Ecology

Allee effects are (broadly) defined as a decline in individual fitness at low population size or density. They can result in critical population thresholds below which populations crash to extinction. As such, they are very relevant to many conservation...

This textbook is focused on fundamentals of environment and ecology for undergraduate and graduate students. This is first of its kind book dealing with physical environment, ecosystems, biological diversity, environmental pollution, and...

Discover More: oceans is for every child that is fascinated by sharks, tsunamis, palm-fringed beaches, coral reefs and superstrange-looking deep-sea fish. We know more about Mars than we do about the oceans that cover 70 percent of Earth's surface...

Providing a solution for teaching junior science, New Star Science 6 books are aimed at the sixth primary school year. This Pupil's Book provides practical tasks and activities, with work throughout the topic and support for group activities. The topic...

Teleost (bony) fishes represent the most abundant taxonomic group of vertebrates. They are found in all conceivable types of aquatic environment and are extremely diverse behaviourally. This diversity is in large part due to the group's striking...

From acid rain, CFC's, and the greenhouse effect to the food-chain and the gene bank, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Ecology provides 5,000 up-to-date entries on all aspects of ecology and the environmental sciences. With many entries derived from the...

100 Facts Coral Reef is bursting with exactly 100 fascinating facts, unbelievable images and fun activities to help children aged 6-10 years learn everything they need to know about this beautiful underwater wonder. - Full-page illustrations to amaze...

House of Horrors lifts the roof on the disgusting details of domestic life as only Horrible Science. Who lives in a house like this? Just about everyone. This book will have the cleanest of neat freaks running for cover when they discover what they'll...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9786206233077Author Rasul AhtyamovFormat PaperbackPage Count 76Imprint Our Knowledge PublishingPublisher Our Knowledge PublishingWeight(grams) 122g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781498297868Author Trevor BechtelFormat HardbackPage Count 278Imprint Cascade BooksPublisher Cascade BooksWeight(grams) 576g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9786206424079Author Heitor Luiz BoraliFormat PaperbackPage Count 52Imprint Our Knowledge PublishingPublisher Our Knowledge PublishingWeight(grams) 91g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013290183Author Andrew GoodmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 342Imprint Saint Philip Street PressPublisher Saint Philip Street PressWeight(grams) 216g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593082959Author Lucy JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 132g

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Professor Gerald W. Esch is one of the world's leading ecological parasitologists. Here, he presents a series of essays on classic examples of field parasitology. The essays focus on the significance of the work and its contribution to the field but also...

Plant community ecology has traditionally taken a taxonomical approach based on population dynamics. This book contrasts such an approach with a trait-based approach. After reviewing these two approaches, it then explains how models based on the Maximum...

As anthropogenic environmental changes spread and intensify across the planet, conservation biologists have to analyze dynamics at large spatial and temporal scales. Ecological and evolutionary processes are then closely intertwined. In particular,...

Humans have mixed emotions concerning carnivores. We admire them as beautiful hunters, cosset them as pets, and use their pelts and other products in clothing, medicines and cosmetics. However, they are also responsible for killing us and our livestock,...

Insect Pest Management and Ecological Research explores the ecological research required for development of strategies to manage pest insects, with particular emphasis on the scientific principles involved in the design and conduct of pest-related...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789811437243Author Toshiyuki TakahashiFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Bentham Science PublishersPublisher Bentham Science PublishersWeight(grams) 726g

In Environmental Ethics and the Global Marketplace it is argued that the health of the environment is inextricably linked to the health of the economy, economic strength depends on the preservation of environmental values, and, ultimately, economic and...

Ecosystems are often examined from a ecological perspective because of the importance of biodiversity and ecosystem services. Ecosystems of different types and scales are under increasing pressure due to natural and human induced changes. Climate change...

The Arctic is a special world. The Arctic Ocean is covered by white sea ice, and its margins are surrounded by bare terrestrial regions, known as tundra. Tundra is a cold and dry environment without trees, but even in the absence of trees, tundra plants...

Meso and Microplastic Risk Assessment in Marine Environment: New Threat and Challenges in Marine Environment presents an interdisciplinary approach, offering key techniques and management of microplastic contamination in the disciplines of environmental...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781666702255Author Andrew J SpencerFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint Wipf & Stock PublishersPublisher Wipf & Stock PublishersWeight(grams) 354g

Quantifying Diets of Wildlife and Fish presents different techniques available to study animal diets. Ecologists determine animal diets to build natural history knowledge, test hypotheses in ecological theory and make informed management decisions for...

This book, written by a multidisciplinary team of authors comprising scientists, artists and communicators, explores one of the most pressing issues of our time - the menace plastics pose to marine environments and organisms. It takes readers on a...

Saving the World tells the forgotten history of climatic botany, the idea that forests are essential for creating and recycling rain. Long before the spectre of global warming, societies recognized that deforestation caused drastic climate shifts - as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538264379Author Jill KeppelerFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Gareth Stevens PublishingPublisher Gareth Stevens Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781603062039Author Dr Wayne ShellFormat HardbackPage Count 900Imprint NewSouth BooksPublisher NewSouth BooksWeight(grams) 2341g

This new volume addresses the environmental impacts of pollution on freshwater aquatic ecosystems and presents sustainable management and remediation practices and advanced technology help to address the different types of pollutants.Freshwater Pollution...

Recon?guring Disturbance, Succession, and Forest Management: The Science of Mount St. Helens When Mount St. Helens erupted on May 18, 1980, it did more than just recon?gure a large piece of Cascadian landscape. It also led to dramatic revisions in our...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789163710100Author Gunnar RundgrenFormat PaperbackPage Count 420Imprint Garden EarthPublisher Garden EarthWeight(grams) 612gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781566440622Author Rebecca StarkFormat PaperbackPage Count 50Imprint Educational ImpressionsPublisher Educational ImpressionsWeight(grams) 141g

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780939923915Author Elizabeth A. ColburnFormat PaperbackPage Count 426Imprint McDonald & Woodward Publishing Company, USPublisher McDonald & Woodward...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780939923984Author Izaak WaltonFormat PaperbackPage Count 178Imprint McDonald & Woodward Publishing Company, USPublisher McDonald & Woodward...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780750361576Author Hugo FortFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Institute of Physics PublishingPublisher Institute of Physics Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781666702262Author Andrew J SpencerFormat HardbackPage Count 260Imprint Wipf & Stock PublishersPublisher Wipf & Stock PublishersWeight(grams) 517g

The book is composed of eight chapters, each of which are organised as walks around the Tewkesbury (UK) countryside, which move from the specific to increasingly broader ideas. So, the MS starts with an individual's relationship to their environment...