Electronic Books

Total Books: 301 - 320 /632
978-1-4020-5162-3
Invasive Forest Insects, Introduced Forest Trees, and Altered Ecosystems

Demand for timber and fibre continues to grow and is being met by increased reliance on plantation forestry. Many of the ...

Continue reading
978-3-7643-7380-1
Invasive Plants: Ecological and Agricultural Aspects

The study of plant invasions is the science that attempts to understand causes and consequences of plant introductions outside ...

Continue reading
978-1-4020-3023-9
Isotopes in the Water Cycle

This monograph presents state of the art applications and new developments of isotopes in hydrology, environmental disciplines ...

Continue reading
978-1-4020-3870-9
Issues in Bioinvasion Science

Biological invasions are a global problem whose local impact can be of great magnitude. The prevention and minimization of ...

Continue reading
978-1-4020-8555-0
Lake Taihu, China

There are many shallow lakes in the world. Many of them play an important socio-economic role as contributors to the drinking ...

Continue reading
978-1-4020-4363-5
Lake Verevi, Estonia - A Highly Stratified Hypertrophic Lake

The present book summarises investigations on Lake Verevi (surface 12.6 ha, mean depth 3.6 m). The seventeen articles in ...

Continue reading
978-3-540-32575-8
Lake Victoria

Recently, there has been, and continues to be, a tremendous interest on Lake Victoria and its environs, both locally and ...

Continue reading
978-0-387-33857-6
Lamto

Known as "a dream place for scientists," the Lamto savannas, located on the edge of the Cote d'Ivoire rain forests, are ...

Continue reading
978-1-4020-6778-5
Land Use and Soil Resources

Land-use change is one of the main drivers of many environmental change processes. It influences the basic resources of land ...

Continue reading
978-3-540-32202-3
Land-Use and Land-Cover Change

The book presents recent estimates of the rates in changes of major land classes such as forest, cropland and pasture. Among ...

Continue reading
978-1-4020-3172-4
Landscape Amenities

The book mainly tries to formulate an answer to following questions: What is the economic value for society of the farmers' ...

Continue reading
978-1-4020-5488-4
Landscape Ecological Applications in Man-Influenced Areas

This book also includes several case studies concerning landscape analysis and evaluation using spatial analysis and landscape ...

Continue reading
978-0-387-37685-1
Landscape Pattern Analysis for Assessing Ecosystem Condition

Landscape Pattern Analysis for Assessing Ecosystem Condition presents a new method for assessing spatial pattern in raster ...

Continue reading
978-0-387-28461-3
Landscapes Under Pressure

This book investigates the newly emerging scope of interests and project agendas to investigate and preserve cultural landscapes. ...

Continue reading
978-1-4020-6510-1
Legitimacy In European Nature Conservation Policy : Case Studies In Multilevel Governance

This volume focuses on the issue of legitimacy in the context of European nature conservation policy. It provides insights ...

Continue reading
978-0-387-34586-4
Lemurs: Ecology and Adaptation

In this comprehensive volume, written by experts in the field, information gathered on lemur ecology and adaptation over ...

Continue reading
978-3-540-76817-3
Life in the Universe : Expectations and Constraints

Energy, chemistry, solvents, and habitats -- the basic elements of living systems - define the opportunities and limitations ...

Continue reading
978-0-387-35303-6
Linking Restoration and Ecological Succession

This innovative book recognizes the critical roles of disturbance ecology, landscape ecology, ecological assembly, invasion ...

Continue reading
978-1-4020-8306-8
Links Between Geological Processes, Microbial Activities&Evolution of Life : Microbes and Geology

Microbial activities influence water-rock interaction processes and chemical transport between the major geochemical reservoirs ...

Continue reading
978-0-387-68316-4
Living Off the Land in Space

This book draws parallels with the settlement of terrestrial frontiers to investigate how new space propulsion techniques ...

Continue reading
Total Books: 301 - 320 /632