Urban Ecology

Urban Ecology

Author: John Marzluff

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2008-01-03

Total Pages: 802

ISBN-13: 0387734120

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Urban Ecology is a rapidly growing field of academic and practical significance. Urban ecologists have published several conference proceedings and regularly contribute to the ecological, architectural, planning, and geography literature. However, important papers in the field that set the foundation for the discipline and illustrate modern approaches from a variety of perspectives and regions of the world have not been collected in a single, accessible book. Foundations of Urban Ecology does this by reprinting important European and American publications, filling gaps in the published literature with a few, targeted original works, and translating key works originally published in German. This edited volume will provide students and professionals with a rich background in all facets of urban ecology. The editors emphasize the drivers, patterns, processes and effects of human settlement. The papers they synthesize provide readers with a broad understanding of the local and global aspects of settlement through traditional natural and social science lenses. This interdisciplinary vision gives the reader a comprehensive view of the urban ecosystem by introducing drivers, patterns, processes and effects of human settlements and the relationships between humans and other animals, plants, ecosystem processes, and abiotic conditions. The reader learns how human institutions, health, and preferences influence, and are influenced by, the others members of their shared urban ecosystem.


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Author: United States. Dept. of Commerce. Office of Technical Services

Publisher:

Published: 1976

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13:

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Conopidae (Diptera)

Conopidae (Diptera)

Author: Jens-Hermann Stuke

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2017-01-16

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 9004271848

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The World Catalogue of the Conopidae offers the first complete list of this Diptera family worldwide since 1919. 808 recent and fossil species, together with their synonyms, belonging to 57 genera are listed. All original descriptions have been verified by the author. Type material and its depository is described for every species, the published distribution for each species is documented at the country level, and a complete list of references is provided for every record. Published information concerning hosts, possible hosts and egg carriers is compiled, with some 309 host species being reported for 73 species of Conopidae. With more than 1450 literature citations, this catalogue presents by far the most complete taxonomic assessment of this family produced to date.


Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates

Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates

Author: James H. Thorp

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2001-05-11

Total Pages: 1073

ISBN-13: 0080530672

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The First Edition of Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates has been immensely popular with students and researchers interested in freshwater biology and ecology, limnology, environmental science, invertebrate zoology, and related fields. The First Edition has been widely used as a textbook and this Second Edition should continue to serve students in advanced classes. The Second Edition features expanded and updated chapters, especially with respect to the cited references and the classification of North American freshwater invertebrates. New chapters or substantially revised chapters include those on freshwater ecosystems, snails, aquatic spiders, aquatic insects, and crustaceans. - Most up-to-date and informative text of its kind - Written by experts in the ecology of various invertebrate groups, coverage emphasizes ecological information within a current taxonomic framework - Each chapter contains both morphological and taxonomic information, including keys to North American taxa (usually to the generic level) as well as bibliographic information and a list of further readings - The text is geared toward researchers and advanced undergraduate and graduate students


Biogeography and Ecology of Bulgaria

Biogeography and Ecology of Bulgaria

Author: Victor Fet

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-09-05

Total Pages: 698

ISBN-13: 1402057814

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From single-celled organisms in Black Sea sand to endemic cave crustaceans, from mountain glacial relict insects to the most diverse bird fauna in Europe, the fauna of Bulgaria has been a subject of study for more than a century. This is the first English language survey of all vertebrate and many key invertebrate groups of Bulgaria, their faunistics, origin, geographical and ecological distribution, and conservation issues.


Proceedings of the 15th International Congress of Myriapodology

Proceedings of the 15th International Congress of Myriapodology

Author: Robert Mesibov

Publisher: PenSoft Publishers LTD

Published: 2011-12-20

Total Pages: 149

ISBN-13: 9546426202

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This special edition of ZooKeys contains papers on systematics presented at the 15th International Congress of Myriapodology held in Brisbane, Australia, 18?22 July 2011. Non-systematics papers from the congress are beingÿ published concurrently in International Journal of Myriapodology volume 6. The International Congress of Myriapodology is held every three years under the auspices of the Centre International de Myriapodologie.


Cold-Adapted Organisms

Cold-Adapted Organisms

Author: Rosa Margesin

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-03-14

Total Pages: 408

ISBN-13: 3662062852

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Representing the latest knowledge of the ecology and the physiology of cold-adapted microorganisms, plants and animals, this book explains the mechanisms of cold-adaptation on the enzymatic and molecular level, including results from the first crystal structures of enzymes of cold-adapted organisms.