Life Sciences: General Issues

In 2006, Resilience Thinking addressed an essential question: As the natural systems that sustain us are subjected to shock after shock, how much c...

How we view nature transforms the world around us. People rehearse stories about nature which make sense to them. If we ask the question 'why conse...

*Part of the 5-Volume Set 2022 Nautilus Book Award Gold Medal Winner: Ecology & Environment and Special Honors as Best of Anthology Volume 5 o...

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

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

A Primer of Ecological Statistics, Second Edition explains fundamental material in probability theory, experimental design, and parameter estimatio...

Dunes is the first book in over a decade to incorporate the latest research in this active and fast-developing field. It discusses the shapes, size...

This book is intended as an introductory text for students studying a wide range of courses concerned with animal management, zoo biology and wildl...

The greater Perth coast is a biodiverse and ecologically vulnerable region, with its unique native plant species threatened by clearing, invasive s...

The only account written during the original enclosure, Life Under Glass tells the story of the original crew that lived and worked inside the Bios...

For almost a century and a half, biologists have gone to the seashore to study life. The oceans contain rich biodiversity, and organisms at the int...

Although complexity surrounds us, its inherent uncertainty, ambiguity, and contradiction can at first make complex systems appear inscrutable. Ecos...

Edward O. Wilson has distilled sixty years of teaching into a book for students, young and old. Reflecting on his coming-of-age in the South as a B...

Provides an accessible introduction to urban ecology, using established ecological theory to identify generalities in the complexity of urban envir...

Aspergillosis, the leading fungal cause of mortality in immunocompromised patients, presents a serious worldwide challengeparticularly in the face ...

Astrobiology is the study of the origin and development of life on this and other planets. What fascinates people about astrobiology is that it see...

How did the dog become mans best friend? A celebrated anthropologist unearths the mysterious origins of the unique partnership that rewrote the his...

For readers of Entangled Life and The Hidden Life of Trees, a fascinating journey into the world of plants and animals, and the ways they communica...

WINNER OF THE JOHN AVERY AWARD AT THE ANDRÉ SIMON AWARDS If we can save the salmon, we can save the world Over the centuries, salmon have been a ...