Ecology category: 3266 books
Ice, Fire, and Nutcrackers
A Rocky Mountain Ecology
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
Why do quaking aspens grow in prominent clumps rather than randomly scattered across the landscape? Why and how does a rufous hummingbird drop its metabolism to one-hundredth of its normal rate? Why do bull elk grow those enormous antlers? Using his experience as a biologist and ecologist, George...
Amphibian and Reptile Adaptations to the Environment
Interplay Between Physiology and Behavior
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2017
Despite their diversity, amphibians and reptiles share many physiological traits, such as their dependence on external heat sources for body temperature regulation, that are of pivotal importance to their ability to cope with the environment. Considerable variation in physiological capabilities exists...
Loricate Ciliate Tintinnids in a Tropical Mangrove Wetland
Diversity, Distribution and Impact of Climate Change
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2014
This book is an integrated approach to present a detailed case study in order to address the taxonomic and ecological features of this planktonic choreotrich protists in an iconic tropical mangrove wetland - Sundarban. To identify each tintinnid species, emphasis is given with regards to taxonomic...
Seaweed Biology
Novel Insights into Ecophysiology, Ecology and Utilization
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2012
Seaweeds, also known as macroalgae, are among the most important primary producers and act as ecological engineers on rocky coasts of the world’s oceans. In addition to their extreme ecological importance they are also of high economic relevance. Complementing available textbooks with its more research-oriented...
Green Buddhism
Practice and Compassionate Action in Uncertain Times
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2019
At a time of growing environmental crisis, a pioneer of Green Buddhist thought offers challenging and illuminating perspectives.
With species rapidly disappearing and global temperatures rising, there is more urgency than ever to act on the ecological crises we face. Hundreds of millions of...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2014
Madagascar is one of the most biologically diverse places on the planet, the result of 160 million years of isolation from the African mainland. More than 80% of its species are not found anywhere else on Earth. However, this highly diverse flora and fauna is threatened by habitat loss and fragmentation,...
Biodiversity Hotspots
Distribution and Protection of Conservation Priority Areas
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2011
Biodiversity and its conservation are among the main global topics in science and politics and perhaps the major challenge for the present and coming generations. This book written by international experts from different disciplines comprises general chapters on diversity and its measurement, human...
Large Carnivore Conservation and Management
Human Dimensions
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2018
Large carnivores include iconic species such as bears, wolves and big cats. Their habitats are increasingly being shared with humans, and there is a growing number of examples of human-carnivore coexistence as well as conflict. Next to population dynamics of large carnivores, there are considerable...
Ecological Processes at Marine Fronts
Oases in the ocean
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2015
This book reviews and summarizes the results and hypotheses raised by studies directly or indirectly dealing with the ecology of fronts and aims to identify the themes that connect them to produce a synthesis of this knowledge. Though not immediately perceived the ocean is highly structured and fronts...
Amazonian Floodplain Forests
Ecophysiology, Biodiversity and Sustainable Management
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2010
Central Amazonian floodplain forests are an unique and endangered ecosystem. The forests grow in areas that are annually flooded by large rivers during mean periods of up to 8 months and at depths of up to 10 m. Despite this severe stress, these forests consist of over 1,000 species and are by far...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2010
This book covers in one volume materials scattered in hundreds of research articles, in most cases focusing on specialized aspects of coral biology. In addition to the latest developments in coral evolution and physiology, it presents chapters devoted to novel frontiers in coral reef research. These...
Voices from the Forest
Integrating Indigenous Knowledge into Sustainable Upland Farming
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2010
This handbook of locally based agricultural practices brings together the best of science and farmer experimentation, vividly illustrating the enormous diversity of shifting cultivation systems as well as the power of human ingenuity. Environmentalists have tended to disparage shifting cultivation...
Black Beaches and Bayous
The BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Disaster
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2012
Black Beaches and Bayous: The BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Disaster provides a multidisciplinary, international perspective on one of the major disaster events within the United States during the last ten years. Scholars from various disciplines including sociology, political science, ecology, psychology,...
Genetically Engineered Marine Organisms
Environmental and Economic Risks and Benefits
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Genetically Engineered Marine Organisms: Environmental and Economic Risks and Benefits provides a comprehensive, multidisciplinary overview of the environmental, economic, and regulatory implications of advances in marine biotechnology. The book has been specifically designed to bridge the gap between...