Prelude To Extinction

Author : Andreas Karpf
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019-09-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1689635916

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Prelude to Extinction by Andreas Karpf Pdf

Earth's first interstellar mission ... An alien colony in ruins ... Their fight for survival has only just begun. Called "True Science Fiction" ... A must-read! When Jack Harrison climbed down the short ladder from the airlock and stepped onto the debris covered soil, the ground crackled with the sound of dried leaves and twigs. Warm sunlight shined through his helmet, making him almost forget the decade he just spent captaining Earth's first ship to another star system. The serene tropical surroundings, though, stood in stark contrast to the long abandoned structures that lay nearby. Evidence points to a massacre - the systematic extermination of an alien colony hundreds of millennia ahead of humanity. Time, however, has erased any trace of the attackers. Jack and his crew barely start probing the ruins before their curiosity betrays them as an abandoned alien device cuts them off from their main ship. Lost and short on supplies, survival soon becomes their only goal. Even their short-lived rescue by an alien race, who themselves are under siege, offers little hope. As they struggle to find a way home, signs begin pointing to a danger darker than any they could have foreseen. Jack knows that playing it safe may no longer be an option - but his only other choice is to confront a threat that they don't even begin to understand.

Author : Eli Minkoff,Jennifer K. Hood-DeGrenier
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 818 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2023-07-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781000877946

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Biology Trending by Eli Minkoff,Jennifer K. Hood-DeGrenier Pdf

Adopts an "issues approach" to teaching introductory biology Up-to-date on relevant topics like climate change, CRISPR, new hominids, and new cancer therapies Suitable for both a majors and non-majors course More succinct for ease in teaching and more affordable for students A large suite of student resources, such as questions to enable self-testing, simulations of key processes to aid learning, web links to encourage further reading Instructor resources to use in teaching, such as PowerPoint slides with figures from the book, activity and assignment ideas, and comprehensive lesson plans

Author : Fabio Dercole,Sergio Rinaldi
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2008-02-11
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781400828340

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Analysis of Evolutionary Processes by Fabio Dercole,Sergio Rinaldi Pdf

Quantitative approaches to evolutionary biology traditionally consider evolutionary change in isolation from an important pressure in natural selection: the demography of coevolving populations. In Analysis of Evolutionary Processes, Fabio Dercole and Sergio Rinaldi have written the first comprehensive book on Adaptive Dynamics (AD), a quantitative modeling approach that explicitly links evolutionary changes to demographic ones. The book shows how the so-called AD canonical equation can answer questions of paramount interest in biology, engineering, and the social sciences, especially economics. After introducing the basics of evolutionary processes and classifying available modeling approaches, Dercole and Rinaldi give a detailed presentation of the derivation of the AD canonical equation, an ordinary differential equation that focuses on evolutionary processes driven by rare and small innovations. The authors then look at important features of evolutionary dynamics as viewed through the lens of AD. They present their discovery of the first chaotic evolutionary attractor, which calls into question the common view that coevolution produces exquisitely harmonious adaptations between species. And, opening up potential new lines of research by providing the first application of AD to economics, they show how AD can explain the emergence of technological variety. Analysis of Evolutionary Processes will interest anyone looking for a self-contained treatment of AD for self-study or teaching, including graduate students and researchers in mathematical and theoretical biology, applied mathematics, and theoretical economics.

Author : Philip Henry Gosse
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1871
Category : Natural history
ISBN : HARVARD:HWWVYB

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The Romance of Natural History by Philip Henry Gosse Pdf

Author : Anna Sher
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 525 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Biodiversity
ISBN : 9780197564370

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An Introduction to Conservation Biology by Anna Sher Pdf

"An Introduction to Conservation Biology is well suited for a wide range of undergraduate courses, as both a primary text for conservation biology courses and a supplement for ecological and environmental science courses. This new edition focuses on engaging students through videos and activities, and includes new pedagogy to scaffold students' learning. Coverage of recent conservation biology events in the news-such as global climate change and sustainable development-keeps the content fresh and current"--

Author : Elizabeth Ermarth
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2006-09-07
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781134980253

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The English Novel In History 1840-1895 by Elizabeth Ermarth Pdf

The construction of history as a social common denominator is a powerful achievement of the nineteenth-century novel, a form dedicated to experimenting with democratic social practice as it conflicts with economic and feudal visions of social order. Through revisionary readings of familiar nineteenth-century texts The English Novel in History 1840-1895 takes a multidisciplinary approach to literary history. It highlights how narrative shifts from one construction of time to another and reformulates fundamental ideas of identity, nature and society. Elizabeth Ermarth discusses the range of novels alongside other cultural material, including painting, science, religious, political and economic theory. She explores the problems of how a society, as defined in democratic terms, can accommodate political, gender and class differences without resorting to hierarchy; and how narrowly conceived economic agendas compete with social cohesion. Students, advanced undergraduates, postgraduates and specialists will find this text invaluable.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1998-08-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 1439832625

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Wildlife Issues in a Changing World by Anonim Pdf

Students of conservation encounter some of the most complex issues on our planet. The resolution of existing problems become more complex when humans create further stresses on the natural balance. Moulton and Sanderson brought the challenging issues in wildlife conservation into greater clarity in Wildlife Issues in a Changing World. The Second Edition of this definitive reference focuses more closely on the causes of wildlife issues. The examination of Jared Diamond's "Evil Quartet" (the four principal causes of extinction) provides a framework for categorizing and resolving these issues. The authors encourage the use of the scientific method basis for resolution - especially where environmental laws have failed. The three new chapters provide further counterpoints to preconceived notions. A two-part history of wildlife in the U.S. shows how wildlife had already been decimated by the year 1900. "Can Humans Manage Wildlife?" questions efforts to revive endangered species, acts which may inadvertently jeopardize the survival of other life. Viewing the natural order from prehistoric times to the present, Wildlife Issues in a Changing World, Second Edition gives students and instructors an all-encompassing introduction to past relations between humans and nature; explorations of current threats to species and their habitats; and recent "novel solutions," where humanity and industry have made adjustments to protect the natural order. Professionals will also find invaluable reminders of the importance of their work - the continuation and endurance of wildlife everywhere on Earth.

Author : Chris Maser
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-14
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781482226409

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Interactions of Land, Ocean and Humans by Chris Maser Pdf

Written by Chris Maser, one of the architects of the sustainability movement, Interactions of Land, Ocean and Humans: A Global Perspective explores a critical number of the myriad aspects that comprise the great, reciprocal feedback loops between the mountain peaks, the deep sea, and everywhere in between. Maser's exploration of these connections g

Author : Michael Lannoo
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 1117 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2005-06-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780520929432

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Amphibian Declines by Michael Lannoo Pdf

This benchmark volume documents in comprehensive detail a major environmental crisis: rapidly declining amphibian populations and the disturbing developmental problems that are increasingly prevalent within many amphibian species. Horror stories on this topic have been featured in the scientific and popular press over the past fifteen years, invariably asking what amphibian declines are telling us about the state of the environment. Are declines harbingers of devastated ecosystems or simply weird reflections of a peculiar amphibian world? This compendium—presenting new data, reviews of current literature, and comprehensive species accounts—reinforces what scientists have begun to suspect, that amphibians are a lens through which the state of the environment can be viewed more clearly. And, that the view is alarming and presages serious concerns for all life, including that of our own species. The first part of this work consists of more than fifty essays covering topics from the causes of declines to conservation, surveys and monitoring, and education. The second part consists of species accounts describing the life history and natural history of every known amphibian species in the United States.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 650 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015090407621

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LISTING AND DELISTING PROCESSES UNDER THE ENDANGERED..., HEARING... S. HRG. 107-322... COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT & PUBLIC WORKS, UNITED STATES by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 646 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Law
ISBN : UCAL:B5139043

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Listing and Delisting Processes Under the Endangered Species Act by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water Pdf

Author : Gary Haynes
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2008-12-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781402087936

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American Megafaunal Extinctions at the End of the Pleistocene by Gary Haynes Pdf

The volume contains summaries of facts, theories, and unsolved problems pertaining to the unexplained extinction of dozens of genera of mostly large terrestrial mammals, which occurred ca. 13,000 calendar years ago in North America and about 1,000 years later in South America. Another equally mysterious wave of extinctions affected large Caribbean islands around 5,000 years ago. The coupling of these extinctions with the earliest appearance of human beings has led to the suggestion that foraging humans are to blame, although major climatic shifts were also taking place in the Americas during some of the extinctions. The last published volume with similar (but not identical) themes -- Extinctions in Near Time -- appeared in 1999; since then a great deal of innovative, exciting new research has been done but has not yet been compiled and summarized. Different chapters in this volume provide in-depth resumés of the chronology of the extinctions in North and South America, the possible insights into animal ecology provided by studies of stable isotopes and anatomical/physiological characteristics such as growth increments in mammoth and mastodont tusks, the clues from taphonomic research about large-mammal biology, the applications of dating methods to the extinctions debate, and archeological controversies concerning human hunting of large mammals.

Author : Wei-hong He,G. R. Shi,Jian-xin Yu,Dao-Liang Chu,Ke-Xin Zhang,Hai-Shui Jiang,Ting-Lu Yang,Yi-Fan Xiao
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2024-01-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789819993505

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Stratigraphy Around the Permian–Triassic Boundary of South China by Wei-hong He,G. R. Shi,Jian-xin Yu,Dao-Liang Chu,Ke-Xin Zhang,Hai-Shui Jiang,Ting-Lu Yang,Yi-Fan Xiao Pdf

This book timely provides high-quality records of 32 PTB sections across different depositional settings from terrestrial to marine facies in South China, including descriptions of lithologies, high-resolution correlation of key boundaries and fossil occurrences at each section. This book also analyzes the patterns and processes of the community and ecosystem evolution over space and through time in the lead to the end-Permian mass extinction, and critically analyzes the mostly debated hypothesis, anoxia and volcanism, which were considered as the causes of mass extinction, based on the data from the studied sections of South China, together with materials from other regions of the world.

Author : Bernice Bovenkerk,Jozef Keulartz
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 574 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-29
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783030635237

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Animals in Our Midst: The Challenges of Co-existing with Animals in the Anthropocene by Bernice Bovenkerk,Jozef Keulartz Pdf

This Open Access book brings together authoritative voices in animal and environmental ethics, who address the many different facets of changing human-animal relationships in the Anthropocene. As we are living in complex times, the issue of how to establish meaningful relationships with other animals under Anthropocene conditions needs to be approached from a multitude of angles. This book offers the reader insight into the different discussions that exist around the topics of how we should understand animal agency, how we could take animal agency seriously in farms, urban areas and the wild, and what technologies are appropriate and morally desirable to use regarding animals. This book is of interest to both animal studies scholars and environmental ethics scholars, as well as to practitioners working with animals, such as wildlife managers, zookeepers, and conservation biologists.

Author : Chris Maser
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2009-06-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780813548586

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Earth in Our Care by Chris Maser Pdf

"What about the twenty-first century? Will we finally accept our responsibilities as guardians of planet Earth, the biological living trust, for the beneficiaries, the children of today, tomorrow, and beyond? Or, will it too be a century of lethal, economic struggle among the polarized positions of the supremely dysfunctional among us? Are they—once again—to be allowed to determine the legacy we, as a society, as a nation, bequeath those who follow us? The choice is ours, the adults of the world. How shall we choose?" So writes Chris Maser in this compelling study of three interactive spheres of the ecosystem: atmosphere (air), litho-hydrosphere (rock that comprises the restless continents and the water that surrounds them), and biosphere (all life sandwiched in between). Rich in detail and insightful analogies, Earth in Our Care addresses key issues including land-use policies, ecological restoration, forest management, local living, and sustainability thinking. Exploring our interconnectedness with the Earth, Maser examines today's problems and, more importantly, provides solutions for the future.