Biodiversity

'Jake Fiennes is changing the face of farming in Britain... a revolutionising force' Isabella TreeOur relationship with our land is broken: we must...

How did our relationship with nature become broken, why does it matter and how can we fix it? From a past in which we were embedded in the natural ...

The Murray cod is Australia's largest and most iconic freshwater fish. Tales of the species have long been part of Australian folklore and this boo...

This book is the first of its kind in bringing together biodiversity, chemical ecology, phytochemistry and cancer therapy. The highlight of the boo...

Over the last decade, molecular studies carried out on the Australasian biota have revealed a new world of organic structure that exists from submi...

There is increasing evidence that the structure and functioning of ecological communities and ecosystems are strongly influenced by flexible traits...

This second part of Volume 48 of the Flora of Pan-Himalaya is devoted to the single genus, Saussurea of the Asteraceae family, which has wide medic...

The Systems Ecology Paradigm (SEP) incorporates humans as integral parts of ecosystems and emphasizes issues that have significant societal relevan...

The Systems Ecology Paradigm (SEP) incorporates humans as integral parts of ecosystems and emphasizes issues that have significant societal relevan...

Growing human populations and higher demands for water impose increasing impacts and stresses upon freshwater biodiversity. Their combined effects ...

Forests play an important role in resolving global challenges such as sustainable development, climate change, biodiversity loss, and food and wate...

Ecologists, land managers and policymakers continue to search for the most effective ways to manage biological invasions. An emerging lesson is tha...

Ecologists, land managers and policymakers continue to search for the most effective ways to manage biological invasions. An emerging lesson is tha...

Centring on South Africa's Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, this book synthesizes a century of insights from the ecology and conservation management of one ...

The world is in the midst of a biodiversity crisis, which existing conservation policies have failed to arrest. Policymakers, academics, and the ge...

A balanced review of differing approaches based on remote sensing tools and methods to assess and monitor biodiversity, carbon and water cycles, an...

Energy in Agroecosystems: A Tool for Assessing Sustainability is the first book on energy analysis that is up-to-date and specifically dedicated to...

The water hyacinth is a disruptive factor in aquatic ecosystem management and ecosystem services, and causes problems in fisheries, transportation ...

Phytoplankton, or algae, are the engines of the Earth. They form the base of the aquatic food web and, although microscopic, they produce 50% of th...

This atlas presents anatomical descriptions of the xylem, bark and pith of 264 species belonging to 71 families. It highlights the anatomical diver...

This volume, the tenth in the series, comprises modern treatments for the families and genera of the eudicot orders Sapindales and Cucurbitales. Th...

'A book of wonders' Bee Wilson, Sunday Times Books of the YearWinner of the Wainwright Prize 2022 - Eating to Extinction is an astonishing journey ...

Genetic erosion is the loss of genetic diversity within a species. It can happen very quickly, due to catastrophic events, or changes in land use l...