Environment and Ecology

In Tropical Forests, Rudel analyzes hundreds of local studies from the past twenty years to develop a much-needed, global perspective on deforestat...

Biological diversity is as crucial in agriculture as it is in nature, and it is equally important to the economic health of both industrial and non...

This report contains the findings from a rapid biological assessment of the Kwamalasamutu region of southwestern Suriname. Focusing on the plant an...

Physics and chemistry are distinguished from biology by the way generalizations are codified into theories tested by observation and experimentatio...

Biological diversity is considered one of today’s most urgent environmental concerns, yet the term was first coined only twenty-five years ago. Why...

Since around 1500 C.E., humans have shaped the global environment in ways that were previously unimaginable. Bringing together leading environmenta...

While many disciplines contribute to environmental conservation, there is little successful integration of science and social values. Arguing that ...

While many disciplines contribute to environmental conservation, there is little successful integration of science and social values. Arguing that ...

Here is the most comprehensive photography to date of a little-known and seldom-visited land whose area equals western Europe. The beauty and diver...

This benchmark volume documents in comprehensive detail a major environmental crisis: rapidly declining amphibian populations and the disturbing de...

Part autobiography, part philosophical rumination, this evocative conservation odyssey explores the deep affinities between humans and our original...

Recently, UNESCO has gradually started to recognize world geoparks ? territorial spaces with a geological heritage of international importance. Th...

Stretching from Malibu to the Mexican border, Southern California's coast is justifiably famous, yet, as this essential guide reveals, it offers mo...

Salt marshes are vitally important coastal ecosystems that filter water, buffer against storm erosion, and provide essential nursery habitat for im...

This concise, accessible book considers from a biological perspective the controversial issues of our day: abortion, euthanasia, engineered evoluti...

What happens to people after an earthquake destroys their homes? What is daily life like under a humanitarian regime? Is aid a gift or is it a form...

Challenging the conventional wisdom that French environmentalism can be dated only to the post-1945 period, Caroline Ford argues that a broadly sha...

This new collection focuses on the impact of sprawl on biodiversity and the measures that can be taken to alleviate it. Leading biological and soci...

Essential resources do more than satisfy people's needs. They ensure a dignified existence. Since the competition for essential resources, particul...