Ecology

This book maintains that higher plants manifest some degree of sexual selection, and it begins to build a framework that unifies many features of plant reproduction previously considered unrelated. Reviewing evidence for sexual selection in plants, the...

Many animals regulate their population density by patterns of behavior that would be easy to explain if the forces of natural selection acted to optimize group properties. But Darwinian selection acts on individuals, not groups, and most simple theories...

This is the first scholarly book on the antelope that dominates the savanna ecosystems of eastern and southern Africa. It presents a synthesis of research conducted over a span of fifty years, mainly on the wildebeest in the Ngorongoro and Serengeti...

Principles and Dynamics of the Critical Zone is an invaluable resource for undergraduate and graduate courses and an essential tool for researchers developing cutting-edge proposals. It provides a process-based description of the Critical Zone, a place...

The Missouri River Ecosystem: Exploring the Prospects for Recovery resulted from a study conducted at the request of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The nationa (TM)s longest river, the Missouri River and...

This site-synthesis volume presents 20 years of work at the North Temperate Lakes Long-Term Research Site. It provides the definitive information base for the ecology of temperate lakes, and a general assessment of the role of lakes within their...

Wagner, one of our most distinguished wildlife biologists, is a strong critic of ecological practices in the national parks. This book provides an assessment of the ecological history of Yellowstone's northern range, since before the park existed,...

In the last few years, a handful of behavioural ecologists, increasingly concerned about species losses, have begun to address issues in conservation biology. Using data collected in the course of their fieldwork on mating systems, foraging behaviour, or...

Stream Ecosystems in a Changing Environment synthesizes the current understanding of stream ecosystem ecology, emphasizing nutrient cycling and carbon dynamics, and providing a forward-looking perspective regarding the response of stream ecosystems to...

Nearly one-third of the land area on our planet is classified as arid or desert. Therefore, an understanding of the dynamics of such arid ecosystems is essential to managing those systems in a way that sustains human populations. This second edition of...

A derivative of the Encyclopedia of Inland Waters, Biogeochemistry of Inland Waters examines the transformation, flux and cycling of chemical compounds in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, combining aspects of biology, ecology, geology, and chemistry...

Murray-Darling Basin, Australia: Its Future Management is a much-needed text for water resources managers, water, catchment, estuarine and coastal scientists, and aquatic ecologists. The book first provides a summary of the Murray-Darling River system:...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788251925457Author Tore JakobsenFormat HardbackPage Count 832Imprint Tapir Academic PressPublisher Tapir Academic PressWeight(grams) 2075g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781977132574Author Emily SohnFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Pebble BooksPublisher Pebble BooksWeight(grams) 200gDimensions(mm) 224mm * 168mm * 8mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781977131454Author Lisa M B SimonsFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint Pebble BooksPublisher Pebble BooksWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 183mm * 10mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781633215702Author Corinne PattersonFormat HardbackPage Count 116Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 382g

Scientists tell us that climate change is upon us and the physical world is changing quickly with serious implications for biodiversity and human well-being. Forests cover vast regions of the globe and serve as a first line of defence against the worst...

This title presents the evolution of resilience theory in seminal papers and commentary. Ecological resilience provides a theoretical foundation for understanding how complex systems adapt to and recover from localized disturbances like hurricanes,...

Salvage logging - removing trees from a forested area in the wake of a catastrophic event such as a wildfire or hurricane - is highly controversial. Policymakers and those with an economic interest in harvesting trees typically argue that damaged areas...

This title offers new understanding of fire in the Rockies from a landscape-scale, multi-century perspective. "Fire Ecology in Rocky Mountain Landscapes" brings a century of scientific research to bear on improving the relationship between people and...

This title offers new understanding of fire in the Rockies from a landscape-scale, multi-century perspective. "Fire Ecology in Rocky Mountain Landscapes" brings a century of scientific research to bear on improving the relationship between people and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781594544927Author A R BurkFormat HardbackPage Count 376Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 840g

Kruger National Park in South Africa has one of the most extensive sets of records of any protected area in the world, and throughout its history has supported connections between science and management. In recognition of that long-standing tradition...

A groundbreaking new perspective on collective behavior across biological systemsCollective behavior is everywhere in nature, from gene transcription and cancer cells to ant colonies and human societies. It operates without central control, using local...

Biological Invasions and Global Insect Decline offers the most updated knowledge on how invasive alien species affect insect diversity worldwide. The book provides ongoing research and the most relevant information, covering the main aspects of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781634846868Author Marvin SnyderFormat HardbackPage Count 92Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 330g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781626181779Author Lazaro ManzanaresFormat HardbackPage Count 124Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 412g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611224658Author Douglas B FerroFormat HardbackPage Count 116Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 324g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781608761531Author Kathryn GowFormat HardbackPage Count 430Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 770g

The marshes along the Ohio shore of Lake Erie represent less than ten percent of the vast wetlands that were there two hundred years ago. Virtually unknown outside the region and, indeed, little known even by area residents, the western Lake Erie marshes...

Biologically, New Ireland is one of the least-studied regions of Papua New Guinea - its mountainous southern zone has long been considered both a high priority for biodiversity conservation and a major "scientific unknown". Conservation International...

In this fascinating book, Terry O'Connor explores a distinction that is deeply ingrained in much of the language that we use in zoology, human-animal studies, and archaeology - the difference between wild and domestic. For thousands of years, humans have...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781429679077Author Layne DemarinFormat PaperbackPage Count 16Imprint Capstone PressPublisher Capstone PressWeight(grams) 3gDimensions(mm) 178mm * 152mm * 2mm

Sustaining Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Soils and Sediments brings together the world's leading ecologists, systematists, and evolutionary biologists to present scien-tific information that integrates soil and sediment disciplines across...

What species occur where, and why, and why some places harbor more species than others are basic questions for ecologists. Some species simply live in different places: fish live underwater, birds do not. Adaptations follow: most fish have gills; birds...

This Rapid Assessment Program Bulletin reports the findings of an expedition in 2003 into four forest reserves in southwestern Ghana that were recently designated as globally significant biodiversity areas by the Ghanaian government. The survey...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780914868569Author Angela PadillaFormat PaperbackPage Count 230Imprint Field Museum of Natural History,U.S.Publisher Field Museum of Natural History,U.S...

Blue jeans, MTV, Coca-Cola, and...ecology? We don't often think of conservation sciences as a U.S. export, but in the second half of the twentieth century an astounding array of scientists and ideas flowed out from the United States into the world,...

Ecologists increasingly find themselves called upon to address the impacts of global change on biodiversity. Yet most studies of biodiversity focus solely on intensive, experimental analyses of localized ecological communities. This text argues for a...

The Lakekamu Basin of Papua New Guinea encompasses roughly 2500 square kilometres of pristine wilderness lowland rain forest. Exceptional both in terms of numbers of species (the greatest diversity of ant species known from anywhere in the world) and...