Ecology category: 3266 books
by Jacob P. Kritzer, Peter F. Sale
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2010
Technological improvements have greatly increased the ability of marine scientists to collect and analyze data over large spatial scales, and the resultant insights attainable from interpreting those data vastly increase understanding of poplation dynamics, evolution and biogeography. Marine Metapopulations...
Partaking of God
Trinity, Evolution, and Ecology
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2014
The natural world around us is in crisis. We know it has a dynamic, evolutionary character. How might we understand this world in relationship to God?
Partaking of God builds on the foundations of the dynamic trinitarian theology of Athanasius. It develops into a theology of the Word as the...
Ecological Orbits
How Planets Move and Populations Grow
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2004
A famous ecologist and a philosopher of science team up to offer a fresh new approach to population biology and ecology. Challenging the traditionally accepted Lotka-Volterra model, which is based on predator-prey interactions, this new model emphasizes maternal effects, specifically the significance of a mother's interest in the success of her female offspring.
Running Away from Elephants
The Adventures of a Wildlife Biologist
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2018
‘The memoirs of a self-confessed maverick wildlife biologist, full of fascinating information, and stories told with Rauf’s inimitable caustic humour. A must for wildlife lovers and all who enjoy a unique read.’—Mark Tully
Beginning with his interactions with Dr Salim Ali, the legendary...
Environmental Justice
International Discourses in Political Economy
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2017
Environmental justice is one of the most controversial and important issues in contemporary social science. Volume 8 of the Energy and Environmental Policy series challenges our understanding of environmental justice in a global context. It includes theoretical investigations and case studies by leading...
Wildlife, Fire and Future Climate
A Forest Ecosystem Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2002
The conservation of Earth's forest ecosystems is one of the great environmental challenges facing humanity in the 21st century. All of Earth's ecosystems now face the spectre of the accelerated greenhouse effect and rates of change in climatic regimes that have hitherto been unknown. In addition, multiple...
Marine Protected Areas
A Multidisciplinary Approach
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2011
Human-induced environmental disturbance – through fishery activities, coastal development, tourism and pollution – is a major challenge to the restoration and conservation of marine biodiversity. Synthesizing the latest research into marine biodiversity conservation and fisheries management, this...
Eco-Geography
What We See When We Look at Landscapes
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2001
Whether you travel across the country, to work, or to your children's soccer games, you pass landscape along your way. What do you see as you look around? Author Andreas Suchantke shows you new ways to see and experience the world around you wherever you go. What do we really see when we look at a landscape?...
Environmental Anthropology Engaging Ecotopia
Bioregionalism, Permaculture, and Ecovillages
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
In order to move global society towards a sustainable “ecotopia,” solutions must be engaged in specific places and communities, and the authors here argue for re-orienting environmental anthropology from a problem-oriented towards a solutions-focused endeavor. Using case studies from around the...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2016
This edited volume is a timely and comprehensive summary of the New Zealand lizard fauna. Nestled in the south-west Pacific, New Zealand is a large archipelago that displays the faunal signatures of both its Gondwanan origins, and more recent oceanic island influences. New Zealand was one of the last...
Experiments in Consilience
Integrating Social And Scientific Responses To Save Endangered Species
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2013
In his 1998 book Consilience, E.O. Wilson set forth the idea that integrating knowledge and insights from across the spectrum of human study -- the humanities, social science, and natural sciences -- is the key to solving complex environmental and social problems. Experiments in Consilience tells...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2016
With one volume each year, this series keeps scientists and advanced students informed of the latest developments and results in all areas of the plant sciences. The present volume includes reviews on plant physiology, biochemistry, ecology, and ecosystems.
Following St. Francis
John Paul II's Call for Ecological Action
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
The first book to present the environmental teachings of this beloved pope—the newly canonized St. John Paul—and the hopeful words of Pope Francis, thoughtfully synthesized into a complete spiritual and practical vision for the future.
"The ecological crisis is a moral crisis."...
Natural Dam Lake Cuejdel in the Stânişoarei Mountains, Eastern Carpathians
A Limnogeographical Study
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2018
This book presents an interdisciplinary study of Lake Cuejdel, one of the youngest natural dam lakes in Romania. Even though the overall study has a strong geographical approach, it also includes limnological and hydrological studies.
The lake was formed in two phases: Initially a small lake...