Botany & Plant Sciences

In this book, plant biology is considered from the perspective of plants and their surrounding environment, including both biotic and abiotic inter...

Grassland ecosystems are deeply affected by human activities and need appropriate management to optimise trade-offs between ecosystem functions and...

Production of food fibre and fuel is vital for humanity, and as the world population continues to rise, demands on these resources is ever increasi...

Microalgae are primary producers of oxygen and exhibit an enormous potential for biotechnological applications. Microalgae cultivation is also an i...

Ecology is capturing the popular imagination like never before, with issues such as climate change, species extinctions, and habitat destruction be...

Tropical East Asia is home to over one billion people and faces massive human impacts from its rising population and rapid economic growth. It has ...

Tropical East Asia is home to over one billion people and faces massive human impacts from its rising population and rapid economic growth. It has ...

Despite a century of study by ecologists, recovery following disturbances (succession) is not fully understood. This book provides the first global...

How do you record the wildlife in a wood? This book explains ways to record the flora and fauna found in woodland and outlines the sources you can ...

Graph theory can be applied to ecological questions in many ways, and more insights can be gained by expanding the range of graph theoretical conce...

The rate of species and natural habitat loss across our planet is steadily accelerating. This book argues that existing practises of plant conserva...

The rate of species and natural habitat loss across our planet is steadily accelerating. This book argues that existing practises of plant conserva...

Shallow subterranean habitats (SSHs) are areas of habitable space that are less than 10 m in depth from the surface. These range from large areas s...

The aim of this book is to highlight the utilization of algae for the development of useful products using environmentally friendly technologies su...

Diatoms are a major group of algae, and are one of the most common types of phytoplankton. Diatom communities are a popular tool for monitoring env...

Freshwater harmful algal blooms (HABs) are comprised of algae that either create health hazards for humans or animals through the production of tox...

Field Guide to the Pitcher Plants of the Sulawesi is a beautiful and colourful overview of the eleven species of Sulawesian pitcher plants (Nepent...