Not all stress is stressful; instead, it appears that stress in the environment, below the mutation threshold, is essential for many subtle manifestations of population structures and biodiversity, and has played a substantial role in the evolution of life. Intrigued by the beha…
Global warming and climate change are growing environmental concerns which are much in the scientific, governmental and public eye at present. The potential impact of freshwater and marine fishes is immense, because most fish have no physiological ability to regulate their body …
Heavy metal accumulation in soil and water from natural sources or anthropogenic activities have produced severe environmental contamination in some parts of the world due to the persistence of metals in the environment by their accumulation throughout the food chain. The purpos…
Gestützt auf sein Forschungsprojekt "Selfish Brain" (vgl. "Das egoistische Gehirn") und basierend auf der Auswertung internationaler Studien vermittelt Peters zusammen mit dem Wissenschaftsjournalisten Sebastian Junge verständlich, plausibel und geradezu spannend zu lesen die Zu…
Although scientists have discovered many fundamental physiological and behavioral mechanisms that comprise the stress response, most of current knowledge is based on laboratory experiments using domesticated or captive animals. Scientists are only beginning, however, to understa…
Handbook of Plant and Crop Stress
The second edition of Bacterial Stress Responses incorporates and reviews the vast number of new findings that have greatly advanced the understanding of bacterial stress responses in the decade since the publication of the first edition. Readers will discover how this improved …