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Handbook of Biodegradable Materials / Gomaa A. M. Ali, Abdel Salam H. Makhlouf

Discusses the recent advances in biodegradation technologies and highlights emerging sustainable materials, including environmentally ...

Hormonal Control of Cell Cycle

This volume reflects the proceedings of an International Workshop held in Paris in December 2006. The aim of the meeting ...

Innovation in Life Cycle Engineering and Sustainable Development

Business models, which aims at determining how efficient can be a life cycle strategy from different point of view (customer, ...

Innovative Models for Sustainable Development in Emerging African Countries

This book explores key issues and presents recent case studies in areas of importance for the transition to a circular model ...

Insects and Ecosystem Function

In the past two decades, an increasing number of ecologists have started to investigate the importance of biodiversity for ...

Intestinal Microorganisms of Termites and Other Invertebrates

Soil microorganisms play a major role in the degradation and recycling of organic material. Microbes are involved in the ...

Iron Nutrition in Plants and Rhizospheric Microorganisms

This book uses an interdisciplinary approach to provide a comprehensive review on the status of iron nutrition in plants. ...

Lamto

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

Magnesium Technology

Magnesium, with a density of 1.74 g/cm², is the lightest structural metal and magnesium are increasingly chosen for weight-critical ...

Microorganisms in Soils: Roles in Genesis and Functions

The following key topics are covered: Microorganisms in bioerosion, humification, mineralization and soil aggregation; Microbial ...

Nitrogen Cycling in the Americas: Natural and Anthropogenic Influences and Controls

The rate of creation of reactive nitrogen (NR) on the earth has dramatically increased in the last half century mainly due ...

Nutrient Cycling in Terrestrial Ecosystems

The first part of the book presents the fundamentals of nutrient cycling. Topics included are cycling of carbon, nitrogen, ...

Organic Crop Production – Ambitions and Limitations

This book has been written to provide scientifically based information on organic agriculture such as crop yields, food safety, ...

Reclaiming the Land

Nearly thirty years after creation of the most advanced and expensive hazardous waste cleanup infrastructure in the world, ...

Reusable and Sustainable Building Materials in Modern Architecture / Gülşah Koç and Bryan Christiansen

Designing buildings and physical environments depends on social structure, social needs, economic data, environment, and ...

Solar Electric Power Generation - Photovoltaic Energy Systems

Professor Krauter demonstrates how the importance of accurate yield calculations, optimal system performance, and new prototypes ...

Stream Ecology : Structure and function of running waters

Stream Ecology: Structure and Function of Running Waters is designed to serve as a textbook for advanced undergraduate and ...

Sustainable Use of Forest Biomass for Energy

With the large-scale utilization of forest biomass for energy still in its infancy, there is an urgent need to understand ...

Technical English for Geosciences

Here is a book for those who need to enhance their command of the English language with the terminology of geosciences. It ...

The Comparative Roles of Suspension-Feeders in Ecosystems

Animals are a major link between the water column (pelagic) and the bottom (benthic) habitats in most shallow systems. This ...

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