Ecological Science, The Biosphere

Environmental sustainability in the developing world is the focus of this book.  Our purpose will not, however, be to produce an endless list of hu...

This book contains information on geographic location and park size, climate, topography, history of each park, and biodiversity and ecosystems. It...

Global temperatures and seawater levels rise; the worlds smallest porpoise species looms at the edge of extinction; and a tiny emerald beetle from ...

An ecosystem's complexity develops from the vast numbers of species interacting in ecological communities. The nature of these interactions, in tur...

This volume examines the role of fish and molluscs in everyday life as well as in terms of their impact on social structures, and as part of ideolo...

The book offers a comparative look at the social strategies of five carnivorous social predators (four terrestrial and one marine) that make them s...

The environment, and how humans affect it, is more of a concern now than ever. We are constantly told that halting climate change requires raising ...

How the Biosphere Works: Fresh Views Discovered While Growing Peppers offers a simple and novel theoretical approach to understanding the history o...

San Diego Bay is a shallow estuary surrounded by a large population center. Geological forces and changes in sea levels from the last Ice Age combi...

This edited volume examines the importance of centering gender in research and policymaking focused on climate change, environmental sustainability...

The heart of this volume is exploring the links between human disease spread and the broad Silk Road trading networks which connect Eurasian civili...

This book covers the broader application of environmental biotechnology for protecting the environment through different bioremediation and biodegr...

This edited volume is a comprehensive guide to understanding and harnessing the power of renewable energy for a sustainable future. In a world deal...

The Handbook provides a supporting guide to key aspects and applications of landscape ecology to underpin its research and teaching. A wide range o...

The book Extreme Environments: Unique Ecosystems Amazing Microbes is an attempt to showcase the uniqueness of extremophiles, the largely unexplore...

AN AUTHORITATIVE SURVEY OF CURRENT RESEARCH INTO CLINICALLY USEFUL CONVENTIONAL AND NONCONVENTIONAL ANTIBIOTIC THERAPEUTICS Pharmaceutically-active...

This textbook presents the latest knowledge on various disciplines of forestry science presented in 39 chapters. Each chapter presents a reappraisa...

This book provides the practical basis for the use of remote sensing to accomplish landscape ecological projects, through the merging of theory and...

The ecological sciences are a diverse array of major scientific disciplines. They grew from minor sciences, with little status in 1900, and now occ...

A fascinating bookfar-reaching, deeply researched, and probing. Elizabeth Kolbert, author of Under a White SkyOutstandingly well-researched and dee...