"In the vein of H Is for Hawk and the work of Rebecca Solnit and Elizabeth Kolbert-- a masterful consideration of the profound, urgent necessity to bear witness to life and loss"-- "Citizen Science might just be our last, best chance to fight extinction. But is there really hop…
The majority of the world's population relies on traditional medicine, mainly plant-based, for the treatment of disease. This study focuses on plant remedies used to treat tropical diseases caused by protozoan parasites. The following protozoal diseases: African trypanosomiasis,…
Understanding metabolic routes and catabolic enzymes involved in the transformation of xenobiotics in plants are of great importance to phytoremediation purpose. Studies were conducted to explore transformation reactions of acetochlor (AOC), metolachlor (MOC), 2,4,6-trinitrotolu…
The use of antisenescence compounds to precondition seedlings was studied in white pine (Pinus strobus L.). In a preliminary study, the effectiveness of eight compounds were tested by their ability to prevent desiccation-induced membrane leakage in Phaseolus vulgaris . When fed …
In this book the research on atmospheric deposition of the Dutch Priority Programme on Acidification Research is summarised. Although most research described is of Dutch origin, it has been put into a broader perspective by outlining the state of knowledge on the process affecti…
Cover -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- LIST OF FIGURES -- LIST OF TABLES -- NOMENCLATURE -- CHAPTER 1. GENERAL INTRODUCTION -- Introduction -- 1.1 INTRODUCTION TO THE ISSUE OF ACIDIFICATION -- 1.2 HISTORY OF ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION RESEARCH -- 1.3 ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION RESEARCH IN THE …
In this book the research on atmospheric deposition of the Dutch Priority Programme on Acidification Research is summarised. Although most research described is of Dutch origin, it has been put into a broader perspective by outlining the state of knowledge on the process affecti…
"An increasing variety of biological problems involving resource management, conservation and environmental quality have been dealt with using the principles of population biology (defined to include population dynamics, genetics and certain aspects of community ecology). There …
Der etablierte Bestimmungsschlüssel zur Flora der Schweiz liegt in neuer aktualisierter Auflage vor, im bewährten leichten und exkursionstauglichen Softcover-Einband. Fast die Hälfte der über 3500 aufgeschlüsselten Arten sind durch klare Abbildungen illustriert. Der Bestimmungss…
