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  • Seaweeds and their Role in Globally Changing Environments

    Edited by Alvaro Israel, Rachel Einav, Joseph Seckbach ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Global warming is accelerating faster than the ability for natural repair, and environmental stresses are damaging ecosystems, all affecting physical and biological systems on Earth. A new Nasa-led study shows that human activity has caused climate changes resulting in permafrost thawing, acid rain, and lower productivity in lakes as well as increased emissions of greenhouse gases, including CO2, ... Read more

    $332.09 USD

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  • Advances in Plant Dormancy

    Edited by James V. Anderson ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Plant dormancy involves synchronization of environmental cues with developmental processes to ensure plant survival; however, negative impacts of plant dormancy include pre-harvest sprouting, non-uniform germination of crop and weed seeds, and fruit loss due to inappropriate bud break. Thus, our continued quest to disseminate information is important in moving our understanding of plant dormancy ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Animals' Influence on the Landscape and Ecological Importance

    Natives, Newcomers, Homecomers

    by Friedrich-Karl Holtmeier ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    In its first English-language edition, this book introduces the many-faceted interactions of animal populations with their habitats. From soil fauna, ants and termites to small and large herbivores, burrowing mammals and birds, the author presents a comprehensive analysis of animals and ecosystems that is as broad and varied as all nature. Chapter 2 addresses the functional role of animals in ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Cost-Benefit Analyses of Climate Change

    The Broader Perspectives

    by Ferenc Toth ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) was founded in 1992 as a "Blue List" research institute, with the Federal Ministry for Education, Science, Research and Technology and the Ministry for Science, Research and Culture of the federal state of Brandenburg each provid ing half ofthe funding. PIK currently has a staff of 100 (1997), including about 75 scientists and guest ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Soil

    Reflections on the Basis of our Existence

    by Håkan Wallander ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Håkan Wallander is a professor in Soil Biology and the reader is guided through the fascinating world below ground. The book has a free form and the author mixes scientific facts with personal stories from active research experiences and everyday life. The main focus is to make the reader aware of the vast biodiversity that exists in the soil, and to describe the important processes provided by ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • A Little Less Arctic

    Top Predators in the World's Largest Northern Inland Sea, Hudson Bay

    Edited by Lisa L. Loseto, Mark L. Mallory, Steven H. Ferguson ...
    In Arctic Canada, Hudson Bay is a site of great exploration history, aboriginal culture, and a vast marine wilderness supporting large populations of marine mammals and birds. These include some of the most iconic Arctic animals like beluga, narwhal, bowhead whales, and polar bears. Due to the challenges of conducting field research in this region, some of the mysteries of where these animals move ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Climate Resilient Agriculture for Ensuring Food Security

    by P. Parvatha Reddy ...
    Climate Resilient Agriculture for Ensuring Food Security comprehensively deals with important aspects of climate resilient agriculture for food security using adaptation and mitigation measures. Climatic changes and increasing climatic variability are likely to aggravate the problem of future food security by exerting pressure on agriculture. For the past few decades, the gaseous composition of ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Quantifying Functional Biodiversity

    by Laura Pla, Fernando Casanoves, Julio Di Rienzo ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book synthesizes current methods used to quantify functional diversity, providing step-by-step examples for defining functional groups and estimating functional indices. The authors show how to compare communities, and how to analyze changes of diversity along environmental gradients, using real-life examples throughout. One section of the book demonstrates the selection of traits, and the ... Read more

    $40.49 USD

  • Climate change and sustainable development

    Ethical perspectives on land use and food production

    Edited by Thomas Potthast, Simon Meisch ...
    Climate change is a major framing condition for sustainable development of agriculture and food. Global food production is a major contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions and at the same time it is among the sectors worst affected by climate change. This book brings together a multidisciplinary group of authors exploring the ethical dimensions of climate change and food. Conceptual ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • New Horizons in Insect Science: Towards Sustainable Pest Management

    Edited by Akshay Kumar Chakravarthy ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Insect science is fast changing as insects are evolving to a plethora of newer chemical molecules, climate change, management tactics and transformation of the landscapes. Through the International Conference, the editors have attempted to gather together newer aspects of Insect Sciences like Insect Taxonomy, DNA Barcoding, Physiology, Toxicology, Vectors and their Management, Molecular Biology, ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Integrated Water Resources Management in the Mediterranean Region

    Dialogue towards new strategy

    Edited by Redouane Choukr-Allah, Ragab Ragab, Rafael Rodriguez-Clemente ...
    This book puts great emphasis on the importance of Integrated Water Resources Management IWRM as the way forward towards food, water, and energy security. It offers better ways and means of managing the limited water resources; using water more efficiently; adopting new policies in order to cope with climate change and drought; increase water supply through the use of non conventional water ... Read more

    $143.99 USD

  • Beekeeping – From Science to Practice

    Edited by Russell H. Vreeland, Diana Sammataro ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book will help beekeepers understand the fundamentals of beekeeping science. Written in plain and accessible language by actual researchers, it should be part of every beekeeper’s library. The respective chapters not only present raw data; they also explain how to read and understand the most common figures. With topics ranging from honeybee nutrition to strains of Varroa resistant bees, from ... Read more

    $49.49 USD