A Monograph of Paris (Melanthiaceae): Morphology, Biology, Systematics and Taxonomy Author(s): Yunheng Ji (Author) Publisher: Springer Publication Date: November 4, 2020 Edition: 1st ed. 2021 Language: English Print length: 216 pages ISBN-10: 9811579024 ISBN-13: 9789811579028 Book Description This book provides essential information on the morphology, biology, phytochemistry, pharmaceutical prospects, evolution, phylogeny, biogeography, and taxonomy of Paris (Melanthiaceae), a morphologically di...
Snails on Rocky Sea Shores (Naturalists’ Handbooks) (Vol) Author(s): John Crothers (Author) Publisher: Pelagic Publication Date: January 1, 2012 Edition: First Edition Language: English Print length: 97 pages ISBN-10: 1907807152 ISBN-13: 9781907807152 Book Description The snails found living on rocky sea shores are among the most rewarding invertebrate animals to study. Species such as dog-whelks, topshells and winkles are easy to find, capture, identify, measure and mark. This book provid...
Environmental Culture: The Ecological Crisis of Reason (Environmental Philosophies) Author(s): Val Plumwood (Author) Publisher: Routledge Publication Date: December 20, 2001 Edition: 1st Language: English Print length: 300 pages ISBN-10: 0415178770 ISBN-13: 9780415178778 Book Description In this much-needed account of what has gone wrong in our thinking about the environment, Val Plumwood digs at the roots of environmental degradation. She argues that we need to see nature as an end itself, rath...
Anticipatory Systems: Philosophical, Mathematical, and Methodological Foundations Author(s): Robert Rosen (Author), Judith Rosen (Contributor), John J. Kineman (Contributor), Mihai Nadin (Contributor) Publisher: Springer Publication Date: February 2, 2012 Edition: 2nd ed. 2012 Language: English Print length: 532 pages ISBN-10: 1461412684 ISBN-13: 9781461412687 Book Description Robert Rosen was not only a biologist, he was also a brilliant mathematician whose extraordinary contributions to theore...
Author(s): Dilys Roe (Editor), Joanna Elliott (Editor), Chris Sandbrook (Editor), Matt Walpole (Editor) Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publication Date: February 11, 2013 Edition: 1st Language: English Print length: 350 pages ISBN-10: 9780470674789 ISBN-13: 9780470674789 Book Description Biodiversity conservation and poverty alleviation are both important societal goals demanding increasing international attention. While they may seem to be unrelated, the international policy frameworks that guide a...
Evolutionary Transitions to Multicellular Life: Principles and mechanisms (Advances in Marine Genomics, 2) Author(s): Iñaki Ruiz-Trillo (Editor), Aurora M. Nedelcu (Editor) Publisher: Springer Publication Date: April 9, 2015 Edition: 2015th Language: English Print length: 505 pages ISBN-10: 9401796416 ISBN-13: 9789401796415 Book Description The book integrates our understanding of the factors and processes underlying the evolution of multicellularity by providing several complementary perspectiv...
Historical Environmental Variation in Conservation and Natural Resource Management Author(s): John A. Wiens (Editor), Gregory D. Hayward (Editor), Hugh D. Safford (Editor), Catherine Giffen (Editor) Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publication Date: September 11, 2012 Edition: 1st Language: English Print length: 352 pages ISBN-10: 1444337920 ISBN-13: 9781444337921 Book Description In North America, concepts of Historical Range of Variability are being employed in land-management planning for propertie...
Nurturing Alternative Futures: Living with Diversity in a More-than-Human World Author(s): Muhammad Kavesh (Editor), Natasha Fijn (Editor) Publisher: Routledge Publication Date: May 6, 2025 Edition: 1st Language: English Print length: 200 pages ISBN-10: 1032573589 ISBN-13: 9781032573588 Book Description Developing upon emerging environmental humanities and multispecies anthropological theories, this book provides a fresh perspective on how we might rethink more-than-human relationality and why i...
An Environmental History of Knowledge and Politics: Forestry in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Hungary (Environmental History of Central and Eastern Europe – CEU Press) Author(s): Róbert Balogh (Author) Publisher: Central European University Press Publication Date: 22 Jan. 2026 Edition: 1st Language: English Print length: 186 pages ISBN-10: 9633868432 ISBN-13: 9789633868430 Book Description How can historical studies help us understand today’s environmental crises? What events led human...
Lung Biology and Pathophysiology (Methods in Signal Transduction Series) Author(s): Yutong Zhao (Editor) Publisher: CRC Press Publication Date: February 20, 2024 Edition: 1st Language: English Print length: 272 pages ISBN-10: 1032409029 ISBN-13: 9781032409023 Book Description The lungs are the organ for gas exchange between the body and the external environment. Dysfunction of upper airway epithelium and smooth muscle cells leads to pathogenesis of asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (...
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