Applied ecology Books

Goldfish Varieties And Tropical Aquarium Fishes: A Complete Guide To Aquaria And Related Subjects is a comprehensive book written by William Thornton Innes in 1917. The book is a complete guide on how to keep and maintain a healthy aquarium. It covers a...

English Botany V3, Leguminiferae To Rosaceae: Or Colored Figures Of British Plants (1873) is a book written by John T. Boswell Syme. It is a comprehensive guide to the various species of British plants belonging to the Leguminiferae and Rosaceae families...

Enchiridion Botanicum est opus auctore Endlicher, Stephano anno MDCCCXLI editum. In hoc libro, exhibentur Classes et Ordines Plantarum, cum descriptionibus accuratis et illustratis. Autor diligenter investigavit plantas, earum proprietates et...

L'Eau Sur Le Plateau Central De La France (1871) est un livre �����crit par Henri Lecoq. Ce livre traite de l'eau sur le plateau central de la France et de son importance pour la vie des habitants de la r�����gion. L'auteur examine les sources d'eau, les...

Le livre intitul����� ""Histoire Naturelle Des Cetacees, Dediee A Anne-Caroline La Cepede (1804)"" a �����t����� �����crit par M. La Cepede. Il s'agit d'un ouvrage qui traite de mani�����re exhaustive de l'histoire naturelle des c�����tac�����s, tels que...

Le livre ""Le�����ons �����l�����mentaires sur l'histoire naturelle des animaux"" �����crit par Jean Charles Chenu en 1847 est un manuel d'histoire naturelle destin����� aux �����tudiants. L'auteur y pr�����sente une vue d'ensemble de la classification...

Le livre ""Evolution Du Carbone Et De L�������Azote Dans Le Monde Vivant (1899)"" �����crit par Pierre Marie Maze est une �����uvre scientifique qui traite de l'�����volution du carbone et de l'azote dans le monde vivant. L'auteur explore les...

Le livre ""Voyage Mineralogique Fait En Hongrie Et En Transilvanie (1780)"" �����crit par Ignaz De Born est un compte rendu d�����taill����� d'un voyage min�����ralogique effectu����� en Hongrie et en Transylvanie en 1770. L'auteur, un min�����ralogiste...

The Fisheries Exhibition Literature V10 (1884) is a book written by William Houghton. It is a comprehensive collection of literature on the subject of fisheries, covering various aspects such as fishing techniques, equipment, and regulations. The book is...

Suppl�����ment au dictionnaire des jardiniers V1 (1789) de De Chazelles, Laurent Marie est un livre qui fournit des informations suppl�����mentaires sur les pratiques de jardinage et les plantes pour les jardiniers. Le livre est une extension du...

""Popular History of the Palms and Their Allies"" is a book written by Berthold Seemann in 1856. The book provides a comprehensive overview of palms and their relatives, including their origins, characteristics, and uses. It also includes detailed...

"Mintähden pysyy lihava ihminen paremmin veden päällä, kuin laiha? Sentähden, että lihavan ihmisen liha on pöyhiämpi (vähemmin tiviä), kuin laihan, ja niin muodoin omituisesti keviämpi."Saksalainen tietokirjailija Otto Ule kirjoitti 1800-luvulla...

The primary role of this book is to introduce the reader to, and hopefully stimulate interest in, the ecology of temporary aquatic habi­ tats. The book assumes that the reader will have, already, some gen­ eral knowledge of...

The ECOMAC project (Eco-management Accounting as a Tool of Environmental Man­ agement) has provided a framework for linking environmental management with man­ agement accounting. It was funded in Theme 4, 'Human Dimensions of...

This book brings together a selection of 22 original studies submitted to Biodiversity and Conservation that address aspects of methods and practice in biodiversity conservation. The contributions deal with a wide variety of...

F.H.Schwarzenbach nahm 1953 als Botaniker an der Zweiten Baffin Island Expedition des Arctic Institutes of North America teil. Er hielt die Ergebnisse seiner Untersuchungen in einem umfangreichen Schlussbericht von 1962 fest, der aber aus finanziellen...

Inselbergs are isolated rock outcrops that stand out abruptly from surrounding plains. Despite the widespread occurrence of granite inselbergs throughout all climatic and vegetational zones, their remarkably rich plant life was...

Coastal and marine ecosystems, some severely degraded, other still pristine, control rich resources of inshore environments and coastal seas of Latin America's Pacific and Atlantic margins. Conflicts between the needs of the...

The bioaccumulation of endocrine disruptors, persistent organic chemicals and other compounds of high environmental impact has become of increasing interest in most recent environmental research, risk analysis and toxicology...

This encyclopedia contains a comprehensive treatment of the taxonomy of the families and genera of ferns and seed plants. The present volume, the fifth in this series, deals with three major groups of dicotyledons, the...

Humic Substances color all waters more or less brown. Their concentrations exceed all carbon of living organisms by at least one order of magnitude. Opposite to former paradigms, they participate in almost any metabolic pathway...

Vegetation, soil and climate are the most important components of ecological systems. This long-awaited fourth edition of the well-established textbook by Heinrich Walter summarizes our knowledge of the earth's ecology and...

At the start of the new millennium, mankind is challenged by a paradox: the more we know about the world the more uncertain we become in understanding and predicting how it works. This book presents an outline of a new basis...

This is the first systematic owl checklist for over 50 years to include subspecies and synonyms. The book provides information on the type, locality, habitat and distribution of 220 owl species and 539 taxa, as well as the...

El lema de la Agenda 21 de la ONU, que pretende proteger los derechos de las generaciones futuras y de todas las especies de los posibles crímenes del presente, es a la vez una cortina de humo y una carta de derechos. Sobre la base de este elevado...

Indonesia contains some of Asia's most biodiverse and threatened forests. The challenges result from both long-term management problems and the political, social, and economic turmoil of the past few years. The contributors to Which Way Forward? explore...

Every year, the world's governments spend over US $700 billion subsidizing activities that harm the environment. The Natural Wealth of Nations shows how cutting these wasteful subsidies can actually boost the economy, save tax and help the environment.By...

Northern governments and NGOs are increasingly convinced that civil society will enable people in developing countries to escape the poverty trap. Civil Society and the Aid Industry, the product of extensive research by the prestigious North-South...

Many people today feel that something has gone wrong with British society and British politics. The quality of like seems to be declining. Crime soars. Traffic and pollution spiral. Mass unemployment is undiminished, while many people experience...

Within only a few years, global warming has emerged from scientific speculation into an environmental threat of worldwide concern. Yet the scientific community remains uncertain as to the long-term trends and effects of climate change, and this...

The essays in this study contribute to an analysis of the prospects for the world's economy in the face of environmental constraints. The contributors examine the implications of development in both northern and southern hemispheres, and the extreme...

For decades now we have wasted and mismanaged the world?s water supplies. Today, 27 countries are short of water, a quarter of the world?s population has no safe water, 46 per cent have no proper sanitation and each year four million children die of...

Biofortification - the enrichment of staple food crops with essential micronutrients - has been heralded as a uniquely sustainable solution to the problem of micronutrient deficiency or 'hidden hunger'. Considerable attention and resources are being...

This book tells the story of development studies in practice over the last fifty years through the work of one remarkable individual, Robert Chambers.

This book will allow ecologists to get started with the application of remote sensing and to understand its potential and limitations. Using practical examples, the book covers all necessary steps from planning field campaigns to deriving ecologically...

Discusses both traditional and modern forms of agricultural production focussing on sustainable practices. It discusses seed improvement, crop protection, phytosanitary aspects, protected agriculture, plant factories, hydroponic systems, mechanization,...

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of forest management options to guide natural resource management in the face of future climate change. Topics include potential climate change impacts on wildfire, insects, diseases, and invasives, and how...

Natural disasters make dramatic reading. Every year, some area of the world is devastated by a disaster, with enormous consequent loss of life and disruption to livelihoods. What can be done to alleviate this? Why are such disasters so lethal? Why do...

How can the European Union meet its binding 20% renewable energy target in final energy consumption by the year 2020? Which sources offer the best prospects for realizing this goal? These are the questions answered by this key book which analyses the...

This volume explores 25 case studies of fiscal measures that have been adopted successfully by governments in North America and Europe to reduce environmental degradation. Each study lays out the implementation issues and problems faced, and compares the...

'Cool Companies' turns on its head the idea that measures to avert global warming and climate change will pile massive costs on to the industrial sector. It shows how the smartest companies have been able to make money through the improvements that...

As the fourth report in a series on the Governance of Metropolitan Areas, Reform as Reorganization explores the welfare and development of metropolitan America in terms of political reorganization. Originally published in 1974, this study reflects on...

This book illuminates the fast-changing dynamics of local environmental politics in China. The contributions reveal the mechanisms, effects, and impacts of on-going environmental experiments and innovations to improve implementation processes at the...

This book, first published in 1988, provides an overview of the diverse work that was being done in applied and theoretical environmental and resource economics. Some essays reflect upon the background of the work of John Krutilla, one of the founders of...

In the early 1970s, the post-World War II boom in world metal consumption came to a halt. As time passed, it became clear that what many first thought to be a cyclical downturn was instead a long-term, substantial decline in world metal demand. In this...

Environmental Justice in Contemporary US Narratives examines post-1929 US artistic interrogations of environmental disruption. Tracing themes of pollution, marine life, and agricultural production in the work of a number of historically significant...