"Grasslands are an important biome, expanding world-wide with grass-dominated communities in deserts, woodlands and alpine areas above the tree-line. This book explores the exploitation of grasslands from the earliest time to the present and examines the impact of recent human i…
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Conflicts arise when humans and grizzlies are forced into close quarters. "The Yellowstone grizzly population has grown from an estimated 136 bears when first granted federal protection as a threatened species to as many as one thousand grizzlies in a tri-state region today. No…
The Ecology of Sandy Shores
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Biomes and ecosystems
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A resource for students and teachers to understand the importance of biomes and ecosystems; to appreciate the study of ecology and how it affects life around the world; to learn of the flora and fauna in biomes and ecosystems; and to initiate educational discussion on the subjec…
This is an integration of empirical data and theory in quantitative ecology and evolution through the use of mathematical models and statistical methods.
Inorganic chemistry and the environment -- Oxidation-reduction reactions (redox) -- Atomic structure -- Symmetry -- Covalent bonding -- Bonding in solids -- Acids and bases -- Introduction to transition metals -- Reactivity of transition metal complexes : thermodynamics, kinetic…
Landslide ecology
by Walker, Lawrence R., Shiels, Aaron B.
fromEcology, biodiversity, and conservation
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"Despite their often dangerous and unpredictable nature, landslides provide fascinating templates for studying how soil organisms, plants, and animals respond to such destruction. The emerging field of landslide ecology helps us to understand these responses, aiding slope stabil…
2.2.4 Grid quadrats2.2.5 Line intercept; 2.2.6 Areas; 2.2.7 Plotless units; 2.3 Density; 2.3.1 Plot size; 2.3.2 Shape of plots; 2.3.3 Line transects; 2.3.4 Distance methods; 2.4 Biomass; 2.4.1 Plot characteristics; 2.4.2 Indirect methods; 2.5 Tree measurements; 2.5.1 Tree height…
Ecological restoration is a rapidly growing discipline that encompasses a wide range of activities and brings together practitioners and theoreticians from a variety of backgrounds and perspectives, ranging from volunteer backyard restorationists to highly trained academic scien…
World seas: an environmental evaluation
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Costa Rican ecosystems
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The first book to deal in an integrated manner the full range of terrestrial, freshwater, and marine ecosystems that occur in Costa Rica, Costa Rican Ecosystems provides an overview of Costa Rica's main ecosystems by compiling information about their physical settings, biogeogra…
"Sean Carroll is emerging as one of the greatest humanist thinkers of his generation as he brings his extraordinary intellect to bear not only on Higgs bosons and extra dimensions but now also on our deepest personal questions. Where are we? Who are we? Are our emotions, our bel…
Methods in stream ecology
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"Methods in Stream Ecology: Volume 2: Ecosystem Structure, Third Edition, provides a complete series of field and laboratory protocols in stream ecology that are ideal for teaching or conducting research. This new two-part edition is updated to reflect recent advances in the tec…