Biodiversity

The changing economic environment for the consumer that is emerging from the wreckage of the financial credit crunch plays directly into the import...

This lively text by leading medical anthropologist Elisa J. Sobo offers a unique, holistic approach to human diversity and rises to the challenge o...

Practical statistics is a powerful tool used frequently by agricultural researchers and graduate students involved in investigating experimental de...

Wolves are controversial figures worldwide and much effort has focused on how to conserve them while addressing public concerns. With its solitary ...

Biodiversity and Ecosystem Insecurity provides an authoritative and comprehensive assessment of the threats presented to human security and well-be...

'Biopiracy' refers either to the unauthorized extraction of biological resources, such as plants with medicinal properties, and associated traditio...

Black-tailed and mule deer represent one of the largest distributions of mammals in North America and are symbols of the wide-open American West. E...

This book is a celebration of the humble gudgeon, the angler's favourite 'tiddler'. This much-loved little fish is long overdue a little book all o...

Up to 20 percent of species may be extinct by 2030. Vividly presented through full-colour maps and graphics, this fully revised and updated atlas p...

The Ocean Sunfishes: Evolution, Biology and Conservation is the first book to gather into one comprehensive volume our fundamental knowledge of the...

Key Features:Provides clear and authoritative recommendations for managing fire in ecological and social contexts Authors are all international lea...

This title was first published in 2000: An edited collection based on a workshop which explored the biological, social, ethical, economic and polit...

This book is dedicated to the Silver Bream, a fish too long neglected by anglers, wildlife enthusiasts and science.In fact, this is the first book ...

This book is dedicated to the Silver Bream, a fish too long neglected by anglers, wildlife enthusiasts and science.In fact, this is the first book ...

This illustrated introduction to Central American Chironomidae offers extensive photographic material, as well as detailed morphological and ecolog...

This book critically assesses the role of agrobiodiversity in school gardens and its contribution to diversifying diets, promoting healthy eating h...

This title was first published in 2000: An edited collection based on a workshop which explored the biological, social, ethical, economic and polit...

This illustrated introduction to Central American Chironomidae offers extensive photographic material, as well as detailed morphological and ecolog...

Pollution control, a key component of U.S. environmental policy, has made important progress in recent decades. Yet important problems remain and t...

Some animals and plants injure or kill millions of people annually, others cause trillions of dollars in property damage and loss. Such harmful spe...

This book presents a hypothesis and evidence that organisms promote and ecosystems maximize biodiversity. All species have a net positive effect on...

There is a growing demand for appropriate management of aquatic invasive species in lakes and rivers worldwide. This book covers biology, invasion ...

This is an exciting time for natural resources planning. There are amazing technologies available to planners and a wide and growing array of resou...

This book reflects on Indonesias recent experience with REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation), all set within a broa...

Focusing on the experiences of Thailand and Australia, this book examines the impact of trade-restrictive measures as related to the EUs regulation...

Environmental Sustainability and Global Change: Forests, Agriculture, and Soils vis à vis Human Disturbance offers an integrated approach to the so...

BIOPROSPECTING OF PLANT BIODIVERSITY FOR INDUSTRIAL MOLECULES A comprehensive collection of recent translational research on bioresource utilizatio...

Plankton in a Changing World: The Impact of Global Change on Marine Ecosystems invites readers to explore the microscopic hidden world beneath the ...

When Lake Mburo National Park in Uganda was created in 1983, thousands lost their land and livelihoods. Three years later people reclaimed the land...

This book is an exciting reappraisal of the role and practice of biodiversity monitoring, showing how new technologies and software applications ar...

This Handbook gives a comprehensive, international and cutting-edge overview of Sustainable Development. It integrates the key imperatives of susta...

The pace, intensity, and scale at which humans have altered our planet in recent decades is unprecedented. We have dramatically transformed landsca...

Süßwasser- und Meeresökologie bietet eine umfassende Einführung in die aquatische Ökologie, indem es die Fachgebiete Limnologie und biologische Oze...

Dieses Buch berichtet über ein ebenso spannendes wie aktuelles Thema an der Schnittstelle zwischen naturwissenschaftlicher Grundlagenforschung und ...