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  • Tropical Dry Forests in the Americas

    Ecology, Conservation, and Management

    Edited by Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa, Jennifer S. Powers, Geraldo W. Fernandes, Mauricio Quesada ...
    Under threat from natural and human disturbance, tropical dry forests are the most endangered ecosystem in the tropics, yet they rarely receive the scientific or conservation attention they deserve. In a comprehensive overview, Tropical Dry Forests in the Americas: Ecology, Conservation, and Management examines new approaches for data sampling and ... Read more

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  • Second Growth

    The Promise of Tropical Forest Regeneration in an Age of Deforestation

    by Robin L. Chazdon ...
    For decades, conservation and research initiatives in tropical forests have focused almost exclusively on old-growth forests because scientists believed that these “pristine” ecosystems housed superior levels of biodiversity. With Second Growth, Robin L. Chazdon reveals those assumptions to be largely false, bringing to the fore the previously overlooked counterpart to old-growth forest: second ... Read more

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  • Area-Wide Management of Fruit Fly Pests

    Edited by Diana Perez-Staples, Francisco Diaz-Fleischer, Pablo Montoya, Maria Vera ...
    Fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) pests have a profound impact on horticultural production and economy of many countries. It is fundamental to understand their biology and evaluate methods for their suppression, containment, or eradication*. Area-Wide Management of Fruit Fly Pests* comprises contributions from scientists from around the world on several species of tephritids working on diverse ... Read more

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  • Coffee Agroecology

    A New Approach to Understanding Agricultural Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services and Sustainable Development

    by Ivette Perfecto, John Vandermeer ...
    Based on principles of the conservation and optimization of biodiversity and of equity and sustainability, this book focuses on the ecology of the coffee agroecosystem as a model for a sustainable agricultural ecosystem. It draws on the authors' own research conducted over the last twenty years as well as incorporating the vast literature that has been generated on coffee agroecosystems from ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Forests and Global Change

    Edited by David A. Coomes, David F. R. P. Burslem, William D. Simonson ...
    Series series Ecological Reviews
    Forests hold a significant proportion of global biodiversity and terrestrial carbon stocks and are at the forefront of human-induced global change. The dynamics and distribution of forest vegetation determines the habitat for other organisms, and regulates the delivery of ecosystem services, including carbon storage. Presenting recent research across temperate and tropical ecosystems, this volume ... Read more

    $57.39 USD

  • Conservation in Chilean Patagonia

    Assessing the State of Knowledge, Opportunities, and Challenges

    Edited by Juan Carlos Castilla, Juan J. Armesto Zamudio, María José Martínez-Harms, David Tecklin ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Chilean Patagonia, located at the southwestern tip of South America, is one of the last regions on earth where highly intact environments predominate. With a coastline that extends along some 100,000 km of fjords, channels, and islands, it has one of the world´s most extensive marine-terrestrial interfaces. Local place-based and Indigenous cultures and management practices are a vital presence ... Read more

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  • The Cerrados of Brazil

    Ecology and Natural History of a Neotropical Savanna

    Edited by Paulo Oliveira, Robert Marquis ...
    While the imperiled Brazilian rainforest has been the focus of considerable international media attention and conservation efforts, the massive grasslands of Brazil—known as the cerrados—which cover roughly a quarter of its land surface and are among the most threatened regions in South America, have received little notice. This book brings together leading researchers on the area to produce the ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • From Foraging to Farming in the Andes

    New Perspectives on Food Production and Social Organization

    Edited by Tom D. Dillehay ...
    Archeologists have always considered the beginnings of Andean civilization from c.13,000 to 6,000 years ago to be important in terms of the appearance of domesticated plants and animals, social differentiation, and a sedentary lifestyle, but there is more to this period than just these developments. During this period, the spread of crop production and other technologies, kinship-based labor ... Read more

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  • High Mountain Conservation in a Changing World

    Edited by Jordi Catalan, Josep M Ninot, M. Mercè Aniz ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book provides case studies and general views of the main processes involved in the ecosystem shifts occurring in the high mountains and analyses the implications for nature conservation. Case studies from the Pyrenees are preponderant, with a comprehensive set of mountain ranges surrounded by highly populated lowland areas also being considered.The introductory and closing chapters will ... Read more

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  • Bones, Clones, and Biomes

    The History and Geography of Recent Neotropical Mammals

    Edited by Bruce D. Patterson, Leonora P. Costa ...
    As explorers and scientists have known for decades, the Neotropics harbor a fantastic array of our planet's mammalian diversity, from capybaras and capuchins to maned wolves and mouse opossums to sloths and sakis. This biological bounty can be attributed partly to the striking diversity of Neotropical landscapes and climates and partly to a series of continental connections that permitted ... Read more

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  • Wattles

    Australian Acacia Species Around the World

    by Narciso Aguilera, Joaquim Alonso, Samuel C. Andrew, Irene Barnes, Ashleigh M. Basel, Rita Bastos, Pierre Binggeli, Rachel M. Binks, Christophe Botella, Giuseppe Brundu, David Bush, Dr Margaret Byrne, João A. Cabral, Jane Carruthers, Laura Celesti-Grapow, Julian M. Chan, Roland Cochard, M. Conceição Colaço, Peter J. Cunningham, Jorge Dias, Catherine R. Dickson, Liliana N. Duarte, Allan G. Ellis, Luís Fernandes, Nuno Fernandes, Eduardo Fuentes-Lillo, Andrés Fuentes-Ramírez, Rachael V. Gallagher, Rafael García, Sjirk Geerts, Michelle R. Gibson, Margherita Gioria, Catarina Gonçalves, João Gonçalves, Vinicius Paiva Gonçalves, Pablo González-Moreno, Luís González, António Carmo Gouveia, A. Rod Griffin, André Große-Stoltenberg, Greg R. Guerin, Antoine Guisan, Stuart Hall, Jane L. Harbard, Gustavo Heringer, Richard Hill, Patricia M. Holmes, João P. Honrado, Cang Hui, Philip E. Hulme, Brett P. Hurley, Fiona Impson, Cally Jansen, Nolwethu Jubase-Tshali, Jan-Hendrik Keet, Rob Kelly, Ian Kotze, Christoph Kueffer, Ingolf Kühn, Dr Christian A. Kull, Sabrina Kumschick, Vitalis K. Lagat, Bárbara Langdon, Guillaume Latombe, David C. Le Maitre, Ivan Lizarazo, Francisco López-Núñez, Paula Lorenzo, Vanessa Lozano, Sérgio Maggiolli, Cristina Máguas, Hélia Marchante, Irene Martín-Forés, Cecilia Masemola, Bruce Maslin, David J. Merritt, Stephen J. Midgley, Melissa A. Millar, Carey Minteer, Leonie T. Monks, Nuno Mouta, Jana Mullerova, Daniel J. Murphy, Silvia Neves, Dung Tri Ngo, Dr Ana Novoa, Jens Oldeland, Lucas Prado Osco, Penelope P. Pascoe, Dr Aníbal Pauchard, Thao Phuong Thi Pham, Eva M. Pinto, Petr Pyšek, Jorge E. Ramirez-Albores, A. Tony Rinaudo, Matt Ritter, Libby Robin, James G. Rodger, Philip W. Rundel, Mário Santos, Charlie Shackleton, Dr Ross Shackleton, Iryna Skulska, Canh Quoc Tran, Thang Nam Tran, Helena Trindade, Florian Ulm, Van Thi Hai, Dr Brian van Wilgen, Maribel Vásquez-Valderrama, A. Sofia Vaz, Joana R. Vicente, Sara Vicente, Elizabeth M. Wandrag, Andrew Wannenburgh, Christiane Werner, John R. Wilson, Michael Wingfield, Rafael Dudeque Zenni ...
    The book provides a comprehensive overview of current knowledge about "wattles", a large clade of over 1000 species of trees and shrubs in the genus Acacia, most of which are native to Australia. It examines the biology, ecology, evolution, and biogeography of wattles in their native ranges, including the evolutionary forces that have driven past speciation and adaptation to diverse environments, ... Read more

    $188.99 USD

  • Neoproterozoic-Cambrian Tectonics, Global Change and Evolution

    A Focus on South Western Gondwana

    Edited by Claudio Gaucher, Alcides N. Sial, Galen P. Halverson, Hartwig E. Frimmel ...
    Series Book 16 - Developments in Precambrian Geology
    The book deals with the record of important Neoproterozoic to Early Palaeozoic events in southwestern Gondwana, that heralded the Cambrian explosion and the dawn of modern ecosystems. It contains a detailed account of the Neoproterozoic to Cambrian geological record in a poorly-known part of the world, which is at the same time key to understand fundamental processes at the Proterozoic-Cambrian ... Read more

    $161.99 USD