Environment and Ecology

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...

Forests play an important role in resolving global challenges such as sustainable development, climate change, biodiversity loss, and food and wate...

Providing a comprehensive account of marine conservation, this book examines human use and abuse of the world's seas and oceans and their marine li...

The 'resource curse' is the view that countries with extensive natural resources tend to suffer from a host of undesirable outcomes, including the ...

Societal transformations are needed across the globe in light of pressing environmental issues. This need to transform is increasingly acknowledged...

Competition policy continues to evolve rapidly in the energy sector, in line with the speed of change in energy markets. As markets decarbonise, ne...

Greening Democracy explains how nuclear energy became a seminal political issue and motivated new democratic engagement in West Germany during the ...

In 1956, the New York Times prophesied that once global warming really kicked in, we could see parrots in the Antarctic. In 2010, when science deni...

Ecologists, land managers and policymakers continue to search for the most effective ways to manage biological invasions. An emerging lesson is tha...

The Coccinellidae are a family of beetles, known variously as ladybirds or ladybugs. In Britain alone, some 46 species belong to the Coccinellidae ...

The Anthropocene is a proposed geological epoch marking humanity's alteration of the Earth: its rock structure, environments, atmosphere. The Cambr...

Ecologists, land managers and policymakers continue to search for the most effective ways to manage biological invasions. An emerging lesson is tha...

Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian and the Dachau concentration camp had an organic herb garden. Vegetarianism, organic farming, and other such practice...

A big, bold vision for protected areas and re-wilding the Earth, this book presents a spirited argument on the future of conservation. Protected na...

Contemporary agriculture is often criticized for its industrial scale, adverse effects on nutrition, rural employment and the environment, and its ...

Attitudes towards charismatic animals such as tigers, lions, bears and wolves vary greatly and change over time, resulting in bitter political deba...

Centring on South Africa's Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, this book synthesizes a century of insights from the ecology and conservation management of one ...

An Introduction to Clouds provides a fundamental understanding of clouds, ranging from cloud microphysics to the large-scale impacts of clouds on c...

The 16th Edition of ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE is inspiring people to care about the planet. Partnering with National Geographic Learning, the authors T...

Global Deforestation provides a concise but comprehensive examination of the variety of ways in which deforestation modifies environmental processe...

Conservation behavior assists the investigation of species endangerment associated with managing animals impacted by anthropogenic activities. It e...

Infrastructure forms the economic backbone of modern society. It is a key determinant of economic competitiveness, social well-being and environmen...

There are many hypotheses describing the interactions involved in biological invasions, but it is largely unknown whether they are backed up by emp...

Freshwater fish are one of the most diverse groups of vertebrates, but are also amongst the most threatened. With contributions from leaders in the...