition as a great book to help non-science readers ... ....

Jeju Island Geopark

A Volcanic Wonder of Korea

Young Kwan Sohn, Ung San Ahn and Seok Hoon Yoon

Jeju Island Geopark deals with geological as well as cultural, historical, archaeological and biological aspects in Jeju Global Geopark. It starts with introduction of Jeju Global Geopark, geographic setting, habitats, history ... ....

Lake Kivu

Limnology and Biogeochemistry of a Tropical Great Lake

Jean-Pierre Descy, Francois Darchambeau and Martin Schmid

In the heart of Africa, a unique lake attracts the attention of scientists since the beginning of the 20th century. At the foot of the Virunga volcano chain, Lake Kivu harbors a vast amount of dissolved carbon dioxide and methane, making ... ....

Metals and Society

An Introduction to Economic Geology

Nicholas Arnt and Clement Ganino

Economic Geology focuses not only on the nature and origin of ore deposits but also explores the economic issues that surround the exploitation of mineral resources. Topics of particular focus in Metals and Society are the rate ... ....

Mirror Earth

The Search for Our Planet's Twin

Michael D Lemonick

In the mid-1990s, astronomers made history when they detected three planets orbiting stars in the Milky Way. The planets were nothing like Earth, however: they were giant gas balls like Jupiter or Saturn. More than 500 planets have been ... ....

Modelling of Hydrological Processes in the Narew Catchment

Dorota Swiatek and Tomasz Okruszko

Since climate and land use strongly affect the runoff pattern and intensity of solute export, it is likely that some observations and conclusions formulated on the basis of investigations carried out in forested catchment may not be full ... ....

Physics and Chemistry of the Deep Earth

Shun-Ichiro Karato

Though the deep interior of the Earth (and other terrestrial planets) is inaccessible to humans, we are able to combine observational, experimental and computational (theoretical) studies to begin to understand the role of the deep Earth ... ....

Recent Landform Evolution

The Carpatho-Balkan-Dinaric Region

Denes Loczy, Milos Stankoviansky and Adam Kotarba

The Carpatho-Balkan Geomorphological Commission and the International Association of Geomorphologists (IAG) Carpatho-Balkan-Dinaric Regional Working Group, promotes networking between researchers and the exchange of research experience. ....

Reconstructing Human-Landscape Interactions, Volume 1

Interpreting Desert and Fluvial Environments

Brett T McLaurin, Aileen C Elliott, Nalini Torres and Michelle Goman

The Holocene is unique when compared to earlier geological time in that humans begin to alter and manipulate the natural environment to their own needs. Domestication of crops and animals and the resultant intensification of agriculture ... ....

Reef-Platform Coral Boulders

Evidence for High-Energy Marine Inundation Events on Tropical Coastlines

James P Terry, AY Annie Lau and Samuel Etienne

The primary goal here is to present a treatise on the significance and value of coarse clastic carbonate sediments (i.e. large coral boulders) on tropical coastlines for understanding both modern and pre-historical (Holocene) high-magnitude ... ....

Seismic Wave Propagation and Scattering in the Heterogeneous Earth

Haruo Sato, Michael C Fehler and Takuto Maeda

Originally published in the series: Modern Acoustics,Signal Processing, by American Institute of Physics, Springer New York, 1997 Seismic waves – generated both by natural earthquakes and by man-made sources ...

Space Chronicles

Facing the Ultimate Frontier

Neil deGrasse Tyson and Avis Lang

Neil deGrasse Tyson is a rare breed of astrophysicist, one who can speak as easily and brilliantly with popular audiences as with professional scientists. Now that NASA has put human space flight effectively on hold, Tyson's views on ... ....

Spacesuit

A History Through Fact and Fiction

Brett A Gooden

This is the fascinating, extraordinary and often bizarre story of the Spacesuit through science fiction and fact. Man has dreamed of flying into space and walking on other planets for hundreds of years but gradually it became clear that ... ....

The Asteroid Impact Connection of Planetary Evolution

With Special Reference to Large Precambrian and Australian Impacts

Andrew Y Glikson

When in 1981 Louis and Walter Alvarez, the father and son team, unearthed a tell-tale Iridium-rich sedimentary horizon at the 65 million years-old Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary at Gubbio, Italy, their find heralded a paradigm shift in the ... ....

The Cosmos

Astronomy in the New Millennium

Jay M Pasachoff and Alex Filippenko

An exciting introduction to astronomy, the fourth edition of this book uses recent discoveries and stunning photography to inspire non-science majors about the Universe. Written specifically for a one-semester course by two highly experienced ... ....

The Goldilocks Planet

The Four Billion Year Story of Earth's Climate

Jan Zalasiewicz and Mark Williams

Climate change is a major topic of concern today, scientifically, socially, and politically. It will undoubtedly continue to be so for the foreseeable future, as predicted changes in global temperatures, rainfall, and sea level take place ... ....

The Happy Atheist

PZ Myers

From the author of one of the web's most popular science blogs, The Happy Atheist takes on religious fanaticism with all the gleeful disrespect it deserves. A small, fearless book that takes aim at big, stupid targets ... ....

The Pluto Files

The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet

Neil deGrasse Tyson

In August 2006, the International Astronomical Union voted Pluto out of planethood. It is a wonder Pluto has any fans, yet during the mounting debate over Pluto's status, people rallied behind the extraterrestrial underdog. Pluto is ... ....

The Ultimate Book of Saturday Science

The Very Best Backyard Science Experiments You Can Do Yourself

Neil A Downie

The Ultimate Book of Saturday Science is Neil Downie's biggest and most astounding compendium yet of science experiments you can do in your own kitchen or backyard using common household items. It may be the only book that ... ....

Thermodynamics and the Destruction of Natural Resources

Bhavik R Bakshi, Timothy G Gutowski and Dusan P Sekulic

Thermodynamics and the Destruction of Natural Resources is a unique, multidisciplinary, effort to apply rigorous thermodynamics fundamentals, a disciplined scholarly approach, to problems of sustainability, energy and resource ... ....

Time Reborn

From the Crisis of Physics to the Future of the Universe

Lee Smolin

In Time Reborn, Lee Smolin, one of our foremost physicists and thinkers offers a radical new view of the nature of time and the cosmos. Nothing seems more real than time passing. We experience life itself as a succession of ... ....

Total Addiction

The Life of an Eclipse Chaser

Kate Russo

Seeing a total solar eclipse is often described as a once-in-a-lifetime experience. However, for many who have experienced totality, once-in-a-lifetime is simply not enough. They want more, and are willing to go to great lengths often at ... ....

What is Chemistry?

Peter Atkins

Most people remember chemistry from their schooldays as a subject that was largely incomprehensible, fact-rich but understanding-poor, smelly, and so far removed from the real world of events and pleasures that there seemed little point ... ....

Animal Machines

The New Factory Farming Industry

Ruth Harrison, Rachel Carson, Marian Stamp-Dawkins, John Webster, Bernard E Rollin and David Fraser

This is the long-awaited reprint of the classic work of ground-breaking importance on animal welfare. Ruth Harrison's classic Animal Machines, had a profound impact on public opinion and the quality of life of farmed animals ... ....

Animals and War

Studies of Europe and North America

Ryan Hediger

Animals and War is the first collection of essays to explore its important, yet neglected, topic. Scholars from sociology, history, anthropology, and literary and cultural studies investigate the presence of animals in human warfare ... ....

Biopatent Law

Patent Strategies and Patent Management

Andreas Huebel, Thilo Schmeicher and Ulrich Storz

Patents protecting biotechnological invention are becoming ever more important. Because biotechnology has many differences with respect to other technologies, lessons learned in other fields of technology cannot simply be transferred to ... ....

Climate Change, Forced Migration, and International Law

Jane McAdam

Displacement caused by climate change is an area of growing concern. With current rises in sea levels and changes to the global climate, it is an issue of fundamental importance to the future of many parts of the world.

Combating Desertification in Asia, Africa and the Middle East

Proven Practices

G Ali Heshmati and Victor Squires

This book of 21 chapters is about the 'how' of desertification control as opposed to an analysis of the 'why' and fills a gap in the desertification-related literature in that it shows what to do in situations ranging from ... ....

Controlling the Water

Matching Technology and Institutions in Irrigation Management in India and Nepal

Dik Roth and Linden Vincent

Irrigation has a long history and important developmental role in India and Nepal. Even then it is faced with critical challenges as new scarcities and environmental stresses emerge, for which understanding technology and institutional ... ....

Crop Stress and Its Management

Perspectives and Strategies

B Venkateshwarulu, Arun K Shanker, Chitra Shanker and Maheswari Mandapaka

Crops experience an assortment of environmental stresses which include abiotic viz., drought, water logging, salinity, extremes of temperature, high variability in radiation, subtle but perceptible changes in atmospheric gases and biotic ... ....

Crossing Boundaries

Investigating Human-Animal Relationships

Lynda Birke and Jo Hockenhull

Many people feel strong bonds with nonhuman animals, and these relationships are central to much emerging scholarship in human-animal studies. Yet to study relationships is not straightforward; research often focusses on how humans affect ... ....

Design and Impact of Water Treaties

Managing Climate Change

Matthew Zentner

Design and Impact of Water Treaties presents a unique way to utilize the existing literature to explain the success of treaties in managing hydrologic stress. Literature-derived core concepts are summarized as seven treaty ... ....

Dynamic Programming Based Operation of Reservoirs

Applicability and Limits

KDW Nandalal and Janos J Bogardi

Dynamic programming is a method of solving multi-stage problems in which decisions at one stage become the conditions governing the succeeding stages. It can be applied to the management of water reservoirs, allowing them to be operated ... ....

Education, Community Engagement and Sustainable Development

Negotiating Environmental Knowledge in Monteverde, Costa Rica

Nicole Blum

A growing body of research has given critical attention to diverse theories and practices of environmental education, and its potential contribution to addressing pressing global issues such as sustainable development and climate change. ....

Environmental Debt

The Hidden Costs of a Changing Global Economy

Amy Larkin

Economists predict that the damage from Hurricane Sandy will total over 100 billion dollars, largely covered by taxpayers. And that does not include long-term effects such as depressed coastal real estate values.

Environmental Security in Watersheds

The Sea of Azov

Viktor Lagutov

Watersheds, supplying crucial ecosystem services to humans, seem to be a logical territorial unit to integrate societal benefits and environmental needs in order to evaluate the sustainability of natural resource use patterns.

Fishing People of the North

Cultures, Economies, and Management Responding to Change

Courtney Carothers, Keith R Criddle, Catherine P Chambers, Paula J Cullenberg and James A Fall

Nineteen peer-reviewed articles are included in the proceedings of the 2011 symposium, Fishing People of the North: Cultures, Economies, and Management Responding to Change. Authors present research in the disciplines of anthropology ... ....

Fungicides for Field Crops

Daren S Mueller, Kiersten A Wise, Nicholas S Dufault and Carl A Bradley

Fungicides for Field Crops provides an overview of the current knowledge of fungicides and their use on field crops. This comprehensive book, which includes the contributions of 40 professionals from 20 universities and other ... ....

Handbook of Environmental Accounting

Thomas Aronsson and Karl-Gustaf Loefgren

This concise Handbook examines welfare measurement problems in a dynamic economy, focusing on the welfare-economic foundations for social accounting. With environmental accounting becoming an increasingly important area of research, this ... ....

Integrated Water Resources Management in the Mediterranean Region

Dialogue Towards New Strategy

Redouane Choukr-Allah, Ragab Ragab and Rafael Rodriguez-Clemente

Integrated Water Resources Management in the Mediterranean Region puts great emphasis on the importance of Integrated Water Resources Management IWRM as the way forward towards food, water, and energy security. It offers better ... ....

Management of Mountain Watersheds

Josef Krecek, Martin Haigh, Thomas Hoffer and Eero Kubin

Management of Mountain Watersheds aims to address the interdisciplinary targets of watershed management in mountain regions based on the current knowledge of the subject. The focus of the book is particularly on monitoring ... ....

Meer und Museum, Band 24

Alles Handarbeit - Kleine Fischereifahrzeuge an der Ostseekoeste

Deutschess Meeresmuseum

This volume contains contributions from 19 authors and looks at the maritime history of the traditional wooden fishing fleets of in the coastal region of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Microbial Technologies in Advanced Biofuels Production

Patrick C Hallenbeck

Concerns over dwindling fossil fuel reserves and impending climate changes have focused attention worldwide on the need to discover alternative, sustainable energy sources and fuels. Biofuels, already produced on a massive industrial scale ... ....

Nature's Fortune

How Business and Society Thrive by Investing in Nature

Mark R Tercek and Jonathan S Adams

What is nature worth? The answer to this question – which traditionally has been framed in environmental terms – is revolutionizing the way we do business. In Nature's Fortune, Mark Tercek, CEO of ...

Peixes Dulciaquicolas de Interesse Comunitario

Instituto da Conservacao da Natureza (ICN)

Peixes Dulciaquícolas de Interesse Comunitário describes 15 freshwater fish species of commercial interest and gives details on biology, ecology, distribution, habitat requirements, population dynamics in Portugal ... ....

Perspectives on Environmental Management and Technology in Asian River Basins

David Higgitt

Asian river basins are undergoing rapid transformation. Perspectives on Environmental Management and Technology in Asian River Basins considers the implications of the environmental change-development nexus for water management ... ....

Planetary Economics

The Three Domains of Sustainable Energy Development

Michael Grubb and Claudia Comberti

The oil shock, the credit crunch and the near-collapse of global climate negotiations demand a radical rethink of current policies. Michael Grubb and his co-authors present a path to tackling climate change that can also enhance international ... ....

Portfolio for the Planet

Lessons from 10 Years of Impact Investing

Tammy E Newmark and Michele Pena

Rapid growth of the global economy has accelerated the degradation of the Earth's most important asset: the environment. Increasing poverty and challenges arising from climate change further threaten the planet's natural systems. ....

Review of Tropical Reservoirs and Their Fisheries

The Cases of Lake Nasser, Lake VOLTA and Indo-Gangetic Basin Reservoir

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

This technical paper reviews the knowledge accumulated in reservoirs in three very different tropical systems: northern India and Pakistan in the Indus and Ganges systems, Lake Nasser in the Nile River Basin and Lake Volta in the ... ....

Second Nature

Rethinking the Natural Through Politics

Crina Archer, Laura Ephraim and Lida Maxwell

These essays collected in Second Nature, by both eminent and emerging scholars, engage interlocutors from Machiavelli to Arendt. Individually, they contribute compelling readings of important political thinkers and add fresh ... ....

Talking Environment

Vandana Shiva in Conversation with Ramin Jahanbegloo

Ramin Jahanbegloo and Vandana Shiva

The sixth in Talking Environment of Ramin Jahanbegloo's interviews of prominent intellectuals who have influenced modern Indian thought, Talking Environment is based on Jahanbegloo's conversations with ... ....

Technology, Globalization, and Sustainable Development

Transforming the Industrial State

Nicholas A Ashford and Ralph P Hall

In Technology, Globalization, and Sustainable Development Nicholas Ashford and Ralph Hall offer a unified, transdisciplinary approach for achieving sustainable development in industrialized nations. They present an insightful and ... ....

The Economic Value of Landscapes

C Martijn van der Heide and Wim JM Heijman

The Economic Value of Landscapes aims to explore the avenue of landscape economics and provides the building blocks (from different scientific disciplines) for an economic analysis of landscapes. What exactly constitutes and ... ....

The Mekong Delta System

Interdisciplinary Analyses of a River Delta

Fabrice Renaud and Claudia Kuenzer

This book about the Mekong Delta presents a unique collection of state-of-the-art contributions by international experts from different scientific disciplines about the characteristics and pressing water-related challenges of the Mekong ... ....

The Perfect Protein

The Fish Lover's Guide to Saving the Oceans and Feeding the World

Andy Sharples, Suzannah Evans and Bill Clinton

The planet will be home to more than 9 billion people by 2050, and we're already seeing critical levels of famine around the world mirrored by growing obesity in developed nations. In The Perfect Protein, Andy Sharpless ... ....

The Precautionary Principle in Marine Environmental Law

With Special Reference to High Risk Vessels

Benedicte Sage-Fuller

The Precautionary Principle in Marine Environmental Law examines whether the jurisdiction of coastal States under international law can be extended to include powers of intervention towards vessels posing a significant risk to ... ....

The Routledge Handbook of Tourism and the Environment

Andrew Holden and David A Fennell

The Routledge Handbook of Tourism and the Environment explores and critically evaluates the debates and controversies inherent to tourism's relationship with nature, especially pertinent at a time of major re-evaluation of ... ....

Towards a Sustainable Asia

Natural Resources

Association of Academies of Sciences in Asia

This series of books are the output of the research project called Sustainable Development in Asia (SDA), which was initiated by the Association of Academies of Sciences in Asia (AASA). They are comprised of one synthesis report, which ... ....

Transnational Environmental Governance

The Emergence and Effects of the Certification of Forests and Fisheries

Lars H Gulbrandsen

In recent years a wide range of non-state certification programs have emerged to address environmental and social problems associated with the extraction of natural resources.

Water Quality Management

Present Situations, Challenges and Future Perspectives

Asit K Biswas, Cecilia Tortajada and Rafael Izquierdo

The global attention in recent years has focused primarily on water quantity and allocation issues. Water quality has received significantly less attention than water quantity. Commendable progress has been made by the developed world ... ....

Advances in Cartography and GIScience, Volume 1

Selection from ICC 2011, Paris

Anne Ruas

Advances in Cartography and GIScience, Volume 1 is comprised of a selection of the best papers presented during the 25th International Cartography Conference which was held in Paris between 3rd and 8th July 2011.

Bayesian Inference for Gene Expression and Proteomics

Kim-Anh Do, Peter Mueller and Marina Vannucci

The interdisciplinary nature of bioinformatics presents a research challenge in integrating concepts, methods, software and multiplatform data. Although there have been rapid developments in new technology and an inundation of statistical ... ....

Data Analysis in Vegetation Ecology

Otto Wildi

Evolving from years of teaching experience by one of the top experts in vegetation ecology, Data Analysis in Vegetation Ecology, 2nd edition explains the background and basics of mathematical (mainly multivariate) analysis of ... ....

Dynamic Land Use/Cover Change Modelling

Geosimulation and Multiagent-Based Modelling

Jamal Jokar Arsanjani

The thesis Dynamic Land Use/Cover Change Modelling is an original and novel contribution to land use/land cover change analysis using methods of geosimulation and agent-based modeling. The author implements several traditional ... ....

Earth Observation of Ecosystem Services

Carlos Marco Di Bella and Domingo Alcaraz Segura

Offering a balanced review of differing approaches based on remote sensing methods to monitor ecosystem services related to biodiversity conservation, carbon and water cycles, and the energy balance of the terrestrial ecosystem ... ....

Environmental Sensing

Analytical Techniques for Earth Observation

James K Lein

Remote sensing is a mature technology that has been largely under- utilized in a world increasing focus on Geographic Information Systems. With the goal of encouraging a wider appreciation of what this science can achieve ...

Evolutionary Optimization Algorithms

Biologically Inspired and Population-Based Approaches to Computer Intelligence

Dan Simon

Evolutionary Optimization Algorithms is a clear and lucid presentation of Evolutionary Algorithms, with a straightforward, bottom-up approach that provides the reader with a firm grasp of the basic principles of EAs.

Fluorescence Microscopy

From Principles to Biological Applications

Ulrich Kubitscheck and Reiner Peters

Fluorescence Microscopy is the first title on the topic designed specifically to allow students and researchers with no background in physics to understand novel light microscopy techniques. Each chapter in ...

Geo-information

Technologies, Applications and the Environment

Matthias Lemmens

Geomatics, the handling and processing of information and data about the Earth, is one geoscience discipline that has seen major changes in the last decade, as mapping and observation systems become ever more sensitive and sophisticated. ....

Geometric Morphometrics for Biologists

A Primer

Miriam Leah Zelditch, Donald L Swiderski and H David Sheets

The first edition of Geometric Morphometrics for Biologists has been the primary resource for teaching modern geometric methods of shape analysis to biologists who have a stronger background in biology than in multivariate statistics ... ....

Handbook of Single Molecule Fluorescence Spectroscopy

Chris Gell, David Brockwell and Alastair Smith

Analytical measurements at the single molecule level under ambient conditions have become almost routine in the past few years. The application of this technology to fundamental studies of heterogeneity in biomolecular structure and ... ....

Measurements for Terrestrial Vegetation

Charles D Bonham

Completely revised and updated edition of this key text, maintaining the unique focus on methods and techniques for measuring vegetation.

Molecular Biological Technologies for Ocean Sensing

Sonia Tiquia-Arashiro

The development of ocean sensors remains a ripe area for future investigation from science, policy and systems engineering standpoints. Clearly, there are many options forrealizing integrated molecular analytical sensing systems.

Network Biology

Methods and Applications

Gerard Cagney and Andrew Emili

While extremely large datasets describing gene sequences, mRNA transcripts, protein abundance, and metabolite concentrations are increasingly commonplace, these represent only starting 'parts lists' that are usually insufficient ... ....

R and Data Mining

Examples and Case Studies

Yanchang Zhao

R and Data Mining introduces using R for data mining. Data mining techniques are widely used in government agencies, banks, insurance, retail, telecom, medicine and research. Recently, there is an increasing tendency to do data ... ....

Satellite Geology and Photogeomorphology

An Instructional Manual For Data Integration

Lamert A Rivard

The twin sets of figures in the manual are presented as examples that demonstrate how the interfacing of stereo airphotos and satellite images in visual qualitative photogeomorphology studies can yield more geospatial information than ... ....

Simulation of Ecological and Environmental Models

Miguel F Acevedo

Given the importance of interdisciplinary work in sustainability, Simulation of Ecological and Environmental Models introduces the theory and practice of modeling and simulation as applied in a variety of disciplines that deal ... ....

Vertebrate Embryogenesis

Embryological, Cellular and Genetic Methods

Francisco J Pelegri

One of the striking findings of modern developmental biology has been the high degree of conservation of signaling and developmental mechanisms amongst different animal species. Such conservation allows information learned from a given ... ....

Ecological & Environmental Reporting in India

The Handbook for Media, NGOs & People

Santosh Shintre

Ecological & Environmental Reporting in India aims to empower constituents of the Indian media, NGOs and the general public; through building awareness about stark realities of critical environmental issues in India.

Writing Scientific Research Articles

Strategy and Steps

Margaret Cargill and Patrick DT O'Connor

Writing Scientific Research Articles shows scientists how to apply their analysis and synthesis skills to overcoming the challenge of how to write, as well as what to write, to maximise their chances of publishing in international ... ....