Meg - Ecology 1

“The best science and nature writingーwhich these stories representーreminds us of the wide world and our connection to it, and the multitude of ways we make our place in it,” writes Susan Orlean in……続きを見る

Results of regular monitoring of the species diversity and structure of plant communities is used by conservation biologists to help understand impacts of perturbations caused by humans and other en……続きを見る

This book explains complex environment of climate finance in Africa, emphasizing the critical need for financial resources to reduce the effects of climate change in the region. It investigates spec……続きを見る

Award-winning environmentalist, author, and journalist Bill McKibben selects twenty science and nature essays that represent the best examples of the form published in the previous year. “This was t……続きを見る

A collection of the best science and nature articles written in 2021, selected by guest editor renowned marine biologist Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and series editor Jaime Green. Dr. Ayana Elizabet……続きを見る

In "Soil Culture," J. H. Walden meticulously explores the intricate relationship between soil health and agricultural practices, intertwining scientific analysis with profound philosophical reflecti……続きを見る

Choice 2025 Outstanding Academic Title Ecotourism, defined as responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment and improves the well-being of local people, has become one of the fa……続きを見る

Our civilization will be the first in the entire history of the planet to unite the opposites: the technocratic world and the achievements of the divine creations. This is not a fantasy, it is the g……続きを見る

What can justice and sustainability mean, pragmatically speaking, in today’s cities? Can justice be the basis on which the practices of city building rely? Can this recognition constitute sustainabi……続きを見る

Screaming at the television, compulsively firing off tart little tweets, and blogging until we are blue; these signal that we are feeling the effects of dastardly discourse. We live in a world where……続きを見る

'A call to arms for everyone' Steve Backshall 'Eye-opening' New Scientist The diversity of life on earth is astounding, with each species perfectly adapted to its environment. Sharks can navigate th……続きを見る

If the coronavirus does not get us, our ignorance might. The COVID-19 pandemic exposed serious gaps in Americans' education. Did education cause the outbreak? No. Did our assumptions, false narrativ……続きを見る

As the turmoil of interlinked crises unfolds across the worldーfrom climate change to growing inequality to the rise of authoritarian governmentsーsocial scientists examine what is happening and why……続きを見る

This book helps all those involved in international tourism develop the new skills, tools and investments required to protect irreplaceable global resources from the impacts of escalating tourism de……続きを見る

This volume critically reviews all previously published work of parasites that interact with krill (order Euphausiacea) updating misconceptions and summarizing the diversity of epibionts, ectoparasi……続きを見る

Biodiversity has been a key concept in international conservation since the 1980s, yet historians have paid little attention to its origins. Uncovering its roots in tropical fieldwork and the southw……続きを見る

In "The Open Window: Tales of the Months," Mabel Osgood Wright crafts a series of enchanting narratives that celebrate the natural rhythms of the year. Each tale corresponds to a specific month, ble……続きを見る

How might performance serve as a means for facing ubiquitous trauma and pain, in humans and ecologies? While reflecting on her multidisciplinary work Systems of Pain/Networks of Resilience, artist M……続きを見る

The main theory in this book is the fact that humans as a species have stopped evolving in-vivo. They are evolving in-caput. It means that humans by developping technology turn themselves into a nev……続きを見る

This edited book cover over 200 mushrooms with detailed profiles of all the species. Each profile includes information on macro-morphology, molecular characterization, application and a color photog……続きを見る

...Cunoscutul om de afaceri din Siberia Occidentală, Vladimir Nicolaevici Megre, într-una din expediţiile sale comerciale de-a lungul fluviului Obi’, o întâlneşte pe Anastasia - această femeie extra……続きを見る

To address climate change fairly, many conflicting claims over natural resources must be balanced against one another. This has long been obvious in the case of fossil fuels and greenhouse gas sinks……続きを見る

This volume charts a new course in animal studies that re-examines Jacques Derrida's enduring thought on the visualization of the animal in his seminal Cerisy Conference from 1997, The Animal That T……続きを見る

A Série Universitária foi desenvolvida pelo Senac São Paulo com o intuito de preparar profissionais para o mercado de trabalho. Os títulos abrangem diversas áreas, abordando desde conhecimentos teór……続きを見る

Mabel Osgood Wright's "Four-Footed Americans and Their Kin" is a compelling exploration of the lives and characteristics of domestic animals in late 19th-century America. Wright employs a lyrical an……続きを見る

This unique dictionary and introduction to Global Environmental Governance (GEG), written and compiled by two veterans of the international stage, provides a compilation of over 5500 terms, organiza……続きを見る

Bayesian Data Analysis in Ecology Using Linear Models with R, BUGS, and STAN examines the Bayesian and frequentist methods of conducting data analyses. The book provides the theoretical background i……続きを見る