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The Manueline. Portuguese Art during the Great Discoveries

by Pedro Dias, Dalila Rodrigues, Fernando Grilo, Nuno Vassallo e Silva ...

The Manueline: Portuguese Art during the Great Discoveries reveals the splendours of an era that brought Portugal into the Modern Age.Against the backdrop of fruitful maritime exploration, King Manuel I and the Church launched a golden era of artistic patronage without precedent in the Portuguese kingdom. Broadly spanning the period between 1490 and 1540, the Manueline combined the Portuguese Late ... Read more

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The Manueline: Portuguese Art during the Great Discoveries reveals the splendours of an era that brought Portugal into the Modern Age.Against the backdrop of fruitful maritime exploration, King Manuel I and the Church launched a golden era of artistic patronage without precedent in the Portuguese kingdom. Broadly spanning the period between 1490 and 1540, the Manueline combined the Portuguese Late
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Plant Invasions

The Role of Biotic Interactions

by Ashish Adhikari, Marcelo A. Aizen, Warwick J. Allen, Christophe Baltzinger, Iain R. Caldwell, Regan M. Callaway, Jane A. Catford, Lohengrin A Cavieres, Keith Clay, Julie A Coetzee0, Robert I Colautti1, Carla M. D’Antonio2, John L. Devaney3, M. Celeste Díaz Vélez4, Professor Colleen T Downs5, Carine Emer6, Fernando Fernanda Ribeiro da Silva7, Ana E. Ferreras8, S. Luke Flory9, Erica M. Goss0, Philip F. Harmon1, Ruben H Heleno2, Martin P. Hill3, Robert D. Holt4, Richard Honor5, Cang Hui6, Christopher N. Kaiser-Bunbury7, Amy E Kendig8, Peter M Kotanen9, Sara E. Kuebbing0, Pietro Landi1, Guillaume Latombe2, Brett R. Lane3, Johannes J. Le Roux4, Nathan P Lemoine5, Jacob. E. Lucero6, Ana Montero-Castaño7, Lindelwa S. Msweli8, Valeria Paiaro9, John D. Parker0, Marco Aurélio Pizo1, Evan M Rehm2, Ushma Shukla3, Benno I Simmons4, Lauren M. Smith-Ramesh5, Sérgio Timóteo6, Christopher M Wojan7, Stephanie G. Yelenik8, David M. Richardson0, Elizabeth M. Wandrag1 ...

Series series CABI Invasives Series
There are many books on aspects of plant invasions, but none that focus on the key role of species interactions in mediating invasions. This book reviews exciting new findings and explores how new methods and tools are shedding new light on crucial processes in plant invasions. In 23 chapters, with contributions from 51 authors, the book addresses: · the main theories and hypotheses in plant ... Read more

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There are many books on aspects of plant invasions, but none that focus on the key role of species interactions in mediating invasions. This book reviews exciting new findings and explores how new methods and tools are shedding new light on crucial processes in plant invasions. In 23 chapters, with contributions from 51 authors, the book addresses: · the main theories and hypotheses in plant
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Managing Visitor Experiences in Nature-based Tourism

by Mick Abbott, Karl Agius, Mary E. Allen, George Ariya, Rocío Blanco-Gregory, Cameron Boyle, Robert C. Burns, Kadir Çakar, Eugenio Conti, Fernando Enseñat-Soberanis, Sonia Ferrari, Peter Fredman, Azizul Hassan, Stuart Hayes, Nicolaia Iaffaldano, Woody Lee, Tiago Lopes, Brent Lovelock, Andrés Ried Luci, Lusine Margaryan, Johnathan Mondragón-Mejía, Ana Goytia Prat, Haywantee Ramkissoon, Francisco Silva, Jeffrey C. Skibins, Ismail Uzut ...

This book focuses on the experiences of tourists visiting nature-based destinations, exploring current knowledge and providing insights into conceptual issues through the use of empirical evidence from five continents. Presented as three topics, the contents discuss tourism and nature-based experiences by looking at the role and relevance of nature and the uniqueness of such experiences. The book ... Read more

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This book focuses on the experiences of tourists visiting nature-based destinations, exploring current knowledge and providing insights into conceptual issues through the use of empirical evidence from five continents. Presented as three topics, the contents discuss tourism and nature-based experiences by looking at the role and relevance of nature and the uniqueness of such experiences. The book
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Achieving sustainable cultivation of bananas Volume 2

Germplasm and genetic improvement

by Emeritus Prof. Hans de Jong, Dr Jeff Daniells, Dr Steven B. Janssens, Dr Valentin Guignon, Dr Julie Sardos, Dr D. Karamura, Dr W. Ocimati, Dr Guy Blomme, Dr J. G. Adheka, Dr C. Sivirihauma, Dr E. Karamura1, Dr Bart Panis2, Dr Simon Kallow3, Dr Sebastien Massart4, Dr Ines Van den Houwe5, Dr Nicolas Roux6, Dr Kathy Crew7, Dr F. Bakry8, Dr Mike Smith9, Dr J. P. Horry0, Dr C. Jenny1, Dr Delphine Amah2, Prof David W. Turner3, Dr D. Jane Gibbs4, Dr Allan Waniale5, Dr Gil Gram6, Dr Rony Swennen7, Prof Eli Khayat8, Dr Edson Amorim9, Dr Michael Pillay0, Dr Vanusia Batista de Oliveira Amorim1, Dr Manassés dos Santos Silva2, Dr Fernando Haddad3, Dr Claudia Fortes Ferreira4, Janay Almeida dos Santos Serejo5, Prof James Dale6, Dr W. K. Tushemereirwe7, Dr Robert Harding8, Dr Sebastien Carpentier9, Dr David Eyland0, Dr Fajarudin Ahmad1, Dr Henk Schouten2, Dr Hugo A. Volkaert3, Prof Gert H. J. Kema4, Dr D. B. Dhed’a6, Dr John E. Thomas7, Dr Luiz Brito8 ...

Series Book 86 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
Focus on key issues in expanding the genetic base for Musa, including, exploiting current collections of germplasm and collecting and evaluating wild Musa species and landracesCovers methods for improving fertility, resistance and other traits in CavendishReviews the range of conventional and modern molecular techniques for breeding new banana varieties ... Read more

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Focus on key issues in expanding the genetic base for Musa, including, exploiting current collections of germplasm and collecting and evaluating wild Musa species and landracesCovers methods for improving fertility, resistance and other traits in CavendishReviews the range of conventional and modern molecular techniques for breeding new banana varieties
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Lima Barreto

New Critical Perspectives

by Paulo da-Luz-Moreira, Robert Anderson, Talia Gúzman-González, Luiz Fernando Valente, Vivaldo A. Santos, Earl E. Fitz, Renata R. M. Wasserman, Nelson H. Vieira, Lilia Moritz Schwarcz, Marc A. Hertzman, Mário Higa, Emanuelle K. F. Oliveira ...

This edited volume is a collection of twelve interdisciplinary essays from various Brazilian literary scholars, historians, and anthropologists analyzing the work of 19th- and 20th-century Afro-Brazilian writer Afonso Henriques de Lima Barreto. This is the first collection to present a cohesive analysis of this writer’s work in English. It is an intellectually diverse collection of essays that ... Read more

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This edited volume is a collection of twelve interdisciplinary essays from various Brazilian literary scholars, historians, and anthropologists analyzing the work of 19th- and 20th-century Afro-Brazilian writer Afonso Henriques de Lima Barreto. This is the first collection to present a cohesive analysis of this writer’s work in English. It is an intellectually diverse collection of essays that
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Quality of Information and Communications Technology

13th International Conference, QUATIC 2020, Faro, Portugal, September 9–11, 2020, Proceedings

Edited by Martin Shepperd, Fernando Brito e Abreu, Alberto Rodrigues da Silva, Ricardo Pérez-Castillo ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on the Quality of Information and Communications Technology, QUATIC 2020, held in Faro, Portugal*, in September 2020.The 27 full papers and 12 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 81 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections: quality aspects in machine learning, AI and data ... Read more

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on the Quality of Information and Communications Technology, QUATIC 2020, held in Faro, Portugal*, in September 2020.The 27 full papers and 12 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 81 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections: quality aspects in machine learning, AI and data
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Brazil in the Geopolitics of Amazonia and Antarctica

by Adriana Marcos Vivoni, Andrei Polejack, Andrés Zarankin, Carina Costa de Oliveira, Carlos Alfredo Lazary Teixeira, Everton Vieira Vargas, Gilberto Fernando Fisch, Jose Antonio Marengo Orsini, Luiz Henrique Rosa, Marcia Bezerra, Maria Lucia Marques da Fonseca, Rodrigo Augusto Lima de Medeiros, Carlos Henrique Rubens Tomé Silva, Flávio Helmold Macieira, Leandra Regina Gonçalves, Luiz Octávio Gavião, Paulo E.A.S. Câmara ...

The book presents a comprehensive and original analysis from a Brazilian perspective of both traditional and emerging topics related to the so-called “El Dorados of the 21st century”: Amazonia and Antarctica. By gathering distinguished scholars, the resulting set of high-level findings, stemming from multiple epistemological standpoints, provides important and innovative insights into the wide ... Read more

$89.09 USD

The book presents a comprehensive and original analysis from a Brazilian perspective of both traditional and emerging topics related to the so-called “El Dorados of the 21st century”: Amazonia and Antarctica. By gathering distinguished scholars, the resulting set of high-level findings, stemming from multiple epistemological standpoints, provides important and innovative insights into the wide
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Biological Control

Global Impacts, Challenges and Future Directions of Pest Management

Edited by Peter G. Mason ...

Biological Control: Global Impacts, Challenges and Future Directions of Pest Management provides a historical summary of organisms and main strategies used in biological control, as well as the key challenges confronting biological control in the 21st century.Biological control has been implemented for millennia, initially practised by growers moving beneficial species from one local area to ... Read more

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Biological Control: Global Impacts, Challenges and Future Directions of Pest Management provides a historical summary of organisms and main strategies used in biological control, as well as the key challenges confronting biological control in the 21st century.Biological control has been implemented for millennia, initially practised by growers moving beneficial species from one local area to
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The Evolutionary Ecology of Invasive Species

by Johannes Le Roux ...

The Evolutionary Ecology of Invasive Species offers new insights into the mechanisms that underlie rapid evolution in these species. The book provides a comprehensive overview of achievements in the field during the boom of information over the past two decades and includes discussions of possible future directions for the study of evolution in invasive species. Written by an international expert ... Read more

$107.99 USD

The Evolutionary Ecology of Invasive Species offers new insights into the mechanisms that underlie rapid evolution in these species. The book provides a comprehensive overview of achievements in the field during the boom of information over the past two decades and includes discussions of possible future directions for the study of evolution in invasive species. Written by an international expert
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Restoration Ecology

The New Frontier

Edited by Jelte van Andel, James Aronson ...

Enlarged, enhanced and internationalized edition of the first restoration ecology textbook to be published, with foreword by Dr. Steven Whisnant of Texas A&M University and Chair of the Society of Ecological Restoration.Since 2006, when the first edition of this book appeared, major advances have taken place in restoration science and in the practice of ecological restoration. Both are now ... Read more

$86.00 USD

Enlarged, enhanced and internationalized edition of the first restoration ecology textbook to be published, with foreword by Dr. Steven Whisnant of Texas A&M University and Chair of the Society of Ecological Restoration.Since 2006, when the first edition of this book appeared, major advances have taken place in restoration science and in the practice of ecological restoration. Both are now
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Efficient Screening Techniques to Identify Mutants with TR4 Resistance in Banana

Protocols

Edited by Joanna Jankowicz-Cieslak, Ivan L. Ingelbrecht ...

Bananas are a staple food for over 500 million people and are also an important cash crop. Fusarium wilt, caused by the fungus Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense, is one of the most destructive diseases of banana globally. Since the 1990s, an aggressive variant of this fungus, called Tropical Race 4 (TR4), severely affected banana plantations in Southeast Asia from where it spread to other ... Read more

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Bananas are a staple food for over 500 million people and are also an important cash crop. Fusarium wilt, caused by the fungus Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense, is one of the most destructive diseases of banana globally. Since the 1990s, an aggressive variant of this fungus, called Tropical Race 4 (TR4), severely affected banana plantations in Southeast Asia from where it spread to other
... Read more
Soil Ecology and Ecosystem Services

Edited by Diana H. Wall, Richard D. Bardgett, Valerie Behan-Pelletier, Jeffrey E. Herrick, T. Hefin Jones, Johan Six, Donald R. Strong, Wim H. van der Putten, Karl Ritz ...

This multi-contributor, international volume synthesizes contributions from the world's leading soil scientists and ecologists, describing cutting-edge research that provides a basis for the maintenance of soil health and sustainability. The book covers these advances from a unique perspective of examining the ecosystem services produced by soil biota across different scales - from biotic ... Read more

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This multi-contributor, international volume synthesizes contributions from the world's leading soil scientists and ecologists, describing cutting-edge research that provides a basis for the maintenance of soil health and sustainability. The book covers these advances from a unique perspective of examining the ecosystem services produced by soil biota across different scales - from biotic
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