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Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2015
In the late 18th century explorers and scientists started venturing into the Arctic in a heroic and sometimes deadly effort to understand and unveil the secrets of the unforgiving and mysterious polar region of the high north. Despite that the Arctic was already populated mattered less for the first...
Olive Processing Waste Management
Literature Review and Patent Survey
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2006
Olive Processing Waste Management contains a comprehensive review of literature and patent survey concerning olive processing waste. Over 1,000 citations are presented. Wastes considered include olive cultivation solid waste, wastes arising from classical, three- and two-phase olive mills and wastes...
Climate and Conservation
Landscape and Seascape Science, Planning, and Action
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2012
Climate and Conservation presents case studies from around the world of leading-edge projects focused on climate change adaptation-regional-scale endeavors where scientists, managers, and practitioners are working to protect biodiversity by protecting landscapes and seascapes in response to threats...
Resilient Asia
Fusion of Traditional and Modern Systems for a Sustainable Future
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2018
This book summarizes three years of extensive research conducted in Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Vietnam as part of the CECAR – Asia project, which was intended to enhance resilience to climate and ecosystem changes by developing mosaic systems to strengthen resilience of bio-production systems through...
Ecotoxicology
The Study of Pollutants in Ecosystems
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 1999
Ecotoxicology, Third Edition discusses the ecological effects of pollutants: the ways in which ecosystems can be affected, and current attempts to predict and monitor such effects. The emphasis is on ecosystems; therefore toxicological approaches are critically assessed.
Following a brief introduction...
by Peter T. Wlasuk
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
Why write another guide to observing the Moon? That was the question I was pondering as I began this project, having a fine collection of "classic" lunar guidebooks dating back to 1791 in my own library. As a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS), member of the American Astronomical...
Approaches to Water Sensitive Urban Design
Potential, Design, Ecological Health, Urban Greening, Economics, Policies, and Community Perceptions
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2018
Approaches to Water Sensitive Urban Design: Potential, Design, Ecological Health, Economics, Policies and Community Perceptions covers all aspects on the implementation of sustainable storm water systems for urban and suburban areas whether they are labeled as WSUD, Low Impact Development (LID), Green...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2019
Resilience in Complex Socioecological Systems, Volume 60*,* the latest release in the Advances in Ecological Research series, includes specific chapters that cover Ecological Resilience, Socio-economic Resilience in Agriculture, Socio-ecological Resilience, Adaptive Capacity in Ecosystems, Tales of...
by Samraat Pawar, Guy Woodward, Anthony I. Dell
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2015
The theme of this volume is Trait-Based Ecology - From Structure to Function.
Advances in Ecological Research is one of the most successful series in the highly competitive field of ecology
Each volume publishes topical and important reviews, interpreting ecology as widely as in the past, to...
The Earth's Land Surface
Landforms and Processes in Geomorphology
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2010
"Given the sheer scale of the topic under consideration here, Professor Gregory does well to condense it into bite-size pieces for the reader. I recommend this text to all undergraduate students of physical geography and earth sciences, particularly to those in their first and second years......
Potable Water
Emerging Global Problems and Solutions
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2014
This volume presents a unique and comprehensive glimpse of current and emerging issues of concern related to potable water. The themes discussed include: (1) historical perspective of the evolution of drinking water science and technology and drinking water standards and regulations; (2) emerging...
The Biogeography of the Australian North West Shelf
Environmental Change and Life's Response
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2013
The Biogeography of the Australian North West Shelf provides the first assembly of existing information of the North West Shelf in terms of geological, oceanographic and climatological history and current understanding of such issues as biodiversity, connectivity, larval dispersal and speciation in...
Everyday Lifestyles and Sustainability
The Environmental Impact Of Doing The Same Things Differently
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2018
The impact of humanity on the earth overshoots the earth’s bio-capacity to supply humanity’s needs, meaning that people are living off earth’s capital rather than its income. However, not all countries are equal and this book explores why apparently similar patterns of daily living can lead...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
2 DANNY D. REIBLEI AND KATERINA DEMNEROVA 1 Hazardous Substance Research Center/South and Southwest, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 2 Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague, Czech Republic On May 24, 2001, a total of 102 students and...