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Ecology of Predator-Prey Interactions
Oxford University Press, USA 2005; US$ 94.99This book addresses the fundamental issues of predator-prey interactions, with an emphasis on predation among arthropods, which have been better studied, and for which the database is more extensive than for the large and rare vertebrate predators. The book should appeal to ecologists interested in the broad issue of predation effects on communities. more...
Paradise Lost?
UPF 2005; US$ 29.95This collection of essays surveys the environmental history of the Sunshine State, from Spanish exploration to the present. With 4 b&w figures. more...
Biological Control of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes
Springer 2011; US$ 139.99The offered volume intends to review the biological control theme of phytonematodes from several prospects: ecological; applicative as well as commercial state of the art; understanding the mode-of-action of various biocontrol systems; interaction between the plant host, nematodes' surface and microorganism's; candidates for biocontrol; extrapolation... more...
Parasites in Ecological Communities
Cambridge University Press 2011; US$ 48.00Links community ecology and epidemiology to demonstrate how parasites affect species interactions and consequently ecosystem function, invasions and emerging diseases. more...
Grassland Productivity and Ecosystem Services
CABI 2011; US$ 160.00Grassland ecosystems are deeply affected by human activities and need appropriate management to optimise trade-offs between ecosystem functions and services. Until now they have mainly been analysed as agro-ecosystems for animal production but this book looks beyond the role of grassland as a feeding ground, and evaluates other important processes... more...
Environmental Change in Lesotho
Springer 2011; US$ 99.99Environmental Change in Lesotho identifies and analyzes the drivers of land-use change and the consequences of these changes on the livelihoods of rural land-users/managers. To accomplish this, a combination of tools from the social sciences and environmental fields were developed to identify causes and consequences of land-use change at selected levels,... more...
Landscape Ecology in Forest Management and Conservation
Springer 2011; US$ 199.99"Landscape Ecology in Forest Management and Conservation: Challenges and Solutions for Global Change" discusses how landscape ecology can contribute to addressing the challenges in contemporary forest management practice, with diverse contributions from active researchers worldwide. It provides not only a summary of conceptual understanding... more...
Detoxification of Heavy Metals
Springer 2011; US$ 169.99Heavy metals are severe environmental pollutants, and many of them are toxic even at very low concentrations. With industrial development, soil pollution with heavy metal elements have dramatically increased. The uptake of heavy metals via plants that are exposed to contaminated soils is a risk for human health and a major hazard for the ecosystem... more...
Tropical Nature
Touchstone 2011; Not AvailableSeventeen marvelous essays introducing the habitats, ecology, plants, and animals of the Central and South American rainforest. A lively, lucid portrait of the tropics as seen by two uncommonly observant and thoughtful field biologists. Its seventeen marvelous essays introduce the habitats, ecology, plants, and animals of the Central and South American... more...
Management of Natural Resources, Sustainable Development and Ecological Hazards III
WIT Press 2011; US$ 592.00This book contains the proceedings of the third in a now-biennial series of conferences organised by the Wessex Institute of Technology around the urgent need to determine solutions regarding sustainable development before our planet reaches a point of irreversibility. The aggressive search for new sources of energy and materials, the rapid rate at... more...









