Creator: Nicholas S. Hill
Edition: 1
Publication date: 1997-11-30
Dewey code: 579.567
List Price: $291.00
Price: $249.95
Review Neotyphodium/Grass Interactions (The Language of Science) / Springer:
Publication date: 1999-05
Dewey code: 508
List Price: $395.00
Price: $250.00
Review Geometrid Moths of the World International Edition: A Catalogue / CSIRO Publishing:The Geometridae is one of the most species-rich families of Lepidoptera. This book is the first comprehensive catalogue of the 35 000 names of these insects. The primary purpose of the work is to provide a substantial body of taxonomic information, much of it previously unpublished, on the available names of the Geometridae. The catalogue is based on the most complete world classification of the geometrids, the card index to genera and species in The Natural History Museum, London. The two volumes include information on type specimens, type localities and, where possible, larval foodplants. A CD-ROM listing all species referred to in the two text volumes is included with the package and will be of great value to verify valid names and to check spelling.
Creator: Burton J. Bogitsh
Edition: 1
Publication date: 1990-12-28
Dewey code: 592.08
List Price: $494.00
Price: $250.00
Review Platyhelminthes and Nemertinea, Volume 3, Microscopic Anatomy of Invertebrates / Wiley-Liss:The third of 15 volumes in a major work which is intended to provide a fully-illustrated reference on the functional anatomy of invertebrates. Each volume is arranged phylogenetically.
Edition: 1
Publication date: 1992-03-10
Dewey code: 581.33
List Price: $299.95
Price: $249.99
Review APOMIXIS in PLANTS / CRC:Apomixis in Plants presents a comprehensive review of different aspects of asexual seed formation in plants. This is important in plant research since apomixis could greatly facilitate breeding in important crops. It is also interesting theoretically because it carries problems related to genetic variation and evolution to its extreme. The book features a broad selection of topics, including a historical review of ideas and landmarks in the field; comparisons with other types of asexual reproduction in higher plants and with related phenomena in animals and related plants; a presentation of cytology and embryology of apomicts and the diversified terminology in the field; views on the genetic background of apomixis and environmental effects on its expression; and the interrelation between apomixis and other traits. Additional topics covered include classical and modern theories of sexual versus asexual reproduction; geographical and taxonomical trends in apomicts; ecological implications of apomixis, and a review of future possibilities for using apomixis in plant breeding. Apomixis in Plants is an important reference volume for researchers and students in all areas of botany, ecology, and plant breeding.
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2005-05-20
Dewey code: 577.789
List Price: $359.00
Price: $249.95
Review Cold-Water Corals and Ecosystems (Erlangen Earth Conference Series) / Springer:Following the exciting exploration of hot vent and cold seep ecosystems, the rediscovery of cold-water coral ecosystems with high-technology instrumentation is currently another hot topic in multidisciplinary marine research. Conventionally, coral reefs are regarded as restricted to warm and well-illuminated tropical seas, not associated with cold and dark waters of higher latitudes. However, ongoing scientific missions have shed light on the global significance of this overlooked ecosystem. Cold-water coral ecosystems are involved in the formation of large seabed structures such as reefs and giant carbonate mounds, and they represent unexploited paleo-environmental archives of earth history. Like their tropical cousins, cold-water coral ecosystems harbour rich species diversity. Despite the great water depths, commercial interests overlap more and more with the coral occurrences. Human activities already impinge directly on cold-water coral reefs causing severe! damage to this vulnerable ecosystem. In this volume, the current key institutions involved in cold-water coral research have contributed 62 state-of-the-art articles from geology and oceanography to biology and conservation.
Edition: 1
Publication date: 1987-01-01
Dewey code: 589.9087328
List Price: $306.00
Price: $306.00
Review Energy Transduction and Gene Transfer in Chemotrophic Bacteria: Macromolecules on the Move (Soviet Scientific Reviews Supplement Series, Physicochemi) / Routledge:
Edition: Revised
Publication date: 1990-08
Dewey code: 589.45
List Price: $325.00
Price: $251.07
Review Seaweeds: Their Environment, Biogeography, and Ecophysiology / Wiley-Interscience:A translated, thoroughly revised, and updated edition of the German work. Part I presents the geographic distribution of seaweeds and seagrasses around the world, environmental factors, floral history, and relevant paleoceanographic considerations, covered geographically. Part II covers seaweed ecophysiology, including the relationships of light, temperature, salinity, and other abiotic factors on seaweed distribution, as well as biotic factors such as competition, herbivory, predation, and parasitism, in order to elucidate the ecophysiologic bases for the distribution patterns examined in Part I.
Creator: N.D. Kylafis
Edition: 1
Publication date: 1999-07-31
Dewey code: 523.88
List Price: $339.00
Price: $249.99
Review The Origin of Stars and Planetary Systems (NATO Science Series C: (closed)) / Springer:The Origin of Stars and Planetary Systems is a collection of tutorial reviews that critically and systematically discuss the current state of our knowledge of star formation and early stellar evolution, from the genesis of giant molecular clouds to the birth of young stars and their surrounding planetary systems. The chapters are written at the graduate student level by a group of twenty internationally distinguished scientists. The emphasis is on fundamentals rather than recent research results. The book thus provides a rigorous treatment of the basic empirical and theoretical foundations of modern star formation research. The book is a unique reference, based on the authors' own pioneering research. Readership: Primary or supplementary text for graduate courses on star formation. Basic reference for professional scientists needing a solid background in the area.
Creator: Richard J. Cogdell
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2000-01
Dewey code: 572.46
List Price: $291.00
Price: $256.00
Review The Photochemistry of Carotenoids (Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration) / Springer:Each of the twenty chapters in The Photochemistry of Carotenoids is written by leading experts in the area of carotenoid research and gives a comprehensive overview of a particular topic in the field. The book is organized into five sub-areas: (1) Biosynthetic pathways and the distribution of carotenoids in photosynthetic organisms; (2) Structure of carotenoid-chlorophyll protein complexes; (3) Electronic structure, stereochemistry, spectrochemistry, spectroscopy, dynamics and radicals; (4) Eco-physiology and the xanthophyll cycle; and (5) Model systems. Correlations between the photochemical behavior of carotenoids in vitro and in vivo are discussed. The various contributions review the basic hypotheses about how carotenoids function and give details regarding testing different molecular models using state-of-the-art experimental methodologies. The book is intended for use by beginning graduate and advanced undergraduate students and researchers in Plant Physiology, Ecology, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Biophysics and Medicine, and will also be extremely useful as a general reference on photochemical processes in Chemistry, Physics and Biology.
Creator: Bradley R. Colman
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2003-08-08
Dewey code: 577
List Price: $355.00
Price: $249.95
Review Handbook of Weather, Climate, and Water (2 Vol. Set) / Wiley-Interscience:The Handbook of Weather, Climate, and Water, is a comprehensive, two-volume review of the current state of the atmospheric and hydrologic sciences. Volume I addresses atmospheric dynamics, physical meteorology, weather systems, and measurements, while Volume II contains information on the climate system, atmospheric chemistry, hydrology, and societal impacts.
Creator: Josep Del Hoyo
Publication date: 2002-05
Dewey code: 508
List Price: $265.00
Price: $265.00
Review Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 7: Jacamars to Woodpeckers / Lynx Edicions:Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 7 (Jacamars to Woodpeckers).
Creator: H. Tachet
Edition: 1
Publication date: 1987-03-31
Dewey code: 595.745
List Price: $299.00
Price: $299.00
Review Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Trichoptera, Lyon, (France) July 21-26, 1986 (Series Entomologica) / Springer:x
Edition: 1
Publication date: 1993-08-16
Dewey code: 633.00913
List Price: $319.95
Price: $266.66
Review CRC Handbook of Alternative Cash Crops / CRC:The CRC Handbook of Alternative Cash Crops describes 128 crop plants that can be grown as alternatives to cultivated crops, such as tobacco, and narcotic crops, such as opium poppy. Material is presented in alphabetical order by genus and species and includes information on ecology, cultivation, harvesting, economics, and biotic factors. This book will be valuable to AID agents, domestic agricultural extension agents, and soil and crop professionals worldwide.
Creator: Gerald H. Pollack
Edition: 1
Publication date: 1993-10-31
Dewey code: 591.1852
List Price: $342.00
Price: $249.66
Review Mechanism of Myofilament Sliding in Muscle Contraction (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology) / Springer:
Creator: R.S. Azad
Edition: 1
Publication date: 1993-03-31
Dewey code: 551.5153
List Price: $299.00
Price: $267.76
Review The Atmospheric Boundary Layer for Engineers (Fluid Mechanics and Its Applications) / Springer:This book assumes no previous knowledge of the subject and the material has been selected to introduce the reader to the important ideas and applications. It is particularly well suited as an introduction to the subject for engineers. The first four chapters define and describe the atmospheric boundary layer. Thermodynamic and fluid kinematic considerations are introduced, and one chapter is devoted to the description of turbulent motion in the boundary layer of the atmosphere. The fifth chapter is a very useful presentation on dimensional methods and similarity. In Chapter 6 the complex turbulent flow over the surface of the earth is approximated by flow over the half-space of a flat plate for a neutrally stratified fluid. The final chapter describes the first 50 meters, the so-called surface layer, with reference to asymptotic theories and reliable observations.
Edition: 1
Publication date: 1996-06-30
Dewey code: 636.089600913
List Price: $299.00
Price: $256.00
Review Tropical Animal Health / Springer:Tropical Animal Health is an integrated presentation of animal diseases in the tropical environment. The book consists of three parts. Part I presents the basic scientific facts of host defence mechanism and the host-pathogen relationship in the tropics. Part II principally contains information about the etiology, pathogenesis, clinical and pathological features, as well as about the diagnosis, treatment and control of infectious animal diseases. The particular ecological, technical and socio-economic factors which may favour or hinder the disease control are described in Part III. The English edition of the book is a complete and (where necessary) up-dated edition of the first German edition. Part II, in particular, incorporates new data on etiology and disease control. The latest developments in the taxonomy of causal organisms of diseases have also been included. Audience: This is a comprehensive book for all professionals working in the field of veterinary medicine and animal production in the tropics.
Publication date: 1991-01
List Price: $250.00
Price: $250.00
Review Diatoms from Papua New Guinea (Bibliotheca Diatomologica, Band 22) / Lubrecht & Cramer Ltd:
Creator: V.A. Najjar
Edition: 1
Publication date: 1983-04-30
Dewey code: 599.01925
List Price: $318.00
Price: $318.00
Review Enzyme Induction and Modulation (Developments in Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry) / Springer:
Creator: T. Higashi
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2000-12
Dewey code: 595.736
List Price: $419.00
Price: $296.00
Review Termites: Evolution, Sociality, Symbioses, Ecology / Springer:This book is the first attempt for 30 years to produce a research-oriented review of the biology of termites. There is a strong emphasis on the gains made from modern technologies and contemporary concepts, for example the molecular and morphological phylogenies, social theory, the culture of fastidious microorganisms, microelectrode probing, natural stable isotope analysis and protein purification. Evolutionary, behavioural and developmental relationships with cockroaches and other social insects are considered in detail, while no fewer than 7 chapters address the highly complex and perhaps unconventional mutualisms between termites and Archaea, bacteria, protists and fungi. The book concludes with the environmental impacts of termites and includes discussions of populations and community ecology, effects on soils and soil development, trace gas production and the control of pest species in buildings and structures. The target readership includes scientists and advanced students engaged in termite research, whether pure or applied, microbial ecologists, soil scientists, tropical ecologists and atmospheric chemists. Termite control practitioners will find a thorough presentation of the scientific basis of their work.
Creator: Zev Naveh
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2003-01-31
Dewey code: 577
List Price: $399.00
Price: $331.12
Review Development and Perspectives of Landscape Ecology / Springer:The book gives a fundamental representation of landscape ecology, which proves to be a young, but an interesting and very important trans-disciplinary science for the solution of environmental problems. Both the theoretical basis and practical application of landscape ecology are considered. Great value is attached to describe approaches and experiences from Germany and Central Europe, and to discuss them in an international context. The book is addressed to landscape planners, managers, conservationists and architects, to biologists and geographers, to colleges, universities, authorities, and to the general public being interested in ecological issues. Among the themes are e. g. the roots and the position of landscape ecology, problems of scale and dimension, landscape analysis, diagnosis, potentials, evaluation, change, prognosis, tools like remote sensing and information systems, spatial planning and nature conservation.
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Neotyphodium/Grass Interactions (The Language of Science), Geometrid Moths of the World International Edition: A Catalogue, Platyhelminthes and Nemertinea, Volume 3, Microscopic Anatomy of Invertebrates, APOMIXIS in PLANTS, Cold-Water Corals and Ecosystems (Erlangen Earth Conference Series), Energy Transduction and Gene Transfer in Chemotrophic Bacteria: Macromolecules on the Move (Soviet Scientific Reviews Supplement Series, Physicochemi), Seaweeds: Their Environment, Biogeography, and Ecophysiology, The Origin of Stars and Planetary Systems (NATO Science Series C: (closed)), The Photochemistry of Carotenoids (Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration), Handbook of Weather, Climate, and Water (2 Vol. Set), Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 7: Jacamars to Woodpeckers, Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Trichoptera, Lyon, (France) July 21-26, 1986 (Series Entomologica), CRC Handbook of Alternative Cash Crops, Mechanism of Myofilament Sliding in Muscle Contraction (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology), The Atmospheric Boundary Layer for Engineers (Fluid Mechanics and Its Applications), Tropical Animal Health, Diatoms from Papua New Guinea (Bibliotheca Diatomologica, Band 22), Enzyme Induction and Modulation (Developments in Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry), Termites: Evolution, Sociality, Symbioses, Ecology, Development and Perspectives of Landscape EcologyTop headlines: Traffic bust nabs 100 pounds of pot in casket: A casket minus a cadaver yielded nearly 100 pounds of marijuana after a traffic stop in Dallas. ›19:38 26 Jun, Fri Gellman: A Letter to a Bigot: What I want to say to a person of prejudice. ›22:12 12 Oct, Fri Mont. judge rules on case 24 years later: In Montana's Toole County, retired District Judge Ronald McPhillips ruled this week in a lawsuit that was left hanging for nearly a quarter-century. ›01:33 2 Jul, Thu Analysis: Yet again, Palin plays by own rules: Sarah Palin demonstrated once again yesterday that she is one of America's most unconventional politicians, following an unpredictable path to an uncertain future. ›11:08 This piggy will not go to market as sausage: This pig wasn't dubbed the 'ham on the lam' by its local newspaper for nothing. 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