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  • Whales and Dolphins

    Cognition, Culture, Conservation and Human Perceptions

    Edited by Philippa Brakes, Mark Peter Simmonds ...
    Series series Earthscan Oceans
    Whales and dolphins are icons for the conservation movement. They are the most conspicuous ambassadors for entire marine ecosystems and possibly even for the biosphere as a whole. Concurrent with our realisation of impending threats to their environment is a growing scientific understanding of the social and cognitive complexity of many of these species.This book brings together experts in the ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

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  • Darwin Among The Machines

    The Evolution Of Global Intelligence

    by George B. Dyson ...
    As timely now as it was when it was first published in 1997, Darwin Among the Machines tells the story of humankind's long journey into the digital age. Historian of technology George Dyson traces the course of the information revolution, illuminating the lives and work of visionaries -- from Thomas Hobbes to John von Neumann -- who foresaw the development of artificial intelligence, artificial ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Ireland

    A Smithsonian Natural History

    by Michael Viney ...
    Ireland conjures up images of nature's majesty: sweeping coastlines, rolling green hills, and secluded peat bogs and marshlands. A place of legendary beauty, it is also a land with a rich natural history. Michael Viney invites us to discover the geologic forces that created the island, peer into the famous bone caves that hold unique clues about animals from long ago, and experience the dramatic ... Read more

    $18.99 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

  • Biocultural Diversity Conservation

    A Global Sourcebook

    by Luisa Maffi, Ellen Woodley ...
    The field of biocultural diversity is emerging as a dynamic, integrative approach to understanding the links between nature and culture and the interrelationships between humans and the environment at scales from the global to the local. Its multifaceted contributions have ranged from theoretical elaborations, to mappings of the overlapping distributions of biological and cultural diversity, to ... Read more

    Was $84.99 USD Now $71.99 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

    $287.09 USD

  • Plant Microbes Symbiosis: Applied Facets

    Edited by Naveen Kumar Arora ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Plants form mutualistic association with various microorganisms, particularly in the rhizosphere region. The association benefits both the partners in a number of ways. A single plant can support the growth of diverse microbes and in reciprocation these microbes help the plant in several ways. A great deal of knowledge is now available on the mechanisms of action of plant growth promoting microbes ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Landslide Ecology

    by Lawrence R. Walker, Aaron B. Shiels ...
    Series series Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation
    Despite their often dangerous and unpredictable nature, landslides provide fascinating templates for studying how soil organisms, plants and animals respond to such destruction. The emerging field of landslide ecology helps us understand these responses, aiding slope stabilisation and restoration and contributing to the progress made in geological approaches to landslide prediction and mitigation. ... Read more

    $62.39 USD

  • The Balance of Nature and Human Impact

    Edited by Klaus Rohde ...
    It is clear that nature is undergoing rapid changes as a result of human activities such as industry, agriculture, travel, fisheries and urbanisation. What effects do these activities have? Are they disturbing equilibria in ecological populations and communities, thus upsetting the balance of nature, or are they enhancing naturally occurring disequilibria, perhaps with even worse consequences? It ... Read more

    $76.29 USD

  • Biodiversity and the Law

    Intellectual Property, Biotechnology and Traditional Knowledge

    by Charles R. McManis ...
    How do we promote global economic development, while simultaneously preserving local biological and cultural diversity? This authoritative volume, written by leading legal experts and biological and social scientists from around the world, aims to address this question in all of its complexity. The first part of the book focuses on biodiversity and examines what we are losing, why and what is to ... Read more

    $110.99 USD

  • Wild Crop Relatives: Genomic and Breeding Resources

    Forest Trees

    Edited by Chittaranjan Kole ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Wild crop relatives are now playing a significant part in the elucidation and improvement of the genomes of their cultivated counterparts. This work includes comprehensive examinations of the status, origin, distribution, morphology, cytology, genetic diversity and available genetic and genomic resources of numerous wild crop relatives, as well as of their evolution and phylogenetic relationship. ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • An Introduction to Phytoplanktons: Diversity and Ecology

    by Ruma Pal, Avik Kumar Choudhury ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    The book , ‘An Introduction to Phytoplanktons - Diversity and Ecology’ is very useful as it covers wide aspects of phytoplankton study including the general idea about cyanobacteria and algal kingdom. It contains different topics related to very basic idea of phytoplanktons such as, types ,taxonomic description and the key for identification etc. Together with it, very modern aspects of ... Read more

    $143.09 USD