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Conservation of Wildlife Populations
L. Scott Mills
Population ecology has matured to a sophisticated science with astonishing potential for contributing solutions to wildlife conservation and management challenges. And yet, much of the applied power of wildlife population ecology remains...
Alternative Ecological Risk Assessment
Lawrence V. Tannenbaum
In Alternative Ecological Risk Assessment the author, Lawrence V. Tannenbaum, provides a critical review of current practices in the ecological risk assessment field and proposes alternatives that are supported by established science and keen...
Photosynthesis
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Photosynthesis is one of the most important processes that affects all life on Earth, and, even now in the twenty-first century, it is still being studied and tested by scientists, chemists, and botanists. Regardless of politics or opinion,...
Culture of Animal Cells
R. Ian Freshney
Since the publication of the sixth edition of this benchmark text, numerous advances in the field have been made – particularly in stem cells, 3D culture, scale-up, STR profiling, and culture of specialized cells. Culture of Animal Cells: A...
Photosynthesis in the Marine Environment
Mats Bj?rk
"Marine photosynthesis provides for at least half of the primary production worldwide…" Photosynthesis in the Marine Environment constitutes a comprehensive explanation of photosynthetic processes as related to the special environment in which...
Improving Crop Productivity in Sustainable Agriculture
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An up-to-date overview of current progress in improving crop quality and quantity using modern methods. With a particular emphasis on genetic engineering, this text focusses on crop improvement under adverse conditions, paying special attention...
Improving Crop Resistance to Abiotic Stress
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The latest update on improving crop resistance to abiotic stress using the advanced key methods of proteomics, genomics and metabolomics. The wellbalanced international mix of contributors from industry and academia cover work carried out on...
Recent Advances in Polyphenol Research, Volume 2
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Recent Advances in Polyphenol Research Volume 2 Edited by Santos-Buelga, Escribano-Bailon and Lattanzio Plant phenolics are secondary metabolites that constitute one of the most common and widespread groups of substances in plants. Polyphenols...
Vaccines and Autoimmunity
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In light of the discovery of Autoimmune Syndrome Induced by Adjuvants, or ASIA, Vaccines and Autoimmunity explores the role of adjuvants – specifically aluminum in different vaccines – and how they can induce diverse autoimmune clinical...
Estuarine Ecology
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Estuaries are among the most biologically productive ecosystems on the planet–critical to the life cycles of fish, other aquatic animals, and the creatures which feed on them. Estuarine Ecology, Second Edition, covers the physical and chemical...
Perinatal Stem Cells
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Perinatal Stem Cells, 2nd Edition builds on the first edition to provide an updated tutorial on perinatal stem cells, including stem cells harvested from the amniotic fluid, placenta, maternal blood supply, umbilical cord and Wharton's Jelly. As...
Fundamental Medical Mycology
Errol Reiss
Medical mycology deals with those infections in humans, and animals resulting from pathogenic fungi. As a separate discipline, the concepts, methods, diagnosis, and treatment of fungal diseases of humans are specific. Incorporating the very...
Historical Environmental Variation in Conservation and Natural Resource Management
John A. Wiens
In North America, concepts of Historical Range of Variability are being employed in land-management planning for properties of private organizations and multiple government agencies. The National Park Service, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service,...
Scale-Sensitive Governance of the Environment
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Sensitivity to scales is one of the key challenges in environmental governance. Climate change, food production, energy supply, and natural resource management are examples of environmental challenges that stretch across scales and require...
Conservation and the Genetics of Populations
Fred W. Allendorf
Loss of biodiversity is among the greatest problems facing the world today. Conservation and the Genetics of Populations gives a comprehensive overview of the essential background, concepts, and tools needed to understand how genetic information...
Evolution of Virulence in Eukaryotic Microbes
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A unique and timely review of the emergence of eukaryotic virulence in fungi, oomycetes, and protozoa, as they affect both animals and plants Evolution of Virulence in Eukaryotic Microbes addresses new developments in defining the molecular...
Recent Advances in Polyphenol Research, Volume 3
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Plant polyphenols are secondary metabolites that constitute one of the most common and widespread groups of natural products. They express a large and diverse panel of biological activities including beneficial effects on both plants and humans....
Getting Published in the Life Sciences
Richard J. Gladon
The goal of this book is to make it easier for scientists, especially those new to scientific writing, to write about their results and to get their manuscripts accepted in peer-reviewed journals. The book covers each step throughout the...
Conservation Biology
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The late Navjot Sodhi conceived this book as a way of bringing to the forefront of our conservation planning for the tropics the views of people who were actually working and living there. In its 31 chapters, 55 authors present their views on...
Molecular Aspects of Aging
Mauricio Rojas
Molecular Aspects of Aging: Understanding Lung Aging covers recent research in the mechanisms that contribute to cellular senescence. Covering universal themes in aging, such as the exhaustion of stem cells and subsequent loss of the...
NMR of Biomolecules
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NMR is one of the most powerful methods for imaging of biomolecules. This book is the ultimate NMR guide for researchers in the biomedical community and gives not only background and practical tips but also a forward looking view on the future...
Central European Stream Ecosystems
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Probably the best-studied stream on earth. The result of unmatched long-term data taken by the Max-Planck outstation in Schlitz from the nearby Breitenbach stream since 1949, the special focus in this handbook and ready reference is on animal...
Ethnobiology
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The single comprehensive treatment of the field, from the leading members of the Society of Ethnobiology The field of ethnobiology—the study of relationships between particular ethnic groups and their native plants and animals—has grown very...
Applications of Flow Cytometry in Stem Cell Research and Tissue Regeneration
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A much-needed primer on the use of laser flow cytometry for stem cell analysis Laser flow cytometry is a powerful tool for rapid analysis of cells for marker expression, cell cycle position, proliferation, and apoptosis. However, no resources...
Women in the Geosciences
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Read an interview with the author: «Working Toward Gender Parity in the Geosciences» The geoscience workforce has a lower proportion of women compared to the general population of the United States and compared to many other STEM fields. This...
Cancer Risk Evaluation
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An overview of the different approaches to cancer risk assessment of environmental factors – including «-omics» technologies, discussing the strengths and weaknesses of the methods in different fields. The main focus is on the carcinogenic...
Reintroduction Biology
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This book aims to further advance the field of reintroduction biology beyond the considerable progress made since the formation of the IUCN/SSC Re-introduction Specialist Group. Using an issue-based framework that purposely avoids a structure...
Molekulare Diagnostik
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Endlich in zweiter Auflage: das erste deutschsprachige Lehrbuch, das sich umfassend mit der modernen Molekulardiagnostik im medizinischen Labor beschaftigt. Speziell fur medizinisch-technische Assistenten entwickelt, gibt das Buch nicht nur eine...
BSL3 and BSL4 Agents
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In one handy book, this reference gathers all the necessary information on 14 of the most commonly used dangerous groups of pathogens in biosafety level 3 and 4 laboratories. All the chapters are uniformly structured, with a brief overview of...
Marine Conservation
G. Carleton Ray
Providing a guide for marine conservation practice, Marine Conservation takes a whole-systems approach, covering major advances in marine ecosystem understanding. Its premise is that conservation must be informed by the natural histories of...
Detection of Highly Dangerous Pathogens
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Written by leading experts in the field as part of an interdisciplinary pan-European research program funded by the EU, the results provided in this booklet provide a unique and comprehensive overview of how microarray technology can be used in...
Wildland Recreation
William E. Hammitt
The authoritative guide to understanding and managing the ecological impacts of recreational activities in wildlands This third edition provides an updated and thorough examination of the ecological impacts of recreational use on wildlands and...
Trade-offs in Conservation
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This book demonstrates that trade-offs can be very important for conservationists. Its various chapters show how and why trade-offs are made, and why conservationists need to think very hard about what, if anything, to do about them. The book...
Wild Rangelands
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Rangeland ecosystems which include unimproved grasslands, shrublands, savannas and semi-deserts, support half of the world’s livestock, while also providing habitats for some of the most charismatic of wildlife species. This book examines the...
Landscape Genetics
Niko Balkenhol
Despite the substantial interest in landscape genetics from the scientific community, learning about the concepts and methods underlying the field remains very challenging. The reason for this is the highly interdisciplinary nature of the field,...
Microbes
Prakash S. Bisen
An accessible introduction to the world of microbes—from basic microbe biology through industrial applications Microbes affect our lives in a variety of ways—playing an important role in our health, food, agriculture, and environment. While some...
Protected Areas
Lucas N. Joppa
Protected areas spearhead our response to the rapidly accelerating biodiversity crisis. However, while the number of protected areas has been growing rapidly over the past 20 years, the extent to which the world’s protected areas are effectively...
Cyanobacteria
Naveen K. Sharma
Written by leading experts in the field, Cyanobacteria: An Economic Perspective is a comprehensive edited volume covering all areas of an important field and its application to energy, medicine and agriculture. Issues related to environment,...
Metabolic Ecology
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One of the first textbooks in this emerging important field of ecology. Most of ecology is about metabolism: the ways that organisms use energy and materials. The energy requirements of individuals – their metabolic rates – vary predictably with...
Wetland Environments
James S. Aber
Wetlands – swamp, marsh, bayou, tundra and bog – are places that are rarely visited and often misunderstood but they have, in fact, conspicuous roles in the physical, biological and cultural geography of the world. They are intrinsically...
Biodiversity Monitoring and Conservation
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As the impacts of anthropogenic activities increase in both magnitude and extent, biodiversity is coming under increasing pressure. Scientists and policy makers are frequently hampered by a lack of information on biological systems, particularly...
Evolution of Island Mammals
Alexandra van der Geer
Evolution on islands differs in a number of important ways from evolution on mainland areas. Over millions of years of isolation, exceptional and sometimes bizarre mammals evolved on islands, such as pig-sized elephants and hippos, giant rats...
Human Stem Cell Technology and Biology
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Human Stem Cell Technology & Biology: A Research Guide and Laboratory Manual integrates readily accessible text, electronic and video components with the aim of effectively communicating the critical information needed to understand and culture...
Working in Biosafety Level 3 and 4 Laboratories
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The first training manual for new staff working in BSL3/4 labs. This guide is based on a course developed in 2007 by the EU COST action group 28b which serves as a standard for many courses BSL3/4 training courses worldwide. The four-day course...
Cost Containment and Efficiency in National Health Systems
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Written by a local health economics expert, each of the eight chapters in this timely handbook and ready reference describes the national healthcare system of a different industrialized country. In each case, the 4-5 specific policies with the...
Вопросы биологии. Винегрет для любителей
Лим Ворд
Сборник наблюдений, статей автора по материалам собственных натурных экспериментов. Блок информации по современному состоянию биологии, поучительный экскурс в прошлое.
Кто мы такие? Гены, наше тело, общество
Роберт Сапольски
В книгу «Кто мы такие?» вошли лучшие статьи известного ученого и популяризатора науки Роберта Сапольски о человеке во всем его потрясающем многообразии. Три ее раздела, посвящены главным вопросам естествознания, включая влияние генов и среды...
Сотворение Земли. Как живые организмы создали наш мир
Андрей Журавлев
Если бы не живые существа, Земле была бы уготована унылая участь Марса. Именно разные организмы – от бактерий до цветковых растений и млекопитающих – превратили третью планету от Солнца в обитаемый мир, создали ее нынешнюю атмосферу, значительно...
Temperature and Plant Development
Franklin Keara
Plants are incredibly sensitive to changes in temperature. Changes of a single degree or two in ambient temperature can impact plant architecture, developmental processes, immune response, and plant reproduction. Temperature and Plant...
Plant Gene Containment
Li Yi
Gene Containment provides a comprehensive look at genetically modified organisms and the strategies and implementation of key methods to gene containment. The book is divided into 5 parts: An Introduction that discusses the need for...
