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Author : Ib Friis,Henrik Balslev
Publisher : Kgl. Danske Videnskabernes Selskab
Page : 622 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Biocomplexity
ISBN : 8773043044
Author : Dimitar Dimitrov,Danilo M. Neves,Xiaoting Xu
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2022-06-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782889763368
Author : James Edward Richardson,R. Toby Pennington
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017-01-12
Category : Electronic book
ISBN : 9782889450503
In this volume we aimed to assess progress in determining the processes by which current patterns of tropical biodiversity were established and are maintained. Tropical regions are highly species-rich and we present studies that have improved our understanding of the generation of that diversity at local, regional and global scales. We demonstrate how diverse fields from molecular phylogenetics, phylogeography, palaeontology and palaeoecology continue to improve our understanding of the natural history of the tropics.
Author : Tod F. Stuessy,Daniel J. Crawford,Patricio López-Sepúlveda,Eduardo A. Ruiz
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 519 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781107180079
This book provides a comprehensive view of the origin and evolution of the plants of an entire oceanic archipelago.
Author : Alexandre K. Monro,Simon J. Mayo
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2022-09-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781316513644
This book critically evaluates cryptic species - a growing trend in taxonomy - and their importance for evolutionary biology.
Author : Thomas T. Veblen,Kenneth R. Young,Antony R. Orme
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2015-12-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 019803184X
The Physical Geography of South America, the eighth volume in the Oxford Regional Environments series, presents an enduring statement on the physical and biogeographic conditions of this remarkable continent and their relationships to human activity. It fills a void in recent environmental literature by assembling a team of specialists from within and beyond South America in order to provide an integrated, cross-disciplinary body of knowledge about this mostly tropical continent, together with its high mountains and temperate southern cone. The authors systematically cover the main components of the South American environment - tectonism, climate, glaciation, natural landscape changes, rivers, vegetation, animals, and soils. The book then presents more specific treatments of regions with special attributes from the tropical forests of the Amazon basin to the Atacama Desert and Patagonian steppe, and from the Atlantic, Caribbean, and Pacific coasts to the high Andes. Additionally, the continents environments are given a human face by evaluating the roles played by people over time, from pre-European and European colonial impacts to the effects of modern agriculture and urbanization, and from interactions with El Ni?o events to prognoses for the future environments of the continent.
Author : Aaron M. Ellison,Frank S. Gilliam
Publisher : MDPI
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783039213092
This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue Causes and Consequences of Species Diversity in Forest Ecosystems that was published in Forests
Author : Carmen Richerzhagen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135025144
During the last ten years the enormous global loss of biodiversity has received remarkable attention. Among the numerous approaches undertaken to stop or lessen this process, access and benefit-sharing (ABS), a market-based approach, has emerged as among the most prominent. In theory, ABS turns biodiversity and genetic resources from an open access good to a private good and creates a market for genetic resources. It internalizes the resources’ positive externalities by pricing the commercial values for research and development and makes users pay for it. Users’ benefits are shared with the resource holders and set incentives for the sustainable use and the conservation of biodiversity. Carmen Richerzhagen, however, finds that in practice there are significant questions about the effectiveness of the approach in the protection of biodiversity and about the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the commercialization. Utilizing the empirical findings of three case studies of biodiversity-providing countries - Costa Rica, the Philippines and Ethiopia - and one case study of a community of user countries, the European Union (EU), Richerzhagen examines the effectiveness of ABS through the realization of its own objectives.
Author : Carsten Hobohm
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2013-08-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400769137
The book is the first comprehensive analysis of the macroecology and geobotany of endemic vascular plants with case-studies and analyses from different regions in the world. Endemism is a pre-extinction phenomenon. Endemics are threatened with extinction. Due to international nature conservation policies and due to the perception of the public the concept’s importance is increasing. Endemism can result from different biological and environmental processes. Depending on the process conservation measures should be adapted. Endemic vascular plant taxa, in the setting of their species composition and vegetation types are important features of landscapes and indicators of the quality of relating habitats. The book is an important basis for biologists, ecologists, geographers, planners and managers of nature reserves and national parks, and people generally interested in nature conservation and biogeography of vascular plants.
Author : Ahmad Hegazy,Jonathan Lovett-Doust
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2016-01-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780191078743
This advanced textbook explores the intriguing flora and plant ecology of the Middle East, framed by a changing desert landscape, global climate change, and the arc of human history. This vast region has been largely under-recognized, under-studied, and certainly under-published, due in part to the challenges posed to research by political disputes and human conflict, and a treatise on the subject is now timely. The book integrates Middle Eastern plant geography and its major drivers (geo-tectonics, seed and fruit dispersal, plant functional types, etc.) with the principles of plant ecology. The authors include the many specialized adaptations to desert and dryland ecosystems including succulence, water-conserving photosynthesis, and a remarkable range of other life history strategies. They explore the formation of 'climate relicts', and describe the long history of domestication in the region together with the many reciprocal effects of agriculture on plant ecology. The book concludes by discussing conservation in the region, highlighting five regional biodiversity hotspots where the challenges of desertification, habitat loss, and other threats to plant biodiversity are particularly acute. Plant Ecology in the Middle East is a timely synthesis of the field, setting a new baseline for future research. It will be important reading for both undergraduate and graduate students taking courses in plant ecology, evolution, systematics, biodiversity, and conservation, and will also be of interest and use to a professional audience of botanists, conservation biologists, and practitioners working in dryland ecosystems.
Author : Matt von Konrat
Publisher : Magnolia Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Bryophytes
ISBN : 9781869775971
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Botany
ISBN : UCLA:L0099048142
Author : Rodney Moffett
Publisher : UJ Press
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-19
Category : Reference
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
This bibliography includes scientific articles on the Drakensberg, Maloti and Adjacent Lowlands published between 1808 and 2019. Although focusing on material appearing in accredited journals, there is such a wealth of information in the form of unpublished, yet traceable, reports, documents, presentations and dissertations, these are also included. The bibliography has two parts – a complete list arranged alphabetically, and the same references arranged in 33 different disciplines. These range from Palaeobotany with 17 entries, to Rock Art with 502 entries.
Author : Aditya Pratap,Jitendra Kumar
Publisher : CABI
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781845937669
Food legumes are important constituents of the human diet and animal feed where they are crucial to a balanced diet, supplying high quality proteins. These crops also play an important role in low-input agricultural production systems by fixing atmospheric nitrogen. Despite systematic and continuous breeding efforts through conventional methods, substantial genetic gains have not been achieved. With the rise in demand for food legumes/pulses and increased market value of these crops, research has focused on increasing production and improving the quality of pulses for both edible and industrial purposes. "Biology and Breeding of Food Legumes" covers the history, origin and evolution, botany, breeding objectives and procedures, nutritional improvement, industrial uses and post-harvest technology and also recent developments made through biotechnological intervention.
Author : Mohammad Ayoub Khan,Sanjay Gairola,Bhola Jha,Pushkar Praveen
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 926 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2021-06-22
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781000382563
The field of SMART technologies is an interdependent discipline. It involves the latest burning issues ranging from machine learning, cloud computing, optimisations, modelling techniques, Internet of Things, data analytics, and Smart Grids among others, that are all new fields. It is an applied and multi-disciplinary subject with a focus on Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic & Timely system operations combined with Machine intelligence & Real-Time computing. It is not possible for any one person to comprehensively cover all aspects relevant to SMART Computing in a limited-extent work. Therefore, these conference proceedings address various issues through the deliberations by distinguished Professors and researchers. The SMARTCOM 2020 proceedings contain tracks dedicated to different areas of smart technologies such as Smart System and Future Internet, Machine Intelligence and Data Science, Real-Time and VLSI Systems, Communication and Automation Systems. The proceedings can be used as an advanced reference for research and for courses in smart technologies taught at graduate level.