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A Changing World

Written primarily for researchers and advanced students in environmental and social sciences, this latest book in Springer’s ...

Advances in Integrated Soil Fertility Research in sub-Saharan Africa: Challenges and Opportunities

Food insecurity is a central concern and a fundamental challenge for human welfare and economic growth in Africa. Low agricultural ...

African Biodiversity

BIOTA is an interdisciplinary research project focusing on sustainable use and conservation of biodiversity in Africa (http://www.biote-africa.de). ...

Agricultural Biodiversity and Biotechnology in Economic Development

The topics addressed in this book are of vital importance to the survival of humankind. Agricultural biodiversity, encompassing ...

Agroforestry in Europe : Current Status and Future Prospects

Brings together some of the most important current research in European agroforestry, and evaluates the current scope and ...

Algae and Cyanobacteria in Extreme Environments

ALGAE AND CYANOBACTRIA IN EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS is a unique collection of essays, contributed by leading scientists from around ...

An Ecological and Societal Approach to Biological Control

Biological control is among the most promising methods for control of pests (including vectors), diseases and weeds. In this ...

Applied Research in Environmental Economics

Sustainable development, climate policy, and biodiversity conservation are examples of issues on the current political agenda ...

Aquatic Biodiversity II

The present book comprises a unique collection of primary research papers spanning a wide range of topics in aquatic biodiversity ...

Arctic Alpine Ecosystems and People in a Changing Environment

This book addresses the significant environmental changes experienced by high latitude and high altitude ecosystems at the ...

Arthropod Diversity and Conservation

Despite their enormous bulk and complexity of architecture, plants make up only around a quarter of a million of the 8 million ...

Bacteriocins

Microbes produce an extraordinary array of defense systems. These include bacteriocins, a class of antimicrobial molecules ...

Bergeys Manual® of Systematic Bacteriology

Includes introductory chapters on classification of prokaryotes, the concept of bacterial species, numerical and polyphasic ...

Bergeys Manual® of Systematic Bacteriology

Includes a description of the Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteabacteria (1256 pages, 512 figures, and 371 tables). ...

Biodiversity Conservation and Phylogenetic Systematics : Preserving our evolutionary heritage in an extinction crisis

This book brings an updated state of the art of phylogenetic diversity in conservation biology. Nineteen chapters written ...

Biodiversity and Conservation in Europe

This book brings together a selection of original studies submitted to Biodiversity and Conservation that address biodiversity ...

Biodiversity and Ecophysiology of Yeasts

In the last few decades more and more yeast habitats that were not investigated earlier, spanning cold climates to tropical ...

Biodiversity and Health in the Face of Climate Change

This book identifies and discusses biodiversity’s contribution to physical, mental and spiritual health and wellbeing. ...

Biodiversity in Enclosed Seas and Artificial Marine Habitats

The main themes of the Symposium were biodiversity in enclosed and semi-enclosed seas and artificial habitats, and the restoration ...

Biodiversity of Angola

The book identifies Angola as one of the most biologically diverse countries in Africa, but notes that its fauna, flora, ...

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