Ecology category: 3266 books
The Ecology of Plant Secondary Metabolites
From Genes to Global Processes
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2012
Plant secondary metabolites (PSMs) such as terpenes and phenolic compounds are known to have numerous ecological roles, notably in defence against herbivores, pathogens and abiotic stresses and in interactions with competitors and mutualists. This book reviews recent developments in the field to provide...
by James K Agee
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2013
The structure of mvirgin forests in the western United States reflects a past disturbance history that includes forest fire. James K. Agee, an expert in the emergfield of fire ecology, analyzes the ecological role of fire in the creation and maintenance of natural western forests, focusing primarily...
Environmental Ecology
The Ecological Effects of Pollution, Disturbance, and Other Stresses
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 1995
Thoroughly revised and significantly expanded, the Second Edition of Environmental Ecology provides new case studies and in-depth treatment of the effects of pollution and other disturbances on our oceans, lakes, forests, and air. New chapters on biological resources and ecological applications have...
An Integrative Approach to Successional Dynamics
Tempo and Mode of Vegetation Change
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2015
Much of what is considered conventional wisdom about succession is not as clear cut as it is generally believed. Yet, the importance of succession in ecology is undisputed since it offers a real insight into the dynamics and structure of all plant communities. Part monograph and part conceptual treatise,...
Cultural Forests of the Amazon
A Historical Ecology of People and Their Landscapes
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2013
Winner of the Society for Economic Botany's Mary W. Klinger Book Award.
Cultural Forests of the Amazon is a comprehensive and diverse account of how indigenous people transformed landscapes and managed resources in the most extensive region of tropical forests in the world.
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by G. E. Shulman, R. Malcolm Love
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 1999
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 1999
This volume is dedicated to an in-depth discussion of the biochemical ecology of marine fishes. The authors review fish biology with regard to the environment and the world's fisheries. They show how fish can be assessed for harvesting at the best time in their life cycles and in the correct condition...
Culture, Ecology and Economy of Fire Management in North Australian Savannas
Rekindling the Wurrk Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2009
This engaging volume explores the management of fire in one of the world’s most flammable landscapes: Australia’s tropical savannas, where on average 18% of the landscape is burned annually. Impacts have been particularly severe in the Arnhem Land Plateau, a centre of plant and animal diversity on...
Chaos and Cosmos
Literary Roots of Modern Ecology in the British Nineteenth Century
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2014
In Chaos and Cosmos, Heidi Scott integrates literary readings with contemporary ecological methods to investigate two essential and contrasting paradigms of nature that scientific ecology continues to debate: chaos and balance. Ecological literature of the Romantic and Victorian eras uses environmental...
by Georgy I. Shenbrot, Konstantin A. Rogovin, Boris R. Krasnov
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Rodents are conspicuous and important components of the desert biome. Many general concepts in modern community and behavioral ecology use them as a main model.
This volume compiles and generalizes data on the spatial structure of desert rodent communities, taking into account both global (biogeographic)...
by Jacobus du P. Bothma
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
Arid lands require that organisms inhabiting them be well-adapted to thrive or even just to survive. This book provides a review of the ecological adaptations - be they behavioural, physiological or morphological - of carnivores to arid environments. Following a general introduction into aridity and...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2013
This book provides insights into various aspects of marine faunal communities in India, which are extremely diverse due to the geomorphologic and climatic variations along the Indian coasts. Consisting of 30 chapters by experts in their respective fields, it is divided into two parts:
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River Ecosystem Ecology
A Global Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2010
A derivative of the Encyclopedia of Inland Waters, River Ecosystem Ecology reviews the function of rivers and streams as ecosystems as well as the varied activities and interactions that occur among their abiotic and biotic components. Because the articles are drawn from an encyclopedia, the articles...
by A.C. Brown, Anton McLachlan
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2010
The Ecology of Sandy Shores provides the students and researchers with a one-volume resource for understanding the conservation and management of the sandy shore ecosystem. Covering all beach types, and addressing issues from the behavioral and physiological adaptations of the biota to exploring the...
The Painted Stork
Ecology and Conservation
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2011
The book will cover the entire range of the Painted Stork--beyond its stronghold in India and Sri Lanka to other countries--E Asia as well. For the sake of comparison, relevant information will be included about the other species of storks--both solitary as well as colonial, of Asia, as well as those...