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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
At the dawn of the 21st century, biotechnology is emerging as a key enabling technology for sustainable environmental protection and stewardship. Biotechnology for the Environment: Strategy and Fundamentals captures the dynamism of environmental biotechnology as it addresses the molecular functioning...
Biocultural Landscapes
Diversity, Functions and Values
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2014
This book is devoted to the cultural and biological dimensions and values of landscapes, linking the concepts of biodiversity, landscape and culture and presenting an essential approach for landscape analysis, interpretation and sustainable dynamics.
Early chapters explore the concepts and...
Hidden Atrocities
Japanese Germ Warfare and American Obstruction of Justice at the Tokyo Trial
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2017
In the aftermath of World War II, the Allied intent to bring Axis crimes to light led to both the Nuremberg trials and their counterpart in Tokyo, the International Military Tribunal of the Far East. Yet the Tokyo Trial failed to prosecute imperial Japanese leaders for the worst of war crimes: inhumane...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2010
Egg Parasitoids in Agroecosystems with emphasis on Trichogramma was conceived to help in the promotion of biological control through egg parasitoids by providing both basic and applied information. The book has a series of chapters dedicated to the understanding of egg parasitoid taxonomy, development,...
The Biodiversity Observation Network in the Asia-Pacific Region
Toward Further Development of Monitoring
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2012
Biological diversity is important for ecosystem function and services, which in turn is essential for human well-being. Under the Convention on Biological Diversity, international efforts have been made to achieve a significant reduction in the current rate of biodiversity loss. The loss continues,...
Dispersal, Individual Movement and Spatial Ecology
A Mathematical Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2013
Dispersal of plants and animals is one of the most fascinating subjects in ecology. It has long been recognized as an important factor affecting ecosystem dynamics. Dispersal is apparently a phenomenon of biological origin; however, because of its complexity, it cannot be studied comprehensively by...
Teenagers
A Natural History
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
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A biological, anthropological, zoological, and cultural study of human adolescence that explains how teenagers are the pinnacle of human achievement.
This book will change the way people think about teenagers. No longer society's scourge, the teenager emerges from David Bainbridge's...
Recombinant DNA and Genetic Experimentation
Proceedings of a Conference on Recombinant DNA, Jointly Organised by the Committee on Genetic Experimentation (COGENE) and the Royal Society of London, Held at Wye College, Kent, UK, 1-4 April, 1979
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Recombinant DNA and Genetic Experimentation contains papers from the Proceedings of a Conference on Recombinant DNA held in London on April 1-4, 1979.
This books reviews recombinant DNA research and discusses advances in the application of recombinant DNA research and the regulations affecting such...
Bioinorganic Chemistry -- Inorganic Elements in the Chemistry of Life
An Introduction and Guide
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
The field of Bioinorganic Chemistry has grown significantly in recent years; now one of the major sub-disciplines of Inorganic Chemistry, it has also pervaded other areas of the life sciences due to its highly interdisciplinary nature.
Bioinorganic Chemistry: Inorganic Elements in the Chemistry...
Molecular Neuroendocrinology
From Genome to Physiology
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2016
Molecular Neuroendocrinology: From Genome to Physiology, provides researchers and students with a critical examination of the steps being taken to decipher genome complexity in the context of the expression, regulation and physiological functions of genes in neuroendocrine systems.
The 19 chapters...
Bioinformatics
Genes, Proteins and Computers
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2003
Bioinformatics, the use of computers to address biological questions, has become an essential tool in biological research. It is one of the critical keys needed to unlock the information encoded in the flood of data generated by genome, protein structure, transcriptome and proteome research.
Bioinformatics:...
The Origins of Order
Self-Organization and Selection in Evolution
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 1993
Stuart Kauffman here presents a brilliant new paradigm for evolutionary biology, one that extends the basic concepts of Darwinian evolution to accommodate recent findings and perspectives from the fields of biology, physics, chemistry and mathematics. The book drives to the heart of the exciting debate...
Embryogenesis
Species, Gender, and Identity
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2013
Embryogenesis is an unusual book in that it brings together a highly illustrated, practical embryology book in simple language, perfect for health practitioners, with a fascinating read on the history and philosophy of biological science. It discusses the various stages of embryonic development (meiosis,...
Applied Climatology
Principles and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2013
'Big freeze' conditions, storms, severe flooding, droughts, and heatwaves - recent extremes in weather, with their resultant physical, economic and human losses, highlight the vulnerability of society to changes in the atmosphere. Atmospheric pollution, urbanization, natural atmospheric disasters...