Ecology

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780226325279Author George MonbiotFormat PaperbackPage Count 344Imprint University of Chicago PressPublisher The University of Chicago PressWeight(grams)...

Meeting today?s environmental challenges requires a new way of thinking about the intricate dependencies between humans and nature. This book provides readers with a basic understanding of the fundamental principles of ecological science and their...

Shallow subterranean habitats (SSHs) are areas of habitable space that are less than 10 m in depth from the surface. These range from large areas such as shallow caves and lava tubes, to tiny areas such as cracks in ceilings, or spaces in soil. Whilst...

In May of 2007, scientists conducted a rapid inventory in the Dureno Territory, part of the Cofan ancestral territories in the Amazon basin of eastern Ecuador. Presented primarily in Spanish but including sections in English and A'ingae, the language of...

Fire is a daunting human ecological challenge and a major subject in science and policy debates about global trends in land conversion, climate change, and human health. Persistent environmental orthodoxies reduce complex burning traditions to overly...

In August of 2006, scientists conducted a rapid inventory of the Nanay-Mazan-Arabela Headwaters, three watersheds in the northwestern Peruvian Amazon. This assessment, presented here in English and Spanish, collects their research on the plants and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781609388256Author Greg HochFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint University of Iowa PressPublisher University of Iowa PressWeight(grams) 152g

Grassland ecosystems are deeply affected by human activities and need appropriate management to optimise trade-offs between ecosystem functions and services. Until now they have mainly been analysed as agro-ecosystems for animal production but this book...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780816522859Author Stephen J. PyneFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint University of Arizona PressPublisher University of Arizona Press

Paying special attention to the fertile boundaries between terrestrial, freshwater, and marine ecosystems, this work shows not only what this new methodology means for ecology, conservation, and agriculture but also serves as a fitting tribute to Gary...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789622093577Author David DudgeonFormat PaperbackPage Count 244Imprint Hong Kong University PressPublisher Hong Kong University PressWeight(grams) 560g

Ecology and Empire forged a historical partnership of great power -- and one which, particularly in the last 500 years, radically changed human and natural history across the globe. This book scrutinizes European expansion from the perspectives of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780816515660Author William L. HalvorsonFormat HardbackPage Count 364Imprint University of Arizona PressPublisher University of Arizona Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781561647347Author Francis William ZettlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Pineapple Press Inc.,U.S.Publisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 231g

Long-term Forest Dynamics Plots (FDPs) allow ecologists to explain patterns in diversity and dynamics in tropical forests around the world. In this collection, Elizabeth Losos and Egbert Giles Leigh Jr. assemble extensive standardized data - collected...

In The Accidental Reef and Other Ecological Odysseys in the Great Lakes, Lynne Heasley illuminates an underwater world that, despite a ferocious industrial history, remains wondrous and worthy of care. From its first scene in a benighted Great Lakes...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780816516247Author Guy R. McPhersonFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint University of Arizona PressPublisher University of Arizona Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780816517756Author Christopher J. HuggardFormat HardbackPage Count 307Imprint University of Arizona PressPublisher University of Arizona Press

Ecohydrology is an emerging new sub-discipline which links elements of ecology with hydrology at all points in the water cycle, ranging in scale from water-plant physiological relationships to whole catchment water-ecosystem processes. This book pays...

This report contains the findings from rapid biological assessments around Mont Panie, the tallest mountain in New Caledonia, southwest Pacific. The purpose of the survey was to gather data on biodiversity, analyze local climate trends, assess threats,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781524908942Author Fred E. SmeinsPage Count 277Imprint Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S.Publisher Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780816525263Author Charles van RiperFormat HardbackPage Count 448Imprint University of Arizona PressPublisher University of Arizona Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780816527380Author Charles van RiperFormat HardbackPage Count 432Imprint University of Arizona PressPublisher University of Arizona Press

Originating in a symposium on 'Vegetation and Flora of La Frontera' held at the American Institute of Biological Sciences to honour the late Forrest Shreve, pioneer desert ecologist, this collaboration of outstanding biologists, environmentalists, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780816529780Author Charles Van RiperFormat HardbackPage Count 356Imprint University of Arizona PressPublisher University of Arizona Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780816527687Author H. SandersonFormat HardbackPage Count 360Imprint University of Arizona PressPublisher University of Arizona Press

Bringing together ecology and management of invasive plants within natural and agricultural ecosystems, this book bridges the knowledge gap between the processes operating within ecosystems and the practices used to prevent, contain, control and...

The use of mathematical models is a fundamental aspect of modern science. With computers now allowing previously difficult calculations to be done quickly and easily, an understanding of mathematics and an appreciation for modelling is possible even in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781771643887Author Peter WohllebenFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Greystone BooksPublisher Greystone Books

This novel, interdisciplinary text achieves an integration of empirical data and theory with the aid of mathematical models and statistical methods. The emphasis throughout is on spatial ecology and evolution, especially on the interplay between...

This book reviews the past, present and future generation and use of electricity. While noting the importance of electricity to the well-being of people, it argues that all means of electricity generation have adverse ecological consequences. The...

This book covers basic concepts in population and quantitative genetics, including measuring selection on phenotypic traits. The emphasis is on material applicable to field studies of evolution focusing on ecologically important traits. Topics addressed...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780806144245Author G O GraeningFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint University of Oklahoma PressPublisher University of Oklahoma PressWeight(grams) 408g

The fragmentation of the tropical rain forests is the subject of this study, which looks at the devastating damage caused to these sensitive areas. By the year 2000 more than half of these forests will have been cut, causing increased soil erosion,...

Mark Nelson takes us on a global expedition to learn how we are wasting the world's dwindling supplies of fresh water by flushing away a very valuable resource, our own human wastes! A founding director of the Institute of Ecotechnics, Dr. Nelson has...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781584694922Author Marybeth LorbieckiFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Dawn Publications,U.S.Publisher Dawn Publications,U.S.Weight(grams) 0g

Despite claims to the contrary, the science of ecology has a long history of building theories. Many ecological theories are mathematical, computational, or statistical, though, and rarely have attempts been made to organize or extrapolate these models...

This practical handbook of reptile field ecology and conservation brings together a distinguished, international group of reptile researchers to provide a state-of-the-art review of the many new and exciting techniques used to study reptiles. The authors...

The 1924 African discovery of an early hominin child's skull, referred to as Australopithecus africanus by Raymond Dart, was a major event in the history of paleoanthropology. This provided the first evidence of early hominins in Africa and overturned...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781319383817Author Robert RicklefsFormat PaperbackImprint W.H.Freeman & Co LtdPublisher Macmillan Learning