Ecological Science, The Biosphere

Why birds are smarter than we thinkBirds have not been known for their high IQs, which is why a person of questionable intelligence is sometimes ca...

Winner of the IENE Project Award 2016.This authoritative volume brings together some of the worlds leading researchers, academics, practitioners an...

As one of the eighteen field-specific reports comprising the comprehensive scope of the strategic general report of the Chinese Academy of Sciences...

A new edition of a classic on a beloved turtle species. She's the mascot for the University of Maryland's sports teams and her ancestors were n...

Landscape Bionomics, or Bio-integrated Landscape Ecology, radically transforms the main principles of traditional Landscape Ecology by recognizing ...

Prepared by two of the leading figures in wildlife biology, this book gathers in one volume the most influential articles published in the field. P...

This synopsis covers evidence for the effects of conservation interventions for native farmland wildlife. It is restricted to evidence captured on ...

As climate disruption intensifies the world over, Californians are finding solutions across a diversity of communities and landscapes.   Though cli...

Rhodolith beds form biogenic reefs, oases of high biodiversity in sedimentary seabed environments. The rhodoliths are foundation species, which pro...

Only a green world, rich in plants, can sustain us and the millions of other species with which we share this planet. But, in an era of global chan...

A presentation of key findings and insights from over two decades of research, education, and community engagement in the acclaimed Baltimore Ecosy...

A celebrated biologists manifesto addressing a soil loss crisis accelerated by poor conservation practices and climate change  Jo Handelsman is a n...

Comprehensively explores sexually transmitted diseases, from epidemiology, causative pathogens, clinical impact, and immunology, to management stra...

This is the largest seaweed, giant kelp (Macrocystis) is the fastest growing and most prolific of all plants found on earth. Growing from the seafl...

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is one of Americas most beautiful and popular national parks. Located in the southern Appalachian Mountains...

The arborescent gymnosperms are the most prevalent trees in one-third of the world's forests, and have dominated the Earth's forest ecosystems thro...

The arborescent gymnosperms are the most prevalent trees in one-third of the world's forests, and have dominated the Earth's forest ecosystems thro...

In the 1970s, microbiologist Lynn Margulis and atmospheric chemist James Lovelock developed the Gaia theory. Embracing the circular logic of life a...

This book offers the term 'ecophobia' as a way of understanding and organizing representations of contempt for the natural world. Estok argues that...