Biology, Life Sciences

Insect-Plant Interactions is a series devoted to reviews across the breadth of the topic from cellular mechanisms to ecology and evolution. Article...

In science, more than elsewhere, a word is expected to mean what it says, nothing more, nothing less. But scientific discourse is neither different...

This book presents the contemporary history and dynamics of Mexican midwifery - professional, (post)modern or autonomous, traditional and Indigenou...

From its summits to its shores, South Carolina brims with life and unparalleled beauty thanks to its abundant array of native and naturalized flora...

A new edition of the psychedelic classic• Shares the author’s research on extrasensory perception (ESP) and the psychic effects of hallucinogenic m...

Safeguard the success of aquaculture operations without expensive antibiotics!Diseases are a major threat to the sustainability of the aquaculture ...

This volume provides a comprehensive description of the basic tenets of molecular biology, from mechanisms to its elaborate role in gene regulation...

This laboratory manual covers the study of chromosomes in plants, animal and human systems, dealing with the protocols and principles involved. It ...

An Indispensable Roadmap for Nucleic Acid Preparation Although Friedrich Miescher described the first isolation of nucleic acid in 1869, it was not...

′The series Youth: Perspectives and Practice provides a distinctive and rare combination of expert commentary, new research, original theorising an...

Praise for the First Edition “…extremely well written…a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of this important field.” – Journal of Environmental ...

Examining tissue residues of contaminants in biota reveals the movement of contaminants within organisms and through food chains as well as the con...

This volume contains a collection of topical chapters that promote interdisciplinary approaches to biological systems, focusing on fundamental and ...

Greener than conventional methods, C–H activation methods have flourished during the last decade and become especially attractive to organic chemis...

How much influence does culture have on a mother's reactions to pregnancy loss? At what stage is a fetus attributed with human status? How does thi...

In Anglo-European botany, it is customary to think of the vernacular as that which is not a Latin or Latinized scientific plant name. In Unmaking B...

Mass Spectrometry-Based Metabolomics: A Practical Guide is a simple, step-by-step reference for profiling metabolites in a target organism. It disc...

Volume 5 of "Insect-Plant Interactions" is a volume in a series that presents research in the field. Topics covered include chemical changes in pla...

The transition in anthropological and biomedical research methods over the past 50 years, from anthropometric and craniometric measurements to larg...