Ecology

This book provides the first collection of chapters written by scientists who have contributed to the understanding of disease ecology in the Galapagos Islands, an iconic and historic natural site. The Galapagos Archipelago straddles the equator in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780750361606Author Hugo FortFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint IOP Publishing LtdPublisher IOP Publishing Ltd

Wildfires pose a persistent global challenge, affecting ecosystems, human societies, and the climate. This comprehensive volume, "Wildfires: Principles, Management Strategies, and Best Practices" authored by Dr. Ankur Awadhiya, provides an authoritative...

Forest landscape disturbances are a global phenomenon. Simulation models are an important tool in understanding these broad scale processes and exploring their effects on forest ecosystems. This book contains a collection of insights from a group of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783036537245Author Elisabetta PreziosiFormat HardbackPage Count 202Imprint Mdpi AGPublisher Mdpi AGWeight(grams) 635g

Reservoir construction is the key strategy for water resource management. In recent years, the migration of pollutants and their transformation into the reservoir ecosystem has become a global problem. Intensified anthropogenic activities and...

The book presents a collection of large-scale network-modeling studies on coastal systems in Latin America. It includes a novel description of the functioning of coastal complex ecosystems and also predicts how natural and human-made disturbances...

The vegetation addressed in this book is, biologically, one of the most diverse on Earth, with many characteristic taxa offering refuge and food sources for many resident and migratory animals. Yet the forests of Las Yungas remain poorly known from a...

This book provides a comprehensive, updated syntheses of all the information available on Mar Chiquita, covering various aspects of the geography, geological history, biology and ecology of the site, as well as a detailed analysis of the current land-use...

This open access book surveys the frontier of scientific river research and provides examples to guide management towards a sustainable future of riverine ecosystems. Principal structures and functions of the biogeosphere of rivers are explained; key...

Igapo forests are a common part of the Amazon whose ecosystems are critical to our shared human future. The introduction addresses the structure, function and dynamics of igapo forests in the Amazon basin, focusing on their uniqueness due to their high...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9786207465569Author Sisanmi Samuel AghomiFormat PaperbackPage Count 60Imprint LAP Lambert Academic PublishingPublisher LAP Lambert Academic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9786208527587Author Andréa Meiado ChiarioniFormat 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 9786204182674Author Fatemeh Sadat TahamiFormat PaperbackPage Count 68Imprint International Book Market Service LtdPublisher International Book Market Service...

Global attention in scientific, industrial, and governmental communities to traces of toxic chemicals in foodstuffs and in both abiotic and biotic environ ments has justified the present triumvirate of specialized publications in this field:...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783659387555Author Patra GoutamFormat PaperbackImprint LAP Lambert Academic PublishingPublisher LAP Lambert Academic PublishingWeight(grams) 181g

That residues of pesticide and other "foreign" chemicals in foodstuffs are of concern to everyone everywhere is amply attested by the reception accorded previous volumes of "Residue Reviews" and by the gratifying en thusiasm,...

Terrestrial hermit crabs are among the most widespread beach-dwelling organisms with key ecological functions but receive only very limited research attention. Sebastian Steibl demonstrates how physical parameters shape their overall distribution,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632396785Author Molly IsmayFormat HardbackImprint Callisto ReferencePublisher Callisto ReferenceWeight(grams) 966g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783639871432Author Wolfram PaulFormat PaperbackImprint AV AkademikerverlagPublisher AV AkademikerverlagWeight(grams) 249g

Although there are some biological processes that are supported by UV radiation, most organisms are stressed by it in various ways, e.g. through DNA damage. Top international experts present an integrated overview of UV radiation and its effects on...

As the rise of the Anthropocene has led to serious deliberation about how energy is best produced and distributed in a world pressured by both the depletion of natural resources and global climate change, advances in technology have enabled new systems...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783639028607Author Boris PoffFormat PaperbackImprint VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publisher VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Weight(grams) 150g

"awareness" of the world's citizens and encourage governments to devote more attention and resources to address this issue. The series editors thank the international panel of contributors for bringing this timely series into completion. We...

This study brings together decades of research on the modern natural environment of Washington's Olympic Peninsula, reviews past research on paleoenvironmental change since the Late Pleistocene, and finally presents paleoecological records of changing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789351307358Author D R & Bhutiani R & Matta Khanna, GaFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint Daya Pub. HousePublisher Daya Pub. HouseWeight(grams) 216g

The identification of inputs and outputs is the first and probably most important step in testing and analyzing complex systems. Following accepted natural laws such as the conservation of mass and the principle of electroneutrality, the input/output...

Worldwide concern in scientific, industrial, and governmental com munities over traces of toxic chemicals in foodstuffs and in both abiotic and biotic environments has justified the present triumvirate of specialized publications in this field:...

Climate change, urban sprawl, abandonment of agriculture, intensification of forestry and agriculture, changes in energy generation and use, expansion of infrastructure networks, habitat destruction and degradation, and other drivers of change occur at...

Does extinction have to be forever? As the global extinction crisis accelerates, conservationists and policy-makers increasingly use advanced biotechnologies such as reproductive cloning, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and bioinformatics in the urgent...

"Alfred Russel Wallace- His Predecessors and Successors. Naturalists, Explorers and Field Scientists in South-east Asia and Australasia. An International Conference" will be the premier forum for the presentation of new advances and research results in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783659663819Author Bashir TawqirFormat PaperbackImprint LAP Lambert Academic PublishingPublisher LAP Lambert Academic PublishingWeight(grams) 118g

The unsaturated zone is the medium through which pollutants move from the soil surface to groundwater. Polluting substances are subjected to complex physical, chemical and biological transformations while moving through the unsaturated zone and their...

Worldwide concern in scientific, industrial, al,ld governmental com munities over traces of toxic chemicals in foodstuHs and in both abiotic and biotic environments has justified the present triumvirate of specialized publications in this field:...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9786138920670Author Indu SantoshFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Scholars' PressPublisher Scholars' PressWeight(grams) 152g

This book deals with general quantitative regularities of the alteration of evolutionary and reconstruction (critical) periods of development. An equation and a model of development are introduced which generalize a wide range of commonly accepted...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789387057319Author S K NandaFormat HardbackPage Count 114Imprint Daya Pub. HousePublisher Daya Pub. HouseWeight(grams) 340g

The Institute of Ecology (TIE) was organized to provide a mech anism for addressing ecological and environmental issues that were beyond the special interests of ecology as a profession. One method of evaluating such issues is the workshop, and this...

The Antarctic fish fauna has evolved over a long period of geographic and climatic isolation. In the course of this evolution, Antarctic fish have developed specialized adaptations, some of which characterize these organisms as unique. In strong contrast...

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book defines the new field of "Bioeconomy" as the sustainable and innovative use of biomass and biological knowledge to provide food, feed, industrial products, bioenergy and ecological...