Introduction. A history of biogeography. Patterns of biodiversity. Patterns of distribution. Communities and ecosystems. The source of novelty. Life, death and evolution on islands. Living in the past. The geography of life today. Ice and change. Transforming the planet. Drawing…
Despite its supreme importance and the threat of its global crash, biodiversity remains poorly understood both empirically and theoretically. This ambitious book presents a new, general neutral theory to explain the origin, maintenance, and loss of biodiversity in a biogeographi…
Despite its importance and the threat of its global crash, biodiversity is poorly understood both empirically and theoretically. This work presents a neutral, general theory to explain the origin, maintenance and loss of biodiversity in a biogeographical context.
Despite its supreme importance and the threat of its global crash, biodiversity remains poorly understood both empirically and theoretically. This ambitious book presents a new, general neutral theory to explain the origin, maintenance, and loss of biodiversity in a biogeographi…
Building strategy and policy; Making the case national commitment; Assessment; Building institutional support; Social marketing strategies for engaging communities in invasive species management social marketing in seven steps; Institutionalising the national commitment; Prevent…
Ecological interactions in multispecies agroecosystems: concepts and rules. Locally derived knowledge resource management. Models of below-ground interactions: their validity, applicability and beneficiaries. The root architecture. Crop and tree root-system dynamics. Opportuniti…
This updated edition presents comprehensive coverage of agricultural pest management issues as they impact on biodiversity.
Microbial Diversity and Bioprospecting brings together for the first time the diverse and complex sets of technology, data, knowledge, ideas, and objectives into an integrated and holistic approach to bioprospecting. This timely and unique volume explores the primacy of natural …
by Pankhurst, C., Doube, B.M, GUPTA, V.V.S.R. (Ed.)
1. Defining and assessing soil health and sustainable productivity 2. The relationship of soil health to ecosystem health 3. Rationale for developing bioindicators of soil health 4. Bioindicators: perspectives and potential for land users, researchers and policy makers 5. Soil m…
"Principles of Conservation Biology, Third Edition, features a wholly revised organization, emphasizing analyses of different categories of threat and approaches to conservation. Coverage has been expanded to incorporate both terrestrial and marine conservation issues, and effor…
Parte A: Desde sempre a diversidade - A semente como símbolo na tradição oral; A semente na reflexão bíblica; Pelo aspecto religioso, por que as sementes devem ser patrimônio da humanidade?; Parte B: As multinacionais e a oligopolização das sementes - Camponeses, biodiversidade …
