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Invasive Species and Global Climate Change

by Samantha Ahdoot, Charles T. Bargeron, Jinyoung Barnaby, Matthew Barnes, Heath Beckett, Ryan A. Beshai, Dana Blumenthal, Bethany Bradley, James A. Bunce, David R. Clements, Peter Convey, Aron Jozsef Deak, Hilda Diaz-Soltero, Toni DiTommaso, Katelyn T. Faulkner, Greg Forbes, Karen Garrett, Rachel M. Gentile, Beth Gillespie, Laura E. Grieneisen, Andrew Paul Gutierrez, Amy K. Henry, John F. Hernandez Nopsa, Michael P. Hoffmann, Terri Hogan, Kevin Hughes, Charlene Janion-Scheepers, Catherine Catherine, Julie A. Kray, Christine A. Lipsky, Samuel A. Mahanes, Makra Laszlo, Steven T. Manning, István Matyasovszky, John Measey, Guy F. Midgley, Emma Nikkel, Aaron I. Plex Sulá, Luigi Ponti, Racine E. Rangel, David M. Richardson, Jennifer L. Sieracki, Cecilia Sorensen, Cascade Sorte, Josie South, Sara Thomas-Sharma, Nicola J. van Wilgen, Eduardo Ventosa, Heidi R. Waite, Rebekah D. Wallace, John D Waugh, Randy Westbrooks, David W Wolfe, Julie Wolf, John Wullschleger, Stephen L. Young, Tamara B. Robinson ...

Series series CABI Invasives Series
This book addresses topics related to the impact of invasive species including biosecurity, demographics, species diversity and food security. It is meant for researchers, upper-level students, and policy makers and provides a factual basis for the underlying science and a discussion of that information with respect to current and future impacts and possible solutions. This book explores the nexus ... Read more

$117.99 USD

This book addresses topics related to the impact of invasive species including biosecurity, demographics, species diversity and food security. It is meant for researchers, upper-level students, and policy makers and provides a factual basis for the underlying science and a discussion of that information with respect to current and future impacts and possible solutions. This book explores the nexus
... Read more
Our Changing Menu

Climate Change and the Foods We Love and Need

by Michael P. Hoffmann, Carrie Koplinka-Loehr, Danielle L. Eiseman ...

Our Changing Menu helps us understand how to think about food, rather than what to think. The diversity of the co-authors' experiences is woven together to create awareness and help us get involved in improving our diets, while reducing food waste and food's impacts on climate change and the planet.— Jason Clay, Senior Vice President, Markets, World Wildlife FundOur Changing Menuunpacks the ... Read more

$14.29 USD

Our Changing Menu helps us understand how to think about food, rather than what to think. The diversity of the co-authors' experiences is woven together to create awareness and help us get involved in improving our diets, while reducing food waste and food's impacts on climate change and the planet.— Jason Clay, Senior Vice President, Markets, World Wildlife FundOur Changing Menuunpacks the
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Biodiversity Change and Human Health

From Ecosystem Services to Spread of Disease

by Scope ...

Series series SCOPE Series
Biodiversity Change and Human Health brings together leading experts from the natural science and social science realms as well as the medical community to explore the explicit linkages between human-driven alterations of biodiversity and documented impacts of those changes on human health. The book utilizes multidisciplinary approaches to explore and address the complex interplay between natural ... Read more

$44.69 USD

Biodiversity Change and Human Health brings together leading experts from the natural science and social science realms as well as the medical community to explore the explicit linkages between human-driven alterations of biodiversity and documented impacts of those changes on human health. The book utilizes multidisciplinary approaches to explore and address the complex interplay between natural
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Biodiversity

An Introduction

by Kevin J. Gaston, John I. Spicer ...

This concise introductory text provides a complete overview of biodiversity - what it is, how it arose, its distribution, why it is important, human impact upon it, and what should be done to maintain it.Timely overview of the serious attempts made to quantify and describe biodiversity in a scientific wayActs as an easy entry point into the primary literatureProvides real-world examples of key ... Read more

$83.00 USD

This concise introductory text provides a complete overview of biodiversity - what it is, how it arose, its distribution, why it is important, human impact upon it, and what should be done to maintain it.Timely overview of the serious attempts made to quantify and describe biodiversity in a scientific wayActs as an easy entry point into the primary literatureProvides real-world examples of key
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Inconspicuous Consumption

The Environmental Impact You Don't Know You Have

by Tatiana Schlossberg ...

*First Place Winner of the Society of Environmental Journalists' Rachel Carson Environment Book Award*"If you're looking for something to cling to in what often feels like a hopeless conversation, Schlossberg's darkly humorous, knowledge-is-power, eyes-wide-open approach may be just the thing."--VogueFrom a former New York Times science writer, this urgent call to action will empower you to stand ... Read more

$11.99 USD

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*First Place Winner of the Society of Environmental Journalists' Rachel Carson Environment Book Award*"If you're looking for something to cling to in what often feels like a hopeless conversation, Schlossberg's darkly humorous, knowledge-is-power, eyes-wide-open approach may be just the thing."--VogueFrom a former New York Times science writer, this urgent call to action will empower you to stand
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Second Growth

The Promise of Tropical Forest Regeneration in an Age of Deforestation

by Robin L. Chazdon ...

For decades, conservation and research initiatives in tropical forests have focused almost exclusively on old-growth forests because scientists believed that these “pristine” ecosystems housed superior levels of biodiversity. With Second Growth, Robin L. Chazdon reveals those assumptions to be largely false, bringing to the fore the previously overlooked counterpart to old-growth forest: second ... Read more

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For decades, conservation and research initiatives in tropical forests have focused almost exclusively on old-growth forests because scientists believed that these “pristine” ecosystems housed superior levels of biodiversity. With Second Growth, Robin L. Chazdon reveals those assumptions to be largely false, bringing to the fore the previously overlooked counterpart to old-growth forest: second
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The Vertical Farm

Feeding the World in the 21st Century

by Dickson Despommier, Gene A. Giacomelli ...

"The vertical farm is a world-changing innovation whose time has come. Dickson Despommier's visionary book provides a blueprint for securing the world's food supply and at the same time solving one of the gravest environmental crises facing us today."--StingImagine a world where every town has their own local food source, grown in the safest way possible, where no drop of water or particle of ... Read more

$14.39 USD

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"The vertical farm is a world-changing innovation whose time has come. Dickson Despommier's visionary book provides a blueprint for securing the world's food supply and at the same time solving one of the gravest environmental crises facing us today."--StingImagine a world where every town has their own local food source, grown in the safest way possible, where no drop of water or particle of
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Sterile Insect Technique

Principles And Practice In Area-Wide Integrated Pest Management

Edited by Victor A. Dyck, Jorge Hendrichs, A.S. Robinson ...

The sterile insect technique (SIT) is an environment-friendly method of pest control that integrates well into area-wide integrated pest management (AW-IPM) programmes. This book takes a generic, thematic, comprehensive, and global approach in describing the principles and practice of the SIT. The strengths and weaknesses, and successes and failures, of the SIT are evaluated openly and fairly from ... Read more

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The sterile insect technique (SIT) is an environment-friendly method of pest control that integrates well into area-wide integrated pest management (AW-IPM) programmes. This book takes a generic, thematic, comprehensive, and global approach in describing the principles and practice of the SIT. The strengths and weaknesses, and successes and failures, of the SIT are evaluated openly and fairly from
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Invasion Ecology

by Julie L. Lockwood, Martha F. Hoopes, Michael P. Marchetti ...

This new edition of Invasion Ecology provides a comprehensive and updated introduction to all aspects of biological invasion by non-native species. Highlighting important research findings associated with each stage of invasion, the book provides an overview of the invasion process from transportation patterns and causes of establishment success to ecological impacts, invader management, and post ... Read more

$76.00 USD

This new edition of Invasion Ecology provides a comprehensive and updated introduction to all aspects of biological invasion by non-native species. Highlighting important research findings associated with each stage of invasion, the book provides an overview of the invasion process from transportation patterns and causes of establishment success to ecological impacts, invader management, and post
... Read more
Harvest for Hope

A Guide to Mindful Eating

by Jane Goodall, Gary McAvoy, Gail Hudson ...

From world-renowned scientist Jane Goodall, as seen in the National Geographic documentary Jane, comes a provocative look into the ways we can positively impact the world by changing our eating habits."One of those rare, truly great books that can change the world." —John Robbins, author of The Food RevolutionThe renowned scientist who fundamentally changed the way we view primates and our ... Read more

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From world-renowned scientist Jane Goodall, as seen in the National Geographic documentary Jane, comes a provocative look into the ways we can positively impact the world by changing our eating habits."One of those rare, truly great books that can change the world." —John Robbins, author of The Food RevolutionThe renowned scientist who fundamentally changed the way we view primates and our
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Invasive Species in Forests and Rangelands of the United States

A Comprehensive Science Synthesis for the United States Forest Sector

Edited by Therese M. Poland, Toral Patel-Weynand, Deborah M. Finch, Chelcy Ford Miniat, Deborah C. Hayes, Vanessa M. Lopez ...

This open access book describes the serious threat of invasive species to native ecosystems. Invasive species have caused and will continue to cause enormous ecological and economic damage with ever increasing world trade. This multi-disciplinary book, written by over 100 national experts, presents the latest research on a wide range of natural science and social science fields that explore the ... Read more

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This open access book describes the serious threat of invasive species to native ecosystems. Invasive species have caused and will continue to cause enormous ecological and economic damage with ever increasing world trade. This multi-disciplinary book, written by over 100 national experts, presents the latest research on a wide range of natural science and social science fields that explore the
... Read more
The Ethics of What We Eat

Why Our Food Choices Matter

by Peter Singer, Jim Mason ...

Peter Singer, the groundbreaking ethicist whom The New Yorker calls the most influential philosopher alive teams up again with Jim Mason, his coauthor on the acclaimed Animal Factories, to set their critical sights on the food we buy and eat: where it comes from, how it is produced, and whether it was raised humanely.The Ethics of What We Eat explores the impact our food choices have on humans, ... Read more

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Peter Singer, the groundbreaking ethicist whom The New Yorker calls the most influential philosopher alive teams up again with Jim Mason, his coauthor on the acclaimed Animal Factories, to set their critical sights on the food we buy and eat: where it comes from, how it is produced, and whether it was raised humanely.The Ethics of What We Eat explores the impact our food choices have on humans,
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