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  • Biodiversity and Conservation of the Yucatán Peninsula

    Edited by Gerald Alexander Islebe, Sophie Calmé, Jorge L. León-Cortés, Birgit Schmook ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book provides information relevant for the conservation of biodiversity and the sound management of the coastal and forest ecosystems of the Yucatan Peninsula in the face of global change. Various aspects of the biodiversity of the Yucatan Peninsula are analyzed in an integrative manner, including phenological, ecophysiological, ecological and conservation aspects of plants and animals and ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

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  • Mother of God

    An Extraordinary Journey into the Uncharted Tributaries of the Western Amazon

    by Paul Rosolie ...
    “An old-fashioned jungle adventure, one with rare immediacy and depth of feeling for the people and creatures [Rosolie] encounters.” —Wall Street JournalFor fans of The Lost City of Z, Walking the Amazon, and Turn Right at Machu Picchu comes naturalist and explorer Paul Rosolie’s extraordinary jungle adventure in the uncharted tributaries of the Western Amazon—a true adventure story of discovery ... Read more

    $15.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Randomness in Evolution

    by John Tyler Bonner ...
    The important role that randomness plays in evolutionary changeJohn Tyler Bonner, one of our most distinguished and insightful biologists, here challenges a central tenet of evolutionary biology. In this concise, elegantly written book, he makes the bold and provocative claim that some biological diversity may be explained by something other than natural selection.With his customary wit and ... Read more

    $29.59 USD

  • Islands Beyond the Horizon

    The life of twenty of the world's most remote places

    by Roger Lovegrove ...
    Islands have an irresistible attraction and an enduring appeal. Naturalist Roger Lovegrove has visited many of the most remote islands in the world, and in this book he takes the reader to twenty that fascinate him the most. Some are familiar but most are little known; they range from the storm-bound island of South Georgia and the ice-locked Arctic island of Wrangel to the wind-swept, wave-lashed ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Diversity: Your Workplace Challenge

    by Shan S. Simpson, Mohammadali Saleh ...
    Authors Shan Simpson & Mohammadali Saleh walk us through topics related to workplace issues such as diversity, the Ontarians with Disabilities Act, and safety. This book includes two exclusive articles by Journey to Diversity Workplaces blogger Shan Simpson. ... Read more

    $3.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Facing the Wild

    Ecotourism, Conservation and Animal Encounters

    by Chilla Bulbeck ...
    What do wild animals mean to humans? Will they survive both rampant habitat loss and extinction caused by human encroachment and, as ecotourists, our enthusiasm for them? With ecotourism now the fastest growing segment of tourism, and encounters with wild animals - be it swimming with dolphins, going on safari or bird watching - ever more popular, these are critical questions. Yet until now little ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Rumen Microbiology: From Evolution to Revolution

    Edited by Devki Nandan Kamra, Rameshwar Singh, Anil Kumar Puniya ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book offers an in-depth description of different groups of microbes (i.e. bacteria, protozoa, fungi and viruses) that exist in the rumen microbial community, and offers an overview of rumen microbiology, the rumen microbial ecosystem of domesticated ruminants, and rumen microbial diversity. It provides the latest concepts on rumen microbiology for scholars, researchers and teachers of animal ... Read more

    $188.09 USD

  • What's So Good About Biodiversity?

    A Call for Better Reasoning About Nature's Value

    by Donald S. Maier ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    There has been a deluge of material on biodiversity, starting from a trickle back in the mid-1980's. However, this book is entirely unique in its treatment of the topic. It is unique in its meticulously crafted, scientifically informed, philosophical examination of the norms and values that are at the heart of discussions about biodiversity. And it is unique in its point of view, which is the ... Read more

    $287.99 USD

  • Evolution in the Dark

    Darwin's Loss Without Selection

    by Horst Wilkens, Ulrike Strecker ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book provides fascinating insights into the development and genetics of evolutionary processes on the basis of animals living in the dark, such as the Astyanax cave fish.Biologically functionless traits show high variability, which results from neutral deleterious mutations no longer being eliminated by natural selection, which normally acts to preserve functional capability. These negative ... Read more

    $143.99 USD

  • Stitching the West Back Together

    Conservation of Working Landscapes

    Edited by Susan Charnley, Thomas E. Sheridan, Gary P. Nabhan ...
    Series series Summits: Environmental Science, Law, and Policy
    News headlines would often have us believe that conservationists are inevitably locked in conflict with the people who live and work on the lands they seek to protect. Not so. Across the western expanses of the United States, conservationists, ranchers, and forest workers are bucking preconceptions to establish common ground. As they join together to protect the wide open spaces, diverse habitats, ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • Edible Medicinal And Non-Medicinal Plants

    Volume 5, Fruits

    by T. K. Lim ...
    This book continues as volume 5 of a multicompendium on Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants. It covers edible fruits/seeds used fresh, cooked or processed as vegetables, cereals, spices, stimulant, edible oils and beverages. It covers selected species from the following families: Apiaceae, Brassicaceae, Chenopodiaceae, Cunoniaceae, Lythraceae, Papaveraceae, Poaceae, Polygalaceae, ... Read more

    $314.99 USD

  • Ethnobotany and Biocultural Diversities in the Balkans

    Perspectives on Sustainable Rural Development and Reconciliation

    Edited by Andrea Pieroni, Cassandra L. Quave ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This volume addresses recent and ongoing ethnobotanical studies in the Balkans. The book focuses on elaborating the relevance of such studies for future initiatives in this region, both in terms of sustainable and peaceful (trans-regional, trans-cultural) rural development. A multi-disciplinary viewpoint is utilized, with an incorporation of historical, ethnographic, linguistic, biological, ... Read more

    $143.09 USD