Dem Braunbären auf der Spur

Lebensweise, Geschichte, Mythen

Michaela Skuban

On the track of the brown bear. ....

Chimpanzees of the Lakeshore

Natural History and Culture at Mahale

Toshisada Nishida

Chimpanzees are humanity's closest living relations and are of enduring interest to a range of sciences, from anthropology to zoology. In the West, many know of the ....

Distribution, Ecology and Habitat Selection by Bechstein's Bat (Myotis bechsteinii) in Luxembourg

Marcus Dietz and Jacques B Pir

Bechstein's bat, Myotis bechsteinii is a European tree-dwelling bat species, which is considered an index species for old growth broad-leaved woodland in Central and Western ....

Forest of Tigers

People, Politics and Environment in the Sundarbans

Annu Jalais

Acclaimed for its unique ecosystem and Royal Bengal tigers, the mangrove islands that comprise the Sundarbans area of the Bengal delta are the setting for this pioneering ....

Ice Bear

A Natural and Unnatural History of the Polar Bear

Kieran Mulvaney

The polar bear is one of the most recognisable animals on the planet. Yet if global warming continues at its present pace, summer sea ice could disappear entirely from the ....

The Last Stronghold

Fifteen Years in the Company of Bears

Bruno D'Amicis and Erik Balaz

Large-format book presenting the unique pictures of the Italian wildlife photographer Bruno D'Amicis and the first-hand wilderness stories written by the Slovak ....

Primates in Perspective

Edited by CJ Campbell et al

Forty-four original essays--by fifty-nine leading researchers in the field today--provide wide-ranging and contemporary coverage of all of the major areas of ....

The Sounding of the Whale

Science and Cetaceans in the Twentieth Century

D Graham Burnett

From the Bible's "Canst thou raise leviathan with a hook?" to Captain Ahab's "From Hell's heart I stab at thee!," from the trials of Job to the legends of Sinbad, whales ....

Die Stimmen der Hirsche/The Voices of Deer

K-H Dingler and K-H Frommolt

This audio CD presents a comprehensive collection of calls and further vocalizations of 24 representatives of the deer family Cervidae including 18 species in 123 recordings. ....

Whale Bones of the British Isles - Supplement 2004-2010

Nicholas Redman

Aves de Portugal

Incluindo os arquipélagos dos Açores, da Madeira e das Selvagens

Helder Costa, Eduardo De Juana and Juan M Varela

Field Guide for the identification of the birds of Portugal, written by experts and with the collaboration of SPEA, the Portuguese Ornithological Society. Contains detailed and ....

Birding with Bill Oddie

S Moss and B Oddie

"There is a great deal more to birding than simply identifying species and ticking them off a list...The places, the experiences, the feelings, the fun, even the frustrations. ....

The Black Woodpecker

A Monograph on Dryocopus Martius

Gerald Gorman

This comprehensive monograph covers all aspects of the life of one of the largest and most striking picids on the planet. Morphology, identification, communication, ....

Collins Bird Guide: Large Format

The Most Complete Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe

Lars Svensson and Peter J Grant

Following on from its hugely successful launch in 1999, Collins Bird Guide -- the ultimate reference book for bird enthusiasts -- now enters its second edition. This ....

Contributions to the History of North American Ornithology

Volume III

Edited by William E Davis Jr and Jerome A Jackson

This volume contains chapters on the first 60 years of the Massachusetts Audubon Society; ornithology at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Tall Timbers ....

Early Tasmanian Ornithology

The Correspondence of Ronald Campbell Gunn and James Grant 1836-1838

Edited by William E Davis

This correspondence is the earliest attempt to identify and arrange taxonomically the birds of Tasmania and is some of the earliest avian taxonomic work by residents of ....

Falcons of North America

Kate Davis, Rob Palmer and Nick Dunlop

Fast, fierce, bold, and beautiful - a falcon in flight is one of the most thrilling sights in nature. With an unprecedented collection of some of the most extraordinary ....

Flight of the Golden Plover

The Amazing Migration Between Hawaii and Alaska

Debbie S Miller and Daniel Van Zyle

The remarkable story of the golden plover's annual migration, this beautifully illustrated nature title for young readers sees the small but mighty plover embark on a ....

Garden Birds and Wildlife

Mike Toms and Paul Sterry

Written by Dr. Paul Sterry, a leading wildlife author and Mike Toms of the B.T.O. (British Trust for Ornithology) "Garden Birds and Wildlife" is a truly unique, must-have ....

Petrels, Albatrosses, and Storm-Petrels of North America

A Photographic Guide

Steve N G Howell

Petrels, albatrosses, and storm-petrels are among the most beautiful yet least known of all the world's birds, living their lives at sea far from the sight of most people. ....

Taxonomic Revision and Phylogenetic Analysis of the Flightless Mancallinae (Aves, Pan-Alcidae)

N Adam Smith

Vögel Luxemburgs

Patric Lorge and Ed Melchior

This is the first book listing all native, migratory and breeding birds of Luxembourg. It provides valuable information, such as seasonal presence, and gives bird names in ....

Freshwater Turtles and Terrapins

A Complete Guide

Andrea Luison and Stefano Redaelli

This book offers advice on the biology, captive and wild behaviour, feeding and breeding of 70 different species of turtle and terrapin. ....

Living with Snakes and Other Reptiles

Simon Watharow

Can you tell if a snake is venomous by its colour? What is the real chance of being bitten by a snake? Can you really die in 30 seconds? Ever put out a saucer of milk for a ....

So Excellent a Fishe

A Natural History of Sea Turtles

Archie Carr

No single individual did more to promote sea turtle research and conservation than Archie Carr (1909-1987). So entwined did he become with these creatures and the fight ....

Fauna Sinica: Osteichthyes: Atherinigormes, Cyprinodontiformes,

Beloniformes, Ophidiiformes, Gadiformesrmes

Li Sizhong and Zhang Chunguang

Deals with the Chinese Atheriniformes, Cyprinodontiformes, Beloniformes, Ophidiiformes and Gadiformes. Each order comprises two parts. I. General introduction: research ....

Invasive Asian Carps in North America

Edited by Duane C Chapman and Michael H Hoff

Grass carp, black carp, bighead carp, and silver carp are native to Asia, and in North America are referred to as Asian carps. These fishes have been popular aquaculture ....

Advances in the Systematics of Diplopoda III

Edited by Sergei I Golovatch and Robert Mesibov

Adventures Among Ants

A Global Safari with a Cast of Trillions

Mark W Moffett

Intrepid international explorer, biologist, and photographer Mark W. Moffett, 'the Indiana Jones of entomology', takes us around the globe on a strange ....

Atlas of European Millipedes (Class Diplopoda) Volume 1

Orders Polyxenida, Glomerida, Platydesmida, Siphonocryptida, Polyzoniida, Callipodida, Polydesmida

Richard Desmond Kime and Henrik EngHoff

This is the first in a series of three books which will, for the first time ever, show the distribution of Europe's more than 1500 species of millipedes on 50 X 50 km square ....

The Beekeeper's Lament

How One Man and Half a Billion Honey Bees Help Feed America

Hannah Nordhaus

The honey bee is a miracle. It is the cupid of the natural world. It pollinates crops; making plants bear fruit and helping farmers make money. But in ....

British Seashells

A Guide for Collectors and Beachcombers

Paul Chambers and George Sowerby

Using original Victorian prints by collectable artist George Sowerby, marine biologist and author Paul Chambers has produced the first comprehensive guide to shells for over a ....

Carabid Beetles as Bioindicators

Biogeographical, Ecological and Environmental Studies

D Johan Kotze et al

Proceedings of the XIV European Carabidilogists Meeting, Westerbork, 14-18 September, 2009 ....

Les Coccinelles de Bretagne

Jean Cherel

The Crustacea, Volume 9 Part B

Decapoda: Astacidea P.P. (Enoplometopoidea, Nephropoidea), Glypheidea, Axiidea, Gebiidea, and Anomura

Edited by FR Schram and JC Von Vaupel Klein

Some crustacean groups never had a French version of the Treatise produced, namely, the orders Stomatopoda, Euphausiacea, Amphionidacea, and Decapoda; the largest contingent of ....

Dragonflies and Damselflies of the East

Dennis Paulson

This is the first fully illustrated guide to all 336 dragonfly and damselfly species of eastern North America - from the rivers of Manitoba to the Florida cypress swamps - and ....

Elachistine Moths of Australia

(Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Elachistidae)

Lauri Kaila

Elachistine moths are the World's most species-rich group of Lepidoptera that specialise on monocotyledon plants, especially grasses and sedges. This volume is the first ....

The Freshwater Mussels of Ohio

G Thomas Watters, Michael A Hoggarth and David H Stansbery

This book brings together the most up-to-date research on Ohio's mussels. Each species is illustrated with colour plates that depict shell variation, hinge detail, and beak ....

Gräshoppor i Sverige

en fälthandbok

Thomas Strid et al

This richly illustrated Swedish pocket guide covers all 38 species of grasshoppers found in Sweden. Each entry features small distribution maps and multiple colour photographs ....

The Insect and the Image

Visualizing Nature in Early Modern Europe, 1500-1700

Janice Neri

Once considered marginal members of the animal world (at best) or vile and offensive creatures (at worst), insects saw a remarkable uptick in their status during the early ....

The Little Book of Bees

Karl Weiss

The more we learn about bees, the more extraordinary they seem. They have five eyes and beat their wings at almost 200 cycles per second. And to communicate with each other ....

Midges in Scotland

George Hendry

The first edition of this book rapidly topped the list of bestsellers and has continued to sell well, turning up in places as far away as German schlosses, Brisbane bedsides ....

Les Pyrales de la Manche

N Lepertel and JP Quinette

A photographic guide to 121 species of microlepidoptera found in the Channel regions of France. ....

Sarcophaga of France (Diptera: Sarcophagidae)

Rene Richet, Ruth M Blackith and Thomas Pape

This work lists 93 species of Sarcophaga found in France and incorporates recent taxonomic and nomenclatural changes. Detailed photographs are provided of the diagnostic ....

Schmetterlingsfauna Sachsen-Anhalts

Band 1 - Spanner (Geometridae)

Christoph Schönborn

Snails on Rocky Sea Shores

John Crothers

The snails found living on rocky sea shores are among the most rewarding invertebrate animals to study. Species such as dog-whelks, topshells and winkles are easy to find, ....

The Spider Family Selenopidae (Arachnida, Araneae) in Australia and the Oriental Region

Sarah C Crews and Mark S Harvey

A Spider's World

Senses and Behaviour

Friedrich G Barth

Spiders are wonderful creatures. Their varied and complex range of behavior and highly developed sensory systems are excellently adapted to the environmental conditions - as ....

Studies in Biological Control

Edited by V L Delucchi

The best alternative to chemical control is often seen as being biological control - the introduction of natural enemies in areas where foreign pests become abundant. However, ....

Wespen

Rolf Witt

Revised and updated second edition. Language: German ....

Wicked Bugs

The Louse That Conquered Napoleon's Army and Other Diabolical Insects

Amy Stewart

In this darkly comical look at the sinister side of our relationship with the natural world, Stewart has tracked down over one hundred of our worst entomological ....

Evolution of Fossil Ecosystems

Paul Selden and John Nudds

The first edition of this book was widely praised for its coverage and approach in describing and illustrating 14 well known fossil sites from around the world. The ....

Forerunners of Mammals

Radiation Histology Biology

Edited by Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan

More than 300 million years ago, during the period known as the Carboniferous, there emerged a group of four-legged animals known as synapsids. Their descendents, the ....

The Fossil Record of Three Billion Years in Liaoning, China

Sun Ge

Fossilium Catalogus Animalia, Volume 146

Lower Cretaceous Ammonites IV Boreophylloceratoidea, Phylloceratoidea, Lytoceratoidea, Tetragonitoidea, Haploceratoidea including the Upper Cretaceous representatives

Edited by J Klein, R Hoffmann, B Joly, Y Shigeta and Z Vasicek

Fossilium Catalogus Plantae, Volume 109

Index of Angiosperm leaf species names D-G, 1823-2006

Edited by J van der Burgh and HWJ van Amerom

Fossilium Catalogus Plantae, Volume 110

Index of Angiosperm leaf species names H-L, 1823-2008

Edited by J van der Burgh

Gaining Ground

The Origin and Evolution of Tetrapods

Jennifer A Clack

Around 370 million years ago, a distant relative of a modern lungfish began a most extraordinary adventure - emerging from the water and laying claim to the land. Over the ....

Field Guide to the Seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean Islands

Edited by Matthew D Richmond

The seashores and shallow seas of east Africa and the western Indian Ocean islands support an enormous diversity of life. In this book more than 1,650 species of plants ....

Australasian Nature Photography

ANZANG Eighth Collection

South Australian Museum

The bioregion of Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica and New Guinea possesses a unique natural heritage stretching back over 50 million years since the break-up of the great ....

Australian Big Cats

An Unnatural History of Panthers

Michael Williams and Rebecca Lang

For decades there has been talk of big cats roaming the Australian bush. These large cats - predominantly black - have only afforded their witnesses fleeting glimpses, and ....

Burke and Wills

The Scientific Legacy of the Victorian Exploring Expedition

Edited by DA McCann and EB Joyce

The Royal Society of Victoria initiated the Victorian Exploring Expedition in 1860 as a serious scientific exploration of the hitherto unexplored centre of Australia. Members ....

The Business of Nature

John Gould and Australia

Roslyn Russell

This book tells the story of John Gould, the gardener's son, whose driving energy and endless enthusiasm would see him achieve enduring renown as the `father of Australian ....

Capturing the Essence

Techniques for Bird Artists

William T Cooper

In this stunningly beautiful book, bird artist William T. Cooper explores and demonstrates all aspects of drawing and painting birds. Renowned for his gorgeous and ....

Extreme Places

AA

This is a beautiful book transporting you to the highest, hottest, coldest, most dramatic and most remote places on earth. Discover the icy expanse of the Baltoro ....

Fifty Animals That Changed the Course of History

Eric Chaline

Charting the unique relationship between humans and animals and how certain species have been instrumental in the development of our understanding of the evolution of the ....

An Iceberg as Big as Manhattan

Reporting from Science's New Frontlines

David Shukman

This title reports from science's new frontlines. "An Iceberg as Big as Manhattan" is a gripping report on the new frontlines of science and the environment from the BBC's own ....

The Indian and Pacific Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks, 1768-1820, Volume 5

Edited by Neil Chambers

Following his participation in James Cook's circumnavigation in HMS Endeavour (1768-71), Joseph Banks developed an extensive global network of scientists and explorers. His ....

Landscape Photographer of the Year Collection 5

'Take a view', the Landscape Photographer of the Year competition, is the brainchild of Charlie Waite, one of today's most respected landscape photographers. Together with the ....

Sea

Mark Laita

With cutting-edge photographic techniques, Mark Laita unveils the full splendour and other-worldliness of the ocean's inhabitants in an entirely new and thrilling way. ....

Visions of Earth

Photographs of Beauty, Majesty, Wonder

Visions of Earth is a breathtaking gallery of all that is right with our world, as seen through a photographer's eye. Stunning landscapes, fascinating people, amazing animals, ....

The Wild Life of Our Bodies

Predators, Parasites, and Partners That Shape Who We are Today

Rob Dunn

We evolved, like every other species, in a wilderness of parasites, mutualists and pathogens. But we no longer see ourselves as being part of nature and the broader ....

Antártida. La Vida en el Límite

Las Expediciones Bentart

José Antonio Moya et al

Underwritten by the Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) and over a dozen participating universities, this book and DVD show life in Antarctica through the ....

De Amazonia a Patagonia

Ecología de las regiones naturales de América del Sur

Iván A Sánchez

The water forests of the Choc, the fires of Cerrado, the ichu of Andes, the oases of Atacama, the quironchas clouds of Los Llanos, the Patagonian Tehuelches... the extensive ....

Dorset, a Naturalist's County

Nigel Webb and Tony Bates

A lavishly illustrated paperback celebrating Dorset's wildlife published to mark the 50th Anniversary of the founding of the Dorset Wildlife Trust in 1961, which today has ....

Early Maine Wildlife

Historical Accounts of Canada Lynx, Moose, Mountain Lion, White-Tailed Deer, Wolverine, Wolves, and Woodland Caribou, 1603 - 1930

William B Krohn and Christopher L Hoving

The Northeast of the United States, especially Maine, has an exceptionally rich heritage of early literature about wildlife. These writings are buried in obscure scientific ....

Encountering the Wild

Carol Bennett McCuaig

Poison Acres, 250 acres of wilderness in Renfrew County, Ontario, long dedicated to the preservation of natural habitat, has been home to nature writer Carol Bennett McCuaig ....

Galápagos: A Guide to the Animals and Plants

Guia de los animales y las plantas; Ein Tier- und Pflanzenfuehrer

Nigel Sitwell

Illustrated field guide to the most commonly seen wildlife on the Galapagos Islands, in three languages. Includes birds, mammals, reptiles, and plants. Brief descriptions for ....

The Making of Ireland's Landscape

Since the Ice Age

Valerie Hall

The story of Ireland's changing landscape begins when the last ice age ended. The fascinating interplay of natural forces and human hands on the landscape, its plants and ....

Scotland

Peter Friend

Harnessing recent developments in computer technology, the latest New Naturalist volume uses the most up-to-date and accurate maps, diagrams and ....

An Agreeable Landscape

Historical Botany and Plant Biodiversity of a Sonoran Desert Bottomland, 1855-1920

Kathryn Mauz

John Russell Bartlett found that this area presented an agreeable landscape: irrigated fields, fine grass, and a winding line of tree canopies down the valley of the Santa ....

Aquatic Plants of Pennsylvania

A Complete Reference Guide

Timothy A Block, Ann Fowler Rhoads and Anna Anisko

From the Delaware River to the shores of Lake Erie, Pennsylvania's diverse watery habitats are home to more than 200 species of aquatic plants. In Aquatic Plants of ....

Atlas of British and Irish Hawkweeds

(Pilosella L. and Hieracium L.)

David McCosh and Tim Rich

Over the last 30 years, David McCosh has compiled a database of c.19,000 Hieracium and Pilosella records, representing over 420 species as defined in the latest revision of ....

The Book of Fungi

A Life-Size Guide to Six Hundred Species from Around the World

Peter Roberts and Shelley Evans

Colorful, mysterious, and often fantastically shaped, fungi have been a source of wonder and fascination since the earliest hunter-gatherers first foraged for them. Today there ....

Britain's Plant Galls

A Photographic Guide to 100 of the Commoner Plant Galls of Britain

Michael Chinery

A handy-sized photographic field guide that aims to help both beginners and experts alike to learn more about some of the conspicuous, picturesque and even bizarre galls ....

Chanterelle Dreams, Amanita Nightmares

The Love, Lore and Mystique of Mushrooms

Greg Marley

Throughout history, people have had a complex and confusing relationship with mushrooms. Are fungi food or medicine, beneficial decomposers or deadly "toadstools" ready to kill ....

Dirr's Encyclopedia of Trees and Shrubs

Michael A Dirr

The text reflects the passions of the author and gives full details of the plants, from the latest nomenclatural changes to revisionist thinking on the ever-expanding limits of ....

Evolution of Plant-Pollinator Relationships

Edited by Sebastien Patiny

What are the evolutionary mechanisms and ecological implications behind a pollinator choosing its favourite flower? Sixty-five million years of evolution has created the ....

Ferns and Fern Allies of Taiwan

Ralf Knapp

A description of all 729 species of ferns and related plants in Taiwan. ....

Field Guide to Alpine Flowers of the Pacific Northwest

Phillipa Hudson

This portable 8-fold guide is the perfect companion to Phillipa Hudson's easy-to-use Coastal Flowers of the Pacific Northwest, and features 112 spectacular photos of flowers ....

A Field Guide to Wetland Plants of China

Wang Chen and Wang Ying

Flora of Australia, Volume 39

Alismatales to Arales

This volume describes 17 families of monocots in 76 genera and 256 species. Most of the families are aquatic, and include the sea-grasses, pond weeds, and some major ....

Fungi of Ussuri River Valley

Y Li and ZM Azbukina

Collates current knowledge on the occurrence and distribution of fungi in Ussuri River Valley, eastern China. The book is the result of a three year study based on the ....

The Gardener's Guide to Cactus

The 100 Best Paddles, Barrels, Columns, and Globes

Scott Calhoun

Along with other succulents, cactus have surged in popularity because they're easy to grow, bear stunning flowers, offer architectural shapes, and are ideal for low-water ....

A Handbook of Scotland's Trees

The Essential Guide for Enthusiasts, Gardeners and Woodland Lovers to Species, Cultivation, Habits, Uses and lore

Fiona Martynoga

This concise yet comprehensive handbook, compiled with the expertise of Reforesting Scotland's editors, covers trees commonly found in Scotland. From seed provenance and ....

Lime Trees and Basswoods

A Biological Monograph of the Genus Tilia

Donald Pigott

Lime trees (Tilia spp.) are widely distributed and locally important members of northern temperate broad-leaved forests. In marked contrast to the largely uniform morphology of ....

The Making of the English Gardener

Plants, Books and Inspiration, 1560-1660

Margaret Willes

In the century between the accession of Elizabeth I and the restoration of Charles II, a horticultural revolution took place in England. Ideas were exchanged across networks of ....

Piet Oudolf

Landscapes in Landscapes

Piet Oudolf and Noel Kingsbury

Piet Oudolf, one of world's most visionary and influential landscape gardeners, is at the forefront of the New Perennial planting movement. This glorious full-colour volume ....

Plant Cytogenetics

Genome Structure and Chromosome Function

Edited by Hank W Bass and James A Birchler

This reference book provides information on plant cytogenetics for students, instructors, and researchers. Topics covered by international experts include classical ....

Planting the Dry Shade Garden

The Best Plants for the Toughest Spot in Your Garden

Graham Rice

In this book you'll learn how to prune selectively to admit more light and how to amend soil to increase its moisture retention. You'll also learn about more than 130 plants ....

The Plants of Acadia National Park

Glen H Mittelhauser et al

Presents scientific descriptions of 862 plant species, including wildflowers, ferns, grasses, sedges, rushes, trees, and shrubs. This comprehensive guide to one of Maine's ....

Pollination Biology

Biodiversity Conservation and Agricultural Production

DP Abrol

This book discusses the interplay between pollinators, agriculture, and the environment. The book is an unique blend of pure and applied science placed in the broader human ....

The Pollination Biology of North American Orchids

CL Argue

Recent studies have revealed remarkable complexity and diversity in orchid-pollinator relationships. These studies comprise a vast literature currently scattered in numerous, ....

The Pollination Biology of North American Orchids

Charles L Argue

Recent studies have revealed remarkable complexity and diversity in orchid-pollinator relationships. These studies comprise a vast literature currently scattered in numerous, ....

Seeing Trees

Discover the Secret Lives of Everyday Trees

Nancy Ross Hugo and Robert Llewellyn

Everyone knows what a tree looks like, but have you ever really seen the delicate flowers of a red maple? The emerging leaves of a tulip poplar? The twigs of a beech? ....

Systematics and Phylogeny of Siphanthera (Melastomataceae)

Frank Almeda and Orbelia R Robinson

The Timber Press Guide to Succulent Plants of the World

The Definitive Reference to More Than 2000 Species

Fred Dortort

The plants are organized into 28 intuitively logical groups, such as succulent euphorbias, mesembryanthemums, bulbs, succulent trees, aloes, agaves, and haworthias. ....

Die Torfmoose Südwestdeutschlands und der Nachbargebiete

Adam Hölzer

This book contains illustrated keys to many of the peat moss species found throughout Western, Southern and Central Europe. ....

Trees and Forests: Wild Wonders of Europe

Annick Schnitzler

For more than a year, 69 of Europe's best nature photographers travelled to all corners of Europe's 48 countries to unveil the incredibly rich and amazingly varied natural ....

Waterwise Plants for Sustainable Gardens

200 Drought-Tolerant Choices for All Climates

Lauren Springer Ogden and Scott Ogden

This practical and inspiring guide includes all kinds of plants selected for their wide adaptability and ornamental value. Each of the 200 entries states where the plant is ....

Wild Crop Relatives: Genomic and Breeding Resources

Vegetables

Edited by Chittaranjan Kole

Wild crop relatives are now playing a significant part in the elucidation and improvement of the genomes of their cultivated counterparts. This work includes ....

Wild Crop Relatives: Genomic and Breeding Resources

Tropical and Subtropical Fruits

Edited by Chittaranjan Kole

Wild crop relatives are now playing a significant part in the elucidation and improvement of the genomes of their cultivated counterparts. This work includes ....

Wild Plants of Guangzhou

Xing Fuwu

Apoptosis

Physiology and Pathology

Edited by John C Reed and Douglas R Green

Apoptosis, or cell death, can be pathological, a sign of disease and damage, or physiological, a process essential for normal health. This book, with contributions from ....

Brock Biology of Microorganisms

M Madigan, J Martinko and J Parker

The authoritative #1 textbook for introductory majors microbiology, Brock Biology of Microorganisms continues to set the standard for impeccable scholarship, accuracy, and ....

Methods in Animal Proteomics

Philip D Whitfield and David Eckersall

The study of proteomics provides researchers with a better understanding of disease and physiological processes in animals. Methods in Animal Proteomics will provide animal ....

Molecular Chaperones

Methods and Protocols

Edited by Stuart K Calderwood and Thomas L Prince

The proteome consists of a complex mixture of proteins each of which need to be folded correctly in order to function for the health of the organism, and many of these ....

Oxidative Stress in Vertebrates and Invertebrates

Molecular Aspects on Cell Signaling

Akhlaq A Farooqui and Tahira Farooqui

This volume presents a unique comparative treatment of the role oxidative stress plays in vertebrates and invertebrates in multiple organ systems with regards to cell death, ....

Platelets and Megakaryocytes

Volume 3, Additional Protocols and Perspectives

Edited by Jonathan M Gibbins and Martyn P Mahaut-Smith

New techniques to study cell signaling and function can develop at a staggering pace; however, many approaches are as valid today as on the day they were established. Thus, ....

Protein Microarrays

Methods and Protocols

Edited by Ulrike Korf

Progress in functional proteomics has been limited for a long time, partially caused by limitations in assay sensitivity and sample capacity; however, protein microarrays have ....

Solid Biomechanics

Roland Ennos

"Solid Biomechanics" is the first book to comprehensively review the mechanical design of organisms. With a physical approach and a minimum of mathematics, the textbook ....

Transport Phenomena and Membrane Digestion in Small Intestinal Mucosa

An Electrophysiological Approach

Sergey T Metelsky

The philosophy of this monograph is to apply an interdisciplinary approach and thus outline the latest advances in such areas as absorption mechanisms of nutrients (sugars, ....

Understanding Mammalian Locomotion

Concepts and Applications

Albrecht Bertram

Understanding Mammalian Locomotion will formally introduce the emerging perspective of collision dynamics in mammalian terrestrial locomotion and explain how it influences the ....

Why Size Matters

From Bacteria to Blue Whales

John Tyler Bonner

John Tyler Bonner, one of our most distinguished and creative biologists, here offers a completely new perspective on the role of size in biology. In his hallmark friendly ....

Wildlife Medicine & Rehabilitation

Anna L Meredith and Emma J Keeble

Veterinarians increasingly encounter wildlife casualties in practice and have a duty of care for the welfare of the animals. This comprehensive and easy-to-use self assessment ....

Animal Evolution

Interrelationships of the Living Phyla

Claus Nielsen

Animal Evolution provides a comprehensive analysis of the evolutionary interrelationships and myriad diversity of the Animal Kingdom. It reviews the classical, ....

The Anthropology of Extinction

Essays on Culture and Species Death

Edited by Genese Marie Sodikoff

We live in an era marked by an accelerating rate of species death, but since the early days of the discipline, anthropology has contemplated the death of languages, cultural ....

The Complete World of Human Evolution

Chris Stringer and Peter Andrew

Human domination of our earth is now so complete that it is easy to forget how recently our role in the history of our planet began: the earliest apes evolved around 20 million ....

Evolution in Action

Natural History Through Spectacular Skeletons

Jean-Baptiste de Panafieu and Patrick Gries

Spectacular, mysterious, elegant, or grotesque, the vertebrate skeletons of Earth's fossil record carry within them the traces of several billion years of life. "Evolution ....

Evolution, Development, and the Predictable Genome

David L Stern

For too long, efforts to synthesize evolution and development have failed to build a united view of the origins and evolution of biological diversity. In this book, David ....

In the Light of Evolution

Essays from the Laboratory and Field

Edited by Jonathan B Losos

This volume is a collection of essays by leading scientists, and includes works by science writer Carl Zimmer, historian Janet Browne, and a foreword by journalist David ....

The Origin Then and Now

An Interpretive Guide to the "Origin of Species"

David N Reznick

Charles Darwin's "Origin of Species" is one of the most widely cited books in modern science. Yet tackling this classic can be daunting for students and general readers ....

The Tangled Bank

An Introduction to Evolution

Carl Zimmer

This book takes the reader on a fascinating journey into the latest discoveries about evolution. In the Canadian Arctic, paleontologists unearth fossils documenting the move ....

Advances in Ecological Research, Volume 44

Edited by Guy O Woodward

"Advances in Ecological Research" is one of the most successful series in the highly competitive field of ecology. Each volume publishes topical and important reviews, ....

Ecological Niches and Geographic Distributions

A Townsend Peterson et al

This book provides a first synthetic view of an emerging area of ecology and biogeography, linking individual- and population-level processes to geographic ....

Food Webs

Kevin S McCann

Human impacts are dramatically altering our natural ecosystems but the exact repercussions on ecological sustainability and function remain unclear. As a result, ....

Principles of Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology

F Stuart Chapin, Pamela A Matson and Peter Vitousek

Humans have directly modified half of the ice-free terrestrial surface and use 40% of terrestrial production. We are causing the sixth major extinction event in the history ....

Aralkum - a Man-made Desert

The Desiccated Floor of the Aral Sea (Central Asia)

S Breckle, W Wucherer and LA Dimeyeva

Having been the fourth largest lake on the globe roughly 50 years ago, today the Aral Sea no longer exists. Human activities caused its desiccation ....

The Ecology of the Fish Pond Ecosystem with Special Reference to Africa

G Delince

An understanding of the ecology of a fish pond is essential for the achievement of steady and high fish production in ponds. For the ecologist, the fish pond is a small ....

Endophytes of Forest Trees

Edited by Anna Maria Pirttila and A Carolin Frank

Found in every plant species, the diversity of endophytic micro-organisms can be extremely high within different plant organs and tissue types. In trees, their ....

Explorations into a Dynamic Process-Oriented Soil Science

Douglas Frink

The paradigm and models of traditional soil science lack the ability to adequately address issues of soil dynamics, environmental integration, and change. Unexplainable ....

Hainan Island: The Forest Vegetation of National Forest-ecosystem Natural Reserves

Yang Xiaobo

National Parks of Britain

Roly Smith

Celebrate the beauty of the British landscape with "National Parks of Britain". From the rugged and mountainous Cairngorms in Scotland to the open heathland and ancient expanses ....

Pelagic Nutrient Cycles

Herbivores as Sources and Sinks

Tom Andersen

An analysis of the interactions between pelagic food web processes and element cycling in lakes. While some findings are examined in terms of classical concepts from the ....

People's Dependency and Conservation Attitude

An Assessment for the Protected Area Management

Samir Kumar Sinha

The Valmiki Tiger Reserve in Bihar state of India is situated in the foothills of the Himalaya. It is surrounded by hundreds of villages, which exert tremendous biotic ....

Sand Dunes

Ecology, Geology and Conservation

Edited by Cory D Galvin

Sand dunes occur throughout the world, from arid desert regions to coastal and lakeshore plains. They are characterized by remarkable structure and patterns and provide habitats ....

Sand Dunes

Conservation, Types and Desertification

Edited by Jessica A Murphy

In this book, the authors present current research in the study of the conservation, types and desertification of sand dunes. Topics discussed include the aridisation, dune ....

Sea Level Rise, Coastal Engineering, Shorelines and Tides

Edited by Linda L Wright

Current sea level rise is due significantly to global warming, which will increase sea level over the coming century and longer periods. Increasing temperatures result in sea ....

Water, Food and Poverty in River Basins

Defining the Limits

Edited by Myles J Fisher and Simon E Cook

This book was published as a special issue of Water International. ....

A Year in the Woods

The Diary of a Forest Ranger

Colin Elford

Colin Elford spends his days alone - alone but for the deer, the squirrels, the rabbits, the birds and the many other creatures inhabiting the woods. From the crisp coldness of ....

Biodiversity Conservation in the Arabian Peninsula

Zoology in the Middle East, Supplementum 3, 2011

Philip Seddon, David Mallon and Mike Knight

Collection of articles forming a special supplement to the journal Zoology in the Middle East. ....

Eyes on the Endangered

Judith Kruger Martin

Experts estimate that 25% of all species in existence at this moment could be extinct, or extinct in the wild, within twenty years. If that surprises you, you're not alone. ....

International Illegal Trade in Wildlife

Threats and US Policy

Pervase Sheikh

This report focuses on the international trade in terrestrial fauna, largely excluding trade in illegal plants, including timber, and fish. ....

Making Conservation Work

Archi Rastogi, Ruchi Badola and Syed Ainul Hussain

The subject of this book was conceived when India's 'tiger crisis' was brewing in 2005. The country had just discovered that the tiger had become locally extinct from a premier ....

Rebuilding the Ark

New Perspectives on Endangered Species Act Reform

Jonathan Alder

Saving a Million Species

Extinction Risk from Climate Change

Edited by Lee Hannah and Thomas E Lovejoy

The research paper "Extinction Risk from Climate Change" published in the journal "Nature" in January 2004 created front-page headlines around the world. The notion that ....

Still Counting ...

Biodiversity Exploration for Conservation: The First 20 Years of the Rapid Assessment Program

Leeanne E Alonso et al

The Rapid Assessment Program (RAP) surveys have been a highly effective conservation tool for Conservation International and a multitude of partners. This exciting book ....

Stolen World

A Tale of Reptiles, Smugglers, and Skulduggery

Jennie Erin Smith

In this very disturbing and very entertaining chronicle of reptile smugglers, the collectors and zoo keepers who trade with them, and the federal agents who try to catch ....

What Zoos Can Do

The Leading Zoological Gardens of Europe 2010 - 2020

Anthony Sheridan

Never before have good zoological gardens been so important, in a world of increasing damage to and destruction of biodiversity, both as visitor attractions and as education ....

Adjudicating Climate Change

State, National, and International Approaches

Edited by William CG Burns and Hari M Osofsky

Courts have emerged as a crucial battleground in efforts to regulate climate change. Over the past several years, tribunals at every level of government around the world ....

Anoxia

Evidence for Eukaryote Survival and Paleontological Strategies

Edited by Alexander V Altenbach, Joan M Bernhard and Joseph Seckbach

Anoxia defines the lack of free molecular oxygen in an environment. In the presence of organic matter, anaerobic prokaryotes produce compounds such as free radicals, hydrogen ....

The Biology of Disturbed Habitats

Lawrence R Walker

This book provides the first global synthesis of the biology of disturbed habitats and offers readers both the conceptual underpinnings and practical advice required to ....

Cars, Climate and the EPA

Issues in Regulating Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Edited by Carolynne D Burgdoerfer

As Congress considers legislation to reduce the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that contribute to climate change, attention has focused on 'cap-and-trade' legislation. Such ....

Climate Change, the Indoor Environment, and Health

The indoor environment affects occupants' health and comfort. Poor environmental conditions and indoor contaminants are estimated to cost the U.S. economy tens of ....

Climate Cover-Up

The Crusade to Deny Global Warming

James Hoggan and Richard Littlemore

Talk of global warming is nearly inescapable these days - but there are some who believe the concept of climate change is an elaborate hoax. Despite the input of the world's ....

The Climate War

True Believers, Power Brokers, and the Fight to Save the Earth

Eric Pooley

This book presents the first-ever narrative of the American campaign to save the planet, a gripping story of the most important political battle of this generation - one that ....

Climate and the Oceans

Geoffrey K Vallis

The oceans exert a vital moderating influence on the Earth's climate system. They provide inertia to the global climate, essentially acting as the pacemaker of climate ....

Crop Stress Management and Global Climate Change

Jose Luis Araus and Gustavo A Slafer

Climate change is a diverse, multifactorial phenomenon, meaning that the agronomic strategies needed are case-specific and will have regional differences. This book ....

The Cryosphere

Shawn J Marshall

The cryosphere encompasses the Earth's snow and ice masses. It is a critical part of our planet's climate system, one that is especially at risk from climate change and global ....

Exploring Environmental History

Selected Essays

TC Smout

What is environmental history and how has it been studied in Britain? How have we regarded wild nature in the past? How has our exploitation of environmental resources ....

Fairness in International Climate Change Law and Policy

Friedrich Soltau

Originally published in 2009, this work analyses fairness dimensions of the climate regime. A central issue in international law and policy is how countries of the world ....

Greenhouse Gas Emission Scenarios for Use in Climate Based Response

Edited by Jacqueline L Aigner

This book presents research scenarios which are designed to stabilise the influence of a suite of greenhouse gases. This research was conducted using computer-based research ....

Integrated Air Quality Management

Asian Case Studies

Edited by Nguyen Thi Kim Oanh

The result of 10 years of research on the worsening of the air pollution problem in Asia's developing nations, this book provides an overview of air quality in six cities ....

Introduction to Modern Climate Change

Andrew Dessler

This textbook is tightly focused on the problem of anthropogenic climate change. It is unique among textbooks on climate change in that it combines an introduction of the ....

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. Scientists have ....

Transition to a Low-carbon Economy

Public Goals and Corporate Practices

OECD

Companies are increasingly aware of the need to address climate change. However, while many companies are taking action to address climate change, many others are still ....

1001 Celestial Wonders to See Before You Die

The Best Sky Objects for Star Gazers

Michael E Bakich

Many deep-sky objects that can appear quite wonderful in photographs can be hard to observe in the telescope. This book is your guide to the more interesting nebulae, star ....

The Book of Universes

John D Barrow

This is a book about universes. It tells a story that revolves around a single extraordinary fact: that Albert Einstein's famous theory of relativity describes a ....

Collins Night Sky

and Starfinder

Storm Dunlop and Wil Tirion

An introductory guide to navigating your way around the night sky and identifying what you can see on any given night. Designed as a comprehensive introduction for the ....

Cosmic Biology

How Life Could Evolve on Other Worlds

Louis N Irwin and Dirk Schulze-Makuch

In Cosmic Biology, Louis Irwin and Dirk Schulze-Makuch guide readers through the range of planetary habitats found in our Solar System and those likely to be found throughout ....

Cosmic Numbers

The Numbers That Define Our Universe

James D Stein

In "Cosmic Numbers", mathematics professor James Stein traces the discovery, evolution, and interrelationships of the great numbers that define our world. Some numbers, like ....

Cosmos Close-up

Giles Sparrow

Using a wealth of high-resolution images collected by a fleet of telescopes, satellites and inter-planetary probes, Cosmos Close-up embarks on a voyage across the universe, ....

Mathematics for the Environment

Walter Martin

Mathematics for the Environment shows how to employ simple mathematical tools, such as arithmetic, to uncover fundamental conflicts between the logic of human civilization and ....

Organic Matter in the Universe

Sun Kwok

Authored by an experienced writer and a well-known researcher of stellar evolution, interstellar matter and spectroscopy, this unique treatise on the formation and ....

The Paleogene and Neogene of Western Iberia (Portugal)

Joao Pais

This volume includes a general description of the Portuguese Cenozoic basins in the Iberian tectonic context. The main stratigraphic units, including sedimentological, ....

The Tectonics of China

Data, Maps and Evolution

Tianfeng Wan

Presents the regional geological and petroleum surveys of China, the author's original tectonic data, and research results of Chinese and international scientists (more than ....

Africa

Diversity and Development

Tony Binns, Alan Dixon and Etienne Nel

For many, Africa is regarded as a place of mystery and negative images, where reports of natural disasters and civil strife dominate media attention, with relatively little ....

Against Ecological Sovereignty

Ethics, Biopolitics and Saving the Natural World

Mick Smith

Against Ecological Sovereignty is a passionate defense of radical ecology that speaks directly to current debates concerning the nature, and dangers, of sovereign power. ....

Agricultural Development

Edited by Christopher B Barrett

Virtually all national cases of rapid, widespread progress from poverty to wealth have been causally associated with the transformation of agricultural systems. From ....

The Angler in the Environment

Social, Economic, Biological, and Ethical Dimensions

Edited by T Douglas Beard, Robert Arlinghaus and Stephen G Sutton

Based on papers presented at the 5th World Recreational Fishing Conference, this timely book focuses on the interactions between recreational anglers and the aquatic ....

Antioxidants and Functional Components in Aquatic Foods

Edited by HG Kristinsson

The Bioenergy and Water Nexus

UNEP

Energy and water are key to development: they were prerequisites for the first industrial revolution and they will be key to a new kind of 21st century development ....

The Biofuels Handbook

Edited by James G Speight et al

Petroleum-based fuels are well-established products that have served industry and consumers for more than one hundred years. However petroleum, once considered ....

Biology, Management and Culture of Walleye and Sauger

Edited by Bruce A Barton

This new compendium serves as a single comprehensive source of information on the biology, ecology, management, and culture of walleye and sauger in North America. ....

Bionanotechnology

Maheshwar Sharon and Madhuri Sharon

Highlighting the human applications of the science, this volume discusses the fundamental concepts and underlying science of bionanotechnology, and the ....

Carbon Footprints and Food Systems

Do Current Accounting Methodologies Disadvantage Developing Countries?

Paul Brenton, Gareth Edwards-Jones and Michael Friis Jensen

This report addresses carbon labeling schemes, a high-profile issue and one that has important economic implications for developing countries. Carbon accounting and labeling ....

EU Environmental Law

Ludwig Krämer

Essential for practitioners and academics who need to research, interpret and apply principles of environmental law, this work provides an insight into the origins and ....

Economic Valuation of Environmental Resources

A Case Study of the Central Zoo of Nepal

Tek Jung Mahat

Economic valuation is a frequently applied measure of resource conservation in the developed world and its use is growing in the developing countries. It mainly aims to ....

Economic impacts on fish stock resources in the case of climate change

economic impacts, bio-economics of fishery, climate change

Ahasan Habib

Climate change is now a scientifically established fact. Climate change is the most important issue whole over the world. With this change "possible economic impacts" has ....

Economics of Rebuilding Fisheries in Korea

Sang-Go Lee

The newly established fisheries rebuilding plan and its fisheries management policy are meaningful because they realize the limitations of the conventional fisheries management ....

Elimination of Micro-organisms by Drinking Water Treatment Processes

Wim Hijnen and Gertjan J Medema

The overall aim of this book is to present default values for the micro-organisms elimination or inactivation credit of universally used processes in water treatment (MEC ....

Environmental Aspects of Zoonotic Diseases

Robert Armon and Marion Savill

Environmental Aspects of Zoonotic Diseases provides a definitive description, commentary and research needs of environmental aspects related to zoonotic diseases. There are ....

Environmental Governance

James Evans

Climate change is prompting an unprecedented questioning of the fundamental bases upon which society is founded. Businesses claim that technology can save the environment, ....

Environmental Justice

Concepts, Evidence and Politics

Gordon Walker

Environmental justice has increasingly become part of the language of environmental activism, political debate, academic research and policy making around the world. It ....

Environmental Valuation in South Asia

A K Enamul Haque, M N Murty and Priya Shyamsundar

This book is about understanding the value of environmental services in South Asia. It provides an overview of different environmental problems in South Asia and examines how ....

Fisheries: While Stocks Last?

Patrick Love

The fish on your plate may have been caught by a high-tech trawler, trapped by a lone fisher, farmed along with tons of others, or even stolen by pirates. It may have been ....

Governing the Wild

Ecotours of Power

Stephanie Rutherford

Take four emblematic American scenes: the Hall of Biodiversity at the American Museum of Natural History in New York; Disney's Animal Kingdom theme park in Orlando; an ecotour ....

Greening Airports

Advanced Technology and Operations

Milan Janic

This book considers the greening of the entire air transport system - airports, air traffic control, and airlines - that could be achieved by the development and ....

Horticultural Reviews, Volume 35

Jules Janick

Horticultural Reviews presents state-of-the-art reviews on topics in horticultural science and technology covering both basic and applied research. Topics covered include ....

Horticultural Reviews, Volume 36

Jules Janick

Horticultural Reviews presents state-of-the-art reviews on topics in horticultural science and technology covering both basic and applied research. Topics covered include ....

Horticultural Reviews, Volume 37

Jules Janick

Horticultural Reviews, Volume 38

Jules Janick

Horticultural Reviews presents state-of-the-art reviews on topics in horticultural science and technology covering both basic and applied research. Topics covered include ....

Horticultural Reviews, Volume 39

Jules Janick

"Horticultural Reviews" presents state-of-the-art reviews on topics in horticultural science and technology covering both basic and applied research. It covers topics that ....

Hydrology

Larry W Mays

Larry Mays' Hydrology is a comprehensive text stressing fundamentals of hydrologic process for both surface water hydrology and groundwater hydrology. The text makes use ....

Inside Energy

Developing and Managing an ISO 50000 Energy Management System

Charles H Eccleston, Frederic March and Timothy Cohen

This book provides readers with practical information for understanding and developing an ISO 50000 Energy Management System (EnMS), including explaining in clear English the ....

Intellectual Property and Biotechnology

Edited by Arti Rai

In this timely volume Professor Arti Rai brings together a wide range of articles that reveal the important role of intellectual property law in the formation and development ....

International Documents on Environmental Liability

Hannes Descamps, Robin Slabbinck and Hubert Bocken

International Documents on Environmental Liability brings together 30 official full-text documents in the field of international environmental liability into an easily ....

The International Handbook on Non-Market Environmental Valuation

Edited by Jeff Bennett

Non-market environmental valuation (NMEV) is undergoing a period of increased growth in both application and development as a result of increasing recognition of the role of ....

An Introduction to Sustainable Development

Jennifer A Elliott

'A useful summary of the subject. Clear maps and figures and key information in boxes.' - Dr Howard Lee, Wye College, UK, on the second edition. ....

Joining a Nonprofit Board

What You Need to Know

Marc J Epstein and F Warren McFarlan

Often business executives serve (or are asked to serve) as board members of nonprofit organizations. However, without a clear understanding of how nonprofits work, service on ....

Lake Biwa

Interactions Between Nature and People

Edited by Hiroya Kawanabe, Machiko Nishino and Masayoshi Maehata

This book focuses on the long-term interactions between people and nature in and around Lake Biwa, one of the oldest lakes in the world. Accordingly, it not only covers the ....

Loving Animals

Toward a New Animal Advocacy

Kathy Rudy

The contemporary animal rights movement encompasses a wide range of sometimes-competing agendas from vegetarianism to animal liberation. For people for whom pets are family ....

Lyster's International Wildlife Law

Michael Bowman, Peter Davies and Catherine Redgwell

The development of international wildlife law has been one of the most significant exercises in international law-making during the last fifty years. The risk of wildlife ....

The New Rules of Green Marketing

Strategies, Tools, and Inspiration for Sustainable Branding

Jacquelyn A Ottman

For too long, marketers of sustainable goods and services have targeted "deep green" consumers to promote their products -- and they have little to show for their efforts. ....

The Plundered Planet

How to Reconcile Prosperity with Nature

Paul Collier

Paul Collier's "The Bottom Billion" had a profound impact on our thinking about global poverty. Now, with "The Plundered Planet", he has set himself an even more ambitious ....

Practical Flatfish Culture and Stock Enhancement

Edited by Harry V Daniels and Wade O Watanabe

Practical Flatfish Culture and Stock Enhancement is a key reference on culture methods, offering both practical applications and essential biological information. Throughout ....

Quantitative Methods to Assess Capacity of Water Treatment to Eliminate Micro-organisms

Wim Hijnen

Ever since the recognition of the important role of water in the transmission of pathogenic micro-organisms in the 19th century, microbiological safety of drinking water ....

Reducing U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Transportation Strategies

Edited by Anna K Vesely

This book examines greenhouse gas (GHG) emission levels and trends from the transportation sector and analyses the full range of strategies available to reduce ....

Reining in the Rio Grande

People, Land and Water

Fred M Phillips, G Emlen Hall and Mary Black

The Rio Grande was ancient long before the first humans reached its banks. These days, the highly regulated river looks nothing like it did to those early settlers. ....

Security of Industrial Water Supply and Management

Edited by Aysel T Atimtay and Subhas K Sikdar

Over time, the increased use of fresh water for agriculture and industry together with contamination from discharges of pollutants, mean that ever more areas of the planet are ....

Selection for Improved Disease Resistance in Fish

Selection to Raise Resistance in Farmed Fish Stock

Mohamed Megahed et al

The experience from working with the first controlled challenge test on disease resistance conducted in an applied breeding program for Nile tilapia (Oreochromis ....

Shifting Baselines

The Past and Future of Ocean Fisheries

Edited by Jeremy BC Jackson, Karen Alexander and Enric Sala

"Shifting Baselines" explores the real-world implications of a groundbreaking idea: we must understand the oceans of the past to protect the oceans of the future. In 1995, ....

Small Wind Turbines

Analysis, Design, and Application

David Wood

This volume provides a thorough grounding in analysing, designing, building, and installing a small wind turbine. Small turbines are introduced by emphasising their ....

Social Networks and Natural Resource Management

Uncovering the Social Fabric of Environmental Governance

Edited by Orjan Bodin and Christina Prell

Social Network Analysis (SNA), a quantitative approach to the study of social relations, has recently emerged as a key tool for understanding the governance of natural ....

Stochastic Modelling of Drinking Water Treatment in Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment

Patrick W M H Smeets

Safe drinking water is a basic need for all human beings. Preventing microbial contamination of drinking water is of primary concern since endemic illness and ....

Sustainable Fisheries

Multi-Level Approaches to a Global Problem

Edited by William W Taylor, Abigail J Lynch and Michael G Schechter

This book presents multi-level approaches to the problem of unsustainable fisheries and provides potential solutions to address it. It discusses the importance of fisheries ....

Technological Innovations in Major World Oil Crops, Volume 1

Breeding

Edited by S K Gupta

Major world oil crops and their products are among the most valuable commodity in today's world trade. Over the past couple of decades, oilseed production has increased ....

Tropical and Sub-tropical Reservoir Limnology in China

Theory and Practice

Edited by Bo-Ping Han and Zhengwen Liu

Reservoirs are specific aquatic ecosystems and have complex behaviors of both natural lakes and rivers, regulated significantly by their functions such as flood controlling, ....

Valuation of Regulating Services of Ecosystems

Methodology and Applications

Pushpam Kumar and Michael D Wood

Policy and management decisions are often made on financial grounds. However, the economic value of the benefits that people derive from ecosystems, that is, ecosystem ....

The Water Footprint of Modern Consumer Society

Arjen Y Hoekstra

People use lots of water for drinking, cooking and washing, but even more for producing things such as food, paper and cotton clothes. The water footprint is an indicator of ....

Water Resources and Environment

Edited by Bartolome Andreo

Provides a detailed introduction to the full range of advanced, multidisciplinary techniques used in the study of water resources from understanding individual aquifers ....

World Energy and Transition to Sustainable Development

Leo S Belyaev et al

This book presents the results of a study of long-term perspectives for energy development of the world and its main regions, performed at the Siberian Energy ....

Functional Coherence of Molecular Networks in Bioinformatics

Edited by Mehmet Koyuturk, Shankar Subramaniam and Ananth Grama

A fundamental problem in life sciences is the characterization of biological function. In medical sciences, understanding the bases of functional anomalies holds the key to ....

Geostatistics: Modeling Spatial Uncertainty

Jean-Paul Chiles

This second edition of one of the best-selling books on geostatistics provides thorough updates from two authoritative authors with over twenty years of experience in the ....

The R Primer

Claus Thorn Ekstrom

Newcomers to R are often intimidated by the command-line interface, the vast number of functions and packages, or the processes of importing data and performing a simple ....

Regression Methods in Biostatistics

Linear, Logistic, Survival, and Repeated Measures Models

Eric Vittinghoff, David V Glidden, Stephen C Shiboski and Charle McCulloch

Here is a unified, readable introduction to multipredictor regression methods in biostatistics, including linear models for continuous outcomes, logistic models for ....

Remote Sensing of Protected Lands

Edited by Yeqiao Wang

Providing a suite of remote sensing-based approaches for dealing with the inventory and monitoring of protected lands around the world, this book addresses contemporary issues ....

Vegetation Description and Data Analysis

A Practical Approach

Martin Kent and Paddy Coker

This book is a modern manual of techniques for describing and analysing plant-life in an ecological context. It provides a step-by-step introduction to the whole range of ....

The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles

Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins and Michael Grayson

Who was Richard Kemp, after whom the Kemp's ridley sea turtle is named? Is Wake's Gecko named after Berkeley's Marvalee Wake? Or perhaps her husband, David? Why do so many ....

Handbook of Scientific Proposal Writing

A Yavuz Oruc

Written for students and researchers of mathematics, chemistry, and biology, this reference offers a holistic approach to conceiving and then converting new ideas into ....

Successful Science Communication

Telling It Like It Is

Edited by David J Bennett and Richard C Jennings

In the 25 years since the 'Bodmer Report' kick-started the public understanding of science movement, there has been something of a revolution in science communication. ....