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Description / Table of Contents: 1.1 General Introduction Principal -- 2. Zoloogical Groups -- 2.1 Arachnids -- 2.2 Insects: Migrants, endemics, and old to new pests -- 2.3 Freshwater decapod crustaceans: the challenges of documenting and preserving a very diverse fauna -- 2.4 Mexican molluscs: In the process of a 'silent extinction' -- 2.5 Amphibians and reptiles -- 2.6 Anthropocene impacts on the Mexican freshwater fish fauna -- 2.7 Mexican avifaunas of the Anthropocene -- 2.8 Marine birds -- 2.9 Terrestrial mammals -- 2.10 Marine mammals -- 2.11Mexican bats: conservation challenges in the Anthropocene -- 3. Ecosytems -- 3.1 The impact of the growth of urban environments on Mexican fauna -- 3.2 Anchialine fauna of the Yucatan Peninsula -- 3.3 Semi-terrestrial and aquatic invertebrates and fish in mangroves in México -- 3.4 Defaunation of Mexican tropical forests3.5 Mezcal boom and extinction debts in Mexican arid ecosystems -- 3.6 Deep sea life -- 3.7 The importance of agroecosystems for the Mexican fauna -- 3.8 The salamanders of the Mexican cloud forest -- 3.9 Human effects on caves in Mexico -- 3.10 Fauna of lakes and rivers -- 3.11 Coral reef faunal assemblages in the Mexican Caribbean: assessing the cryptic biodiversity -- 4 Processes -- 4.1 Contemporary climate change impacts on Mexican fauna -- 4.2 Invasive alien species of invertebrates and fishes introduced to Mexican freshwater systems -- 4.3 Are marine fisheries sustainable? -- 4.4 Pest dynamics in Mexican forests -- 4.5 Pollination by wild and managed animal vectors -- 4.6 Social participation strategies for the conservation of Mexican fauna -- 4.7 Citizen science for deep ocean biodiversity: a crowdsourcing tool in support of conservation -- 4.8 Legal actions for the conservation of fauna.

Description / Table of Contents: Part I – User manual and architectural concepts. Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. How to use this book 6 -- Chapter 3. Architectural concepts and key to the models -- Part II. Identification keys -- Chapter 4. Key to the groups of families of trees and shrubs (groups 1 to 52) -- Chapter 5. Keys to families of trees and shrubs -- Chapter 6. Supplementary keys -- Chapter 7. Keys to the groups of families of lianas and woody epiphytic (groups 53 to 57) -- Chapter 8. Keys to families of lianas and woody epiphytes -- PART III. Description of the families -- Chapter 9. Acanthaceae to Asteraceae -- Chapter 10. Bignoniaceae to Buxaceae -- Chapter 11. Cactaceae to Cycadaceae -- Chapter 12. Dichapetalaceae to Dipterocarpaceae -- Chapter 13. Ebenaceae to Euphorbiaceae -- Chapter 14. Fagaceae -- Chapter 15. Gentianaceae to Goupiaceae -- Chapter 16. Hamamelidaceae to Humiriaceae -- Chapter 17. Icacinaceae s.l. to Irvingiaceae -- Chapter 18. Juglandaceae -- Chapter 19. Lamiaceae to Lythraceae -- Chapter 20. Magnoliaceae to Myrtaceae -- Chapter 21. Nyctaginaceae,- Chapter 22. Ochnaceae to Oxalidaceae -- Chapter 23. Pandaceae to Putranjivaceae -- Chapter 24. Rhabdodendraceae to Rutaceae -- Chapter 25. Sabiaceae to Symplocaceae -- Chapter 26. Tetramelaceae to Torricelliaceae -- Chapter 27. Ulmaceae s.l. to Urticaceae -- Chapter 28. Verbenaceae to Vochysiaceae -- Chapter 29. Zygophyllaceae s.l -- Chapter 30. Herbaceous versus arborescent habit in the families and orders of flowering plants - evolutionary trends.

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Chapter 1: Evolution of Bilateria from a Meiofauna Perspective – Miniaturization in the Focus -- Chapter 2: Meiofauna Shaping Biogeochemical Processes -- Chapter 3: Meiofauna and Biofilms – the Slimy Universe -- Chapter 4: Meiofauna Meets Microbes: Chemosynthetic Symbioses -- Chapter 5: Marine Meiofauna Diversity and Biogeography – Paradigms and challenges -- Chapter 6: Freshwater Meiofauna – a Biota with Different Rules? -- Chapter 7: Hidden Players – Meiofauna Mediates Ecosystem Effects of Anthropogenic Disturbances in the Ocean -- Chapter 8: Deep-Sea Meiofauna – a World of its Own or Deeply Connected? -- Chapter 9: Polar Meiofauna – Antipoles or Parallels? -- Chapter 10: Cave Meiofauna - Models for Ecology and Evolution -- Chapter 11: Meiofauna – Adapted to Life at the Limits -- Concluding Remarks -- Index.

Description / Table of Contents: Towards the Development of a Conceptual Framework of BioCities -- Urban sustainable futures: concepts and policies leading to BioCities -- Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functions as Pillars of BioCities -- Green Infrastructure and Urban Forests for BioCities: Strategic and Adaptive Management -- Mitigation and Adaptation for Climate Change: The Role of BioCities and Nature Based Solutions -- BioCities as Promotors of Health and Wellbeing -- Forests, Forest Products and Services to Activate a Circular Bioeconomy for City Transformation -- Innovative Design, Materials, and Construction Models for BioCities -- The Social Environment of BioCities -- From BioCities to BioRegions and Back: Transforming Urban-Rural Relationships -- The Enabling Environment for BioCities -- Towards BioCities – The Pathway to Transition.

Description / Table of Contents: Part I. Introduction -- Chapter 1. Insights from Cuban Coral Reefs -- Part II. History -- Chapter 2. Research History of Corals and Coral Reefs in Cuba -- Part III. Description -- Chapter 3. Physical-Geographic Characteristics of Cuban Reefs -- Chapter 4. Outline of the Geology, Geomorphology and Evolution of the Late Qua-ternary Shelf and Uplifted Marine Terraces of Cuba; Tectonic and Sea Level Control of Present Day Coral Reef Distribution -- Chapter 5. A Remote Sensing Appraisal of the Extent and Geomorphological Diversity of the Coral Reefs of Cuba -- Part IV. Biota -- Chapter 6. Macrophytes Associated with Cuban Coral Reefs -- Chapter 7. Sponges: Conspicuous Inhabitants of the Cuban Coral Reefs and Their Potential as Bioindicators of Contamination -- Chapter 8. Species List of Cuban Stony Corals: Class Anthozoa, Order Scleractinia; Class Hydrozoa, Suborders Capitata and Filifera -- Chapter 9. Octocoral Forests: Distribution, Abundance, and Species Richness in Cuban Coral Reefs -- Chapter 10. Current State of Knowledge of Reef Mollusks in Cuba -- Chapter 11. Herbivory on Cuban Coral Reefs -- Chapter 12. Chronology of the Lionfish Invasion in Cuba and Evaluation of Impacts on Native Reef Fishes -- Chapter 13. Sharks and Rays in Cuban Coral Reefs: Ecology, Fisheries, and Conservation -- Chapter 14. Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems of Cuba -- Part V. Ecology, Conservation and Management -- Chapter 15. Status of Cuban Coral Reefs -- Chapter 16. Population Genetics of Cuba’s Scleractinian Corals -- Chapter 17. Multiple Cumulative Effects on Coral Reefs of the Northwestern Cuban Region -- Chapter 18. Guanahacabibes National Park: Research, Monitoring and Man-Agement for the Conservation of Coral Reefs -- Chapter 19. Ciénaga de Zapata Biosphere Reserve: Integrating Science with the Management of Coral Reefs -- Chapter 20. Coral Reefs in Cuban Marine Protected Areas -- Part VI. Economic Valuation -- Chapter 21. Economic Valuation of the Coral Reefs of Jardines de la Reina and Punta Francés National Parks, Cuba -- Chapter 22. The Economic Value of Coral Reefs in the Context of Marine Protected Areas: Experiences of the South Cuban Archipelago Project -- Chapter 23. Fish Can Be More Valuable Alive Than Dead.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. A Global View of the Cold-Water Coral Reefs of the World -- Chapter 2. Biology, Ecology and Threats to Cold-Water Corals on Brazil’s Deep-Sea Margin -- Chapter 3. Cold-Water Corals of the World: Gulf of Mexico -- Chapter 4. Cold-Water Coral Reefs of the Southeastern United States -- Chapter 5. Norwegian Coral Reefs -- Chapter 6. Waters of Ireland and the UK -- Chapter 7. Life and Death of Cold-Water Corals across the Mediterranean Sea -- Chapter 8. Cold-Water Coral Reefs in the Oxygen Minimum Zones off West Africa -- Chapter 9. New Zealand: South West Pacific Region -- Chapter 10. Deep-Sea Corals of the North and Central Pacific Seamounts.

Description / Table of Contents: Part I. Fish Resources and Fishing Areas of the Western Balkans -- Chapter 1. Fish Resources of Inland Waters and Fisheries in Slovenia, Management, Sustainability and Conservation -- Chapter 2. Inland Fisheries in Croatia: Historical Aspects, Fish Resources, Management and Conservation -- Chapter 3. Fish Resources and Fisheries in Bosnia and Herzegovina – Overview, Sustainability, and Conservation -- Chapter 4. Inland Fisheries in Serbia: Historical Aspect, Fish Resources, Management and Conservation -- Chapter 5. The Freshwater Fish Resources and Freshwater Fisheries of Montenegro, Management, Sustainability and Conservation – With a Special Perspective on Lake Skadar -- Chapter 6. Fish and Fisheries of the Republic of North Macedonia, Current Situation and Its Perspective -- Chapter 7. Fish Resources of Inland Waters and Fisheries in Albania, Management, Sustainability and Conservation -- Part II. Some Fish Species of the Western Balkans Important for Fisheries and Conservation -- Chapter 8. Freshwater Crayfish of Western Balkan: Is It Possible to Use Them Sustainably or Do They Need Prompt Conservation Actions? -- Chapter 9. Salmonid Fish Species – Opportunities for Sustainable Use under Multiple Pressures and Current Climatic Change -- Chapter 10. Past and Future of Sturgeon Species (Acipenseridae) in Western Balkans – Case for Permanent Conservation or Sustainable Management -- Part III. Effects of Stressors on Inland Water Ecosystems and Fish Resources -- Chapter 11. Eutrophication of Fishing Waters and the Influence of Cyanobacterial Occurrence and Blooming on Fish Resources – Case Studies in Serbia -- Chapter 12. Pollution of Fishing Waters of the Western Balkan – Potentially Toxic Elements and Their Impact on the Ecological Sustainability of Fish Resources -- Chapter 13. Invasive Macroinvertebrate and Fish Species and Their Impact on Fish Resources: A Case Study on Fishing Waters of Serbia -- Part IV. Fish Stock Assessment Methods -- Chapter 14. A Brief Overview of the Development of the ES-HIPPO Model for Assessing the Sustainability and Conservation Priorities of Fish, Fish Resources, and Inland Water Habitats -- Part V. Conservation and Aquaculture -- Chapter 15. Тhe Role and Importance of Aquaculture for the Ecological Sustainability of Fish Resources in the Inland Water of Serbia -- Chapter 16. Huchen Hucho hucho (Linnaeus, 1758) in Croatia: Distribution, Genetic Diversity, Threats and Conservation -- Chapter 17. Future Perspective of Sustainable Development of Freshwater Fisheries and Conservation of Threatened Fish Species, Crustaceans and Molluscs -- Part VI. Social Aspect -- Chapter 18. Political and Socio-Economic aspects of Fisheries in Inland and Coastal Waters of the Western Balkan -- Chapter 19. Fish Resources of the Western Balkans, Sustainable Use and/or Conservation?.

Description / Table of Contents: An integrated conservation vision for Chilean Patagonia -- Global change and acceleration of anthropic pressures on Patagonian ecosystems -- Representativeness assessment and identification of priorities for the protection of terrestrial ecosystems in Chilean Patagonia -- Terrestrial protected areas in Chilean Patagonia: characterization, historical evolution, and management -- Conserving the origin of rivers: intact forested watersheds in western Patagonia -- Peatlands in Chilean Patagonia: distribution, biodiversity, ecosystem services, and conservation -- Steppe ecosystems in Chilean Patagonia: distribution, climate, biodiversity, and threats to their sustainable management -- Coastal-marine protection in Chilean Patagonia: historical progress, current situation, and challenges -- Marine mammals and seabirds of Chilean Patagonia: focal species for the conservation of marine ecosystems -- Hard bottom macrobenthos of Chilean Patagonia: emphasis on conservation of subltitoral invertebrate and algal forests -- Fisheries and marine conservation in Chilean Patagonia -- Aquaculture and its impacts on the conservation of Chilean Patagonia -- Ecological connections across the marine-terrestrial interface in Chilean Patagonia -- A conservation assessment of freshwater ecosystems in southwestern Patagonia -- Chilean Patagonian glaciers and environmental change -- Conservation and indigenous people in Chilean Patagonia -- Drivers of change in ecosystems of Chilean Patagonia: current and projected trends -- Analysis of tourism development linked to protected areas in Chilean Patagonia.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. An Introduction to the Dytiscidae: Their Diversity, Historical Importance, Cultural Significance, and Other Musings -- Chapter 2. Larval Chaetotaxy of World Dytiscidae (Coleoptera: Adephaga) and Implications for the Study of Hydradephaga -- Chapter 3. The Phylogeny and Classification of Predaceous Diving Beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) -- Chapter 4. Predaceous Diving Beetle Sexual Systems -- Chapter 5. Morphology, Anatomy, and Physiological Aspects of Dytiscids -- Chapter 6. Chemical Ecology and Biochemistry of Dytiscidae -- Chapter 7. Community Patterns in Dytiscids -- Chapter 8. Predator-Prey Ecology of Dytiscids -- Chapter 9. The Unique Australian Subterranean Dytiscidae: Diversity, Biology, and Evolution -- Chapter 10. Habitats Supporting Dytiscid Life -- Chapter 11. Dispersal in Dytiscidae -- Chapter 12. The Conservation of Predaceous Diving Beetles: Knowns, Unknowns and Anecdotes.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. An Introduction to the knowledge of Animal Diversity and Conservation in the Most Threatened Forests of Brazil -- Chapter 2. Northern Atlantic Forest: Conservation status and perspectives -- Chapter 3. Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Pernambuco Endemism Center of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest -- Chapter 4. The Butterfly Fauna of the Northern Atlantic Forest -- Chapter 5. Dung beetles from the Atlantic Forest north of the São Francisco River: A synthesis of a fragile fauna -- Chapter 6. The most endemic taxon of an area of endemism: harvestmen (Opiliones) fauna of NAF and its contribution for biogeography and conservation -- Chapter 7. The Spider Fauna of the Northern Brazilian Atlantic Forest: effect of sampling bias on diversity patterns and conservation -- Chapter 8. Termites from the Northern Atlantic Forest, Brazil: Ecology and Conservation -- Chapter 9. Fishes from the Northern Atlantic Forest and their conservation -- Chapter 10. Species richness, distribution pattern and conservation of amphibians in the northern portion of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest -- Chapter 11. Composition, Species Richness and Conservation of the Reptiles of the Highly Threatened Northern Brazilian Atlantic Forest -- Chapter 12. Bird diversity and conservation of the Northern Atlantic Forest -- Chapter 13. Mammals of the Pernambuco Endemism Center: diversity, biogeography, research gaps, and conservation concerns -- Chapter 14. Fisheries and uses of coastal aquatic fauna in the Northernmost Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Chapter 15. Hunting and uses of terrestrial vertebrates in the Northernmost Region in the Atlantic Forest in Brazil.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction to the book -- Chapter 2. Best practices for saline and brackish water management -- Chapter 2.1 Salt-affected soils and their management in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region: A holistic approach -- Chapter 2.2 Innovation and practical experience of using saline water at farm level in Tunisia -- Chapter 2.3 Soil and nutrient management under saline conditions -- Chapter 2.4 Irrigation management under saline conditions in MENA and Sub-Saharian conditions: Lessons learned -- Chapter 2.5 Irrigation Water Management under Salinity Conditions in Arid Regions -- Chapter 2.6 Seed priming and Nano priming techniques as tools to alleviate osmotic stress in legumes -- Chapter 3. Using saline water for conventional, nonconventional and forage crops -- Chapter 3.1 Exploration and collection of quinoa’s wild ancestor in Argentina -- Chapter 3.2 Multilocality evaluation of alternative forage crops grown under salinity conditions in the south of Morocco -- Chapter 3.3 Innovation and Practical Experience of Using Saline Water at the Farm Level in Tunisia -- Chapter 4. Land management when irrigating with saline water -- Chapter 4.1 Do cultivating methods improve crop yield under saline condition in semi-arid areas? -- Chapter 4.2 Posphoypsum as potential amendment and fertilizer for crop nutrition and salt affected soils remediation -- Chapter 5. The challenges faced when using of non-Conventional water in agriculture -- Chapter 5.1 Status, Drivers and Suggested Management Scenarios of salt affected soils in Africa -- Chapter 5.2 The use of nonconventional water resources in agriculture in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries: Key challenges and opportunities for the use of treated wastewater -- Chapter 6. Use of models as management tools -- Chapter 6.1 SALTMED model as a tool for water, crop, field and N-fertilizers management -- Chapter 7. Use of desalination technology to produce non-saline water for irrigation -- Chapter 7.1 Is desalination for agriculture sustainable? -- Chapter 7.2 The Technological Challenges of Desalination for Irrigation in Morocco.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Biomes: Concepts, Characteristics and Terminology -- Profiles of Angola’s Biomes and Ecoregiens -- Landscapes: Geology, Hydrology and Geomorphology.

Description / Table of Contents: Habitat: Sunlit Rocky Grounds -- Habitat: Shady Rocky Grounds -- Habitat: Dark Caves -- Habitat: Intertidal Zone -- Habitat: Sandy Grounds -- Habitat: Seagrass -- Habitat: Muddy Grounds -- Habitat: Open Waters -- Humans and the Sea.

Description / Table of Contents: Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Grassy community restoration -- Restoration of abundance pasture lands in tropics -- Wetland or riparian restoration -- Mine site rehabilitation -- Farm-based restoration -- Roadside restoration -- Forest restoration -- Effects of restoration in rainforests, India -- Arid zone restoration -- Urban restoration -- Rare species restoration -- Assisted Recovery -- Importance of seed sources in future restoration programs -- Seed production area for landscape scale restoration efforts -- Restoration markets -- Broad scale restoration experiments -- Climate ready restoration -- Final synthesis.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Animals That Stay Together, Hunt Together -- Chapter 2. Social Strategies of the African Lion -- Chapter 3. The Role of Food and Mates in Shaping Asiatic Lion Societies -- Chapter 4. Wolves in a Human World: Social Dynamics of the Northern Hemisphere’s Most Iconic Social Carnivore -- Chapter 5. Hunting Success in the Spotted Hyena: Morphological Adaptations and Behavioral Strategies -- Chapter 6. Hunting Behavior and Social Ecology of African Wild Dogs -- Chapter 7. Social Strategies of a Consummate Marine Predator—Mammal Hunting Killer Whales -- Chapter 8. Mammal Hunting Killer Whales off Monterey, California—A 30-Year Synthesis -- Chapter 9. Sociality and Its Relevance in Group Hunting Mammalian Predators.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. The future of food from the sea -- Chapter 2.The Expected Impacts of Climate Change on the Ocean Economy -- Chapter 3. What Role for Ocean-Based Renewable Energy and Deep-Seabed Minerals in a Sustainalble Future? -- Chapter 4. The Ocean Genome: Conservation and the Fair, Equitable and Sustainable Use of Marine Genetic Resources -- Chapter 5. Leveraging Multi-Target Strategies to Address Plastic Pollution in the Context of an Already Stressed Ocean -- Chapter 6. Technology, Data and New Models for Sustainably Managing Ocean Resources -- Chapter 7. Coastal Development: Resilience, Restoration and Infrastructure Requirements -- Chapter 8. National Accounting for the Ocean and Ocean Economy -- Chapter 9. Ocean Finance -- Chapter 10. Critical Habitats and Biodiversity: Inventory, Threshold and Governance -- Chapter 11. The Human Relationship with Our Ocean Planet -- Chapter 12. The Ocean Transition: What to Learn from System Transitions -- Chapter 13. Towards Ocean Equity -- Chapter 14. Integrated Ocean Management -- Chapter 15. Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing and Associated Drivers -- Chapter 16. Organised Crime Associated with Fisheries -- Chapter 17. The Ocean as a Solution to Climate Change: Five Opportunities for Action -- Chapter 18. A Sustainable Ocean Economy for 2050: Approximating Its Benefits and Costs -- Chapter 19. A Sustainable & Equitable Blue Recovery to the COVID-19 Crisis -- Chapter 20. Ocean Solutions That Benefit People, Nature and the Economy -- Chapter 21. Transformations for a Sustainable Ocean Economy: A Vision for Protection, Production and Prosperity.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Agro-biodiversity across the food chain -- 2. Emerging risks to plant health -- 3. Future-proofing Plants against Climate Change- A path to ensure Sustainable Food Systems -- 4. The role of Integrated Pest Management for sustainable food production: The soybean example -- 5. (Alternative approaches to pesticide use): Plant-derived pesticides -- 6. Antimicrobial use in animal food production -- 7. Impacts of environment-friendly unit operations on the functional properties of bee pollen -- 8. Microbiome applications for sustainable food systems -- 9. Healthier and sustainable food systems: integrating underutilized crops in a ‘Theory of Change Approach -- 10. Alternative proteins for food and feed.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. An Introduction to the Tropical Marine Environments of Brazil and their Responses to Climate Change(JML Dominguez) -- Chapter 2. The wave-dominated deltas of Brazil: quaternary evolution, current status and vulnerability to climate changes(JML Dominguez) -- Chapter 3. The Reef formations of the western tropical South Atlantic Ocean: distribution, current status and impact of climate changes(R Kikuchi) -- Chapter 4. Geodiversity and Biodiversity of the narrow, shallow tropical shelves of northeastern Brazil(H. Vital) -- Chapter 5. Diversity and trophic structure of pelagic ecosystems in the western tropical Atlantic(R Schwamborn) -- Chapter 6. Circulation, biogeochemical cycles and CO2 flux variability in the Tropical Atlantic Ocean(M Araújo).

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Characteristics of Brazilian Coastal Zone -- 2. Flora: mycrophytobenthos and phytoplankton -- 3. Meiofauna patterns of meiofauna on sandy beaches: abundance, diversity -- 4. Macrobenthic communities: abundance, diversity, spatial and temporal distribution -- 5. Nekton biodiversity -- 6. Secondary production of sandy beach macrofauna -- 7. Population biology of sandy beach macrofauna -- 8. Biological interactions Goods and services Threats and impacts -- 9. Management and conservation -- Index.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Introduction. Randall W. Myster -- 2. Mountain gradients in the Neotropics, a bracken fern perspective. Jorge Luis Avila Nuñez, Maria Pia Calcagno-Pissarelli, Miguel E. Alonso-Amelot -- 3. Effects of agricultural expansion on lotic benthic macroinvertebrate communities: a review and case study from Brazil. Elaine C. Corrêa and Ryan M. Utz -- 4. Plant competition across topographic gradients in Neotropical Cerrado savannas: an isotopic approach. Davi R. Rossatto and Augusto C. Franco -- 5. Diversity of aquatic macroinvertebrates along altitudinal gradients in Colombian. Cesar E. Tamaris-Turizo, Gabriel A. Pinilla-A and Juan D. González-Trujillo -- 6. Intraspecific trait variability of emblematic grass and tree species from Venezuelan savannas across extended physical gradients. Zdravko Baruch -- 7. Latitudinal trends in scorpion assemblages of Brazilian Atlantic Forest: do the Rapoport’s and Bergmann’s rules apply? André F.A. Lira, Alessandra R.S. Andrade and Stênio I.A. Foerster -- 8. Species diversity of three faunal communities along a successional cloud forest gradient. Juan Manuel Díaz-García, Fabiola López-Barrera, Eduardo Pineda, Jorge Valenzuela-González and Adriana Sandoval-Comte -- -- 9. Ecohydrological gradient in Neotropical montane ecosystems: From tropical montane forests to glacier. Conrado Tobón, Erick Castro, and Jorge Luís Ceballos -- 10. Communities of small terrestrial arthropods change rapidly along a Costa Rican elevation gradient. M. Alex Smith, Connor Warne, Kate Pare, Sarah Dolson, Elyssa Loewen, Kelsey Jones, Megan McPhee, Lauren Stitt, Lauren Janke, Rebecca M. Smith, Heather Coatsworth, Alexandre M. M. C. Loureiro, Angel Solis, Carlos F. Viquez, Josephine Rodriguez, Jose Fernandez-Triana, Michael J. Sharkey, James Whitfield, Alejandro Masís, María Marta Chavarría, Roger Blanco, Felipe Chavarria, Eugenie Phillips-Rodríguez, Roberto Fernández, Dunia Garcia, Guillermo Pereira, Harry Ramirez, Manuel Pereira, Winnie Hallwachs and Daniel H. Janzen -- 11 Neotropical gradients of insect groups in Brazilian mountains. Lucas Neves Perillo, Frederico de Siqueira Neves, Flávio Siqueira de Castro and Ricardo Ribeiro de Castro Solar -- 12. Altitudinal Pattern of Soil Organic Carbon and Nutrients in a Tropical Forest in Puerto Rico. Dingfang Chen, Mei Yu, Grizelle González, Qiong Gao -- 13. Elevational and latitudinal species richness patterns of dung beetles in North and South America and the role played by historical factors. Jorge M. Lobo and José Gutiérrez -- 14. Diversity patterns of vascular plant groups along gradients of elevation and disturbance in Mexico. Jorge A. Gómez-Díaz, Alma P. Bautista-Bello, César I. Carvajal-Hernández, Valeria Guzmán-Jacob, María Leticia Monge-González and Thorsten Krömer -- 15 Gradients and the Structure of Neotropical Metacommunities: Effects of Disturbance -- Elevation, Landscape Structure, and Biogeography. Steven J. Presley, Michael R. Willig -- 16. Socioecological gradients: contesting traditional ecoclines to explain the high biocultural diversity of the Andean verdant. Fausto Sarmiento, Andreas Haller, Domenico Branca, Christiam Aguirre, Vladimir Kremsa, Carla Marchant, Masahito Yoshida -- 17. Conclusions, synthesis and future directions. Randall W. Myster.

Description / Table of Contents: Part I. Introduction -- Chapter. 1. A fresh look at Conservation Genetics in the Neotropics -- Part. II. Species and Conservation -- Chapter. 2. DNA barcoding for assessing biodiversity -- Chapter. 3. Genetic tools for the conservation of bats -- Chapter. 4. Status quo and orchid conservation challenges in the neotropical region -- Chapter. 5. Population Differentiation with Introgression -- Part. III. Assessing and Managing Populations -- Chapter. 6. Phylogeography for neotropical species conservation: Lineages through time and space -- Chapter. 7. Landscape genetics in the Neotropics -- Chapter. 8. Integrative cytogenetics, a conservation approach in Atlantic fish: Concepts, estimates, and uses -- Chapter. 9. In situ, ex situ and on farm conservation of plant genetic resources in Neotropics -- Chapter. 10. Genetic management applied to conservation of reduced and fragmented wild populations -- Chapter. 11. Chromosome variability of manatees (Trichechus spp.) from Brazil: the state of the art, challenges and perspectives for management and conservation -- Chapter. 12. Supplemental technologies for freshwater fish conservation -- Part. IV. Wildlife Forensic Genetics, Ecotoxicology and Conservation -- Chapter. 13. Giving names to the characters: identifying, tracing and estimating the multiple use of aquatic wildlife in Brazil -- Chapter. 14. Wildlife forensic genetics: a tool for resolving wildlife crimes and support species conservation -- Chapter. 15. Environmental ecogenotoxicity and conservation -- Part. V. Assessing Molecular Ecology and Communities -- Chapter. 16. Molecular ecology in neotropical mammals: key aspects for conservation -- Chapter. 17. Molecular tools to analyze the effects of roads on wildlife in the Neotropics -- Chapter. 18. Environmental and invertebrate-derived DNA: a powerful approach for surveying and monitoring biodiversity -- Part. VI. Conservation Genomics -- Chapter. 19. Conservation genomics of neotropical carnivores -- Chapter. 20. Challenges with conservation genetics and genomics in neotropical forest -- Chapter. 21. Integrating genomic and cytogenetic data to study the evolutionary history of arapaimas and arowanas in the Neotropics -- Part. VII. Science Learning and Conservation -- Chapter. 22. Environmental Education on Practices for Biodiversity Conservation -- Chapter. 23. Phenotypic plasticity of plants in formal and non-formal education: genetics in everyday life -- Index.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. The Shrimps: An Overview -- Chapter 2. Structure and Function -- Chapter 3. The Families of Decapod Shrimps -- Chapter 4. Shrimp Hygiene: Antifouling Adaptations -- Chapter 5. Coloration, Color Change and Camouflage -- Chapter 6. Reproduction -- Chapter 7. Sexual Systems -- Chapter 8. Mating Systems -- Chapter 9. Life Histories -- Chapter 10. Symbioses -- Chapter 11. Fisheries and Aquaculture -- Chapter 12. Evolutionary History and Relationships of Shrimps.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction: The Relevance of Anthropogenic Factors to Coral Reef Conservation in the Coastal Areas of the East China Sea -- Chapter 2. Transitional Coral Ecosystem of Taiwan in the Era of Changing Climate -- Chapter 3. Dynamics of Coral Reef Communities in the Sekisei Lagoon, Japan, Following the Severe Mass Bleaching Event of 2016 -- Chapter 4. Succession and Emergence of Corals in High-Latitude (Temperate) Areas of Eastern Asia into the Future -- Chapter 5. Succession and Spread of Coral Diseases and Coral-Killing Sponges with Special Reference to Microbes in Southeast Asia and Adjacent Waters -- Chapter 6. Succession of Ocean Acidification and its Effects on Reef-Building Corals -- Chapter 7. Anthropogenic Stresses in Coral Reefs and Adjacent Ecosystems of the East China Sea -- Chapter 8. Development of a Compact Experimental System for Ecotoxicological Experiments on Acropora spp. -- Chapter 9. Effects of Anthropogenic Chemicals on Hermatypic Corals with Special Reference to Gene Expression -- Chapter 10. Perspective for the Conservation of Coral Reefs in the East China Sea.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Introducing moth variety and diversity -- Chapter 2: Moth ecology and conservation importance -- Chapter 3: Moth declines and the need for conservation -- Chapter 4: Causes for concern: habitat change as the major imposed threat to moths -- Chapter 5: Causes for concern: confounding threats to moths -- Chapter 6: Australia’s moths and their habitats -- Chapter 7: A closer focus: threats to Australia’s moths -- Chapter 8: Moth flagships in Australia: focus on single taxa -- Chapter 9: Conservation potential for Australia’s moths: focus on wider diversity -- Chapter 10: Bringing potential to practice: a future for Australia’s moths.

Description / Table of Contents: Chap 1. After all, what does GI mean -- Chap 2. Governing Green infrastructure -- Chap 3. Green infrastructure as a tool to build landscape planning and design -- Chap 4. Climate change -- Chap 5. Multiscalarity and green infrastructure planning -- Chap 6. Building green infrastructure guided by water -- Chap 7. Multifunctionality and green infrastructure planning -- Chap 8. Biodiversity and green infrastructure planning -- Chap 9. Social inclusion and green infrastructure planning -- Chap 10. Improving public health with green infrastructure -- Chap 11. Green infrastructure as art -- Chap 12. Green infrastructure as heritage -- Chap13. Building other landscapes renaturing cities.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Natural conditions of Armenia -- Chapter 2. Ecosystems of Armenia -- Chapter 3. Flora of Armenia -- Chapter 4. Mycobiota of Armenia -- Chapter 5. Fauna of Armenia -- Chapter 6. Biodiversity conservation problems -- Chapter 7. Problems of invasive plants and animals.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter Two. Theories and Models -- Chapter 3. The Structure of Macroecological Data -- Chapter 4. Structure and Dynamics of Geographic Ranges -- Chapter 5. The Macroecological Understanding of Ecological Niches -- Chapter 6. Richness and Diversity Patterns -- Chapter 7. Macroecological Assemblages -- Chapter 8. Patterns in Body Size -- Chapter 9. From Theoretical to Applied Macroecology -- Chapter 10. Concluding Remarks. .

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Uncovering Grammars -- Chapter 2. About the Authors -- Chapter 3. The Error of Wuhan -- Chapter 4 -- Provoking Extinctions -- Chapter 5. Limits of Language -- Chapter 6. Glossaries, Euphemisms, Metaphors, Analogies and Catchy Words -- Chapter 7. Introduction to the Language of Extinction -- Chapter 8 -- Represent-Evaluate -- Chapter 9. Standards -- Chapter 10. The Unique Logic of Life -- Chapter 11. The Form-Bearer Unity -- Chapter 12. From Natural Goodness to Moral Goodness -- Chapter 13. The Value in Life -- Chapter 14. The Value of Consciousness -- Chapter 15. Life Forms, Artifacts, and in Between -- Chapter 16. Pluralism -- Chapter 17. Species and Forms of Life -- Chapter 18. Conservation Without Life Forms -- Chapter 19. A Bridge from Natural Goodness to Morality -- Chapter 20. Natural Goodness Encompasses Moral Goodness -- Chapter 21. Agent, Action, and Modalities of Action -- Chapter 22. Rationality and the Good -- Chapter 23. Practicing the Conservation of Life Forms -- Chapter 24. Contrasting Life Form Conservation with Alternatives -- Chapter 25. Leaving Things as They Were -- Chapter 26. Objections and Misunderstandings.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction: Christopher Clark and Ellen Garland -- Ch 1: Overview. Christopher Clark -- Ch. 2: Anatomy and physiology. Joy Reidenberg -- Ch. 3: Movement, Residency & Migration. Alex Zerbini and Sue Moore,- Ch. 4: Feeding strategies. Ari Friedlaender -- Ch. 5: Molecular genetics. Emma Carroll -- Ch. 6: Social organization. Peter Tyack -- Ch. 7: Ethological and bioacoustic variability. Christopher Clark -- Ch. 8: Baleen whale culture. Ellen Garland and Emma Carroll -- Ch. 9: Blue whale – Global diversity & behavioral variability in a specialist. Ana Sirovic -- Ch. 10: Humpback whale – Global diversity & behavioral plasticity in a court jester. Rebecca Dunlop -- Ch. 11: Humpback whale song - Global diversity & behavioral plasticity in a court jester. Danielle Cholewiak, Sal Cerchio and Ellen Garland -- Ch. 12: Bowhead whale – Acoustic variability in the almost-a-right whale that went north. Kate Stafford -- Ch. 13: Right whales - From north to south, what’s the big difference? Susan Parks -- Ch. 14: Minke Whale – Diversity and variability. Denise Risch -- Ch. 15: Omura’s Whale – An enigma. Sal Cerchio. .

Description / Table of Contents: Part I. Transpacific voyaging and settlement -- Chapter 1. Ex oriente lux? Amerindian seafaring and Easter Island contact revisited -- Chapter 2. Commensals/domesticates on Rapa Nui: what can their phlogeographic patterns tell us about the discovery and settlement of the island -- Chapter 3. Sweet potato on Easter Island: insights from a monographic study of the genus Ipomoea -- Chapter 4. Pre-European contact sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) at Rapa Nui: macrobotanical evidence from recent excavations in Rano Raraku quarry, Rapa Nui -- Chapter 5. Anakena Re-visited: new perspectives on old problems at Anakena, RapaNui -- Part II. The ancient Rapanui culture -- Chapter 6. A behavioralassessment of refuge caves (ana kionga) on Rapa Nui -- Chapter 7. Vinapu area revisited -- Chapter 8. Undelivered moai or unidentified monument? -- Chapter 9. Platforms in motion: a genealogical architecture -- Part III. Climatic and environmental change -- Chapter 10. Climatology of Rapa Nui (Isla de Pascua, Easter Island) -- Chapter 11. Prehistoric paleoecology of Easter Island -- Chapter 12. Geological and climatic features, processes and interplay determining the human occupation and habitation of Easter Island -- Part IV. Deforestation and extinctions -- Chapter 13. The flora and vegetation of Easter Island – past and present -- Chapter 14. Palms for the archaeologist -- Chapter 15. Spatio-temporal patterns of deforestation, settlement and land use on Easter Island prior to European arrivals -- Chapter 16. Economic causes and consequences of deforestation on Easter Island -- Chapter 17. Palm forests to gardens and grassland: a study of environmental and geomorphological changes of the Te Niu, Rapa Nui landscape -- Part V. Collapse or resilience? -- Chapter 18. Environmental change and cultural continuity – extraordinary achievements of the Rapa Nui society after deforestation -- Chapter 19. Ecology limits population, but culture determines it: carrying capacity on Rapa Nui -- Chapter 20. Population principles, climate change and the “collapse” of the Rapa Nui society -- Chapter 21. Claims and evidence in the population history of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) -- Part VI. European contact -- Chapter 22. The Human Giants of Easter Island (Rapa Nui). Eighteenth century fake news and its significance for understanding the persistence of present-day myths.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 Lake Alchichica: History of Human Settlements -- Chapter 2 Geological Evolution of the Alchichica Crater -- Chapter 3 Paleoenvironmental Change in Central Mexico During the Last 20,000 Years -- Chapter 4 Recent Climate of Serdán-Oriental Basin -- Chapter 5 Hydrogeology and Hydrochemistry of the Serdán-Oriental Basin and the Lake Alchichica -- Chapter 6 Meteorological Regime, Local Climate, and Hydrodynamics of Lake Alchichica -- Chapter 7 Physicochemical Characteristics -- Chapter 8 The Littoral Environment -- Chapter 9 Aquatic Vegetation -- Chapter 10 The Littoral Community -- Chapter 11 Bacterioplankton -- Chapter 12 -- Phytoplankton of Alchichica: A Unique Community for an Oligotrophic Lake -- Chapter 13 Protozooplankton -- Chapter 14 Metazooplankton: The Joys and Challenges of Living in a Saline, Oligotrophic, Warm Monomictic Lake -- Chapter 15 Alchichica Silverside -- Chapter 16 -- The Axolotl of Alchichica -- Chapter 17 The Deep Benthic Zone. - Chapter 18 Lake Metabolism. - Chapter 19 Lake Food Webs -- Chapter 20 Diversity and Endemisms -- Chapter 21 Conservation Actions -- Chapter 22 Microbialites: Diversity Hotspots in the Mexican Plateau -- Chapter 23 The Lake Alchichica from an Astrobiological Perspective -- Chapter 24 Lake Alchichica Traditions, Myths, and Legends: Interviews with Local Residents. .

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Climate change overview -- Fungi: Essential elements in ecosystems -- Thermotolerance and adaption to climate change -- Impact of climatic change on dermatophytosis -- Climate change and the proliferation of cases of sporotrichosis -- Climate change and eumycetoma -- Effect of climate change on the geographical distribution of coccodioidomycosis -- Geographical expansion of histoplasmosis and its relation to climate change -- Impact of climate change on opportunistic mold infections -- The emergence of opportunistic yeast infections and climate change -- Climate change and allergies -- Climate change and mycotoxins -- Mycosis in natural disasters associated with climate change -- Advances and limitations in the identification of fungi -- Actions against the increase in fungal infections due to climate change: Prospects for vaccine development -- Bibliography -- Index.

Description / Table of Contents: Evolution – Analisa Berta -- Sensory and cognition – Tentative Colleen Reichmuth and others -- Communication – Isabelle Charrier -- Physiology – Dan Crocker -- Movement – Luis Huckstadt and Ryan Reisinger -- Navigation – Patrick Robinson -- Foraging ecology and behavior – Don Bowen -- Reproductive behavior and lactation strategies – Dan Costa and Jen Maresh -- Breeding behavior – Paddy Pomeroy and Kelly Robinson -- Conservation – Samantha Simmons and others.

Description / Table of Contents: Preface Part I: Morphology and function of spiders- What do spiders look like? -- How do spiders hear, smell, taste, and sense? -- How do spiders see?- How do spiders move? -How can spiders grow despite their outer skeleton? -- Spider venom -- Spider silk -- Prey catch and spider webs -- How do spiders feed and digest?- Sex of spiders Part II: We live in a world full of spiders- Some like it cold -- how spiders survive adverse seasons -- How do spiders defend themselves against enemies? -The importance of spiders in our environment -- Species richness of spiders -- Worldwide import and spread of spiders -- Spiders in and at our house- Fascinating spiders- Part III: our emotional side towards spiders- Fear of spiders -- Communication about spiders -- spiders and humans: a tense relationship? -Spiders as pets?- Appendix- Common spider families- How to determine spiders?-Authors- Association for the Promotion of Spider Research- References- Index.

Description / Table of Contents: Flowering phenology in a restinga community: seven years of study -- Dioecy: the dimorphic sexual system and pollination in restinga vegetation -- Male and female sterility in flowering plants -- Broad-scale variation of phytoplankton richness in Brazilian inland waters -- The Importance of Palynology to Taxonomy -- Ecological Palynology -- Scientific Exploration Commission (1859-1861): Freire Allemão and the invisible network of collaborators -- The former Imperial Plant Nursery of Quinta da Boa Vista -- Medicinal plants used in Quilombola communities in Piranga, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil -- From mulungu to mamulengo”: The sharing of knowledge among teachers, academic researchers and mamulengueiros (traditional puppeteers) in a participatory workshop -- Biocultural heritage through museological narrative as a way of return on research in historical ethnobotany -- Conclusion of the reflections on Aspects of Brazilian Floristic Diversity: From Botany to Traditional Communities.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Euphorbia subg. Athymalus -- Index.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction: The Reality of Insect Declines -- Chapter 2. The Problems of Interpreting Changes -- Chapter 3. Assessing and Understanding Insect Diversity -- Chapter 4. Improving Understanding of Insect Diversity -- Chapter 5. Drivers of Decline -- Chapter 6. Insect Conservation Need in the Southern Hemisphere -- Chapter 7. Levels of Concern and Approach -- Chapter 8. Defining and Countering Threats -- Chapter 9. Facilitating Conservation Progress -- Chapter 10. A Future for Australia’s Insects.

Description / Table of Contents: Part I - The abiotic environment -- Chapter 1 - Climate variability and change in Patagonia region -- Chapter 2 - Patagonian sea: the physical environment -- Chapter 3 - Geological changes in coastal areas of Patagonia -- Part II - The biota in Patagonian coastal waters -- Chapter 4 - Life in the Patagonian seas through geological time -- Chapter 5 - Towards an understanding of the functioning and structure of plankton from Patagonia under a global change scenario: Lessons from univariable to mutivariable approaches -- Chapter 6 - Marine macroalgae in a changing world: what do we know and what do we still need to know -- Chapter 7 - Impact of global change on invertebrates -- Chapter 8 - Fishes changes in marine ichthyofaunas off Patagonia: species composition, biogeographic and functional patterns -- Chapter 9 - Long-term population trends of Patagonian marine mammals and their ecosystem interactions -- Chapter 10 - Long-term ecology studies in Patagonian seabirds: the case of the Imperial Cormorant, the Magellanic Penguin and other key species -- Chapter 11 - Ecological Interactions -- Part III - Human beings in Patagonian coasts -- Chapter 12 - The evolution in the utilization of sea resources by hunter-gatherers of Central Patagonian coast during the Holocene -- Chapter 13 - Fisheries and aquaculture in Patagonia: status trends and future perspectives -- Chapter 14 - The relationship of Patagonian societies with the sea, influences in their development and contributions to their wellbeing -- Chapter 15 - Futures of Patagonia: urban and tourist prospective in the next Anthropocene -- Chapter 16 - Conservation of coastal environments.

Description / Table of Contents: Neuroethological background of marine mammal complexity -- Social extremes and their relation to anthropogenic stress -- Lone, sociable marine mammals and their influence on human attitudes -- Efforts of conserving marine mammals (spaces excluded) -- Conserving marine mammal spaces and habitats -- Conservation relevance of marine mammal social learning and culture -- Marine mammal migrations.

Description / Table of Contents: Part I: Introduction -- Chapter 1. Introduction. Biodiversity Islands: Strategies for Conservation in Human Dominated Environments -- Part II: Biodiversity islands establishment and management: challenges and alternatives -- Chapter 2. The Importance of Small Rainforest Patches for Biodiversity Conservation: A Multi-Taxonomic Assessment -- Chapter 3. Regenerative Agriculture as Biodiversity Islands -- Chapter 4. Functions of Agroforestry Systems as Biodiversity Islands in Productive Landscapes -- Chapter 5. Biodiversity Islands: The Role of Native Tree Islands within Silvopastoral Systems in a Neotropical Region -- Chapter 6. Riparian Forests: Longitudinal Biodiversity Islands in Agricultural Landscapes -- Chapter 7. Conservation and Registration of Seed Sources in Reserve Remnants in the Province of Misiones, Argentina -- Section III: Biodiversity islands across the globe: case studies -- Chapter 8. Island of Forests Among Savannahs: Key Elements for Conservation and Production in the Paraguayan Humid Chaco -- Chapter 9. Biodiversity Islands and Dominant Species in Agricultural Landscapes of the South Western Amazon, Perú -- Chapter 10. The Monteverde Cloud Forest: Evolution of a Biodiversity Island in Costa Rica -- Chapter 11. A Highly Productive Biodiversity Island within a Monoculture Landscape: El Hatico Nature Reserve (Valle Del Cauca, Colombia) -- Chapter 12. Hacienda Pinzacuá: An Example of Regenerative Agriculture Amidst a Transformed Landscape in the Colombian Andes -- Chapter 13. Islands of Trees in Long-Fragmented Landscapes in Great Britain -- Chapter 14. Natural Landscape of the Pampa Region in Santa Fe Province, Argentina: Environmental Resilience and Opportunity for Changing the Agri-Food Paradigm -- Chapter 15. Residential Garden Design for Urban Biodiversity Conservation: Experience from Panamá City, Panama -- Chapter 16. Biodiversity Islands at the World's Southernmost City: Plant, Bird and Insect Conservation in Urban Forests and Peatlands of Ushuaia, Argentina -- Chapter 17. Paradise Lot: A Temperate-Climate Urban Agroforestry Biodiversity Island -- Chapter 18. Contribution to the Domestication and Conservation of the Genetic Diversity of Two Native Multipurpose Species in the Yabotí Biosphere Reserve, Misiones, Argentina -- Part IV: Safeguarding the environmental, economic, and social benefits of biodiversity islands -- Chapter 19. How Community-Led Action Can Advance the Development of Biodiversity Islands -- Chapter 20. Priorities, Perspectives and Use of a Community Forest by Surrounding Residents in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico: Protecting the Forest for its Services -- Chapter 21. Sacred Church Forests in Northern Ethiopia: Biodiversity and Cultural Islands -- Chapter 22. Beyond the Island: Integrated Approaches to Conserving Biodiversity Islands with Local Communities -- Chapter 23. Agroecology and Forest Conservation in Three Types of Land Reform Communities in the Cacao Region of Bahia, Brazil -- Chapter 24. Preserving Biodiversity in Appalachian Mixed Mesophytic Forest through the Permit-Based Harvest of Ginseng and Other Forest Botanicals -- Chapter 25. Farmer Perceptions of Tropical Dry Forest Restoration Practices on the Azuero Peninsula of Panama – Implications for Increasing Biodiversity in a Human-Dominated Landscape -- Chapter 26. Safeguarding Biodiversity Islands in Northern Ethiopia Amidst Political Change -- Part V: Chapter 27. Conclusions: Lessons Learned and Pending Challenges.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Biodiversity in the Gulf of Guinea Oceanic Islands: A Synthesis -- Chapter 2. Physical Geography of the Gulf of Guinea Oceanic Islands -- Chapter 3. Classification, Distribution and Biodiversity of Terrestrial Ecosystems in the Gulf of Guinea Oceanic Islands -- Chapter 4. Territory, Economy and Demographic Growth in São Tomé and Príncipe: Anthropogenic Changes in the Environment -- Chapter 5. The History of Biological Research in the Gulf of Guinea Oceanic Islands -- Chapter 6. Biogeography and Evolution in the Oceanic Islands of the Gulf of Guinea -- Chapter 7. Species Ecology in the Gulf of Guinea Oceanic Islands: Distribution, Habitat Preferences, Assemblages and Interactions -- Chapter 8. Fungi of São Tomé and Príncipe: Basidiomycete Mushrooms and Allies -- Chapter 9. The Bryophyte Flora of São Tomé and Príncipe (Gulf of Guinea): Past, Present and Future -- Chapter 10. Diversity of the Vascular Plants of the Gulf of Guinea Oceanic Islands -- Chapter 11. A Checklist of the Arachnids From the Gulf of Guinea Islands (Excluding Ticks and Mites) -- Chapter 12. The Beetles (Coleoptera) of Príncipe, São Tomé and Annobón -- Chapter 13. Butterflies and Skippers (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) of the Gulf of Guinea Oceanic Islands -- Chapter 14. Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) of São Tomé, Príncipe, and Annobón -- Chapter 15. Diversity and Distribution of the Arthropod Vectors of the Gulf of Guinea Oceanic Islands -- Chapter 16. Terrestrial Mollusca of the Gulf of Guinea Oceanic Islands -- Chapter 17. The Fishes of the Gulf of Guinea Oceanic Islands -- Chapter 18. The Amphibians of the Gulf of Guinea Oceanic Islands -- Chapter 19. The Terrestrial Reptiles of the Gulf of Guinea Oceanic Islands -- Chapter 20. The Sea Turtles of São Tomé and Príncipe: Diversity, Distribution and Conservation Status -- Chapter 21. The Avifauna of the Gulf of Guinea Oceanic Islands -- Chapter 22. Current Knowledge and Conservation of the Wild Mammals of the Gulf of Guinea Oceanic Islands -- Chapter 23. Cetaceans of São Tomé and Príncipe -- Chapter 24. Biodiversity Conservation in the Gulf of Guinea Oceanic Islands: Recent Progress, Ongoing Challenges, and Future Directions -- Chapter 25. Environmental Education in São Tomé and Príncipe: the Challenges of Owning a Unique Biodiversity -- Chapter 26. A Thriving Future for the Gulf of Guinea Oceanic Islands.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Hulun Buir Steppe floristic features and vegetation classification -- Chapter 2. The atlas of main communities on the Hulun Buir Steppe -- Chapter 3. The atlas of main rangeland plants on the Hulun Buir Steppe.

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- How everything started -- Compact crane knowledge: myths and facts -- Problem solutions, ballet courtship and fox alarm: how do cranes communicate with each other? -- Arrival in the nature preserve after return from wintering grounds: alone or in groups? -- Breeding season: a tragic romance -- Ruff, a white-tailed eagle and other visitors to the nature preserve: crane guards‘ amazing experiences -- The school of life -- Tracking the cranes‘ language: they are calling and talk about their lives -- Worldwide endeavors: Asian and American cranes are calling me -- Research adventures: overhear red-crowned cranes at minus 25 °C while guarded by armed border soldiers -- The adventure continues: visiting the wild whooping cranes -- We are taking off: the hard way to the migration flight school -- What can we learn about intelligence, migratory behaviour, culture development, use of tools and self-awareness in cranes? -- Can cranes think strategically? Other amazing observations -- Cranes are subjects. A plea for more modesty and respect for nature -- Appendix.

Description / Table of Contents: Part I: Conceptualizing human-nature interactions -- Chapter 1. Conceptualizing human-nature interactions – an overview -- Chapter 2. Environmental Values and Nature’s Contributions to People: Towards methodological pluralism in evaluation of sustainable ecosystem services -- Chapter 3. Disentangling trade-offs between the state of coastal ecosystems with human well-being and activities as a strategy addressing sustainable tourism -- Chapter 4. From human-nature dualism towards more integration in socio-ecosystems studies -- Chapter 5. A network approach to Green Infrastructure: how to enhance ecosystem services provision? -- Chapter 6. Transformations of urban coastal nature(s): Meanings and paradoxes of Blue Urbanism and nature-based solutions for climate adaptation in Southeast Asia -- Part II: Mountain systems -- Chapter 7. Values of mountain landscapes: Insights about the Blue Mountains National Park, Australia from Twitter -- Chapter 8. Earth observations of human-nature interactions from a cultural ecosystem service perspective -- Chapter 9. Gendered Values, Roles, and Challenges for Sustainable Provision of Forest-based Ecosystem Services in Nepal -- Chapter 10. Environmental [in]equity: Accessibility to green spaces in a rapidly urbanizing mountain-city -- Chapter 11. Ecosystem services and sustainable development in the European Alps: spatial patterns and mountain-lowland relationships -- Chapter 12. Human-nature relationships for the Flathead Wild and Scenic River System: Analyzing diversity, synergies, and tensions in a mountainous region of Montana, USA -- Chapter 13. Resilience and sustainability of the Maloti-Drakensberg mountain system: a case study on the upper uThukela catchment -- Chapter 14. Invasive alien plants in the montane areas of South Africa: impacts and management options -- Part III: Urban systems -- Chapter 15. Ecosystem service flows across the rural-urban spectrum -- Chapter 16. A typology for green infrastructure planning to enhance multifunctionality incorporating peri-urban agricultural land -- Chapter 17. Urban green spaces in a post-apartheid city: challenges and opportunities for nature-based solutions -- Chapter 18. Green infrastructure and ecosystem services within spatial structure of city – examples from Poznań, Poland -- Chapter 19. Accessibility to and fragmentation of urban green infrastructure: importance for adaptation to climate change -- Chapter 20. Social Demand for Urban Wilderness in Purgatory -- Chapter 21. The Role of Allotment Gardens for Connecting Nature and People -- Chapter 22. Green spaces and their social functions: specific challenges in urban spaces of arrival -- Chapter 23. The link between urban green space planning tools and distributive, procedural and recognition justice -- Part IV: Coastal-marine systems -- Chapter 24. Can local knowledge of Small-scale fishers be used to monitor and assess changes in marine ecosystems in a European context? -- Chapter 25. Marine ecological democracy: participatory marine planning in Indigenous marine areas in Chile -- Chapter 26. The Socio-Ecological Dimension of Ocean Multi-Use -- Chapter 27. Localizing the Sustainable Development Goals for marine and coastal management in Norway: A venture overdue -- Chapter 28. Coastal-Marine ecosystem accounting to support Integrated Coastal Zone Management -- Chapter 29. Exposure of coastal ecosystem services to natural hazards in the Bangladesh coast -- Chapter 30. Adaptations to climate variability in fisheries and aquaculture social-ecological systems in the Northern Humboldt Current Ecosystem: challenges and solutions -- Chapter 31. Socio-Ecological transformations in coastal wetlands: an approach from the south-central zone of Chile -- Chapter 32. A Nature-based Solution for coastal foredune restoration: The Case Study of Maghery, County Donegal, Ireland.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Euphorbia subg. Chamaesyce -- Chapter 2. Euphorbia subg. Esula -- Chapter 3. Euphorbia subg. Euphorbia -- Chapter 4. Addenda -- Index.

Description / Table of Contents: Section 1 Evolution Genetics & Adaptation -- E2 Genetic structure of the trispine horseshoe crab in Seto Inland Sea SWatanabe2_MS Final edited -- E3 Molecular identification and phylogenetic analysis of Indian mangrove horseshoe crab (1) -- E4 Population Genetics and Movement Show Metapopulation Dynamics Hallerman Final -- E6 Chan et al_revised 26Sep2020 -- E7 Applying Records Bicknell references -- E7 Applying Records of extant Bicknell final -- E7 Figure_-5 Bicknell Applying records -- E7 Figure_-6 B Bicknell Applying records -- Section 2 Population Dynamics & Ecology -- P1 Watanabe et al_final -- P2 Iwasaki Sediment Molting Relationship of Juvenile Limulus polyphemus Final -- P3 Conservation and Restoration of Estuaries and Coasts Mattei-11-6 -- P4 Xie et al. book chapter-final -- P5 Chan et al 2020 Manuscript_revised - final submission -- P6 Horseshoe crab condition as bycatch in Subang, Indonesia by Supadminingsih_Final edited -- P7 Occurrence and morphometric analysis_ Rahim et al - Final edited copy -- P8 Hayashi YI Preliminary Investigation of Tachypleus tridentatus HSC final (2) -- P9 Distribution of Horseshoe Crabs jasmin Lim and Laura Yap - final edited copy -- P10 An Assessment of Horseshoe Crab Breeeding Habitat and Trends on Long Island_ NY_ 2003 2017 updated 11 11 2020 -- Section 3 Conservation Efforts & Managment Education -- C1 Botton et al. -final Identifying major threats 10 1 2020 -- C2 Akbar John Final The Need to Establish HSC Global Biorepository 9 23 2020 -- C3 EconomicsLAL T Novitsky 10 2 2020 final -- C5 The Power of Citizen Science Mattei et al-Springer Book Chapter-July-27 -- C7 Coastline-Hsc-Ashikin- R1. 05 Oct 2020 final -- C8 Assessing the use of Acoustic sampling for horseshoe crabs-final -- C9 Wu et al. 2020 book chapter-final 20200605 -- C10 Fishery bycatch jeopardizes Indian horseshoe crabs Pati et al - final edited copy -- C13 Meilana et al. final edited MLB July 21 2020,- C14 Kyle Maurelli 2020 manuscript Final -- C16 FUNAI YI ed - imari hsc regulations -- Section 4 BIOLOGY & PHYSIOLOGY -- B1 Temperature and salinity preference Chengetal HSC Springer Book 2019 FINAL -- B2 VanDerwater. Khoder & Botton_July 20_final revised -- B3 Akbar John et al-final-20200907 -- B4 Patterns of Flatworm Ward final -- B5 Hu et al final 2Oct2020 -- B6 Syahira Book Chapter 2020 Final -- B7 MS--Liu et al Final-7-1 -- B8 Colon et al FINAL 7-4-20 -- Special Section SS -- Carl Shuster books -- Dr T and C Shuster Remembering Two Friends -- Remembering Two Friends Final - Dr Tanacredi 2 24 2021 -- Remembering two friends group photo with Mrs Schuster (seated) -- Remembering two friends group photo with Mrs Schuster (seated) -- Remembering two friends pdf docs -- SC - Carl Shuster tribute_July 2020 -- Part V Section A- Powerpoint and Ref in Sci literature -- Part V Section A IUCN SSC HSC Specilist Group -- Part V Section A Powerpoints 1 of 7 HSC NA Asia -- Part V Section A AREAC Public Seminar Series March 5 2003 -- Part V Section A LI Nature Organization Fifth Annual Long Island Natural History Conference -- Part V Section A Powerpoints 3 of 7 HSC NA Asia -- Part V Section A Limulus in the Limelight 10 15 2001 Sylvia Earle -- Part V Section A Crisis in Japan The Decimation of the HSC -- Part V Section A HSC Marine Oceanography Lab Spring 2012 Dr. Iwasaki -- Part V Section A Powerpoint 5 of 7 HSC NA Asia -- Part V Section A Powerpoints 2 of 7 HSC NA Asia -- Part V Section A Powerpoints 6 of 7 HSC NA Asia. - Part V Section A Powerpoints 4 of 7 HSC NA Asia -- Part V Section A Powerpoints 7 of 7 HSC NA Asia -- Part V Section B Unpublished and Long Term Data -- Part V Section B Guide to Raising HSC in Captivity 1 of 11 -- Part V Section B Guide to Raising HSC in Captivity 1 of 11 -- Part V Section B Science Research Project -- Part V Section B Golden Goose Awards Science Mag 2019 -- Part V Section B The Coastal Monitor Winter Spring 2020 Editorial Tanacredi 2020 Status of the HSC -- Part V Section B The Environmental Law Clinic -- Part V Section B Preliminary Population Estimation by Mark-recapture Method -- Part V Section B Data Environmental Sensitivity Index Mapping -- Part V Section B Data Flow Diagram of Formal Red List Petitions Process -- Part V Section C Art, HSC Social Context.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction and Background -- Chapter 2. Anthropogenic Environmental Impacts on Coral Reefs in the Western and South-Western Pacific Ocean -- Chapter 3. Advances in Coral Biology -- Chapter 4. Reef Ecology in the Western Pacific for Adaptation to Global Change -- Chapter 5. Biogeochemical Dynamics of Coral Reef Systems -- Chapter 6. Environmental and Climate Proxies Embedded in Coral Skeletons -- Chapter 7. Synthesis and Future Perspectives on the Coral Reefs in the Western Pacific Region.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction to Coral Reef Conservation and Restoration in the Omics Age -- Incorporating Genetic Measures of Connectivity and Adaptation in Marine Spatial Planning for Corals -- Maximizing Genetic Diversity in Coral Restoration Projects -- Identifying, Monitoring, and Managing Adaptive Genetic Variation in Reef-Building Corals Under Rapid Climate Warming -- Selective Breeding to Enhance the Adaptive Potential of Corals -- Coral Conservation from the Genomic Perspective on Symbiodiniaceae Diversity and Function in the Holobiont -- Dynamics of Bacterial Communities on Coral Reefs: Implications for Conservation -- Increasing Coral thermal Bleaching Tolerance via the Manipulation of Associated Microbes -- Epigenetics and Acquired Tolerance to Environmental Stress -- Can Gene Expression Studies Inform Coral Reef Conservation and Restoration? -- A Need for Reverse Genetics to Study Coral Biology and Inform Conservation Efforts -- Informing Coral Reef Conservation Through Metabolomic Approaches -- Environmental DNA for Biodiversity Monitoring of Coral Reefs -- Cryopreservation to Conserve Genetic Diversity of Reef-Building Corals -- Synthesis: Coral Reef Conservation and Restoration in the Omics Age.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter. 1. Introduction -- Chapter. 2. Domestication and Evolution of Ancient Wheats -- Chapter. 3. Origin, Taxonomy and Distribution of Ancient Wheats in Turkey -- Chapter. 4. Genetic Diversity in Ancient Wheats -- Chapter. 5. Conservation Strategies -- Chapter. 6. Chemical Composition of Einkorn (Triticum monococcum ssp. monococcum), Emmer (Triticum dicoccum), and Spelt (Triticum spelta) -- Chapter. 7. Nutritional and Technological Aspects of Ancient Wheat -- Chapter. 8. From hologenomes to biofertilizers in wheat production -- Chapter. 9. Wild relatives and their contributions to wheat breeding -- Chapter. 10. Socio-economic evaluation of einkorn wheat production.

Description / Table of Contents: Distribution, Threats and Conservation of Snow Leopard Throughout the World -- Snow leopard in Nepal – A Case Study -- Methods of Estimating Snow Leopard Abundance -- A Key for Identifying the Prey of Snow Leopard in Nepal Using Features of the Structure of the Hair of their Prey Present in their Faeces -- Abundance of Snow Leopards and their Prey in the Annapurna and Everest Regions of Nepal -- Assessment of the suitability of particular areas in Nepal for Snow Leopard based on MaxEnt Modelling -- Non-Invasive Genetic Sampling of Snow Leopards and other mammalian predators in the Annapurna and Sagarmatha regions of Nepal -- Snow Leopard-human Conflict and Effectiveness of Mitigation Measures -- Description of the Study Areas.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Legal and policy issues sustaining conservation and livelihood through non-wood forest products: A global perspective -- 2. Traditional ecological knowledge in non-wood forest products management and biodiversity conservation: A focus on Chittagong Hill Tracts -- 3. Historical and contemporary reflections on non-wood forest products -- 4. Non-wood forest product of the Sundarbans, Bangladesh: the context of management, conservation and livelihood -- 5. Role of non-wood forest products in Bhutan’s quest for Gross National Happiness: An overview. 6. Non-wood forest products and agroforestry of Sri Lanka: Status, challenges and way forward -- 7. Consumption and marketing pattern of non-wood forest products in a rapidly changing world: Insights from north-east Bangladesh -- 8. Initiatives to enhance sustainability and productivity of bamboo in the Philippines -- 9. Non-wood products of Malaysian mangrove: contribution to livelihood and conservation -- 10. Plants in the Tribal life of Arunachal Pradesh with Special Reference to Tangsa Community, India.

Description / Table of Contents: 1.Current Status of Vegetation of the Dried Bottom of the Aral Sea -- 2.Role of Grasslands in Soil Carbon Storage - Case Study from Alpine Grasslands of North-Western Kashmir Himalayas -- 3.The Importance of Forest for Soil, Food and Climate Security in Asia -- 4.The vegetation of Pamir-Alay Mountainous System in the Middle Asia -- 5.Plant Diversity and Species Distribution Pattern across the Pir Panchal Mountain Forest Range in the Western Himalayas -- 6.The Ecology of Pakistani Ferns and Lycophytes -- 7.Woody Species Diversity in the Foot Hills of Eastern Himalayas -- 8.Phytogeographical classification of Plants Distributed in the Jambil Valley District Swat, Pakistan -- 9.Diversity of Cyanobacteria in Thermal Water Bodies of Southwest India -- 10. Biodiversity and Freshwater Ecosystem Services; A Case Study of the Hamzakot area of Mardan, Pakistan -- 11. Ecological Evaluation of Parrotiopsis jacquemontiana in the Hindu Kush and Himalayan Ranges of Pakistan and its Conservation Status -- 12. Role of Chitral Gol National Park in Maintaining and Conserving Plant Diversity of the region -- 13. Liakot Forests in Kalam, District Swat, Pakistan; Floristics, Conservation, Sustainability and Ecological Classification -- 14. Plants and Plant Communities of the Kurram Valley, Pakistan -- 15. Spatial Diversity, Patterns of Forest Vegetation and Sustainability Analysis of the Murree Mountains of Western Himalayas -- 16. Phytosociological Studies, Economic Values and Sustainable Uses of Alnus nitida; a monophyletic species of the western Himalayas and Hindu Kush region of the Sino-Japanese belt of Pakistan -- 17. Vegetation Diversity of Ranikot Fort Area, Sindh, Pakistan -- 18. GRAVEYARDS - Conservation Spots of Species Diversity: Case Study from the North Western Area of Pakistan -- 19. Environmental Issues in Nexus to Ecological Poverty in Balochistan, South-West Province of Pakistan -- 20. Urban Greening towards Sustainable Development and Sustainability -- 21. Revision of the genus Allium L. (Amaryllidaceae) in the flora of India -- 22. A taxonomical revision of genus Allium L. (Amaryllidaceae) in the Flora of Middle Asia -- 23. A Preliminary Checklist, Phenology and Biological Spectrum of the Vascular Flora of Manglot Wildlife Park, Nizampur Pakistan -- 24. Floristic Inventory of Ethno-botanically important plants of Thangy Dara District Dir lower Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan -- 25. Invasive Alien Species; An Emerging Challenge for the Biodiversity of Pakistan -- 26. Vascular Plant Diversity of Changa Valley, District Shangla, Hindukush Range, Pakistan -- 27. Bee Diversity in Pakistan -- 28. Fish Fauna of Kashmir Valley and their Conservational Measures for Sustainable Fish Production -- 29. Anuran Diversity in Three Landscapes of Kodagu Region of the Western Ghats of India -- 30. Himalayan Ibex (Capra sibirica hemalayanus): Distribution, Population Structure and Conservation -- 31. Current Status of the Bird Life of Pakistan -- 32. Gummosis of Stone Fruit -- 33. Agrobiodiversity; Effect of Drought Stress on Eco-Physiology and Morphology of Wheat -- 34. Microgravity - Simulation, Acceleration and Effects on Plants: Case Study on Globally Important Agricultural Crop Rice -- 35. Fruit Diversity in Kashmir -- 36. Weed vegetation in Maize Crop of the Shahbaz Garhi, District Mardan; Gradient of Diversity and Species Composition -- 37. Management of Mango Hopper, in Mango (Mangifera indica L.) Agro ecosystems through Different Ways -- 38. Wild Morels in Pakistan: Environmental and Trading Statues -- 39. Folkloric Knowledge of Plant Species Used by Local Communities in a Protected Area of Kashmir Himalayas -- 40.Peganum harmala: Phytochemistry, Traditional Uses and Biological Activities -- 41. Ethnomedicinal and Cultural importance of Myrtus communis L. for the Local Communities Living in the Remote Tribal District of Bajaur -- 42. Ethnobotany in Iran: Pas-Qaleh Village (Tehran); A Case Study -- 43. An Overview of Common Medicinal Plants of Middle Asia -- 44.Diverse Medicinal Attributes of Indigenous Flora of the Southwest India -- 45. Genus Thymus in Iran - Ethnobotany, Phytochemical, Molecular and Pharmacological Features -- 46. Systematic and Medicinal Uses of Fern Diversity in the Swat Valley, Khyber Pukhtunkhwa, Pakistan -- 47. Ethnodiversity of Moist Temperate Mountain Forests - A Case Study from Ayubia National Park, Western Himalayas, Pakistan -- 48. Floristic diversity and Ethno-botanical Knowledge of Mahnoor Valley in the Himalayas of Pakistan -- 49. Climate Change and Medicinal Plants, India: An Overview -- 50. Ethnobotany and Sustainable Utilization of Plants in the Potohar Plateau, Pakistan -- 51. An Overview of Ethnobotany of Berberis lycium Royle in Pakistan -- 52. Brick Kilns: Types, Emissıons, Environmental Impacts and Their Remedial Measures -- 53. Air Pollutant Emissions in the Pristine Kashmir Valley from the Brick Kilns -- 54.A New Approach within AHP Framework for Prioritization of Air Quality Management in Kashmir -- 55. Compendium of A Road Transport Emission Inventory for the Srinagar City of Kashmir -- 56. Post-Soviet Kazakhstan: Civil Service Reforms, Opportunities and Challenges.

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- 1 A land of illusions and thin air -- 2 The cosmovision of the ancient inhabitants of the desert, a look through the cave painting -- 3 Life in Cuatro Ciénegas, a historical tour of the Coahuila desert between the XVI and XIX centuries, its people, and their relationship with the environment -- 4 Water as a socializing element. Hydraulic culture in New Spain between the 16th and the 18th centuries -- 5 Environmental conservation, water and wetland governance in Mexico -- 6 Cuatro Ciénegas, an aquifer at risk of overexploitation -- 7 Demise of Churince -- 8 Plants as a canary in the mine: A wetland response to ecosystem failure -- 9 Can bacterial populations go extinct? Evolutionary biology and bacterial studies in Cuatro Ciénegas shed light on the extinction process -- 10 Children can save the world, CBTa 22, Rural High school as a social experiment for a sustainable future -- 11 Conservation of the most diverse oasis of the world and the future of our path in the deserts: Lessons from Cuatro Ciénegas to the world -- Index.

Description / Table of Contents: What can we infer about the behavior of extinct sirenians -- Sensory and morphological adaptation for an aquatic lifestyle -- Diving and foraging behaviors. Lucy Keith-Diagne, African Aquatic Conservation Fund -- Movement behaviors. Chip Deutsch, Associate Research Scientist, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission -- Historical and current interactions with humans from the perspective of sirenian ethology and behavioral ecology -- Likely impacts of climate change on sirenian behavior -- Implications of sirenian behavior for conservation and management.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. European pearl mussel: background information and literature review -- Chapter 3. Materials and methods -- Chapter 4. Results -- Chapter 5. Discussion -- Chapter 6. Conclusions.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Historical review of research on Arctic and Subarctic Aleocharinae -- Material and methods -- Impact of climate change on northern fauna and flora -- Aleocharinae as indicators of change -- Faunal analysis and discussion -- Key to tribes occurring in Arctic and Subarctic zones -- Tribe Gymnusini Heer, 1839 -- Tribe Aleocharini Fleming, 1821 -- Tribe Oxypodini C.G. Thomson, 1859 -- Tribe Tachyusini C.G. Thomson, 1859 -- Tribe Hypocyphtini Laporte, 1835 -- Tribe Myllaenini Ganglbauer, 1895 -- Tribe Liparocephalini Fenyes, 1918 -- Tribe Homalotini Heer, 1839 -- Tribe Placusini Mulsant and Rey, 1871 -- Tribe Athetini Casey, 1910 -- Tribe Falagriini Mulsant and Rey, 1873.

Description / Table of Contents: Abstract -- Introduction -- Historical Survey -- Morphology -- Flowers -- Fruit, Seed, Dispersal and Germination -- Pollen -- Floral/Reproductive Biology and Phenology -- Chromosomes -- Chemistry -- Phylogeny and Evolution. Geographic Distribution and Ecology -- Conservation -- Systematic Treatment -- Insufficiently Known Species -- Excluded Names -- Acknowledgements -- Literature Cited -- Numerical List of Taxa -- List of Exsiccatae -- Index of Scientific Names.

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1. Urban Services to Ecosystems: An introduction (Riccardo Guarino, Maria Beatrice Andreucci, Manfredi Leone, Francesca Bretzel, Salvatore Pasta & Chiara Catalano) -- Part I: Green Infrastructure, Urban Ecology and Vegetation Science -- Chapter 2. Improving extensive green roofs for endangered ground-nesting birds (Nathalie Baumann, Chiara Catalano & Salvatore Pasta) -- Chapter 3. A plant sociological procedure for the ecological design and enhancement of urban green infrastructure (Chiara Catalano, Salvatore Pasta & Riccardo Guarino) -- Chapter 4. Functional and phylogenetic characteristics of vegetation: effects on constructed green infrastructure (Amy Heim, Garland Xie & Jeremy Lundholm) -- Chapter 5. Green Infrastructure within urban and rural landscapes following Landscape Bionomics (Vittorio Ingegnoli) -- Chapter 6. Roof greening with native plant species of dry sandy grasslands in northwestern Germany (Kathrin Kiehl, Daniel Jeschke & Roland Schröder) -- Chapter 7. Nature-Based Solutions as Tools for Monitoring the Abiotic and Biotic Factors in Urban Ecosystems (Federica Larcher, Chiara Baldacchini, Chiara Ferracini, Monica Vercelli, Martina Ristorini, Luca Battisti & Carlo Calfapietra) -- Chapter 8. Anthosart Green Tool: selecting species for green infrastructure design (Patrizia Menegoni, Riccardo Guarino, Sandro Pignatti, Claudia Trotta, Francesca Lecce, Federica Colucci, Maria Sighicelli & Loris Pietrelli) -- Chapter 9. Stewardship innovation: the forgotten component in maximising the value of urban nature-based solutions (Caroline Nash, Heather Rumble & Stuart Connop) -- Chapter 10. Nature as model: Evaluating the mature vegetation of early extensive green roofs (Christine Thuring & Nigel Dunnett) -- Chapter 11. Less is more: soil and substrate quality as an opportunity for urban greening and biodiversity conservation (Francesca Vannucchi, Francesca Bretzel, Roberto Pini & Heather Rumble) -- Part II: Planning and Implementation of Green Infra-structure -- Chapter 12. Public Nature: The Contribution of Urban Agriculture to New Green Infrastructure in Japan (Noriko Akita) -- Chapter 13. Anticipating an Urban Green Infrastructure Design for the Turkish Mediterranean City of Antalya (Meryem Atik, Veli Ortaçesme & Emrah Yildirim) -- Chapter 14. Multifunctional ecological networks as framework for landscape and spatial planning in Italy (Serena D’ambrogi & Matteo Guccione) -- Chapter 15. The foodscape as ecological system. Landscape resources for r-urban bmetabolism, social empowerment and cultural production (Sara Favargiotti & Angelica Pianegonda) -- Chapter 16. Policies and planning of urban Green Infrastructure and sustainable urban drainage systems (Daniele La Rosa & Viviana Pappalardo) -- Chapter 17. Soil and Water Bioengineering as Natural Based Solutions (Paola Sangalli, João Paulo Fernandes & Guillermo Tardío) -- Chapter 18. Guided by Water: Green Infrastructure Planning and Design Adapted To Climate Change (Camila Gomes Sant’anna, Ian Mell & Luciana Bongiovanni Martins Schenk) -- Chapter 19. Abandoned Lands on Lower Danube’s Urban Front as Opportunity to Enhance the River Corridor and the Urban Green Infrastructure (Angelica - Ionela Stan & Mihaela Hărmănescu) -- Chapter 20. The Collserola Special Protection Plan (PEPNat): a bid for coresponsibility in agricultural and forest management (Eugènia Vidal-Casanovas, Laura Cid, Antoni Farrero, Patricia García-Rodríguez & Kyriaki Ilousi) -- Part III: Nature-Based Solutions and Innovative Design Approaches -- Chapter 21. Exploring Regenerative Co-benefits of Biophilic Design for People and the Environment (Maria Beatrice Andreucci, Angela Loder, Beth Mcgee, Jelena Brajković & Martin Brown) -- Chapter 22. Design the Urban Microclimate: Nature-based Solutions and Technology at Nexus (Silvia Coccolo, Marco Delli Paoli, Alessandro Stracqualursi & Maria Beatrice Andreucci) -- Chapter 23. Evolution of the Approaches to Planting Design of Parks and Gardens as Main Greenspaces of Green Infrastructure (Maria Ignatieva) -- Chapter 24. Environment in megacities: Tehran Waterscapes (Manfredi Leone, Ayda Alehashemi & Giuditta Lo Tauro) -- Chapter 25. Cities facing the Wild (Annalisa Metta & Maria Livia Olivetti) -- Chapter 26. Biodiverse Cities: Exploring multifunctional green infrastructure for ecosystem services and human well-being (Alessio Russo & Katie A. Holzer) -- Chapter 27. In Consideration of the Tree: The importance of structure and function in the realization of Ecological Design (Naomi Zürcher) -- Index.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Part I. Historical Perspectives -- Vertebrates of Upper Mesopotamia: Present Evidence and Archaeological Data -- Fishing Gears and Methods: A Comparison of Ancient Mesopotamia and Other Ancient Worlds -- Ichthyological Characteristics Available in the Fish Images Existed in the Art of the Ancient Mesopotamia -- The Effectiveness of Ancient Mesopotamian Medical Practices: The Example of šūšu-Licorice -- Part II. The Abiotic Aspects of the Tigris–Euphrates River System -- Management of Water Resources Using Storage Reservoirs -- Estimation of Irrigated Agricultural Area and Water Consumption in Iraq -- The Nature of Tigris–Euphrates Rivers Flow: Current Status and Future Prospective -- Streamflow Alteration Impacts with Particular Reference to the Lower Zab River, Tributary of the Tigris River -- Ecohydrology in Iraq: Challenges and its Future Pathways -- Oil Pollution in the Shatt Al-Arab River and its Estuary 1980–2018 -- Pesticides in the Waters, Sediments, and Biota of the Shatt Al-Arab River for the Period 1980–2017 -- Surface Water Salinity of the Euphrates, Tigris, and Shatt al-Arab Rivers -- Renewable Energy for Water–Energy Nexus in Euphrates and Tigris River Basin: A Literature Review -- Impacts of Dams on Aquatic Biodiversity, Fisheries, Fishes and Their Environment: Problems that Could Be Present in Iraq with Recommendations -- Water, Politics and Dams in the Mesopotamia Basin of the Northern Middle East: How Turkey Instrumentalises the South-Eastern Anatolia Project for Political, Military and Strategic Interests -- Dams and their Impacts on Fishes in Iran -- Part III. The Biotic Aspects of the Tigris–Euphrates River System -- Preliminary Review of the Aquatic Biodiversity in Al-Kahla River, Missan Province, Iraq -- Freshwater Fish Biodiversity in Iraq: Importance, Threats, Status, and Conservation Challenges -- Effect of Climate Changes on the Freshwater Biodiversity in the Mesopotamian Plain: Recommendations for Avoidance and Plans for the Future -- River Corridors as a Refuge for Freshwater Biodiversity: Basic Information and Recommendations to the Policymakers for Possible Implications in Iraq -- Biodiversity of Fungi in Aquatic Environment of Iraq -- Potability of Drinking Water in Basra-Iraq -- Algal Studies in Iraqi Inland Waters. A Review -- The Distribution of Epilitic Diatoms in the Turkish Part of the Tigris-Euphrates River Basin -- Plant Biodiversity in Shatt Al-Arab Estuary and Ecological Variations -- Medicinal Plants of Shatt al-Arab River and Adjacent Area -- The Role of Plants as a Canopy in the Inland Waters: Basic Information for Application in Iraq -- The Zooplankton Fauna of the Turkish Part of the Euphrates-Tigris River Basin -- Kinds and Distribution of Icthyoplankton in Shatt Al-Arab River -- Rotifer Diversity in Iranian Waters: A Review -- Biodiversity of the Freshwater Amphipods in Iran -- The Freshwater Molluscs of the Mesopotamian Plain -- Freshwater Annelida of Iraq -- A Critical Checklist of the Inland Fishes Native to the Euphrates and Tigris Drainages -- Fish Fauna of Shatt al-Arab River, Basrah, Iraq: A More than Quarter a Century of Changes -- The Common Carp, Cyprinus carpio: Effect on the Environment and the Indigenous Fish Species in Iraq -- The Good and the Bad in Releasing the Grass Carp Ctenopharyngodon idella in the Freshwater System: Recommendations for the Policymakers in Iraq -- The Avifauna of Tigris and Euphrates River Basin -- The Feasible Approaches to Assist Migratory Birds Visiting the Southern Reaches of Mesopotamia -- A Proposal for Establishing Bird Observatory Centre in the South of Iraq -- The Potential Role of Waterbirds as a Vector in Dispersing Invertebrates and Plants in the South of Iraq -- The Wild Mammals of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers Basin -- The Amphibians and Reptiles of Euphrates and Tigris Basin -- A Preliminary Pictorial Guide to the Herpetofauna of Tigris and Euphrates River Basin -- Policy Guidance for Sustainable Aquaculture in the Inland Waters of Iraq -- How Possible to Use the Desert Area in Iraq for Aquaculture Industry: Basic Facts and Recommondations -- Aquaculture Industry in Iraq: Past, Present, and Future Perspectives -- Towards an Improved Tilapia Farming in Iraq: Recommendations for Future Application -- Information and Recommendations of Aquaculture Stress and its Source in Hatcheries: The Iraqi Aquaculture Industry Investors -- Exotic and Invasive Freshwater Fishes in the Tigris-Euphrates River System -- Part IV. Water Resources -- The Ecology and Modelling of the Freshwater Ecosystems in Iran -- Enhancing Rural Women’s Participation in Fisheries in Iraq -- The Impact of Destructive Fishing Gear on the Fish Biodiversity in the Inland Waters of Iraq -- Evaluating Variations in Fisheries by Means of Fishers’ Information: Suggested Methodology to Improve Small-Scale Fisheries in Rivers in Iraq -- A Possibility to Apply a Traditional Fisheries Enforcement Programme in the Inland Waters of Iraq -- Market-Resource Relations and Fish Seller Livelihood as Seen in Inland Waters of Iraq -- The Potential Impact of Deformities in Fishes upon Aquatic Production: Case of Iraq -- The Impact of some Social Taboos on Fisheries in Iraq -- Inland Water Fishes and Fisheries in Iran -- The Possibility of Introducing an Inland Fisheries Education in Iraq -- The Marine and Diadromous Fisheries of Iraq -- Part V. Stress of the Environment of the Two Rivers -- Fish Deformities in the Freshwater Fishes of Iraq: A Short Review and a Study Case on the Indian Catfish Heteropneustes fossilis -- The Phenomenon of Fluctuating Asymmetry: As Fish Welfare Indicator Represented by Case Study from the Freshwater Fishes of Iraq -- The Studies on Sediments Pollution by Different Types of Metals in Turkey -- Macroplastic and Microplastic in the Freshwater Environment of Southern Iraq: Evidences Obtained from Freshwater Fish Species -- Heavy Metals in Freshwater Invertebrates of Iran: A Review on the Bioaccumulation and Effects -- Fish Parasites of Tigris and Euphrates River Systems -- The Parasites of Fishes of the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers: Iraq and Turkey -- Ornamental Fishes: A Looming Danger for Inland Fish Diversity of Iraq -- Part VI. The Health of the Human Community Inhabiting Freshwater Zones -- Aquatic Snails as a Vector of Diseases to the Human in Iran -- Death by Drowning in Rivers in Iraq -- The Dangerous Catfish Species in the Freshwater System of Iraq: First Time Reports on Cases of Envenomation -- Fish Species of the Order Cypriniformes as a Source of Ichthyootoxin and Ichthyogallotoxin in Iraq: Cases Reports -- First Reports on Cases of Hallucinatory Fish Poisoning (Ichthyoallyeinotoxism) and Scombrotoxic Fish Poisoning in Iraq -- Part. VII. Conservation -- Freshwater Management and Conservation in Iran: Past, Present, and Future -- The Need of Biodiversity Conservation Strategies in Iraq: The State of Protected Areas -- Benthic Macroinvertebrates of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in Turkey -- Freshwater Ecosystem Conservation in Iraq: Recommendations for Management -- Utilising Phenotypic Difference to Regulate Protection Value: A Scheme for Application of a Novel Approach to the Inland Water of Iraq -- Hatchery-Reared Fish Stocks Released into the Wild: A Conservation Problem as Seen in a Case Study from Iraq -- Part VIII. Social Perspectives -- Is the Glass Half Empty or Half Full? An Appraisal of the Four Decades of Turkey’s Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP) -- Part IX. Food Security -- How Possible to Build Rice–Fish Farming in Iraq in order to Support Food Security Plan: Positive and the Negative Aspects -- The Importance of Non-commercial and Small-Sized Fish Species: A Proposal for an Additional Revenue to Iraq -- Sociocultural Aspects Influence Food Consumption Habits in Iraq: Management of Food Security -- A Preliminary Investigation of Determinants of Food Security in Rural Areas of Basrah Province, Iraq.

Description / Table of Contents: High pressure and High pressure environments -- High pressure: molecules, chemical processes and cellular structures -- The high pressure micro-environment of vertebrate load bearing joints- Effects of high pressure on the activity of ordinary animals, including humans, and on the function of their excitable cells and ion channels -- The effects of decompression and subsequent re-compression on the activity of deep sea animals and eukaryote cells. The isobaric collection of deep sea animals.-Molecular adaptation to high pressure: proteins in deep sea animals -- Molecular adaptation to high pressure: membranes -- Prokaryotes at high pressure in the Oceans and the Deep Biosphere -- Hydrothermal vents: the inhabitants, their way of life and their adaptation to high pressure -- Buoyancy at depth -- Divers: Air breathing animals, including humans, at high pressure -- Adaptation to high pressure in the laboratory -- High pressure equipment used in the laboratory, at sea and at depth.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Part I. Ethology and Behavioral Ecology of Sea Otters -- Taxonomy and Evolution of Sea Otters -- Sea Otter Behavior: Morphologic, Physiologic, and Sensory Adaptations -- Sea Otter Foraging Behavior -- Social Structure of Marine Otters: Inter and Intraspecific Variation -- Reproductive Behavior of Male Sea Otters -- Reproductive Behavior of Female Sea Otters and Their Pups -- Sea Otter Behavior and Its Influence on Littoral Community Structure -- Sea Otter Predator Avoidance Behavior -- Sea Otters and the Maritime Fur Trade -- Part II. Ethology and Behavioral Ecology of Polar Bears -- Polar Bear Taxonomy and Evolution -- Polar Bear Behavior: Morphologic and Physiologic Adaptations -- Polar Bear Foraging Behavior -- Polar Bear Reproductive and Denning Behavior -- Polar Bear Maternal Care, Neonatal Development, and Social Behavior -- Polar Bear Behavior in Response to Climate Change -- Human-Polar Bear Interactions.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Fungal by-products in Food Technology -- 2. Sampling and Analysis Methods for Ant Diversity Assessment -- 3. Bees - How and Why to Sample Them -- 4. Social Wasp Sampling Methods -- 5. Sampling Methods for Butterflies (Lepidoptera) -- 6. Sampling Methods for Beetles (Coleoptera) -- 7. Arthropods: Why it is so Crucial to Know Their Biodiversity? -- 8. Sampling Methods of True Fruit Flies (Tephritidae) -- 9. Sampling Methods for Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) -- 10. Sampling Methods for Termites (Insecta: Blattaria: Isoptera) -- 11. Measuring Orthoptera Diversity -- 12. Hemiptera Sampling Methods -- 13. Collecting and Sampling Methods for Thrips -- 14. Techniques for Collection and Sampling of Pseudoscorpions (Arthropoda, Arachnida) -- 15. Standardized Sampling Methods and Protocols for Harvestman and Spider Assemblages -- 16. Sampling Galls and Galling Arthropods -- 17. Collecting, Rearing and Preserving Leaf-Mining Insects -- 18. Canopy Insect Sampling -- 19. Sampling Methods for Soil and Litter Fauna -- 20. Sampling Methods for Aquatic Insects -- 21. Sampling Methods for Blood Feeding Insects Diversity -- Index.

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- The Bahía Blanca Estuary in a regional context -- Geography of the Bahía Blanca Estuary -- Physical Oceanography of the Bahía Blanca Estuary -- Bahía Blanca Estuary: a chemical oceanographic approach -- Plankton ecology and biodiversity in the Bahía Blanca Estuary -- Biology and ecology of the benthic algae -- The intertidal meiobenthos of the Bahía Blanca Estuary -- The intertidal soft-bottom macrobenthic invertebrates -- Taxonomic and functional approach of subtidal macrobenthic communities in the Bahía Blanca Estuary (Argentina) -- Shrimps and prawns -- Ecology and biology of the fish assemblages -- The Bahia Blanca Estuary and importance of the wetlands for the conservation of see turtles -- Shorebirds and Seabirds’ Ecology and Conservation -- Marine mammals: is the Bahía Blanca Estuary and its area of influence important for their conservation? -- Use of coastal area habitats by land mammals -- Coastal wetlands of the Bahía Blanca Estuary. Landscape structure and plant associations -- Environmental diagnosis of the protected coastal areas of the Bahía Blanca Estuary -- Small-scale artisanal fishers and socio-environmental conflicts in estuarine and coastal wetlands -- Estuarine environmental monitoring programs: long term studies -- Environmental education: mud and salt classrooms -- Index.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1. Current overview on the role of water in biomechanical and related systems -- Chapter2. Sense and nonsense about water -- Chapter3. Water nanoclusters in cosmology, astrobiology, the RNA world and biomedicine: the universe as a biosystem -- Chapter4. Solvent induced effects on protein folding -- Chapter5 Analysis of protein intramolecular and solvent bonding on example of major sonovital fluid component -- Chapter6. Water behavior near the lipid bilayer -- Chapter7. Water molecules organization surrounding ions, amphiphilic protein residues, and hyaluronan -- Chapter8. Pathological water science – four examples and what they have in common -- Chapter9. Powdery mildew fungus erysiphe alphitoides turns oak leaf surface to the higly hydrophobic state -- Chapter10. Physics of suction cups in air and in water -- Chapter 11. Water transport through synthetic membranes as inspired by transport through biological membranes -- Chapter 12. Travelling waves connected to blood flow and motion of arterial walls -- Chapter 13. Fractal properties of flocs, fitration cakes and biofilms in water and wastewater treatment process -- Chapter 14. Soil hydrology -- Chapter 15. External solicitations, pollution and patterns of water stock: remarks and some modeling proposals -- Chapter 16. Water on livestock: biological role and global perspective on water demand and supply chains.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 - Ecosystem services as a tool for decision-making in Patagonia -- Chapter 2- Assessment of provisioning ecosystem services in terrestrial ecosystems of Santa Cruz province, Argentina -- Chapter 3 - Grazing management and provision of ecosystem services in Patagonian arid rangelands -- Chapter 4 - Synergies and trade-offs among ecosystem services and biodiversity in different forest types inside and off-reserve in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina -- Chapter 5 - Shrubland management in northwestern Patagonia: an evaluation of its short-term effects on multiple ecosystem services -- Chapter 6 - Silvopastoral systems in northern Argentine-Chilean Andean Patagonia: Ecosystem services provision in a complex territory -- Chapter 7 - Ecosystem services values of the northwestern Patagonian natural grasslands -- Chapter 8 - The ecosystem services provided by peatlands in Patagonia -- Chapter 9 - Restoration for provision of ecosystem services in Patagonia-Aysén, Chile -- Chapter 10 - The North American beaver invasion and the impact over the ecosystem services in the Tierra del Fuego archipelago -- Chapter 11 - Social links for a nexus approach from an ecosystem services perspective in Central-East Patagonia -- Chapter 12 - Salmon farming: is it possible to relate its impact to the waste remediation ecosystem service? -- Chapter 13 - Using the ecosystem services approach to understand the distributional effects of marine protected areas in the Chilean Patagonia -- Chapter 14 - Socio-cultural valuation of ecosystem services in Southern Patagonia, Argentina -- Chapter 15 - Looking beyond ecosystem services supply: co-production and access barriers in marine ecosystems of the Chilean Patagonia -- Chapter 16 - Ecosystem services and human well-being: a comparison of two Patagonian social-ecological systems -- Chapter 17 - Urban Planning In Arid Northern Patagonia Cities To Maximize Local Ecosystem Services Provision -- Chapter 18 - Land size, native forests and ecosystem services inequalities in the rural Chilean Patagonia -- Chapter 19 - Imaginaries, transformations and resistances in Patagonian territories from a socio-ecological perspective -- Chapter 20 - The challenges of implementing ecosystem services in the Argentinean and Chilean Patagonia -- Chapter 21 - Natural capital and local employment in Argentine Patagonia -- Chapter 22 - Ecosystem services in Patagonia: a synthesis and future directions. .

Description / Table of Contents: The Ecology of Plant Litter Decomposition in Stream Ecosystems: An Overview -- Multi-scale Biophysical Factors Driving Plant Litter Dynamics in Streams -- Stoichiometry of Plant Litter Decomposition in Stream Ecosystems -- Global Patterns of Plant Litter Decomposition in Streams -- Plant Litter Decomposition in Intermittent Rivers and Ephemeral Streams -- Plant Litter Decomposition in Terrestrial Ecosystems Compared to Streams -- Biodiversity and Plant Litter Decomposition in Streams -- The Role of Key Plant Species on Litter Decomposition in Streams: Alder as Experimental Model -- Linking Microbial Decomposer Diversity to Plant Litter Decomposition and Associated Processes in Streams -- The Role of Macro Invertebrates on Plant Litter Decomposition in Streams -- The role of Microscopically Small Invertebrates in Plant Litter Decomposition in Streams -- Individual and Interacting Effects of Elevated CO2, Warming, and Hydrologic Intensification on Plant Litter Decomposition in Streams -- Causes and Consequences of Changes in Riparian Vegetation for Plant Litter Decomposition Throughout River Networks -- Effects of Exotic Tree Plantations on Plant Litter Decomposition in Streams -- Salt Modulates Plant Litter Decomposition in Stream Ecosystems -- Pathways, Mechanisms and Consequences of Nutrient-stimulated Plant Litter Decomposition in Streams -- How Toxicants Influence Plant Litter Decomposition in Streams -- Effects of Engineered Nanoparticles on Plant Litter Decomposition in Streams -- The Construction of Plant Litter Decomposition Curves -- Design and Analysis of Laboratory Experiments on Aquatic Plant Litter Decomposition -- Plant Litter Decomposition as a Tool for Stream Ecosystem Assessment -- Plant Litter Decomposition as a Contributor to Stream Ecosystem Service Provision.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Atmosphere-Ocean Interaction and Physical Oceanography -- Chapter 2. Chemical Oceanography, Seawater Optical Properties, Productivity and Microbial Processes -- Chapter 3. Marine Ecosystems and their Oceanographical Background -- Chapter 4. Anthropogenic Impact on the Antarctic Ecosystem -- Conclusions.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 – General features of the Pantanal wetland -- Chapter 2 – Classification and mapping of the vegetation of the Brazilian Pantanal -- Chapter 3 – Flora of the Pantanal -- Chapter 4 – Aquatic plants -- Chapter 5 – Leguminosae in the Pantanal -- Chapter 6 - Lichenized Ascomycota from the Pantanal in Mato Grosso do Sul state, Brazil -- Chapter 7 – Hydrology and vegetation base for classification of macrohabitats of the Brazilian Pantanal for policy-making and management -- Chapter 8 – Monodominant stands in the Pantanal -- Chapter 9 – Composition and distribution of woody and palm vegetation in the Pantanal wetland -- Chapter 10 – Natural pastures of the Pantanal: diversity, productive potential and dynamics -- Chapter 11 – Woody encroachment and its control in periodically flooded grasslands of the Pantanal, a large Brazilian wetland -- Chapter 12 – Paleovegetation inferences and landscape evolution in the Pantanal Basin -- Chapter 13 – Synthesis of the present knowledge on plant phenology of the Pantanal -- Chapter 14 – Temporal patterns of pollination and seed dispersal in capões of the southern Pantanal -- Chapter 15 – Soil seed banks in the Pantanal wetland -- Chapter 16 – Plant morphoanatomical adaptations to environmental conditions of the Pantanal wetland -- Chapter 17 – Metabolomics applied to understand and determine ecological and evolutionary relationships, and medicinal potential of plants from Pantanal -- Chapter 18 – Fire, flood and Pantanal vegetation -- Chapter 19 – Wild food plants of the Pantanal: past, present and future -- Chapter 20 – Ecological restoration of Pantanal wetlands -- Chapter 21 – Monetary value of the ecosystem services of the Pantanal and its surroundings: first approximations and perspectives -- Index.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. An introduction to Ecoacoustics -- Chapter 2. The Acoustic Complexity Indices (ACIs) -- Chapter 3. Introduction to the SonoScape, an open-source software application in MatLab® -- Chapter 4 - Exercises -- Index.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Taxonomic history -- Relationships and Phylogeny -- Fossils -- Wood anatomy -- Pollen -- Chemistry -- Chromosomes -- Morphology of Humiriaceae -- Systematic treatment of Humiriaceae -- Literature Cited -- Numerical list of taxa -- List of exsiccatae -- Index of scientific names -- Index of local names.

Description / Table of Contents: Section I. General Biology of medicinal plants -- 1. Medicinal plant research at cross roads; S. Jha -- 2. Blessing of Medicinal Plants - The histories and prospects; M. Inoue -- 3. Introducing wild-growing medicinal plants into cultivation; Dropwort (Filipendula vulgaris Moench.) - a rich source of phenolic compounds; Z. Weglarz, K.B. Bączek -- 4. Medicinal plants used in the treatment of diabetes; N. Hamza -- 5. Cultivation and utilization of Medicinal Plants in Traditional Medicine; A.C. Jnanesha -- Section II. Cultivation and domestication of medicinal plants -- 6. Cultivation and utilization of Aronia melanocarpa (Michx.) Elliott (black chokeberry); H. Ekiert et al -- 7. Cultivation and utilization of Curculigo; P. Chaturvedi -- 8. Cultivation and utilization of Scutellaria baicalensis L. (Baikal skullcap); I. Kwiecień, H. Ekiert -- 9. Cultivation and utilization of Coleus Species; V.C. Kolluru -- 10. Cultivation and utilization of Pandanus odorifer for industrial application; S. Mohanty -- 11. H.Suleria (Title confirmation Awaited) -- 12. H.Suleria (Title confirmation Awaited) -- 13. Cultivation and utilization of Pueraria Species; J. Arora -- 14. Mango ginger: Prospects for domestication and utilization; A.A. Waman -- 15. Cultivation and utilization of Chlorophytum species; K. Singh -- 16. Cultivation and utilization of Rauwolfia serpentine; S. Mehrotra -- Section III -- Biotechnological approaches for medicinal plants -- 17. Review on the Extraction Methods Use in Medicinal Plants; N.N. Azwanida -- 18. Biotechnological applications for conservation and sustainable utilization of medicinal plants; H.N. Murthy -- 19. High value metabolites from medicinal plants; K.G.Ramawat -- Conclusion.

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Introduction -- Diversity and Endemism -- Classification -- Abbreviations -- Keys and Descriptions -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index to Scientific Names.

Description / Table of Contents: Neotropical endophytic fungi: isolation, diversity, and biogeography of Neotropical endophytic fungi -- Ecology of Neotropical endophytic fungi -- Diversity, ecology and applications of Epichloë fungal endophytes of grasses in South America -- Endophytes from unique ecosystems in Chile: challenge and opportunities for biodiversity and biotechnological applications -- Endophytic fungal community associated with Colombian plants -- Fungal endophytes and bioactive compounds from tropical forests of Costa Rica -- Diversity of endophytic fungi in Brazilian biomes Rupestrian Grasslands, Caatinga, Pampa, and Pantanal -- Endophytic fungi of the Cerrado: Diversity and its role in ecological interactions and environmental conservation -- Endophytic fungi associated with medicinal plants of Amazonian forest -- Endophytic fungi associated with ancient Neotropical plants -- Bioprospecting of Neotropical endophytic fungi in South America applied to medicine -- Bioprospecting of Neotropical endophytic fungi applied to agriculture -- Endophytic fungi associated with Neotropical plants: a source of promising macromolecules for use in biotechnology -- Potential use of Neotropical endophytic fungi in green synthesis of nanoparticles using endophytes -- Bioprospecting of secondary bioactive metabolites produced by endophytic fungi of the medicinal Piper sp. in the Brazilian Tropical Rain Forest -- Diversity of endophytic fungi of Empetrum rubrum Vahl ex Willd (Ericaceae), a medicinal plant from austral South America.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. General characteristics and history -- Chapter 2. Taxonomy and Evolution. I Toth, John Elphinstone -- Chapter 3 Environment to disease development. I Toth, Jacquie van der Walls, Kristyna Hromodova -- Chapter 4 Molecular plant pathogen interactions -- Chapter 5. Detection and diagnostics -- Chapter 6. Economic impact in potato cultures -- Chapter 7 Disease management -- Chapter 8. Soft rot diseases around the world -- Chapter 9. Outlook -- Chapter 10. Methodology section. .

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Potential role of forest-based plants in essential oil production: an approach to cosmetic and personal health care applications -- Aromatic oils from forest and their application -- Role of traditional chewing sticks in oral hygiene and other benefits -- Plant-based sweeteners and their applications in modern lifestyle -- Nutritional, pharmaceutical and industrial potential of forest-based plant gum -- Commercial, cosmetic and medicinal importance of sandal (Santalum album): a valuable forest resource -- Forest-based edible seeds and nuts for healthcare and disease control -- Medicinal plants of Himalayan forests -- Forest-based medicinal plants for cardiovascular diseases -- Potential role of medicinal plants in cure of liver and kidney diseases -- Forest-based medicinal plants for cancer cure -- Health benefit, traditional and modern uses of natural honey -- Spices obtained from forest and other resources -- Ganoderma lucidum: king of mushroom -- Health-promoting benefits, value-added products and other uses of banana -- Forest-based plants in beautification and their medicinal significance -- Food, fodder and fuel-woods from forest -- Fibre from forest and their importance in modern time.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Introduction: Randall W. Myster -- 2. Dynamics of Andean Treeline Ecotones: Between Cloud Forest and Páramo Geocritical Tropes. Fausto O. Sarmiento -- 3. ANÁLISIS REGIONAL EN ECOSISTEMAS DE MONTAÑA EN COLOMBIA:Una mirada desde la funcionalidad del paisaje y los servicios ecosistémicos. Paola Isaacs-Cubides, Julián Díaz and Tobias Leyva-Pinto -- 4. Ecohydrology of Tropical Andean Cloud Forests. Conrado Tobon Martin -- 5. Litterfall in Andean forests: Quantity, composition, and environmental drivers. Wolfgang Wilcke -- 6. Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Ectomycorrhizas in the Andean Cloud Forest of South Ecuador. Ingeborg Haug, Sabrina Setaro, Juan Pablo Suárez -- 7. Nesting ecology of the Tucuman Amazon (Amazona tucumana) in the cloud forest of Northwestern Argentina. Luis Rivera and Natalia Politi -- 8. Adaptive strategies of frugivore bats to Andean cloud forests. Adriana Ruiz and Pascual J. Soriano -- 9. Diversification and dispersal of Neotropical fauna: Processes and patterns in Andean species diversity. Juan C. Garcia-Ramirez and Angela M. Mendoza-Henao -- 10. Mapping Hydrological Ecosystem Services and Impacts of Scenarios for Deforestation and Conservation of Lowland, Montane and Cloud-Affected Forests. Mark Mulligan -- 11. Randall W. Myster. Conclusions, synthesis and future directions.

Description / Table of Contents: Dedication -- Preface to the Third Edition -- Acknowledgements -- Preface to the Second Edition -- 1. Rivers in the Anthropocene -- 2. Streamflow -- 3. Fluvial Geomorphology -- 4. Stream Chemistry -- 5. The Abiotic Environment -- 6. Primary Producers -- 7. Detrital Energy and the Decompposition of Organic Matter -- 8. Stream Microbial Ecology -- 9. Trophic Relationships -- 10. Species Interactions -- 11. Lotic Communities -- 12.Energy Flow and Nutrient Cycling in Aquatic Communities -- 13. Nutrient Dynamics -- 14. Carbon Dynamics and Stream Ecosystem Metabolism -- 15. How We Manage Rivers, And Why. .

Description / Table of Contents: A Brief Review Of Studies On Social Wasps In Brazil -- The Evolution of Swarm Founding in the Wasps: Possible Scenarios -- The foraging behaviour of neotropical social wasps -- The choice of sexual partner in social wasps -- Nesting Habits of Neotropical Social Wasps -- Castes and polymorphisms in neotropical social wasps -- The biology of swarm-founding epiponine wasp, Polybia paulsita -- Causes and consequences of reproductive conflicts in wasp societies -- Post-embryonic Development in Brazilian Social Wasps -- Evolution and adaptation of the wings and mandibles of neotropical social wasps -- Cuticular hydrocarbon studies in Neotropical Social Wasps -- Biogeographic hypotheses for the Neotropical Social Wasps -- Chromosome diversity and evolution in Neotropical social wasps -- Phylogeny and classification of the Neotropical social wasps -- List of species of social wasps from Brazil -- The Old-World versus New-World social wasps: Similarities, differences and threats -- Key to the genera of social wasps (Polistinae) occurring in Brazil -- Research techniques used in the study of social wasps -- Community ecology of social wasps in Brazil: Forty years of studies -- lnteractions between wasps and other animals: associations and natural enemies -- Interactions of social wasps with microorganisms -- Artificial Environments for Studying Eusocial Wasps -- Economic importance of Neotropical Social Wasps.

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Part 1. Conceptual Framework -- Chapter 1. Introduction to the Phenomenon of Biological Invasions -- Chapter 2. Biological Invasions in the Anthropocene -- chapter 3. Transport and Introduction -- Chapter 4. Naturalisation -- Chapter 5. Range Expansion -- Chapter 6. Impacts on Health, Economy and Diversity -- Chapter 7. Ecological Impacts -- Part 2. Case Studies -- Chapter 8. European Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) in Chile: The Human Dimension Behind a Biological Invasion -- Chapter 9. Invasive European Wild Rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) in Argentina: State of the Art and Prospects for Research -- Chapter 10. Wild Boar Invasion in Argentina and Chile: Ecology, Impacts and Distribution -- Chapter 11. Reconceiving the Biological Invasion of North American Beavers (Castor Canadensis) in Southern Patagonia as a Socio-ecological Problem: implications and opportunities for research and management -- Chapter 12. Invasion by a Carnivore: the case of american mink (neovison vison) in south america -- Chapter 13. Homogenization of the Freshwater Fish Fauna in Chile: analysing the ichthyogeographic provinces. References. .

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction and implementation of harp traps signal a new era in bat research -- Chapter 2. Bats as Hosts of Important Unicellular Endoparasites -- Chapter 3. A global review of phylogeographic studies on bats -- Chapter 4. All the Better to Eat You With: The Legacy of James S. Findley’s Phenetic Approach to Bat Biology -- Chapter 5. Fur, wings, and flowers: development and progress on nectarivorous bat research in the last 50 years -- Chapter 6. The Winter Worries of Bats: Past and Present Perspectives on Winter Habitat and Management of Cave Hibernating Bats -- Chapter 7. Integrating physiological and behavioral traits with ontogeny, phylogenetic history, and survival and fitness to understand heterothermy in bats -- Chapter 8. Molecular biology in the evolution of bats: a historical perspective -- Chapter 9. Molecular biology in the evolution of bats: a historical perspective -- Chapter 10. The evolution of acoustic methods for the study of bats -- Chapter 11. Bats, Bat Flies, and Fungi: Exploring Uncharted Waters -- Chapter 12. Bats and the Ecological and Evolutionary Consequences of Resource Spatio-temporal Predictability (STP) -- Chapter 13. There and Back Again: Homing in Bats Revisited -- Chapter 14. A NASBR history of radiotelemetry–how technology has contributed to advances in bat biology -- Chapter 15. Bats Flying at High Altitudes -- Chapter 16. Contributions of Women and Creating a Culture of Inclusivity at the North American Society for Bat Research -- Chapter 17. Pioneers of bat habitat and resource selection -- Chapter 18. NASBR Origins 1970-2020: From an Informal Gathering to a Scientific Society -- Chapter 19. The Importance of Water Availability to Bats: Climate Warming and Increasing Global Aridity -- Chapter 20. Bats as reservoirs of viral zoonoses -- Chapter 21. Bats in temperate forests: where are the trends in bat populations? -- Chapter 22. How noise affects bats and what it reveals about their biosonar systems.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 - Introduction -- Chapter 2 - Plant chemistry and their impacts on biotic interactions -- Chapter 3 - Herbivory and Plant defenses – antagonist interactions -- Chapter 4 - The molecular genetic basis in plant-animal interactions -- Chapter 5 - Biotic defenses against herbivory -- Chapter 6 - Pollination – from antagonistic to mutualistic interactions -- Chapter 7 - Dispersal – frugivory and seed dispersal -- Chapter 8 - Plant phenology: effects seasonality in biotic interactions -- Chapter 9 - Plant-mediated above-belowground interactions -- Chapter 10 - Ecosystem Engineers – how plant-animal interactions modify the environment -- Chapter 11 - Ecological networks in plant-animal interactions -- Chapter 12 - The evolution of facilitation and mutualism in plant-animal interactions -- Chapter 13 - Evolutionary conflicts in coevolved mutualisms -- Chapter 14 - Plant-Animal Interactions: and the origin of biodiversity -- Chapter 15 - Plant-Animal Interactions in the Anthropocene era.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Regional context and maritime governance -- Chapter 3: Alboran Sea area climate and weather -- Chapter 4: The Oceanographic and climatic context -- Chapter 5: A Geological history for the Alboran Sea region -- Chapter 6: Seafloor morphology and processes in the Alboran Sea -- Chapter 7: The biogeochemical context of marine planktonic ecosystems -- Chapter 8: Seaweeds and seagrasses: the marine forests from the Alboran Sea -- Chapter 9: Benthic fauna of littoral and deep-sea habitats of the Alboran Sea: A hotspot of biodiversity -- Chapter 10: Invertebrates: the realm of diversity -- Chapter 11: Biogeographical and Macroecological context of the Alboran Sea -- Chapter 12: Biophysical processes determining the connectivity of the Alboran Sea fish populations -- Chapter 13: Evolving from fry fisheries to early life research on pelagic fish resources -- Chapter 14: Description of artisanal fisheries in northern Alboran Sea -- Chapter 15: Description of artisanal fisheries in southern Alboran Sea -- Chapter 16: Small pelagic resources: A historic perspective and current state of the resources -- Chapter 17: North Atlantic Oscillation effect on the biology and fisheries of tunas species in the Alboran Sea -- Chapter 18: Demersal Resources -- Chapter 19: The Blackspot seabream fishery in the Strait of Gibraltar: lessons and future perspectives of shared marine resource -- Chapter 20: Aquaculture in the Alboran Sea -- Chapter 21: Marine megafauna and charismatic vertebrate species -- Chapter 22: Fisheries economics and management under the impact of Human and varying marine environmental conditions in the Alboran Sea -- Chapter 23: A historical approach to living resources on the Spanish coasts from Alboran Sea between the 16th and 20th centuries -- Chapter 24: Sustainable development and Blue growth in the Alboran Sea: enabling ocean health and ecosystem services through ocean science and equitable governance -- Chapter 25: Marine Protected Areas and Key Biodiversity Areas of the Alboran Sea and adjacent areas.

Description / Table of Contents: PART I. Behavior on Land and at Sea: Introduction -- Otariid Ethology: One Researcher’s Historical Perspective -- When Physiology and Ecology Meet: The Interdependency Between Foraging Ecology and Reproduction in Otariids -- Maternal Behavior in Otariids and the Walrus -- PART II. Foraging Behavior -- Foraging Capacities, Behaviors and Strategies of Otariids and Odobenids -- Prey Capture and Processing in Fur Seals, Sea Lions and the Walrus -- PART III. Reproductive Behavior -- Polygyny in the Era of Molecular Biology: Revisiting Bartholomew’s Model -- The Role of Females in the Evolution of Sexual Dimorphism and Mating Systems -- Site Fidelity, Male Harassment and Female Gregariousness: Factors Shaping the Highly Polygynous Mating System of the Northern Fur Seal (Callorhinus Ursinus) -- Mating Games and Raiding Parties in Southern Sea Lions -- Infanticide in Eared Seals -- Genetic Consequences of Dispersal, Philopatry and Reproductive Behaviors -- Intergeneric Fertile Hybridization in Otariids -- Visual Species Recognition and Mate Choice in Fur Seals: An Experimental Study -- PART IV. Cognitive Behavior, Communication, Personality and Behavioral Development -- Vocal Communication in Otariids and Odobenids -- Non-vocal Communication in Otariids and Odobenids: The Involvement of Visual and Olfactory Cues in Their Social Lives -- The Sensory World of Otariids -- The Mind of a Sea Lion -- The California Sea Lion: Thriving in a Human-Dominated World -- Pinniped ‘Personality’, or Consistent Individual Differences -- Playing at the Edge of the Sea: A Comparative Analysis in Otariids and Odobenids -- PART V. Diving Deeper into Species -- Responding to Human Influence: Southern Sea Lion Males Adapt to Harbor Habitats -- Ethology and Behavioral Ecology of the Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus), with Emphasis on Communication and Social Behavior -- Behavioral Insights into the Decline and Natural History of Steller Sea Lions -- Exploitation and Recovery of the South American Sea Lion in the Southwestern Atlantic -- Living on the Edge, the New Zealand Sea Lion -- The Enigmatic Life History of the Australian Sea Lion -- Australian Fur Seal: Adapting to Coexist in a Shared Ecosystem -- Guadalupe Fur Seals and California Sea Lions: Two Sympatric Otariids from the California Current Ecosystem -- Fur Seal Trophic Ecology in Uruguay -- Galapagos Sea Lions and Fur Seals, Adapted to a Variable World. .

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Part 1. Basics on Food Plants and Biodiversity in a Multidisciplinary Approach -- Food Biodiversity Key Concepts -- Food Systems towards Food and Nutrition Security: The Food Biodiversity Role -- Biodiversity, Cultural Diversity and Food Cultures -- Unconventional Food Plants: Food or Medicine? -- The Potential of Unconventional Food Plants for Improving Diets and Nutrition -- Part 2. Brazilian Food Plants: An Overview -- Brazilian Unconventional Food Plants and National Policies to Strengthen Food and Nutrition Security through Biodiversity -- Food Plants from Brazilian Biodiversity as a Source of Bioactive Compounds -- Natural Toxins in Brazilian Unconventional Food Plants: A Review -- Part 3. Ethnobotanical Knowledge of Brazilian Food Plants -- Brazilian Food Plants Reported by Scientific Travelers and Naturalists: Key Plants from the Past to the Future -- Brazilian Food Plants and Indigenous People: Trends in Archaeobotany -- Famine Foods: Thoughts from a Caatinga Research Experience -- Part 4. Nutritional Composition Data on Brazilian Food Plants by Biome -- Food Plants in Cerrado -- Food Plants in Caatinga -- Food Plants in Pampas -- Food Plants in Amazonia -- Food Plants in Pantanal -- Food Plants in Atlantic Rainforest -- Part 5. Consumption of Brazilian Food Plants -- Challenges to Assess Sustainable Diets in Nutritional Science: A Case Study in Caatinga Biome -- Potential for Popularization of Unconventional Food Plants Based on Local Perception -- Potential of Unconventional Food Plants Value Chains -- Food Plants of Brazilian's Sociobiodiversity in the National School Feeding Program -- Part 6. Learning and Teaching Brazilian Food Plants -- E-Learning through Social Networking Sites: A Case Study from Facebook -- Plant Identification Using Artificial Intelligence: Innovative Strategies for Teaching Food Biodiversity -- A Garden Laboratory: Food Biodiversity Research Skills for Nutrition Students -- The "PANC na City" and "Horta City Lapa" Experiences: Learning and Teaching on Unconventional Food Plants in the Brazilian Urban Context -- Food Sovereignty for Lunch: Workshops in an Unconventional Farm -- Index.

Description / Table of Contents: Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation in Palestine -- Lichens of the Negev Desert (Israel) - Diversity, distribution, and of the relationship with microclimate -- Lichens: Characteristics, importance, uses, distribution in Turkey -- Endangered swamp forests in Turkey - An ecological inventory, prospects and challenges -- Forest fires and sustainability in Mediterranean ecosystems -- Turkey’s Wild Orchids -- Agrodiversity in Turkey: Case study on Rice -- Pepper Agrodiversity in West Asia -- Promising small molecules against cancer from Ganoderma genus -- The Vertebrate Biodiversity of Turkey -- Medicinal Plants of Northeast Anatolia -- Main Problems of the Sustainable Development of the South Caucasus and Processes of Transformation of Landscapes (Ecosystems) Biodiversity -- Forest cover for the safety of biosphere and environment -- Agrodiversity and Sustainable Development -- Plant Diversity and General Vegetation of Georgia -- Faunal Diversity in Georgia- General Perspective -- An Overview of the Plant Diversity of Azerbaijan -- Agrobiodiversity of Azerbaijan -- Faunal diversity of Azerbaijan -- Genus Crataegus (Rosaceae) in the flora of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan -- Herbals used in Western Iran as food and for health treatments -- Fish Fauna in the Amur Water System of the Jewish Autonomous Region in Russia -- Paleogeography of Caspian Sea, Water Level Fluctuations and Consequences on the Environment and Civilization.

Description / Table of Contents: Part 1 Introduction -- 1 The Knowledge-Implementation Gap in Conservation Science -- Part 2 The Knowledge Production Or Co-Production -- 2 Biodiversity Monitoring and the Role of Scientists in the 21st Century -- 3 Closing the Conservation Genetics Gap: Integrating Genetic Knowledge in Conservation Management to Ensure Evolutionary Potential -- 4 Publicly generated data: the role of Citizen-Science for knowledge production, action, and public engagement -- 5 Global Overview of Indigenous Ecological Knowledge and Implementation in National Conservation Agendas -- Part 3 The Knowledge Mediation Sphere -- 6 The Knowledge Network: Identifying Actors and Structural Dimensions of Knowledge Transfer -- 7 Communication: The bridge between knowledge and implementation -- 8 Making an impact: how to design relevant and usable decision support systems for conservation -- Part 4 The Knowledge-Action Outcome(s) -- 9 The use of boundary-spanning organizations to bridge the knowledge-action gap in North America -- 10 Progress and gaps in biodiversity data mainstreaming and knowledge transfer for conservation in South America -- 11 Conservation Science in Africa: Mainstreaming Biodiversity Information into Policy and Decision-making -- 12 The Marine Conservation Landscape in Europe: Knowledge Support to Policy Implementation and Conservation Action -- 13 Translating research into wildlife conservation actions through multi-sector collaboration in tropical Asia -- 14 Environmental knowledge exchange in Australia and Oceania: how researchers and practitioners are working together to bring change -- Part 5 Synthesis -- 15 Closing the gap between knowledge and implementation in conservation science: concluding remarks.

Description / Table of Contents: (1) Introduction on different applications of molecular tools to answer novel questions in the field of population genetics/genomics of endangered mammals (Mike Bruford, School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, UK) -- (2) Climate change impact at the genetic level: patterns in the Couesi's rice rat Oryzomys couesi (Ella Vázquez Domínguez, Instituto de Ecología, UNAM, Mexico) -- (3) Use of molecular and demographic data to prioritize populations of black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) from Chihuahua, Mexico for conservation (Luis Eguiarte Fruns, Instituto de Ecología, UNAM, Mexico) -- (4) Anthropogenic and Historic Movements of American Black Bears Shape Contemporary Population Structure (Emily Puckett, Division of Molecular Sciences, University of Missouri, USA) -- (5) How many ESUs are of conservation interest within some species of Neotropical carnivores (Felidae, Canidae, Ursidae, Mustelidae and Procyonidae)? : Individual mitocondrial genes versus mitogenomics (Manuel Ruiz García, Departamento de Biología, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Spain) -- (6) Phylogeographic footprint of armadillo colonization in North America (María Clara Arteaga, Departamento de Biología de la Conservación, Mexico) -- (7) Koala conservation in Queensland: a role for a living genome bank in genetic rescue? (Jenny Seddon, School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Australia) -- (8) Noninvasive genetics sheds light on the status, phylogeography, and evolution of the most elusive carnivores: The case of the snow leopard (Jan Janecka, Department of Biological Sciences, Duquesne University, USA) -- (9) Documenting genetic diversity in changing populations for management and conservation (Jennifer Leonard, Conservation and Evolutionary Genetics, Estación Biológica de Doñana, Spain) -- (10) Conservation genetic of gray brocket deer (Mazama gouazoubira) in the southern of the distribution range (Susana González, Departamento de Biodiversidad y Genética, Universidad de Uruguay) -- (11) Noninvasive Genetic Monitoring of the Elusive European Wildcat as a Tool for Science-Based Wildlife Conservation (Katharina Steyer, Seckenberg Research Institute, Germany) -- (12) Conservation genetics in bats: current progress and future prospects (Serena Dool, University of Greifswald, Germany) -- (13) From dung to demography: Using noninvasive methods to study elephants inside and outside protected areas (Lori Eggert, Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, USA) -- (14) Effect of the habitat connectivity in the genetic variability of the Volcano rabbit (Romerolagus diazi) (Jorge Ortega/Leslie Montes/José Antonio Guerrero, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional) -- (15) Different immune system diversity for city life: comparing major histocompatiblity complex alleles in San Joaquin kit fox (Vulpes macrotis mutica) (Jesus Maldonado/Tammy R Wilbert, Masoumeh Sikaroodi, Brian Cypher, Christine Van Horn Job, Katherine Ralls, and Patrick M. Gillevet, Center for Conservation Genomics, Smithsonian Institue, Washington, DC, USA) -- (16) Conclusion: current state and future prospects of conservation genomics in mammals (Jorge Ortega, Jesus Maldonado).

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Preface -- 2. Improving the efficacy of biological control by ecostacking -- 3. Integrative biological control approaches in Chinese agriculture, Biodiversity enhancement for improving biological control -- 4. Perennial wildflower strips to enhance natural enemies of insect pests in Belgium -- 5. Flower strips for ecosytem services in Switzerland, Felix Herzog, Agroscope, Zurich Switzerland -- 6. Enhancement of natural control functioning of rice insect pests by manipulating biodiversity in rice-based ecosystems -- 7. Cover crops enhance biological control of insect pests in apple orchards in China -- 8. Enhancement of natural control function in aphids by intercropping and infochemical releasers in wheat ecosystem -- 9. Crop diversity and disease control,Specific techniques to enhance ecostacking -- 10. Ecological enhancement of arthropod natural enemy application in biological control -- 11. Chemical ecology of egg parasitoids in crop protection -- 12. Current knowledge on the migratory moth Autographa gamma as basis for future chemo-ecological research -- 13. The development of biocontrol products and their applications in the field -- 14. Effects of insecticides on pollen beetles (Brassicogethes aeneus) and their tersilochine parasitoids in Germany -- 15. How microbiome approaches can assist market development for biological control -- 16. Successful use of entomopathogenic nematodes to control a defoliator outbreak in an environmentally sensitive area -- 17. Bees and medicinal plants -- 18. Climate change implications -- 19. Night warming on predator-prey interactions: implications for biological control -- 20. Landscape-level drivers of biocontrol and case study from local to regional scale under climate change in China -- 21. Spotted Wing Drosophila-blueberry interactions.

Description / Table of Contents: Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) impact and current status in Latin America: technological sovereignty or dependence? -- New biotechnology promising approaches for disease control on bananas and plantains -- Complementation of bananas conventional breeding programs through biotechnological genetic improvement -- The stress as inducer of heritable changes in micropropagated banana: the hypothesis of cytokinin accumulation -- Somatic embryogenesis for clonal propagation and associated molecular studies in cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) -- Use of biotechnology in Forestry breeding programs for natural resources and biodiversity conservation; Creating super trees for the future -- Stress modulation in Pinus spp. Somatic embryogenesis as model for climate change mitigation; Stress is not always a problem -- A Protective Role for Accumulated Dry Matter Reserves in Seeds During Desiccation: Implications for Conservation -- Biodiversity in Ecuador and its immense potential for agricultural pest control -- Native biodiversity: a strategic resource to accelerate bioeconomy development in Latin America and the Caribbean -- Low cost crop waste biosorbent technology for removing toxic and pollutants from wastewater -- The status of plant and plant-microbe interactions related to medicinal agents -- Bringing new function to packaging materials by agricultural byproducts -- Use of banana crop wastes to develop products in the aquaculture and plastic sectors -- Use of agroindustrial biomass for biofuels, enzymes discovery and production -- Temperature Profiles during the Fermentation of Cacao ‘Nacional’ to understand chocolate quality -- Ethno Phytopharmacology. Product validation process based on traditional knowledge of medicinal plants -- Biological control as a key tool for the management of invasive species in Latin America and the Caribbean -- Current research on Andean fruit crop diseases -- Biotechnological tools for the development of Foc TR4-resistant or tolerant Musa spp. Cultivars -- Integrated pest management of whitefly crop-free periods can reduce the Begomovirus transmission in tomato.

Description / Table of Contents: Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- About the Authors -- List of Reviewers -- Chapter 1. The History and Distinctions of Conservation Biology -- Chapter 2. Biodiversity: Concept, Measurement, and Management -- Chapter 3. Human Presence and the Need for Conservation -- Chapter 4. Climate Change and its Impact on Conservation -- Chapter 5. Conservation Genetics -- Chapter 6. The Conservation of Populations: Theory, Analysis, Application -- Chapter 7. The Conservation of Terrestrial Habitat and Landscapes -- Chapter 8. The Conservation of Aquatic Systems -- Chapter 9. Conservation Through Ecosystem Management -- Chapter 10. Values and Ethics in Conservation -- Chapter 11. Conservation Economics and Sustainable Development -- Chapter 12. The Legal Foundations of Conservation Biology -- Chapter 13. Conservation as Vocation -- Index.