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 ...
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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 ...
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Isotopes in the Water Cycle
This monograph presents state of the art applications and new developments of isotopes in hydrology, environmental disciplines ...
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Issues in Bioinvasion Science
Biological invasions are a global problem whose local impact can be of great magnitude. The prevention and minimization of ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Lake Victoria
Recently, there has been, and continues to be, a tremendous interest on Lake Victoria and its environs, both locally and ...
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Lamto
Known as "a dream place for scientists," the Lamto savannas, located on the edge of the Cote d'Ivoire rain forests, are ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Landscape Amenities
The book mainly tries to formulate an answer to following questions: What is the economic value for society of the farmers' ...
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Landscape Ecological Applications in Man-Influenced Areas
This book also includes several case studies concerning landscape analysis and evaluation using spatial analysis and landscape ...
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Landscape Pattern Analysis for Assessing Ecosystem Condition
Landscape Pattern Analysis for Assessing Ecosystem Condition presents a new method for assessing spatial pattern in raster ...
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Landscapes Under Pressure
This book investigates the newly emerging scope of interests and project agendas to investigate and preserve cultural landscapes. ...
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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 ...
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Lemurs: Ecology and Adaptation
In this comprehensive volume, written by experts in the field, information gathered on lemur ecology and adaptation over ...
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Life in the Universe : Expectations and Constraints
Energy, chemistry, solvents, and habitats -- the basic elements of living systems - define the opportunities and limitations ...
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Linking Restoration and Ecological Succession
This innovative book recognizes the critical roles of disturbance ecology, landscape ecology, ecological assembly, invasion ...
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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 ...
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Living Off the Land in Space
This book draws parallels with the settlement of terrestrial frontiers to investigate how new space propulsion techniques ...
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