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  • Religion, Culture, and the Monstrous

    Of Gods and Monsters

    by Frank Chu, Timothy Grieve-Carlson, Heidi Ippolito, Whitney May, Leland Merritt, Wafi Momin, Eric D. Mortensen, Justin Mullis, Madah Richey, Stephan Sanchez, William Blake Smith0, Lee Weiss1, Joseph P. Laycock3, Brandon R. Grafius4, Natasha L. Mikles6, Douglas E. Cowan7 ...
    Religion, Culture, and the Monstrous: Of Gods and Monsters explores the intersection of the emerging field of “monster theory” within religious studies. With case studies from ancient Mesopotamia to contemporary valleys of the Himalayas to ghost tours in Savannah, Georgia, the volume examines the variegated nature of the monstrous as well as the cultural functions of monsters in shaping how we see ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • Impacts of plant protection products on biodiversity and ecosystem services

    by Sophie Leenhardt, Laure Mamy, Stéphane Pesce, Wilfried Sanchez ...
    Series series Matière à débattre et décider
    As part of the Ecophyto II+ plan, INRAE and Ifremer were in 2020 commissioned to conduct a collective scientific assessment of the impacts of plant protection products on biodiversity and ecosystem services. The results, released in May 2022, confirm that plant protection products contaminate all types of terrestrial and aquatic environments, all of their compartments and most of their organisms. ... Read more

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  • Restoration Ecology

    The New Frontier

    Edited by Jelte van Andel, James Aronson ...
    Enlarged, enhanced and internationalized edition of the first restoration ecology textbook to be published, with foreword by Dr. Steven Whisnant of Texas A&M University and Chair of the Society of Ecological Restoration.Since 2006, when the first edition of this book appeared, major advances have taken place in restoration science and in the practice of ecological restoration. Both are now ... Read more

    $86.00 USD

  • Soil Ecology and Ecosystem Services

    Edited by Diana H. Wall, Richard D. Bardgett, Valerie Behan-Pelletier, Jeffrey E. Herrick, T. Hefin Jones, Johan Six, Donald R. Strong, Wim H. van der Putten, Karl Ritz ...
    This multi-contributor, international volume synthesizes contributions from the world's leading soil scientists and ecologists, describing cutting-edge research that provides a basis for the maintenance of soil health and sustainability. The book covers these advances from a unique perspective of examining the ecosystem services produced by soil biota across different scales - from biotic ... Read more

    $79.99 USD

  • Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning

    Frameworks, methodologies, and integration

    Edited by Martin Solan, Rebecca J. Aspden, David M. Paterson ...
    The biological composition and richness of most of the Earth's major ecosystems are being dramatically and irreversibly transformed by anthropogenic activity. Yet, despite the vast areal extent of our oceans, the mainstay of research to-date in the biodiversity-ecosystem functioning arena has been weighted towards ecological observations and experimentation in terrestrial plant and soil systems. ... Read more

    $69.99 USD

  • Invasion Ecology

    by Julie L. Lockwood, Martha F. Hoopes, Michael P. Marchetti ...
    This new edition of Invasion Ecology provides a comprehensive and updated introduction to all aspects of biological invasion by non-native species. Highlighting important research findings associated with each stage of invasion, the book provides an overview of the invasion process from transportation patterns and causes of establishment success to ecological impacts, invader management, and post ... Read more

    $76.00 USD

  • Routledge Handbook of Urban Forestry

    Edited by Francesco Ferrini, Cecil C. Konijnendijk van den Bosch, Alessio Fini ...
    Series series Routledge Environment and Sustainability Handbooks
    More than half the world's population now lives in cities. Creating sustainable, healthy and aesthetic urban environments is therefore a major policy goal and research agenda. This comprehensive handbook provides a global overview of the state of the art and science of urban forestry.It describes the multiple roles and benefits of urban green areas in general and the specific role of trees, ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • The GEO Handbook on Biodiversity Observation Networks

    Edited by Michele Walters, Robert J. Scholes ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Biodiversity observation systems are almost everywhere inadequate to meet local, national and international (treaty) obligations. As a result of alarmingly rapid declines in biodiversity in the modern era, there is a strong, worldwide desire to upgrade our monitoring systems, but little clarity on what is actually needed and how it can be assembled from the elements which are already present. This ... Read more

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  • Boreal Forests in the Face of Climate Change

    Sustainable Management

    Edited by Miguel Montoro Girona, Hubert Morin, Sylvie Gauthier, Yves Bergeron ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This open access book explores a new conceptual framework for the sustainable management of the boreal forest in the face of climate change. The boreal forest is the second-largest terrestrial biome on Earth and covers a 14 million km2 belt, representing about 25% of the Earth’s forest area. Two-thirds of this forest biome is managed and supplies 37% of global wood production. These forests also ... Read more

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  • Biodiversity Conservation and Phylogenetic Systematics

    Preserving our evolutionary heritage in an extinction crisis

    Edited by Roseli Pellens, Philippe Grandcolas ...
    Series Book 14 - Topics in Biodiversity and Conservation
    This book is about phylogenetic diversity as an approach to reduce biodiversity losses in this period of mass extinction. Chapters in the first section deal with questions such as the way we value phylogenetic diversity among other criteria for biodiversity conservation; the choice of measures; the loss of phylogenetic diversity with extinction; the importance of organisms that are deeply branched ... Read more

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  • Integrated Groundwater Management

    Concepts, Approaches and Challenges

    Edited by Anthony J Jakeman, Olivier Barreteau, Randall J Hunt, Jean-Daniel Rinaudo, Andrew Ross ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    The aim of this book is to document for the first time the dimensions and requirements of effective integrated groundwater management (IGM). Groundwater management is a formidable challenge, one that remains one of humanity’s foremost priorities. It has become a largely non-renewable resource that is overexploited in many parts of the world. In the 21st century, the issue moves from how to simply ... Read more

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  • The Normalized Difference Vegetation Index

    by Nathalie Pettorelli ...
    There has been a recent surge of interest in remote sensing and its use in ecology and conservation but this is the first book to focus explicitly on the NDVI (Normalised Difference Vegetation Index), a simple numerical indicator and powerful tool that can be used to assess spatio-temporal changes in green vegetation. The NDVI opens the possibility of addressing questions on scales inaccessible to ... Read more

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