Biology, Life Sciences

This work presents the first comprehensive and systematic treatment of all relevant issues and topics in contemporary global bioethics. Now that bi...

The Good Boys Guide to Being Good is an entertaining account of a dog trying to understand his human and live his best life. Written from the point...

We all want to be happier, more successful and less stressed, but what really works? From building confidence and boosting creativity to forming be...

Gathering some 90 entries from the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology, this book covers animal breeding and genetics for food, c...

This handbook provides a comprehensive overview of microbial interactions with the major forms of hydrocarbons, oils, and lipids in or entering the...

Rabbits have many uses - as well as being cherished pets, they are bred for their meat and fur, and as laboratory animals. Understanding their gene...

The lives of kings, poets, authors, criminals and celebrities are a perpetual fascination in the media and popular culture, and for decades anthrop...

The late nineteenth and early twentieth century were a brutal time for American wildlife, with many species pushed to the brink of extinction. (Som...

Exam Board: Edexcel Level: A level Subject: Science / Biology First teaching: September 2015 First exams: June 2017 An ActiveBook is included w...

This volume provides an overview of the biochemical characterization, structure-function studies, proteomics, bioinformatics, molecular biology, tr...

This handbook compiles authoritative information about fungal metabolites and their chemistry and biotechnology. The first in the reference work se...

This handbook provides comprehensive reference information on the efficient production of secondary metabolites from plants by transgenesis and o...

Innovative transportation technologies will be a vital component of any future sustainable society. Gathering over 50 authoritative, peer-reviewed...

Westcott''s Plant Disease is a reference book on diseases which attack plants. Diseases of plants are found on most all plants including trees, shr...

About 15 years after the first edition of the Handbook of Aizoaceae, a wealth of changes can be reported for the family Aizoaceae, and this second ...

Concepts, procedures and programs described in this book make it possible for readers to solve both simple and complex equilibria problems quickly ...

This book provides an actual overview of structure, function, and application of carbohydrate-modifying biocatalysts. Unlike amino acids and nuclei...

The interdisciplinary field of Astrobiology constitutes a joint arena where provocative discoveries are coalescing concerning, e.g. the prevalence ...

Initially, because of the inadequate sensitivity of devices and other limitations, only major venom components of the dominant species were studied...

This volume deals mainly with the specialized aspect of toxins and drug discovery. Man has been using natural resources especially plants to treat ...

This volume, in its over two dozen chapters, constitutes an overview of the current plant toxin research. It covers from general aspects of plant t...