ALBERT

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: Citrus origin, diffusion and economic importance -- Genetic resources of Citrus and related genera -- Conventional breeding of cultivated varieties -- Conventional breeding of rootstocks -- Ploidy manipulation as breeding strategy -- Markers, maps and marker-assisted selection -- From the draft genome of sweet orange toward a pan-genome -- New Breeding Techniques for Citrus -- From flower to fruit in citrus -- Genetic control of ripening -- Pigments in citrus: importance and genetic background -- Essential oils in citrus -- Abiotic stress resistance -- Biotechnological approaches for the resistance to citrus huanglongbling -- Genetic basis of canker resistance -- Molecular mechanisms for resistance to biotic stresses -- Future perspectives.

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: Preface -- Concerns and Threats of Heavy Metals Contamination on Aquatic Ecosystem -- Pollution in Aquatic Environs: Sources and consequences -- A Recent Scenario of Groundwater Quality in Northwest Himalaya, India -- Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: Toxic Effects and their Bioremediation Strategies -- Mechanisms and importance of phytoremediation -- Role of Soil Biota and Associated Threats -- Viability of in-situ and ex-situ bioremediation approaches for degradation of noxious substances in stressed environs -- Bioremediation: A viable approach for degradation of petroleum hydrocarbon -- Application of macrophytes for remediation of wastewater in constructed wetlands -- Application of Biotechnology for restoration of degraded environs -- Role of Free Floating Aquatic Macrophytes in abatement of the disturbed Environs -- Genetically Modified Microbes as Biofertilizers -- Nanotechnology: A Modern Waste management approach -- Restoration of Heavy Metal Contaminated Environs through Ectomycorrhizal Symbiosis -- Index.

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: I. Biology of Plant defence -- 1.Plant defense in biological pest control -- 2. Specialized metabolites and plant defence -- 3.Sources of variation in defensive traits in Quercus species -- 4.Glycans as Modulators of Plant Defense -- 5.Biological Control and Need of a Strategic Shift -- II. Use of natural compounds -- 6.Polyphenolic Compounds Obtained from OMWW -- 7.small molecules of natural origin -- 8.Pinus polyphenols and antifungal activities -- 9.stilbenoid-enriched grape cane extracts in biocontrol -- III. Use of biological agents -- 10.Biological control of postharvest diseases -- 11.Sorghum allelopathy for sustainable weed management -- 12.Chaetomium as biocontrol agent on plant pathogens -- 13.Fusaria strains as biocontrol agents -- 14. Fungi as biological control -parasitic nematodes -- 15.Control of pepper powdery mildew -- 16.Molecular Mechanisms of Nematode- Microbe Interactions -- VI. Market and commercialization -- 17.Trends for commercialization of Biocontrol Agent.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1. Taming the Land, A Historical Perspective -- Chapter2. The Ecological Connection in Farming, Ranching, and Gardening -- Chapter3. Hydrology and Erosion Processes -- Chapter4. Cover Crop Dynamics on Hydrology and Erosion -- Chapter5. Vegetation Effects on Hydrology and Erosion: Grazinglands -- Chapter6. Organic Matter: The Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth -- Chapter7. Soil-Hydrology-Plant Assessment Technologies for Cropland, Rangeland, Pastureland, and Gardens.

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: Chapter. 1. Molecular Farming in Plants: Introduction and Applications -- Chapter. 2. Tools and Techniques Used in Plant Molecular Farming -- Chapter. 3. Production of plant natural products in heterologous microbial species -- Chapter. 4. Sustainable Manufacturing of Vaccines, Antibodies, and other Pharmaceuticals -- Chapter. 5. Limitations, Biosafety, ethics, regulatory issues in molecular farming in plants -- Chapter. 6. Conclusion and Perspectives.

Description / Table of Contents: Part I. Biology and Culture -- Chapter 1. Speciesism in Biology and Culture: How Human Exceptionalism is Pushing Planetary Boundaries -- Chapter 2. Race and Human Genomic Variation -- Chapter 3. Science Without Species: Doing Science With Tree-Thinking -- Part II. Culture and History -- Chapter 4. The Colonization of Islands as Microcosms for Human Impacts on an Interplanetary Scale -- Chapter 5. Species, God, and Dominion -- Chapter 6. Symbols and How We Came to be Human -- Part III. Conservation and Law -- Chapter 7. Law and Nature: Human, Nonhuman, and Ecosystem Rights -- Chapter 8. A Phylogenetic Approach to Conservation: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning for a Changing Globe -- Part IV. Sustainability and the Future -- Chapter 9. Energy and Society: Toward a Sustainable Future.

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- 1. Causes and Effects of Pesticide and Metal Pollution on Different Ecosystems -- 2. Ecotoxicology of Heavy Metals: Sources, Effects and Toxicity -- 3. Role of Modern Innovative Techniques for Assessing and Monitoring Heavy Metal and Pesticide Pollution in Different Environments -- 4. Global Scenario of Remediation Techniques to Combat Pesticide Pollution -- 5. Mycoremediation: A Sustainable Approach for Pesticide Pollution Abatement -- 6. Bio-pesticides: Application and Possible Mechanism of Action -- 7. Values of Biofertilizers for Sustainable Management in Agricultural Industries -- 8.Role of Macrophytes in Spontaneous Lacustrine Phytofiltration -- 9. Phytoremediation of Heavy Metals Using Salix (Willows) -- 10. Photo catalysis: An Effective Tool for Treatment of Dyes Contaminated Wastewater -- 11. Removal of dyes from waste water by Micellar Enhanced Ultrafiltration -- 12. Biofilm: an innovative modern technology for aquatic pollution remediation -- 13. Heavy Metal Soil Contamination and Bioremediation -- 14. Environmental Biotechnology: For Sustainable Future -- 15. Global Environmental Regulations for Management of Pesticides -- Index.

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.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 Introduction to Environment -- Chapter 2 Components of the Earth -- Chapter 3 Earth and its Resources -- Chapter 4 Basics of Ecosystem -- Chapter 5 Major Biochemical Cycles -- Chapter 6 Biodiversity and its Conservation -- Chapter 7 Air Pollution and its Mitigation -- Chapter 8 Pollution and its Mitigation -- Chapter 9 Soil Pollution and its Mitigation -- Chapter 10 Oil Pollution -- Chapter 11 Human Population and the Environment -- Chapter 12 Climate Change: Threat of Era.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- The White spruce genome -- Targeted and whole genome re-sequencing for population and evolutionary genomic inferences in Norway spruce -- Transposable elements in Spruce -- An intact, but dormant LTR retrotransposon defines a moderately-sized family in white spruce (Picea glauca) -- The DNA methylome of Norway spruce -- Epigenomics in Norway spruce -- Comparative Genomics of Spruce -- Comparative genomics with the comparisons of BACs between loblolly pine and white spruce -- Wood formation and genomic selection in white spruce, data imputation strategies -- Ecotypes in Norway spruce (“Genomics of adaptation to drought across the Central European range of Norway spruce“) -- Local adaptation in the interior spruce hybrid complex -- Genomics of secondary metabolism - Terpenoids in spruce (Evolutionary dynamics of TPS gene family in Chinese spruce) -- Lignin biosynthesis in Norway spruce as an anti-fungal defense -- Future prospects.

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Biofuels: challenges and the promises of fungi in biofuel production -- Plant pathogenic fungi for bioethanol production: mechanisms of actions -- Plant pathogenic fungi for biodiesel production -- Plant pathogenic fungi for VOCs production -- Plant probiotic fungi as a new source for Bioethanol Production -- Endophytic fungi for biofuel production -- Brown and white rot fungi for biofuel production -- Gut fungi for biofuel production -- Consolidated bioprocessing: highly efficient fungi for biofuel production -- Process design in fungal-based biofuel production systems -- Life cycle assessment (LCA) of fungal-based biofuel production systems -- Thermodynamics aspects of fungal-based biofuel production systems -- Modeling and optimization to enhance fungal-based biofuel production -- Index.

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Part 1. Introduction to 'Problematic Wildlife II'. Problematic species are increasing, in a world that is constantly changing -- Chapter 1. The need and relevance of the book. Problematic Wildlife and the Modern World -- Part 2. From direct danger to humans to negative impact on human activities -- Chapter 2. Large Felid Predators and ‘Man-eaters’: Can we successfully balance conservation of endangered apex predators with the safety and needs of rapidly expanding human populations? -- Chapter 3. A large carnivore among people and livestock: the common leopard -- Chapter 4. Recent changes in wolf habitat occupancy and feeding habits in Italy: implications for conservation and reducing conflict with humans -- Part 3. Urban wildlife conflicts are an emerging problem -- Chapter 5. ‘Good’ and ‘bad’ urban wildlife -- Chapter 6. Wildlife and traffic – an inevitable but not unsolvable problem? -- Chapter 7. The colonization of the Western Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis) in an Italian city: evolution and management of the phenomenon -- Part 4. Hunting and eco-tourism: possible mechanisms for conservation and coexistence? -- Chapter 8. How hunting and wildlife conservation can coexist. Review and case studies -- Chapter 9. What do we know about wild boar in Iberia? -- Chapter 10. Travelling in a fragile world: The value of Ecotourism -- Part 5. Species extinction -- Chapter 11. Assessing presence, decline and extinction for the conservation of difficult-to-observe species -- Chapter 12. Extinct or perhaps surviving relict populations of big cats. Their controversial stories and implications for conservation -- Part 6. Zoos, Conservation, Animal Rights -- Chapter 13. Alternative facts and alternative views: Scientists, managers, and animal rights activists -- Chapter 14. Zoos and conservation in the Anthropocene: opportunities and problems -- Chapter 15. Problematic Animals in the Zoo: the issue of charismatic megafauna -- Chapter 16. Cryptic problematic species and troublesome taxonomists: A tale of the Apennine bear and the Nile white rhinoceros -- Chapter 17. Communication and wildlife conservation (grey wolf and brown bear in Italy) -- Part 7. Humans and Herpetofauna -- Chapter 18. Snakes, snakebites, and humans -- Chapter 19. Giant Snake-Human Relationships -- Chapter 20. Risk assessment model for brown treesnake introduction into the continental United States -- Chapter 21. The Asian toad (Duttaphrynus melanostictus) in Madagascar: A report of an ongoing invasion -- Index.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Nanotechnology: A breakthrough in Agronomy -- 2. Nanotechnology and Plant Tissue Culture -- 3. Nanotechnology and abiotic stresses -- 4. Myconanoparticles in agriculture -- 5. Nanotechnology in pest management -- 6. DNA nanobiotechnology and plant breeding -- 7. Nanotechnology and Plant Disease Diagnosis and Management -- 8. Nanofertilizers -- 9. Nanotechnology and waste water treatment -- 10. Applications of nano-biosensors in agriculture -- 11. Nanomaterials and agriwaste -- 12. Prospects and constraints.

Description / Table of Contents: Section I - General considerations -- Chap 1 - Introduction Maria Eugenia Farias (LIMLA, Argentina) -- Chap 2 - Origin and evolution of the central Andes: deserts, salars lakes and volcanoes R.Alonso (U. Nacional de Salta, Argentina) and W. Rojas (Eramine Sudámerica S.A., Argentina) -- Chap 3 - Modern microbilies mats and endovaporite system in Andean lakes: a general approach Maria Eugenia Farias (LIMLA, Argentina) -- Section II - Preandean and andean atacam desert: life at limits -- Chap 4 - Desert polyextreme environment and lithobiontic habitats J. Wierzchos, C. Ascaso, O. Artieda and M.C. Casero (Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Spain) -- Chap 5 - Desert microbiology J. Di Ruggiero (Johns Hopkins University, USA) and M.C. Casero (Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Spain) -- Chap 6 - Desert biosignatures P. Vitek (The Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic) and J. Wierzchos (Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Spain) -- Chap 7 - Microbial characterization of Andean Vega's soil C. Belfiore, M.E. Farias (LIMLA, Argentina) and M. Contreras (Centro de Ecología Aplicada, Chile) -- Section III - Life in Andean Volcanoes and Fumaroles -- Chap 8 - Limits to microbial life at the altitudinal and dry extremes for life on Earth at Llullaillaco and Socompa Volcacones S. Scmidt and P. Sowell (University of Colorado, USA) -- Chap 9 - The biogeochemistry of microorganisms in the geothermal features of El Tatio Geyser Field, Chile K.D. Myers (Columbia University, USA), A.S. Angel (University of Tennessee, USA) and P.C. Bennett (The University of Texas at Austin, USA) -- Chap 10 - The unique holoarchea dominated biofilms associated Diamante Lake inside Galan Volcanoes Microbialites N. Rascova (Aix Marseille Université, France) and M.E. Farias (LIMLA, Argentina) -- Section IV - Endoevaporites and Mats in Salars and Wetlands -- Chap 11 - Endoevaporites dominated by Arquea at Laguna Tebenquiche M.C. Rasuk (LIMLA, Argentina), Pieter V. (University of Connecticut, USA), A.B. Fernández (University of Sevilla, Spain) and M.E. Farias (LIMLA, Argentina) -- Chap 12 - Rare microbial biosphere in Salar de Huasco: hyperdiversity in polyextreme aquatic ecosystem C. Dorador, N. Miranda, V. Ávalos (Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile), V. Molina (Universidad de Playa Ancha, Chile) and M. Hengst (Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile) -- Chap 13 - Microbiome of evaporites and microbial mats in the Salar de Llamara, Atacama desert M. Rasuk and M.E. Farias (LIMLA, Argentina) -- Chap 14 - Microbial diversity in athalassohaline Argentinean salterns M.R. Mora-Ruiz and R. Rosselló-Móra (Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies, Spain) -- Section V - Microbialites at lakes -- Chap 15 - Physicochemical and microbiological processes in carbonate precipitation in hypersaline lakes: the laguna Negra case F.J. Gomez (Centro de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Terra, Argentina), L.C. Kah (University of Tennessee, USA), C. Mlewski, F.J. Boidi (Centro de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Terra, Argentina) and E. Gerard (Université Paris Diderot, France) -- Chap 16 - Microbialites Laguna Socompa V. Albarracin and M.E. Farias (LIMLA, Argentina) -- Chap 17 - Microbialites oncolites and mats at Laguna La Brava P. Visscher (University of Connecticut, USA), M. Contreras (Centro de Ecologia Aplicada, Chile) and M.E. Farias (LIMLA, Argentina) -- Chap 18 - Modern microbiolites of Pozo Bravo lake, Salas de Antofalla, Antofagasta de la Sierra, Catamarca A.I. Lencina, M.N. Soria (PROIMI, Argentina), R. Palma (Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina) and M.E. Farias (LIMLA, Argentina) -- Section VI - Extremolites: microbes surviving in Andean microbial ecosystems -- Chap 19 - Light sensing and mechanisms of adaptation to high solar irradiation V.H. Albarracín, M. Gorriti, L. Portero, F. Zannier (PROIMI, Argentina), W. Gärtner (Max Planck Institute, Germany) and M.E. Farias (LIMLA, Argentina) -- Chap 20 - Linear megaplasmids spreading the Andean Resistome M.F. Perez and J.R. Dib (LIMLA, Argentina) -- Chap 21 - Arsenic: Not as bad as it sounds Visscher (University of Connecticut, USA), Gallagher, Contreras (Centro de Ecologia Aplicada, Chile), Farias (Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina), Philippot (Univesité Paris Diderot, France), Sancho-Tomas and Somogyi (Synchroton Soleil, France) -- Section VII - Prospecting and protecting singular ecosystems -- Chap 22 - Conservation of extremophile communities in complex ecosystems M. Contreras (Centro de Ecologia Aplicada, Chile) -- Chap 23 - Integral prospection of Andean Microbial Ecosystem Project M.E Farias (LIMLA, Argentina) -- Index -- .

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: Economic/Academic importance -- Background of the sequencing initiatives -- Molecular mapping and cloning of genes and QTLs -- Physical mapping of the genome -- Whole genome sequencing and assembling -- Structure and composition of centromere in Brassica genome -- Genome annotation -- Gene loss -- Alternative splicing -- Gene conversion -- Gene family differentiation in Brassica species -- Glucosinates -- R genes variations after triplication -- Structural & functional genomic resources developed -- Impact on plant breeding and crop improvement -- Data bases -- Future prospects.

Description / Table of Contents: Intro: Navigating Patagonian freshwaters- and this book -- 1: Are freshwaters wetlands? -- 2: Patagonian Andean lakes and climate change -- 3: Current state and recent changes of glaciers in the Patagonian Andes (35 °S to 55°S) -- 4: Biogeographical patterns of Patagonian freshwater microbiota -- 5: Extreme freshwater ecosystems from Patagonia: The Copahue-Agrio system -- 6: Mercury in aquatic systems of North Patagonia: sources, processes and trophic transfer -- 7: Diversity patterns across aquatic communities from peat bogs -- 8: Hydrologic Systems, water uses and emerging conflicts around freshwater availability in Patagonia -- 9: Land-use effects on aquatic ecosystems: An overview of environmental impacts and tools for ecological assessment -- 10: Patagonian wetlands: vertientes, vegas, mallines,turberas and lagunas -- 11: Fish and fisheries of the Patagonian steppe -- 12: Invasive species: The case of Didymosphenia geminata in Neuquén Province -- 13: Influence of the fish introduction in lakes of the arid Patagonia -- 14: Patagonian cultural limnology: knowledge and water management in Mapuche rural communities -- 15: Political Ecology, water valoration and Water Law deliberation in the Province of Tierra del Nacional de Tierra del Fuego -- 16: Freshwater systems in protected areas in Patagonia -- 17: Amphibians and waterbirds as bridges to conserve aquatic and terrestrial habitat in Patagonia -- 18: Integrated long term conservation strategies to recover the critically endangered Hooded Grebe (Podiceps gallardoi),an endemic waterbird of Austral Patagonia -- Conclusion: Reaching out for the UNDP Sustainable Development Goals in Patagonia.

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Introduction to Agriculturally Important Fungi for Crop Protection -- Role of Fungi in Adaptation of Agriculture Crops to Abiotic Stresses -- Arbuscualr Mycorrhizae Associations and Role in Mitigation of Drought Stress in Plants -- Fungal Mediated Alleviation of Cold Stress for Growth and Yield of Cereal Crops -- Soil Salinity and their Alleviation Using Plant Growth Promoting Fungi -- Phytohormones Producing Fungal Communities -- Fungal Secondary Metabolites and Bioactive Compounds for Plant Defence -- Fungal Endophytes -- Aspergillus Mycotoxins -- Trichoderma -- Piriformospora indica -- Bioresources for Control of Plant Parasitic Nematodes -- Global Scenario of Advance Fungal Research in Biocontrol and Crop Protection -- Index -- .

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: 1. Soybean: A Key player for global food security -- 2. Dissection of Physiological and Biochemical Bases of Drought tolerance in Soybean (Glycine max) Using recent Phenomics approach -- 3. Soybean Improvement for Water-logging Tolerance -- 4. Salinity tolerance in Soybeans: Physiological, molecular and genetic perspectives -- 5. Utility of Network Biology Approaches to Understand the Aluminium Stress Responses in Soybean -- 6. Advances in Molecular markers to develop Soybean cultivars with increased protein and oil content -- 7. Soybean Breeding for Rust Resistance -- 8. Molecular breeding for resistance against pythium root rot (PRR) in soybean -- 9. Molecular Breeding for Resistance against Phytophthora in Soybean -- 10. Mitigation of Soybean Mosaic Virus Using an Efficient Molecular Approach -- 11. Transgenic Approach: A Key to Enrich Soybean Oil Quality -- 12. miRNAs in soybean improvement -- 13. Genome Editing Advances in Soybean Improvement against Biotic and Abiotic stresses.

Description / Table of Contents: Foreword -- Part 1. Chaetomium: Biology to biotechnology -- Chapter 1. Taxonomy and Biodiversity of the Genus Chaetomium in Different Habitats -- Chapter 2. Developmental Morphology of Chaetomium and Chaetomiopsis -- Chapter 3. Molecular approaches for analyzing environmental Chaetomium diversity and exploitation of Chaetomium thermophilum for biochemical analyses -- Chapter 4. Recent advances on occurrence of genus Chaetomium on dung -- Chapter 5. Chaetomium in indoor environment and medically important species of Chaetomium -- Part 2. Metabolites of Chaetomium, the good, the bad and the ugly -- Chapter 6. Recent advancements on the role of biologically active secondary metabolites from Chaetomium -- Chapter 7. Chaetomium’s alkaloids -- Chapter 8. Applications of Chaetomium functional metabolites with special reference to antioxidants -- Chapter 9. Chaetomium enzymes and their applications -- Chapter 10. The use of Chaetomium taxa as biocontrol agents -- Chapter 11. Nanoparticles mediated Chaetomium, unique multifunctional Bullets: What Do We Need for Real Applications in Agriculture? -- Chapter 12. Biodegradation of agricultural wastes by Chaetomium species -- Chapter 13. Bioconversion of lignocellulosic residues into Single-Cell Protein (SCP) by Chaetomium -- Chapter 14. LIGHT, Electromagnetic Spectrum and Photostimulation of Microorganisms with special reference to Chaetomium -- Chapter 15. Chaetomium as potential soft rot degrader of woody and papery cultural heritage -- Chapter 16. Thermophilic Chaetomium in biotechnology -- Index.

Description / Table of Contents: Importance of duckweeds in basic research and its industrial applications -- Background history of the international Spirodela genome sequencing initiatives -- Cytogenetics and karyotype evolution of duckweeds -- Duckweed organelle genomes -- Repetitive sequences: Impacts and uses in the Spirodela genome -- Genotyping by sequencing of duckweeds -- Genome and transcriptome of Landoltia punctata -- Transcriptome responses of Spirodela polyrhiza -- Strategies & tools for sequencing duckweeds -- Transformation development in duckweeds.

Description / Table of Contents: Background and History of Tobacco -- Biodiversity of tobacco -- Genetics of tobacco -- The genome and transcriptome of tobacco and its ancestors -- SGN Tobacco resources and Nicotiana metabolic databases -- Leaf curing: a key step for tobacco chemistry -- Repetitive DNA dynamics and polyploidization in the genus Nicotiana (Solanaceae) -- Interspecific introgression in Nicotiana species -- Nicotine biosynthesis, transpssort, and regulation in tobacco: insights into the evolution of a metabolic pathway.

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- List of symbols -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Descriptive Models -- 3. Carbon Balance -- 4. Tree Structure -- 5. Carbon Balance and Structure -- 6. Competition -- 7. Tree structure revisited: Eco-evolutionary models -- 8. Predicting stand growth: parameters, drivers and modular inputs -- 9. Calibration -- 10. Applications and future outlook -- Solutions to Exercises -- References -- Author Index -- Index.

Description / Table of Contents: Section I - Historical and general background -1) History of Discovery of the Patagonian Lizards -- 2) Lizards within the cultural and symbolic context of Patagonia -- Section II - Land, climate and vegetation background - 3) Landscapes and geology, a general introduction to the land of reptiles -- 4) Paleoclimatology of Patagonia since the Cretaceous to the Holocene -- 5) Geographical singularities of the Patagonian climate -- 6) Major phytogeographic units of Patagonia -- 7) The Patagonian fossil lizards -- Section III - Diversity and current knowledge of Patagonian lizards - 8) Naming the diversity: taxonomy of current species of Patagonian lizards -- 9) Phylogenetics, phylogeography and biogeography of Patagonian Steppe lizards -- 10) Phylogeography of lizards in Chile: the role of the history of geographic space on the distribution of its intraspecific diversity -- 11) General ecology of Patagonian lizards -- 12) Reproductive biology of lizards from cold and harsh environments of Patagonia Argentina -- 13) Effects of global warming on ecophysiology of lizards of Patagonia, Argentina -- 14) Conservation of lizards from Patagonia: current status, trends and management proposals.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Clinical and Evolutionary Perspectives on the Primate Foot: A Historical and Contemporary View -- The Primate Ankle and Hindfoot -- The Primate Midfoot and Human Longitudinal Arch -- The Primate Forefoot -- Myology of the Primate Foot -- The Integument and Associated Structures of the Primate Foot -- Experimental Research on Foot Use and Function During Climbing by Primates -- Foot Posture During Quadrupedal Walking in Primates -- Primate Foot Use During Bipedal Walking -- Running in Addition to Walking Helped Shape the Human Foot -- The Feet of Paleogene Primates -- Miocene Ape Feet -- The Early Hominin Foot -- The Feet of Fossil Homo -- Locomotor behavior of the sloth lemurs (Palaeopropithecidae) and the function and anatomy of a foot adapted for suspensory locomotion -- Recent Developments and Future Directions for the Study of Primate Feet.

Description / Table of Contents: 1 Utilization of rapeseed-mustard genetic resources for Brassica improvement -- 2 Recent advances in cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) in crop Brassicas -- 3 Ancient and recent Polyploid evolution in Brassicas -- 4 Production and application of doubled haploid in Brassica improvement.-5 Tissue culture-mediated biotechnological advancements in genus Brassica -- 6 Genomics for Brassica quality improvement -- 7 Biofortification of Brassica for quality improvement.-8 Genetics and Genomic Approaches for Disease Resistance in Brassicas.-9 Arsenic toxicity and molecular mechanism of arsenic tolerance in different members of Brassicaceae.-10 Transgenic approaches for Brassica improvement.-11 Genetic diversity studies in Indian mustard using molecular markers.

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Part 1 Landscapes -- Mountain Landscapes and Watersheds of the Hindu-Kush Himalaya (HKH) and their Biogeography: A descriptive overview and introduction for 18 nations in the Anthropocene -- HKH in the global and climate context: Major weather systems, monsoon, Asian Brown Cloud (ABC) and global connections -- From the mountains and glaciers down to the rivers to the estuaries and oceans: A tale of 18 rivers -- HKH in the global and marine context: Major estuaries, 2 billion people and global food security -- A view from space on Poyang Lake: What we can already see and what it means -- Poyang Lake: A local view downstream from the Hindu Kush Himalaya. The Future of Biodiversity in the Changing Watersheds of Kashmir Himalaya, Pakistan: Conservation Challenges and Opportunities -- Towards a Landscape Perspective of Diseases in Plants: An Overview and Review of a Critical but Overlooked Ecology Issue in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan Region -- Change of Hindu Kush Himalaya region through photo monitoring -- Paper parks in the Hindu Kush Himalaya region -- Forestry Management in Nepal: An example and a review of growth & yield -- Part 2 Concepts, Cultures, Religions and the Mind -- What it is like to be a land-locked nation: Examples from Nepal and Bhutan -- Ethnobiology and indigenous regimes in the conservation of species, watersheds, and landscapes: Experiences and evidences from the Hindu Kush-Himalayan nations for a global application -- Spirituality beats it all: A quick overview, self-organization and great value of (indigenous) religions: 2,000 years later -- The terror of your mind: Fear, Anxiety, inherent Chaos and Self-doubt in Himalaya expeditions and research -- Part 3 Real-world Policy, Conservation Management of Wildlife, Habitat, and Biodiversity Data -- The relevance and role of Mid-elevation for conservation in the Hindu Kush Himalaya: A Nepal example -- Nature and landscape governance in royal times: Experiences from the Shah and Rana regimes in Nepal re-assembled from literature and interview data -- Urban Ecology in shops and housing: An example of culture, religion and how (nesting) Barn Swallows, House and Tree Swallows create for a lively human-wildlife link at the commercial interface -- Pallas’s Cat in Annapurna, Nepal: What we know thus far and what is to come -- Status of otters in Nepal: A link with ancient waterways and people -- Wildlife Diplomacy and Gifting in the Hindu Kush-Himalaya region: A chronological history and opinion of Nepalese literates -- Birds of Nepal: their status and conservation especially with regards to watershed perspectives -- A governance analysis of the snow leopard, its habitat and data: Who owns charismatic animals and who drives and uses the agenda for what?- The Annapurna Conservation Area Project (ACAP): Towards a success story in landscape feature and watershed conservation management -- The forgotten species and their data: Museums in Nepal and examples -- A rather short story of the GIS data layers in HKH -- A pollination, insect and IUCN view: Ecological Services matter the most -- Sarus Cranes and Stork species hotspots from geo-referenced rapid assessments in Lumbini: Holy species and religious attitudes drive entire ecological communities and services for the benefit of a nation -- Part 4 Very Serious Problems in the HKH nations -- A ‘global change’ eulogy, sermons and obituaries: Everest, the models, the reality, the governmental mis-behavior, associated institutional terror and the global abuse of the Hindu Kush-Himalaya region -- The gods are angry: A first-hand account and an experience of the earthquake in hindsight -- Hydrodams: Death by over 500 cuts and blockages virtually build without Impact Assessment -- Hydrodams again: Lost Dolphins, expensive Gharials, cut Fish migration, and energy for non-sustainable mining and societies abroad fueling non-democratric governance and industry -- Persistent evidence for a dramatic decline in Langurs in Nepal, and likely elsewhere, too -- Snow Leopards in 2100?- The fate of the great woodpeckers and hornbills in Nepal: No big trees, no life -- Poaching and illegal Trade of Wildlife: What do the media say for the Nepali-Chinese and Nepali-Indian border?- Looking at Road and Railroad Development Data in the Hindu Kush-Himalaya: Rock-solid impacts created by Globalization, The World Bank and its affiliates, as well as by the Great Himalaya Trail -- Why do some many Nepalis, medical doctors, CEOs and Hedge Fund Managers get sick or die on Everest (Sagarmatha, Chomolungma) ? A review and indicators that capitalism went awful while searching human dignity and itself -- Part 5 A fresh look and successful templates for HKH: Business as usual is dead -- Small and effective NGOs as a role model for bigger success: The Global Primate Network (now ‘Third Pole Conservancy’) -- When Micro drives the Macro: A fresh look at disease and their massive contributions in the Himalaya -- What Mining has in stock down river for Mongolia and beyond: A personal assessment of watersheds and rivers -- Good Citizen Science experience downstream of Everest: The Koshi Birding Club -- Citizen Science experience: Green Youth Club promoting Cranes in Lumbini region -- When governments cannot do it anymore and capitalism, neoliberal policies and globalization get imposed without democracy: Self-organization beyond E. Ostrom -- Quo Vadis the Hindu Kush-Himalaya Realistic Sustainable Development horror scenarios while climate change, human increase and global conservation decay rise further?- Index. .

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Supercritical Fluid Technologies: A Green Solvent Approach for Pharmaceutical Product Development -- Supercritical Green Solvent for Amazonian Natural Resources -- Non-catalytic and catalytic supercritical water oxidation of phenol in the wastewaters of petroleum and other industries -- Production of Platform Chemicals using Supercritical Fluid Technology -- Supercritical carbon dioxide — a glimpse from the modern era of green chemistry -- Extraction of phenolic compounds by Supercritical fluid extraction -- The Application of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide in the Extraction of Biomolecules -- Chemistry of ionic liquid, switchable solvents, supercritical carbon dioxide and sub/supercritical water -- Applications of supercritical carbon dioxide in the rubber industry -- Compressed fluids for food by-products biorefinery -- Index.

Description / Table of Contents: Prologue -- Introduction -- 1)Setting the scene -- Biodiversity and cultivation -- 2)Edible ectomycorrhizal fungi and their cultivation in china -- 3)Climate change, biotechnology and mexican neotropical edible ectomycorrhizal mushrooms -- 4)Diversity and importance of edible ectomycorrhizal fungi in guatemala -- 5)Advances in the cultivation of Lactarius deliciosus (saffron milk cap) in new zealand -- 6)Edible mushrooms and their cultural importance in yunnan, china -- 7)Advances in desert truffle mycorrhization and cultivation -- case studies -- 8)Diversity, biogeographic distribution, ecology and ectomycorrhizal relationships of the edible porcini mushrooms (Boletus s. str., Boletaceae) worldwide: state of the art and an annotated check-list -- 9)Recent insights in the phylogeny, species diversity and culinary uses of milkcap genera Lactarius and Lactifluus -- 10)Advances in the cultivation of truffles in canada -- 11)Diversity and ecology of edible mushrooms from patagonia native forests, argentina -- 12)Truffle cultivation in the south of france: socio-economic characteristics -- 13)Ethnomycology in europe: the past, the present, and the future -- ecology with emphasis on wild edible fungi -- 14)Interactions between soil mesofauna and edible ectomycorrhizal mushrooms -- 15)Diversity and importance of edible mushrooms in ectomycorrhizal communities on mexican neotropics -- 16)A checklist of ectomycorrhizal mushrooms associated to Quercus humboldtii in colombia -- 17)Modifications of community structure in ectomycorrhizal artic fungi as a consequence of global warming.

Description / Table of Contents: Foreword -- Preface -- Part 1. General thoughts on transdisciplinarity, economics and ecology -- Chapter 1. Towards a transdisciplinary ecological economics: a cognitive approach -- Chapter 2. The ‘Tragedy of the Commons’ and the role of the money interest rate -- Chapter 3. Allocative efficiency and property rights in ecological economics: why we need to distinguish between man-made capital and natural resources -- Part 2. Chile -- Chapter 4. Subsidizing green deserts in southern Chile – between fast growth and sustainability of Forest Management -- Chapter 5. Land use as a socio-ecological system: developing a transdisciplinary approach to studies of land use change in south-central Chile -- Chapter 6. Between extractivism and conservation: tree plantations, forest reserves, and peasant territorialities in Los Ríos, Chile -- Chapter 7. Land tenure insecurity and forest conservation in Chile: the case of the Mapuche Huilliche indigenous communities in the coastal range rainforests of Mapu Lahual -- Chapter 8. Towards a New Forest Model for Chile: managing forest ecosystems to increase their social, ecological and economic benefits -- Chapter 9. On ecosystem dynamics for the conservation of wetlands and forest -- Part 3. Brazil -- Chapter 10. Transdisciplinary case study approaches to the ecological restoration of rainforest ecosystems -- Chapter 11. Forest governance in Brazil and Chile: institutions and practices in the implementation of sustainable management of native forests -- Chapter 12. Municipal private natural heritage reserves: uses and attributions of Natural Protected Areas in the city of Curitiba (PR) -- Chapter 13. Understanding adoption and design of incentive-based forest conservation policies: a case study of the SISA Program in Acre, Brazil -- Conclusions -- Index.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Biodiversity offsets and no net loss - introduction, problem statement and research questions -- Chapter 2. Developing a typology of biodiversity offsets using an internet and expert based approach - methods and materials -- Chapter 3. Applying the concept of voluntariness to explain behavior towards environmental conservation -- Chapter 4.Voluntariness of biodiversity offsets -- Chapter 5. Development of a typology of biodiversity offsets -- Chapter 6. Illustrative case studies for different types of biodiversity offsets -- Chapter 7. Discussion of the development of a typology of biodiversity offsets -- Chapter 8. Putting the developed typology of biodiversity offsets into context: some conclusions -- Chapter 9. Outlook: potential for further improvement and research on the developed typology of biodiversity offsets.

Description / Table of Contents: Foreword -- Preface -- Accelerated Breeding of Plants: Methods and Applications -- Speed Breeding: Methods and Applications -- Genomic Selection in Cereal Crops: Methods and Applications -- Data Driven Decisions for Accelerated Plant Breeding -- Advanced Quantitative Genetics Technologies for Accelerating Plant Breeding -- Haploid Production Technology: Fasten Wheat Breeding to Meet Future Food Security -- Recent Advances in Chromosome Elimination Mediated Doubled Haploidy Breeding: Focus on Speed Breeding in Bread and Durum Wheats -- Acceleration of the Breeding Program for Winter Wheat -- Genomics, Biotechnology and Plant Breeding Towards Improving Rice Production -- High Frequency Androgenic Green Plant Regeneration in Indica Rice for Accelerated Breeding -- Doubled Haploid Technology for Rapid and Efficient Maize Breeding -- Bio-fortification of Maize using Accelerated Breeding Tools -- Efficient Barley Breeding -- Finger Millet (Eleusine coracana L. Gaertn.) Genetics and Breeding for Rapid Genetic Gains -- Breeding Advancements in Barnyard Millet -- Sorghum Improvement Through Efficient Breeding Technologies -- Index.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Historical review of research on British Columbia taxa -- Material and Methods -- British Columbia – hotspot of Canadian biodiversity -- Faunal analysis and discussion -- List of recorded species of eastern Canadian Aleocharinae and their composition -- Key to tribes of Aleocharinae occurring in eastern Canada -- 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 Autaliini C.G. Thomson, 1859 -- Tribe Homalotini Heer, 1839 -- Tribe Placusini Mulsant and Rey, 1871 -- Tribe Athetini Casey, 1910 -- Tribe Falagriini Mulsant and Rey, 1873 -- Tribe Lomechusini Fleming, 1821.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Chapter 1. GMOs, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Processes Part I: GM CROPS AND THEIR IMPACTS -- Chapter 2. Impact of GM crops on farmland biodiversity -- Chapter 3. GM crops: Resistance development and impact on biodiversity -- Chapter 4. Impact of Genetically Modified Crops on the Biodiversity of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi -- Chapter 5. GMOs – Impact on Non-Target Arthropods -- Chapter 6. Impacts of Genetically Engineered Crops on the Soil Microbiome, Biological Processes and Ecosystem Services -- Chapter 7. Environmental analytical and ecotoxicological aspects of Bt maize in the Pannonian Biogeographical Region of the European Union. Part II: GM INSECTS -- Chapter 8. GM Insect biodiversity and ecological interactions -- Chapter 9. Invasive Species Control and Resolution of Wildlife Damage Conflicts: a Framework for Chemical and Genetically-based Management Methods -- Chapter 10. Risk assessment of transgenic silkworms -- Part III: GM VERTEBRATES -- Chapter 11. Genetically Engineered Fish: potential impacts on aquaculture, biodiversity, and the environment -- Chapter 12. GM Farm Animals: Potential Impact on Biodiversity Including Ethical Concerns -- Chapter 13. GM Animals: Biodiversity and Bioethical Concerns and Analysis -- Part IV: RISK ASSESSMENT -- Chapter 14. Hypothesis-led ecological risk assessment of GM crops to support decision-making about product use -- Chapter 15. Risk assessment of insect-resistant genetically modified crops on non-target arthropods and benefits to associated biodiversity of agro-ecosystems -- Chapter 16. Ecological Risk Assessment for soil invertebrate biodiversity and ecosystem services -- Part V: GENE DRIVE APPROACHES -- Chapter 17. Engineered Gene Drives: Ecological, environmental, and societal concerns -- Chapter 18. Engineered Gene Drives and their Value in the Control of Vector Borne Diseases, Weeds, Pests and Invasive Species -- Chapter 19. Evaluating Gene Drive Approaches for Public Benefit -- Part VI: GOVERNANCE AND REGULATION -- Chapter 20. Governance of Emerging Technologies/Applications in the Bio/Life Sciences: Genome Editing and Synthetic Biology -- Part VII: ANNEX A -- National legal perspectives. Africa. Chapter 21. Botswana - Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and Synthetic biology: Their potential applications and the legal perspectives -- Chapter 22. Democratic Republic of the Congo - GMOs/synthetic biology rules/regulations and biodiversity: A legal perspective -- Chapter 23. Kenya - A Review of Regulation of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) - Case Study of Kenya. Chapter 24. South Africa - Synthetic Biology Regulatory Considerations and Biodiversity: A Legal Perspective for South Africa -- Chapter 25. Tunisia - The Use of Modern Biotechnology in Tunisia: Regulatory Framework -- Chapter 26. Zimbabwe - The status of Biosafety in Zimbabwe: A legal perspective. Americas -- Chapter 27. Argentina - Regulatory Framework for Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) -- Chapter 28. Colombia - GMOs/innovative biotechnology regulations -- Chapter 29. Ecuador - Modern biotechnology in Ecuador: development and legal framework -- Chapter 30. Honduras - GMOs/synthetic biology rules/regulations and biodiversity: A legal perspective from Honduras -- Chapter 31. Venezuela - GMOs/regulations and biodiversity: A legal perspective in Venezuela -- Asia -- Chapter 32. India - GMOs/Synthetic Biology rules/regulations and biodiversity: A legal perspective from India -- Chapter 33. Malaysia - Genetic modifications and synthetic biology regulations and biodiversity: A legal perspective for Malaysia -- Chapter 34. Pakistan - Synthetic Biology: challenges and opportunities from a biodiversity perspective in Pakistan -- Chapter 35. Thailand - GMOs and synthetic biology regulations: Thailand perspective -- Australasia -- Chapter 36. Australia - Biodiversity Considerations as Part of the Regulation of GMOs, Including Synthetic Organisms -- Chapter 37. New Zealand - GMO Rules and Regulations in New Zealand -- Europe -- Chapter 38. Czech Republic - GMO Regulations and Biodiversity: A Legal Perspective -- Chapter 39. Hungary - Hungary’s GMO-free policy and its legal background -- Chapter 40. Italy - GMOs and synthetic biology rules/regulations and biodiversity: the legal perspective of Italy -- Chapter 41. Norway - The Norwegian Gene Technology Act: Protection of Biodiversity -- Chapter 42. Slovenia - GMOs and synthetic biology regulations and biodiversity: A Slovenian legal perspective.

Description / Table of Contents: Foreword -- Preface -- Chemical fertilizers and their impact on soil health -- Microbial Bioremediation of Pesticides/Herbicides in Soil -- Pollution cleaning up techniques -- Role of Mushrooms in the Bioremediation of Soil -- Microbial degradation of organic constituents for sustainable development -- Traditional farming practices and its consequences -- Soil organic matter and its impact on soil properties and nutrient status -- Sustainable Agricultural Practices -- Values of Composting -- Introduction to Microbiota and Biofertilizers -- Fungi and their potential as Biofertilizers -- Bacillus thuringiensis as a Biofertilizer and Plant Growth Promoter -- Cyanobacteria as Sustainable Microbiome for Agricultural Industries -- Intercropping: A Substitute but Identical of Biofertilizers -- Application of Phyllosphere Microbiota as Biofertilizers -- Biofertilizers: A Viable tool for future organic agriculture -- Index.

Description / Table of Contents: PRELIMINARY (ToC of second edition) 1 Plant ecology at high elevations -- The concept of limitation -- A regional and historical account -- The challenge of alpine plant research -- 2 The alpine life zone -- Altitudinal boundaries -- Global alpine land area -- Alpine plant diversity -- Origin of alpine floras -- Alpine growth forms -- 3 Alpine climate -- Which alpine climate -- Common features of alpine climates -- Regional features of alpine climates -- 4 The climate plants experience -- Interactions of relief, wind and sun -- How alpine plants influence their climate -- The geographic variation of alpine climate -- 5 Life under snow: protection and limitation -- Temperatures under snow -- Solar radiation under snow -- Gas concentrations under snow -- Plant responses to snowpack -- 6 Alpine soils -- Physics of alpine soil formation -- The organic compound -- The interaction of organic and inorganic compounds -- 7 Alpine treelines -- About trees and lines -- Current altitudinal positions of climatic treelines -- Treeline-climate relationships -- Intrazonal variations and pantropical plateauing of alpine treelines -- Treelines in the past -- Attempts at a functional explanation of treelines -- A hypothesis for treeline formation -- Growth trends near treelines -- Evidence for sink limitation -- 8 Climatic stress -- Survival of low temperature extremes -- Avoidance and tolerance of low temperature extremes -- Heat stress in alpine plants -- Ultraviolet radiation — a stress factor -- 9 Water relations -- Ecosystem water balance -- Soil moisture at high altitudes -- Plant water relations — a brief review of principles -- Water relations of alpine plants -- Desiccation stress -- Water relations of special plant types -- 10 Mineral nutrition -- Soil nutrients -- The nutrient status of alpine plants -- Nutrient cycling and nutrient budgets -- Nitrogen fixation -- Mycorrhiza -- Responses of vegetation to variable nutrient supply -- 11 Uptake and loss of carbon -- Photosynthetic capacity of alpine plants -- Photosynthetic responses to the environment -- Daily carbon gain of leaves -- The seasonal carbon gain of leaves -- C4 and CAM photosynthesis at high altitudes -- Tissue respiration of alpine plants -- Ecosystem carbon balance -- 12 Carbon investments -- Non-structural carbohydrates -- Lipids and energy content -- Carbon costs of leaves and roots -- Whole plant carbon allocation -- 13 Growth dynamics and phenology -- Seasonal growth -- Diurnal leaf extension -- Rates of plant dry matter accumulation -- Functional duration of leaves and roots -- 14 Cell division and tissue formation -- Cell size and plant size -- Mitosis and the cell cycle -- From meristem activity to growth control -- 15 Plant biomass production -- The structure of alpine plant canopies -- Primary productivity of alpine vegetation -- Plant dry matter pools -- Biomass losses through herbivores -- 16 Plant reproduction -- Flowering and pollination -- Seed development and seed size -- Germination -- Alpine seed banks and natural recruitment -- Clonal propagation -- Alpine plant age -- Community processes -- 17 Global change at high elevation -- Alpine land use -- The impact of altered atmospheric chemistry -- Climatic change and alpine ecosystems -- References (with chapter annotation) -- Taxonomic index (genera) -- Geographical index -- Color plates -- Plant life forms -- The alpine life zone -- Environmental stress -- The human dimension.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Historical Developments of Cell and Tissue Culture Techniques -- Callus Cultures -- Cell Suspension Cultures -- Protoplast Cultures -- Haploid Techniques -- Plant Propagation: Meristem Cultures, Somatic Embryogenesis Micropropagation, and Transformation of Somatic Embryos in Bioreactors -- Some Endogenous and Exogenous Factors in Cell Culture Systems -- Primary Metabolism -- Secondary Metabolism -- Phytohormones and Growth Regulators -- Cell Division, Cell Growth, Cell Differentiation -- Genetic Problems and Gene Technology -- Summary of Some Physiological Aspects in the Development of Plant Cell and Tissue Culture.

Description / Table of Contents: The agriculture sector in Sub-Saharan Africa and the promise of biotechnology -- The state of capacities for agricultural biotechnology applications in the crop and livestock sectors -- The state of the enabling environment for agricultural biotechnology applications in the crop and livestock sectors -- The state of applications and impacts of biotechnology in the crop sector -- The state of applications and impacts of biotechnology in the livestock sector -- The state of capacities, enabling environment, applications and impacts of biotechnology in the forestry sector -- The state of capacities, enabling environment, applications and impacts of biotechnology in the aquaculture sector -- Overall status, gaps and opportunities in agricultural biotechnology in Sub-Saharan Africa. .

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Introduction: Ecological Subsidies as a Framework for Understanding Contaminant Fate, Exposure, and Effects at the Land-Water Interface -- Part I: Ecological Subsidies Drive Exposure -- Chapter 2: Ecological Factors Controlling Insect-Mediated Methylmercury Flux from Aquatic to Terrestrial Ecosystems: Lessons Learned from Mesocosm and Pond Experiments -- Chapter 3: Pathways of Contaminant Transport Across the Aquatic-Terrestrial Interface: Implications for Terrestrial Consumers, Ecosystems and Management -- Part II: Exposure Drives Ecological Subsidies -- Chapter 4: Agriculture and Mining Contamination Contribute to a Productivity Gradient Driving Cross-Ecosystem Associations between Stream Insects and Riparian Arachnids -- Chapter 5: Cross-Ecosystem Linkages and Trace Metals at the Land-Water Interface -- Chapter 6: Metamorphosis and the Impact of Contaminants on Ecological Subsidies -- Part III: Other Global Stressors -- Chapter 7: Variables Affecting Resource Subsidies from Streams and Rivers to Land and their Susceptibility to Global Change Stressors -- Chapter 8: Beyond “Donors and Recipients”: Impacts of Species Gains and Losses Reverberate among Ecosystems due to Changes in Resource Subsidies -- Part IV: Management Applications and Tools -- Chapter 9: Practical Considerations for the Incorporation of Insect-Mediated Contaminant Flux into Ecological Risk Assessments -- Chapter 10: When Nutrients Become Contaminants in Aquatic Systems: Identifying Responses to Guide Terrestrial-Derived Detrital Endpoint Development for Managers -- Chapter 11: Mesocosms to Evaluate Aquatic-Terrestrial Contaminant Linkages using Aquatic Insect Emergence: Utility for Aquatic Life Criteria Development -- Chapter 12: Studying Effects of Contaminants on Aquatic-Terrestrial Subsidies: Experimental Designs using Outdoor and Indoor Mesocosms and Microcosms -- Part V: Syntheses -- Chapter 13: Ecological Networks as a Framework for Understanding and Predicting Contaminant Movement across the Land-Water Interface -- Chapter: 14: Synthesis: A Framework for Predicting the Dark Side of Ecological Subsidies.

Description / Table of Contents: Part 1: Historical and biogeographical aspects -- The Atlantic Forest: an introduction to the megadiverse forest of Southern America -- The Atlantic Forest Ecological History: from pre-history to the Anthropocene -- The North-eastern Atlantic Forest: biogeographical, historical and current aspects in the Sugarcane Zone -- The Hileia Baiana - an assessment of natural and historical aspects of the land use and degradation of the central corridor of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest -- The southern Atlantic Forest: Use, degradation, and perspectives for conservation -- Part II – Biodiversity -- Tree diversity in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest: biases and general patterns using different sources of information -- Vascular Epiphytes of the Atlantic Forest: diversity and community ecology -- Social Insects of the Atlantic Forest -- Tetrapod diversity in the Atlantic Forest: maps and gaps -- Freshwater Studies in Atlantic Forest: general overview and prospects -- Part III – Threats -- Land-cover changes and an uncertain future: will the Brazilian Atlantic Forest lose the chance to become a hopespot? -- Climate change and biodiversity in the Atlantic Forest: best climatic models, predicted changes and impacts, and adaptation options -- Non-native species introductions, invasions, and biotic homogenization in the Atlantic Forest -- Causes and consequences of large-scale defaunation in the Atlantic forest -- Pollination systems in the Atlantic Forest: characterization, threats, and opportunities -- IV - Opportunities -- Atlantic Forest: ecosystem services linking people and biodiversity -- Changing the agriculture paradigm in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest: the importance of agroforestry -- Engaging people for large-scale forest restoration: Governance lessons from the Atlantic Forest of Brazil -- The Atlantic Forest Trail: connecting people, biodiversity and protected areas -- Conservation initiatives in the Brazilian Atlantic forest -- Financing conservation in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest -- Integrating researchers for understanding the biodiversity in Atlantic Forest -- The future of the Atlantic Forest.

Description / Table of Contents: History of freshwater red algae; taxonomic diversity and phylogeny; biogeographic trends; how to collect freshwater red algae; scope and organization of this book -- Subphylum Cyanidiophytina: Class Cyanidiophyceae; Subphylum Proteorhodophytina: Classes Compsopogonophyceae, Porphyridiophyceae, Rhodellophyceae and Stylonematophyceae -- Subphylum Eurhodophytina: Classes Bangiophyceae and Florideophyceae (Subclasses Corallinophycidae, Hildenbrandiophycidae and Rhodymeniophycidae) -- Subphylum Eurhodophytina: Class Florideophyceae, Subclass Nemaliophycidae, Orders Acrochaetiales, Balbianiales and Thoreales -- Subphylum Eurhodophytina: Class Florideophyceae, Subclass Nemaliophycidae, Order Batrachospermales.

Description / Table of Contents: Part I The Pre-Critical System -- Chapter 1.Part I The Pre-Critical System -- Chapter 2.Kant’s Analytic Method -- Part II The Critical Turn -- Chapter 3.The Collapse of the Pre-Critical Cosmology -- Chapter 4.A Closer Look at the Critical Turn -- Part III Critical Cosmology -- Chapter 5. The Antinomy of Pure Reason -- Chapter 6. Cosmology and Transcendental Idealism -- Part IV Appendix -- Index.

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: 1. Cereals in the Mediterranean: breeding history -- 2. The evolution of milling processing -- 3. Wheat bread in the Mediterranean area: from past to the future -- 4. Italian pasta: conventional and innovative ingredients and processing -- 5. From tradition to innovation in cereal-derived foodstuffs -- 6. Blending pulses with cereals for healthier foods -- 7. Snacking: ingredients, processing and safety -- 8. Rice: a versatile food at the heart of the Mediterranean diet -- 9. The Bright and Dark Sides of Wheat -- 10. Gluten-free breadmaking: facts, issues and future -- 11. The holy grail of ancient cereals -- 12. Safety of traditional cereals foodstuff. .

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- The role of selenium in human nutrition -- Methods for determination of selenium in foodstuffs -- Selenium uptake by selected vegetable species after fortification of the growing substrate.-Selenium uptake by selected vegetable species after foliar application -- Changes of selenium content in edibilities during the processing.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. An Introduction to Sri Lanka and its cinnamon industry -- 2. Historical, Ethno-botanical and Social Aspects of Cinnamon Cultivation in Sri Lanka -- 3. Ceylon Cinnamon Production and Markets -- 4. Botany of Endemic Cinnamomum species of Sri Lanka -- 5. Genetics and Molecular Characterization of Genus Cinnamomum -- 6. Germplasm Resources, Crop Improvement and Biotechnological Tools in aid of Cinnamon Breeding -- 7. Ecology, Agronomy and Management of Cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume) -- 8.Pests and Diseases of Cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume) -- 9. Cinnamon Process Technology -- 10. Chemistry and Bioactive Compounds of Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume -- 11. Tapping into the potential of cinnamon as a therapeutic agent in neurological disorders and metabolic syndrome -- 12. Pharmacological Properties of Ceylon Cinnamon -- 13. Industrial applications of Ceylon Cinnamon (Cinnamonium zeylanicum Blume) as Nutraceuticals and Cosmeceuticals -- 14. Public-private partnership in growth and development of cinnamon industry in Sri Lanka -- 15. Value Creation and Food Products of Cinnamon -- 16. Cinnamon value chain dynamics and enhancement -- 17. Planning and Strategic Policy Interventions for Building a Globally Competitive Cinnamon Industry in Sri Lanka -- Index.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Physiology and Functional Anatomy -- Chapter 3. Sensory Systems -- Chapter 4. Biology of Stress -- Chapter 5. Normal Behaviour -- Chapter 6. Social Behaviour as a Challenge for Welfare -- Chapter 7. Brains, Behaviour, and Cognition: Multiple Misconceptions -- Chapter 8. Psychological and Behavioural Principles and Problems -- Chapter 9. Effects of Ontogeny, Rearing Conditions, and Individual Differences on Behaviour: Welfare, Conservation, and Invasive Species Implications -- Chapter 10. Controlled Deprivation and Enrichment -- Chapter 11. Effects of Noise and Light -- Chapter 12. Ethologically Informed Design and DEEP Ethology in Theory and Practice -- Chapter 13. Spatial and Thermal Factors -- Chapter 14. Nutritional Considerations -- Chapter 15. Naturalistic Versus Unnaturalistic Environments -- Chapter 16. Evidential Thresholds for Species Suitability in Captivity -- Chapter 17. Record Keeping as an Aid to Captive Care -- Chapter 18. Arbitrary Husbandry Practices and Misconceptions -- Chapter 19. Miscellaneous Factors.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction (Deborah C. Hayes, Becky K. Kerns, Toral Patel-Weynand, and Deborah M. Finch) -- Chapter 2. Impacts of Invasive Species in Terrestrial and Aquatic Systems in the United States (Albert E. Mayfield III, Steven J. Seybold, Wendell R. Haag, M. Tracy Johnson, Becky K. Kerns, John C. Kilgo, Daniel J. Larkin, Rima D. Lucardi, Bruce D. Moltzan, Dean E. Pearson, John D. Rothlisberger, Jeffrey D. Schardt, Michael K. Schwartz, and Michael K. Young) -- Chapter 3. Impacts of Invasive Species on Forest and Grassland Ecosystem Processes in the United States (Chelcy Ford Miniat, Jennifer M. Fraterrigo, Steven T. Brantley, Mac A. Callaham, Jr., Susan Cordell, Jeffrey S. Dukes, Christian P. Giardina, Shibu Jose, and Gary Lovett) -- Chapter 4. Effects of Climate Change on Invasive Species (Deborah M. Finch, Jack L. Butler, Justin B. Runyon, Christopher J. Fettig, Francis F. Kilkenny, Shibu Jose, Susan J. Frankel, Samuel A. Cushman, Richard C. Cobb, Jeffrey S. Dukes, Jeffrey A. Hicke, and Sybill K. Amelon) -- Chapter 5. Invasive Species Response to Natural and Anthropogenic Disturbance (Susan E. Meyer, Mac A. Callaham, Jr., Jane E. Stewart, and Steven D. Warren) -- Chapter 6. Early Intervention Strategies for Invasive Species Management: Connections Between Risk Assessment, Prevention Efforts, Eradication, and Other Rapid Responses (Robert C. Venette, Doria R. Gordon, Jennifer Juzwik, Frank H. Koch, Andrew M. Liebhold, Robert K.D. Peterson, Sharlene E. Sing, and Denys Yemshanov) -- Chapter 7. Management of Landscapes for Established Invasive Species (Therese M. Poland, Jennifer Juzwik, Allen Rowley, Cynthia D. Huebner, John C. Kilgo, Vanessa M. Lopez, Deanna H. Olson, Dean Pearson, Robert Progar, Robert Rabaglia, John D. Rothlisberger, Justin B. Runyon, and Sharlene E. Sing) -- Chapter 8. Restoration of Landscapes and Habitats Affected by Established Invasive Species (Jennifer Koch, Dean E. Pearson, Cynthia D. Huebner, Michael K. Young, and Richard A. Sniezko) -- Chapter 9. Sectoral Impacts of Invasive Species in the United States and Approaches to Management (Anne S. Marsh, Deborah C. Hayes, Patrice N. Klein, Nicole Zimmerman, Alison Dalsimer, Douglas A. Burkett, Cynthia D. Huebner, Robert Rabaglia, Laura A. Meyerson, Bonnie L. Harper-Lore, Jamie L. Davidson, Marla R. Emery, Travis Warziniack, Rebecca Flitcroft, Becky K. Kerns, and Vanessa M. Lopez) -- Chapter 10. Inventory and Monitoring of Invasive Species (Sonja Oswalt, Chris Oswalt, Alycia Crall, Robert Rabaglia, Michael Schwartz, and Becky K. Kerns) -- Chapter 11. Tools and Technologies for Quantifying Spread and Impacts of Invasive Species (Matt Reeves, Inés Ibáñez, Dana Blumenthal, Gang Chen, Qinfeng Guo, Catherine Jarnevich, Jennifer Koch, Frank Sapio, Michael K. Schwartz, Bruce K. Wylie, and Stephen Boyte) -- Chapter 12. Social and Cultural Dynamics of Non-Native Invasive Species (John Schelhas, Janice Alexander, Mark Brunson, Tommy Cabe, Alycia Crall, Michael J. Dockry, Marla R. Emery, Susan J. Frankel, Nina Hapner, Caleb R. Hickman, Rebecca Jordan, Michael J. LaVoie, Zhao Ma, Ross K. Meentemeyer, Joe Starinchak, and Jelena Vukomanovic) -- Chapter 13. The Role of International Cooperation in Invasive Species Research (Andrew Liebhold, Faith Campbell, Doria R. Gordon, Qinfeng Guo, Nathan Havill, Bradley Kinder, Richard MacKenzie, David R. Lance, Dean Pearson, Sharlene E. Sing, Travis Warziniack, Robert C. Venette, and Denys Yemshanov) -- Chapter 14. Economics of Invasive Species (Travis Warziniack, Robert G. Haight, Denys Yemshanov, Jenny L. Apriesnig, Thomas P. Holmes, Amanda M. Countryman, John D. Rothlisberger, and Christopher Haberland) -- Chapter 15. Legislation and Policy (Faith T. Campbell, Hilda Diaz-Soltero, and Deborah C. Hayes) -- Chapter 16. Future Invasive Species Research Challenges and Opportunities (Becky K. Kerns, Therese M. Poland, Robert C. Venette, Toral Patel-Weynand, Deborah M. Finch, Allen Rowley, Deborah C. Hayes, Mike Ielmini) -- APPENDIX 1: Regional Summaries.

Description / Table of Contents: History of the Quinoas in South America -- Botanical context for domestication in South America -- Botanical context for domestication in North America -- Quinoa Cytogenetics -- A chromosome-scale quinoa reference genome assembly -- Structural and Functional Genomics of Chenopodium quinoa -- Quinoa diversity and its implications for breeding -- Saponins of Quinoa: Structure, Function and Opportunities -- Abiotic stress tolerance in quinoa -- Flowering in Chenopodium and related amaranths -- Quinoa – Evolution and future perspectives.

Description / Table of Contents: The Coral Tree at the End of the World: Introductory Notes to Coralline Mythology and Folklore from the Indian and Pacific oceans -- The Marine Animal Forests Of South Africa: Importance For Bioregionalisation And Marine Spatial Planning -- Coral and reef fish communities in the thermally extreme Persian/Arabian Gulf: Insights into potential climate change effects -- Marginal reefs in the Anthropocene: they are not Noah’s Ark -- Animal Forests in Submarine Caves -- The Tubeworm Forests of Hydrothermal Vents and Cold Seeps -- Bryozoans: the ‘forgotten’ bioconstructors -- Polychaetes as habitat former: structure and function -- Chemical war in marine animal forests: Natural products and chemical interactions -- The nursery role of marine animal forests -- From Trees To Octocorals: The Role Of Self-Thinning And Shading In Underwater Animal Forests -- Marine animal forests as Carbon immobilizers or why we should preserve these three-dimensional alive structures -- Invasive alien species and their effects on marine animal forests -- Plastics, an additional threat for coral ecosystems -- Visual methods for monitoring mesophotic-to-deep reefs and animal forests: finding a compromise between analytical effort and result quality -- Advances in the Marine Animal Forests Scientific Outreach and Citizen Science.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction to Fire Ecology across USA Forested Ecosystems: Past, Present, and Future (Cathryn H. Greenberg, Beverly S. Collins, Scott Goodrick, Michael C. Stambaugh, and Gary R. Wein) -- Chapter 2. The Role of Fire in the Dynamics of Piedmont Vegetation (Joanna Spooner, Robert K. Peet, Michael P. Schafale, Alan S. Weakley and Thomas R. Wentworth) -- Chapter 3. Fire Ecology and Fire Management of Southeastern Coastal Plain Pine Ecosystems (Jeff S. Glitzenstein, J. Stephen Brewer, Ronald. E. Masters, J. Morgan Varner, and J. Kevin Hiers) -- Chapter 4. Fire Ecology and Management in Eastern Broadleaf and Appalachian Forests (Mary A. Arthur, J. Morgan Varner, Charles W. Lafon, Heather D. Alexander, Daniel C. Dey, Craig A. Harper, Sally P. Horn, Todd F. Hutchinson, Tara L. Keyser, Marcus A. Lashley, Christopher E. Moorman, and Callie J. Schweitzer) -- Chapter 5. Fire Ecology and Management of Forest Ecosystems in the Western Central Hardwoods and Prairie-Forest Border (Michael C. Stambaugh, Benjamin O. Knapp, and Daniel C. Dey) -- Chapter 6. Fire in Floodplain Forests of the Southeastern USA hy (Paul R. Gagnon, Loretta L. Battaglia, Brice B. Hanberry, William H. Conner, and Sammy L. King) -- Chapter 7. History and Future of Fire in Hardwood and Conifer Forests of the Great Lakes-Northeastern Forest Region, USA(Lee E. Frelich, Craig G. Lorimer, and Michael C. Stambaugh) -- Chapter 8. Fire Ecology of Rocky Mountain Forests(Sharon M. Hood, Brian J. Harvey, Paula J. Fornwalt, Cameron E. Naficy, Winslow D. Hansen, Kimberley T. Davis, Mike A. Battaglia, Camille Stevens-Rumann, Victoria Saab) -- Chapter 9. Fire Ecology of the North American Mediterranean-Climate Zone(Hugh D. Safford, Ramona J. Butz, Gabrielle N. Bohlman, Michelle Coppoletta, Becky L. Estes, Shana E. Gross, Kyle E. Merriam, Marc D. Meyer, Nicole A. Molinari, and Amarina Wuenschel) -- Chapter 10. Fire Ecology and Management in Pacific Northwest Forests(Matthew J. Reilly, Jessica E. Halofsky, Meg A. Krawchuk, Daniel C. Donato, Paul F. Hessburg, James Johnston, Andrew Merschel, Mark E. Swanson, Joshua S. Halofsky, and Thomas A. Spies) -- Chapter 11. Fire Ecology and Management of Southwestern Forests(Peter Z. Fulé, Catrin M. Edgeley, Carol L. Chambers, Serra Hoagland, Blanca Céspedes) -- Chapter 12. Fire and Forests in the 21st Century: Managing Resilience under Changing Climates and Fire Regimes in USA Forests(James M. Vose, David L. Peterson, Christopher J. Fettig, Jessica E. Halofsky, J. Kevin Hiers, Robert E. Keane, Rachel Loehman, and Michael C. Stambaugh).

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Sandalwood: The King of Aroma in Plant Kingdom -- Chapter 2. Historical and Cultural Importance of Sandalwood in India and Its Role in Conservation of Natural Populations -- Chapter 3. Sandalwood: Traditional Knowledge from Ayurveda -- Chapter 4. Genomic Resources in Indian Sandalwood: Implications in Conservation and Breeding -- Chapter 5. Whole Genome Sequence of Sandalwood and Its Comparative Study -- Chapter 6. Mining of SSRs and SNPs in Sandalwood Genome -- Chapter 7. Sandalwood Fragrance Pathway and Its Engineering for Sustainable Production of High-Value Santalols -- Chapter 8. Sandalwood Essential Oil and Its Phyto-Chemistry -- Chapter 9. Scope of Proteogenomic Analysis for Indian Sandalwood (Santalum album) -- Chapter 10. Future Prospects of Sandalwood Research.

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: 1. Recent advances in plant adaptation to climate change – An introduction to compatible solutes -- 2. Osmosensing and signaling in plants - Potential role in crop improvement under climate change -- 3. Amino acids other than proline and their participation in abiotic stress tolerance -- 4. Engineering glycine betaine biosynthesis in alleviating abiotic stress effects in plants -- 5. Improvement of abiotic stress tolerance by modulating polyamine pathway in crop plants -- 6. Engineering fructan biosynthesis against abiotic stress -- 7. The γ-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA) towards abiotic stress tolerance -- 8. Sugar alcohols and osmotic stress adaptation in plants -- 9. Crosstalk of compatible solutes with other signalling pathways in plants -- 10. Effect and importance of compatible solutes in plant growth promotion under different stress conditions -- 11. Compatible solute engineering: An approach for plant growth under climate change.

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Agroforestry for Ecosystem Services -- Agroforestry Practices for Soil Conservation and Resilient Agriculture -- Soil Health Ecosystem Services of Agroforestry -- Below-Ground Services in Vineyard Agroforestry Systems -- Selected Soil Properties Among Agroforestry, Natural Forest, Traditional Agriculture, and Palm Oil Land Uses in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia -- Water Quality and Quantity Benefits of Agroforestry and Processes: Long-Term Case Studies from Missouri, USA -- Enhanced Ecosystem Services Provided by Silvopastures -- Silvopasture for Food Security in a Changing Climate -- Potential Indicators to Assess the Sustainability of South American Forests Under Silvopastoral Management -- The Role of Temperate Agroforestry Practices in Supporting Pollinators -- Agroforestry for Biodiversity Conservation -- Cultural Ecosystem Services in Agroforests -- Carbon Sequestration Potential of Agroforestry in India -- Ecosystem Services of Agroforestry -- Agroforestry Integration and Multifunctional Landscape Planning for Enhanced Ecosystem Services from Treed Habitats -- Economic Valuation of Agroforestry Ecosystem Services -- Bibliography -- Index.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Economic and Academic Importance of Rye -- Chapter 2. Hybrid Rye Breeding -- Chapter 3. Rye Cytogenetics and Chromosome Genomics -- Chapter 4. The B Chromosome of Rye -- Chapter 5. Dissection of the Rye Genome by the Gametocidal System -- Chapter 6. Evolution and Domestication of Rye -- Chapter 7. Assembling the Rye Genome -- Chapter 8. The Gene and Repetitive Element Landscape of the Rye Genome -- Chapter 9. Bridging the Genotype-Phenotype Gap for Precision Breeding in Rye -- Chapter 10. Genomics of Self-Incompatibility and Male-Fertility Restoration in Rye -- Chapter 11. Genetics and Genomics of Stress Tolerance.

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: 1 Introduction -- Part I: Forest and woodland biomes -- 2 White sand ecosystems in the Amazon basin: geographic distribution, distinctive features, and ecology. An overview -- 3 The forests of the Rio Negro basin in the north-western Amazon: a phytosociological classification -- 4 Amazon caatinga complex: sclerophyllous vegetation on nutrient-poor white sand soils -- Part II: Meadow biomes -- 5 Mapping white-sand ecosystems by integrating Global PALSAR-2 and SENTINEL-1 with NDVI (LANDSAT data) -- 6 The study areas: landscapes and soils -- 7 Soil properties, formation, distribution, and classification -- 8 Origin and sources of sand: from highlands to lowlands -- 9 Sand dynamics and distribution: a geo-sedimentological approach -- 10 Features and trends of meadow landscape evolution -- 11 Meadow phytodiversity: flora, endemism, vegetation types, and geographic distribution patterns -- 12 Synthesis: white-sand and meadow-vegetation relationships.

Description / Table of Contents: 1 General Introduction -- 2 Peace Ecology in the Anthropocene for Africa -- 3 Civil Society, Climate Change, Security Risks Management and Peacebuilding in the Anthropocene -- 4 Faith-based Organisations and Environmental Peace: Impact of Laudato Si’ and Its Relevance in the Anthropocene -- 5 Healing Nature and Creation in the Anthropocene: A Reflection on the Role of Religion -- 6 Empowering Women to Build Peace: A Case Study of Grace to Heal Trust in Lupane District -- 7 Peacebuilding through Indigenous Knowledge Systems: Lessons from Civil Society Organisations in Zimbabwe -- 8 Civil Society and Peacebuilding in the Kivu Provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo -- 9 Zimbabwe’s National Peace and Reconciliation Commission and Civil Society: Partners in Peacebuilding? -- 10 Civil Society and Peacebuilding in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Opportunities, Challenges and Recommendations -- 11 Promoting Democratisation in DR Congo: The Case Study of Act for Transparent and Peaceful Elections -- 12 Civil Society Organisations and School Peace Clubs in South Africa: An Outcome Evaluation -- 13 The Challenges and Opportunities for Civil Society in Peacebuilding: Lessons from the Matabeleland Collective, Zimbabwe -- 14 The Role of Civil Society Participation in Social Cohesion Processes in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.-15 Building the Capacity of Civil Society Organisations in Nonviolent Campaigning: A Case Study from South Sudan -- 16 How Informal Peace Committees Complement Macro-infrastructures for Peace in Zimbabwe -- 17 Protecting and Nurturing Children Born from Rape in South Kivu Communities: A Challenge for Civil Society -- 18 Indigenous Peacebuilding Approaches and the Accountability of Former Child Soldiers: African Case Studies -- 19 Navigating Channels for Civil Society Participation in Conflict Prevention and Peace-Making in the African Peace & Security Architecture -- 20 Centre-periphery Relations Between Civil Society Organisations and External Funding Partners: A Case Study of South Kivu’s Peace and Development Agenda. .

Description / Table of Contents: Almond genome analysis and breeding -- Labelling Almond Genome: SAM, QTLs and Association mapping -- Identification of natural variation in almond target genes -- Recent advances on almond bitterness expression at genomic and trascriptomic level -- Recent advances on flower self-incompatibility expression at genomic and transcriptomic level -- Molecular basis of abiotic and biotic stresses in almond -- Genomics for fruit quality traits in almond: QTLs vs Association mapping -- Transcriptional changes associated with flower bud dormancy in almond and other Prunus species: DNA sequence motifs, mRNA and miRNA expression, transcription factors, chromatin modifications and phytohormone signaling -- Almond transcriptome analysis using high-throughput sequencing technologies -- Almond miRNA expression and horticultural implications.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Mutulistic Plant Associations related to Insect Resistance -- 2. Current Scenario of RNA Interference-Based Control of Insect and Mite Pests of Fruit Crops -- 3. Molecular markers to breed for insect resistance: Potential and limitations -- 4. Glucosinolate-Myrosinase System and its role in Specialist and Generalist Insect Herbivores -- 5. Advances in Molecular Techniques of Insect Resistance in Cereal Improvement -- 6. Evolution of Constitutive and Induced Resistance in Plants against Insect Herbivory -- 7. Biotechnological interventions for creating novel resistance against major insect pests of rice -- 8. Antixenosis and antibiosis mechanisms of resistance to turnip aphid, Lipaphis erysimi in Brassica: Conventional and Biotechnological Approaches -- 9. Genomic technology in insect pest resistance for sustainable rice production -- 10. Biogenetically Engineered Insect Resistant Crops in Integrated Pest Management Programs -- 11. Molecular/Genetic Mechanism of Insect resistance in wheat -- 12. Concept of CRISPR-CAS9 system and its application on Insect genome: A preliminary Review -- 13. Multi-omic Approaches in Insect Pest Interactions against Resistance -- 14. MicroRNA-Mediated Insect Resistance In Field Crops -- 15. Challenges in Molecular Insect Resistance Studies for Crop Improvement.

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Facile Synthesis of Silver Nanocoated Cotton Fabrics from Medicinal Plant Leaf Extract Against Nosocomial Infection -- Biomimetic Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles from Medicinal Plants and Its Impact on A431 Epidermoid Cancer Cell Lines -- Role of Nanomaterials in Rheumatoid Arthritis -- Nanoparticles in Food Science and Packaging -- Application of Nanomaterials in Heavy Metal Remediation and Pollution Control -- Comparison of Biophysical Characters and Insecticidal Potential of Silver Nanoparticles Assisted by Citrus medica, Tagetes lemmonii and Tarenna asiatica Extracts -- Review on Recent Advanced Synthetic Methods of Nanomaterials -- Heterostructured Nanomaterials for Supercapacitor Applications -- Rare Earthmetals, Transition Metals, Doped Metal Oxide Nanoparticles -- Biogenic Metallic Nanoparticles for Diagnosis and Treatment of Lung Cancer -- Applicability of Nanomaterials in Microbial Fuel Cells as Cathode Catalysts -- Pollutant Removal from Coffee Industry Wastewater Using Polymer-Based Nano-Adsorbent as a Novel and Promising New Generation Adsorbent -- A Review on the Application of Biogenic Metal Oxide Nanomaterials in Textile Wastewater Treatment -- Advanced Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Carbides and Nitrides (MXenes) for Wastewater Treatment Applications -- Carbon Nanomaterials for the Remediation of Industrial Effluents -- Impact of Nanomaterials on Solid Waste Management -- Agent Nanoencapsulation -- Potential Applications of Nanomaterials in Agronomy -- Application of Emerging Nanomaterials in Animal Origin Products and Packaging from Indonesia -- Bibliography -- Index.

Description / Table of Contents: Part I: Ecological and Evolutionary pathways -- Chapter 1: The Ecological and Applied Potential of Baccharis -- Chapter 2: Baccharis: Diversity and Distribution -- Chapter 3: The Evolution of Genetic Studies of Baccharis -- Chapter 4: Intersexual Differences in Demography, Resource Investment, and Herbivory in Baccharis -- Chapter 5: Multitrophic and Indirect Interactions in the Baccharis dracunculifolia System -- Chapter 6: Endophytic Fungi of Baccharis -- Chapter 7: Baccharis as Nurse Plants -- Chapter 8: Biological Invasion by Baccharis -- Part II: Structure and Chemistry of Baccharis -- Chapter 9: Morpho-anatomical Characteristics of Species of Baccharis -- Chapter 10: Essential Oils of Baccharis: Chemical Composition and Biological Activities -- Chapter 11: Flavonoids of Baccharis -- Chapter 12: Chemistry and Biological Activities of Phenolic Compounds from Baccharis Genus -- Chapter 13: Baccharis Terpenoid Compounds -- Chapter 14: Macrocyclic Trichothecenes of Baccharis -- Chapter 15: Livestock Intoxication by Baccharis -- Part III: Baccharis: Applications and Innovations -- Chapter 16: An Overview of the Cultural and Popular Use of Baccharis -- Chapter 17: CPQBA 1: First Cultivar Registered and Protected From a Brazilian Medicinal Plant -- Chapter 18: Perspectives of Baccharis Secondary Metabolites as Sources for New Anticancer Drug Candidates -- Chapter 19: Innovation and Knowledge of Prospective Studies on the Genus Baccharis -- Part IV: Propolis of Baccharis -- Chapter 20: Chemical Constituents and Antioxidant Properties of Green Propolis -- Chapter 21: Possible Role of Propolis-derived Components in the Prevention and Treatment of Obesity and Diabetes -- Chapter 22: Effects of the Green Propolis on the Immune Response -- Chapter 23: From Innovation to Market: an Analysis of the Propolis Production Chain.

Description / Table of Contents: Chap 1: Disturbance ecology: a guideline -- Chap 2: Definitions and quantifications -- Chap 3: Concepts -- Chap 4: Abiotic disturbances -- Chap 5: Biotic disturbances -- Chap 6: Anthropogenic disturbances -- Chap 7: Disturbances in global change -- Chap 8: Disturbances and management.

Description / Table of Contents: Part 1: Nutritional and Pharmaceuticals Properties -- Chapter 1. Date Palm: Source of Foods, Sweets and Beverages -- Chapter 2. Date Palm Bioactive Compounds: Nutraceuticals, Functional Nutrients and Pharmaceuticals -- Chapter 3. Green Synthesis of Nanoparticles from Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) -- Part 2: Omics Technologies -- Chapter 4. Omics Resources and Applications in Date Palm -- Chapter 5. Proteomic Insights of Date Palm Embryogenesis and Responses to Environmental Stress -- Chapter 6. Date Palm Metabolomics -- Part 3: Molecular Breeding and Genome Modification -- Chapter 7. Induced Mutagenesis in Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) Breeding -- Chapter 8. Date Palm Quantitative Trait Loci -- Chapter 9. CRISPR-Cas Based Precision Breeding in Date Palm: Future Applications -- Part 4: Genomics of Abiotic and Biotic Stress -- Chapter 10. Metagenomics of Beneficial Microbes in Abiotic Stress Tolerance of Date Palm -- Chapter 11. Genomics Approaches for Insect Control and Insecticide Resistance Development in Date Palm.

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: Chapter 1. Introduction to Field Environmental Philosophy: A New Methodological Approach for Biocultural Education and Conservation -- Part I: FIELD ENVIRONMENTAL PHILOSOPHY: CONCEPTS AND CASE STUDIES -- Chapter 2. Introduction Part I. Field Environmental Philosophy: Concepts and Case Studies -- Chapter 3. The Multiple Lenses of Ecotourism with a Hand-Lens: Fundamental Concepts and Practices -- Chapter 4. Underwater with a Hand Lens: Ecological Sciences and Environmental Ethics to Value Freshwater Biodiversity -- Chapter 5. Sub-Antarctic High Andean “Gardeners:” Cultivating Caring Relationships -- Chapter 6. “Pay attention, dive with eyes wide open:” a Field Environmental Philosophy activity to foster reciprocity between people and nature -- Chapter 7. The Eyes of The Tree: Applying Field Environmental Philosophy to Tackle Conservation Problems at Long Term Socio-Ecological Research Sites -- Chapter 8. Starfishes and Sky Stars: Field Environmental Philosophy Education and Ecotourism Experiences in Baja California, México -- Chapter 9. Biocitizen’s Approach to Biotic Wonder, Citizenship, and Field Environmental Philosophy -- Chapter 10. Inter-species and Inter-cultural Encounters: The Education and Biocultural Ethics Program of the Omora Ethnobotanical Park -- Chapter 11. Beyond Field Environmental Philosophy: Integrating Science Education and Technology -- Part II: EDUCATION “ON THE RAZOR’S EDGE” -- Chapter 12. Introduction Part II. Education “On the Razor’s Edge” -- Chapter 13. Liberation Philosophy and Biocultural Education. A Latin American Journey -- Chapter 14. Collaborative Action Research for Biocultural Heritage Conservation -- Chapter 15. Education as a Driver of Extinction of Experience or Conservation of Biocultural Heritage -- Chapter 16. Aldo Leopold as Educator: His Legacy for Field Environmental Philosophy -- Chapter 17. Leopold’s Cultural Harvest, Biocultural Tourism and Field Environmental Philosophy -- Chapter 18. A Material Ecological Ethic for Biocultural Education: Relations Between Life on Earth and Humanity -- Chapter 19. Challenging the Dominant Grand Narrative in Global Education and Culture -- Part III: BIOCULTURAL RECONNECTION. RECOVERING THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY THROUGH EDUCATION -- Chapter 20. Introduction Part III. Biocultural Reconnection. Recovering the Sense of Community Through Education -- Chapter 21. Small, Silent and (In)Significant: Childhood as a Minoritarian Experience of Education -- Chapter 22. Communities of Philosophical Inquiry for the Empowerment of Ecological Agency -- Chapter 23. Biocultural Resilience Through Educational Tourism in Cholula, Mexico -- Chapter 24. Collaborative Action Research with the Jotï in Venezuela: Experiences in Autoethnography and TEK Vitality Assessment -- Chapter 25. Hand-Print CARE: Intergenerational and Plural Knowledge in Schools -- Chapter 26. The Enviro-Champs Movement: Co-Researching Transformation Through Training Processes in a Post COVID World -- Part IV: INTRODUCTION TO PLATFORMS FOR INTEGRATING THE SCIENCES, ARTS, AND HUMANITIES INTO PARTICIPATORY EDUCATION -- Chapter 27. Introduction Part IV. Introduction to Platforms for Integrating the Sciences, Arts, and Humanities into Participatory Education -- Chapter 28. Bridge the Channel, Enhance the Inclusivity: A Comparison Between Flagship Species-Centered and Moss-Centered Conservation in Chile and China -- Chapter 29. Biocultural Conservation in Biosphere Reserves in Temperate Regions of Chile, Estonia, Germany, and Sweden -- Chapter 30. Mindfulness and Reconnection with Freshwater Ecosystems at the Meadows Center Education Program -- Chapter 31. Nature, Humans, and Education: Ecohumanism as an Integrative Guiding Paradigm for Values Education and Teacher Training in Israel -- Chapter 32. The H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest Long-Term Ecological Research Program, Oregon, USA: A Historical Biocultural Perspective -- Chapter 33. Screens on Trails: Digital Environmental Science, Arts, And Humanities Learning for Biocultural Conservation -- Chapter 34. Reframing Sense of Place: A Goal for Environmental Education and an Indicator Supporting Social-Ecological Resilience.

Description / Table of Contents: The current state of Trichoderma taxonomy and species identification -- Functional genetics of Trichoderma mycoparasitism -- Trichoderma secondary metabolites involved in microbial inhibition -- Genes involved in the secondary metabolism of Trichoderma and the biochemistry of these compounds -- New insights on the duality of Trichoderma as a phytopathogen killer and a plant protector, based on integrated multi-omics perspective -- The role of secondary metabolites in rizosphere competence of Trichoderma -- Elicitor proteins from Trichoderma for biocontrol potentials -- Genus Trichoderma: Its role in induced systemic resistance of plants against phytopathogens -- Role of Trichoderma in Plant Growth Promotion -- Metabolomic approaches to study Trichoderma–plant interactions -- Management of salinity stress by the application of Trichoderma -- Tolerance to and alleviation of abiotic stresses in plants mediated by Trichoderma spp -- Trichoderma genes for abiotic stress tolerance in plants -- Development, production, and storage of Trichoderma formulations for agricultural applications -- Regulatory issues in commercialization of Trichoderma-based products in the USA -- Industrially important genes from Trichoderma -- Biosynthesis of metal-based nanoparticles by Trichoderma and its potential applications -- Trichoderma role in anthropogenic pollutions mycoremediation: pesticides and heavy metals -- Trichoderma and its products from laboratory to patient bedside in medical Science –an emerging aspect -- Trichoderma enzymes in wine and beer industry -- Trichoderma green mould disease of cultivated mushrooms -- Trichodermosis: Human infections caused by Trichoderma species.

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. Origin and Evolution of Birds -- Chapter 2. Skeleton and Skeletal Muscles -- Chapter 3. Integument -- Chapter 4. Nervous System -- Chapter 5. Locating, Ingesting, and Digesting Food -- Chapter 6. Cardiovascular and Immune Systems -- Chapter 7. Respiration -- Chapter 8. Endocrine System -- Chapter 9. Urinary System, Salt Glands, and Osmoregulation -- Chapter 10. Energy Balance and Thermoregulation -- Chapter 11. Avian Locomotion: Flying, Running, Walking, Climbing, Swimming, and Diving -- Chapter 12. Sound and Vocal Production and Function -- Chapter 13. Migration -- Chapter 14. Navigation and Orientation -- Chapter 15. Mating Systems -- Chapter 16. Avian Reproduction: Timing, Anatomy, and Eggs -- Chapter 17. Avian Reproduction: Nests and Nest Sites -- Chapter 18. Avian Reproduction: Clutch Sizes, Incubation, and Hatching -- Chapter 19. Avian Reproduction: Post-hatching Parental Care and Blood Parasitism.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter. 1. Introduction to biofortification and challenges for nutrition security -- Chapter. 2. Nutritional Security Approaches for Legumes Bio fortification-A major Challenge -- Chapter. 3. Micronutrients enrichments in legumes through agronomic and cultural practices -- Chapter. 4. General aspects of genetic improvement (traditional and transgenic methods) aiming at Food Biofortification -- Chapter. 5. Contribution of Conventional Breeding Approaches in Legumes Biofortification -- Chapter. 6. Contribution of Biotechnological Approaches for Micronutrients Improvements in Legumes -- Chapter. 7. Nutritional enrichment in legumes through OMICs approaches -- Chapter. 8. How Genome Editing can be helpful in the Biofortification of Legume -- Chapter. 9. Transgenic Strategies and genome editing Towards Nutritional Enrichment -- Chapter. 10. Biofortification of Legume Hybrids Obtained Through Intergeneric Hybridization -- Chapter. 11. The Importance of Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria in The Biofortification of Legumes -- Chapter. 12. Plant-microbe interaction for legume bio-fortification: Present status and future challenges -- Chapter. 13. Improving iron nutrition in legumes to overcome hidden hunger -- Chapter. 14. Bio-fortification of zinc in legumes to alleviate the zinc deficiency -- Chapter. 15. Organic approaches towards iron and zinc biofortification in legume Crops -- Chapter. 16. Legumes Biofortification for Selenium Contents -- Chapter. 17. Iodine biofortification of legumes -- Chapter. 18. Enriching Legumes Protein Contents and Essential Amino Acid -- Chapter. 19. Enriching legume protein contents -- Chapter. 20. Bio-molecular Aspects of Plant Nutrition Related to Food Biofortification -- Chapter. 21. Medicinal legumes in Turkey: a gift of nature for bios -- Chapter. 22. Variability in the biofortification properties of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.) -- Chapter. 23. Biofortification: Lesson from the Past and Strategies for Future Food Security.

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: Chapter 1. Overview of the Polystomatidae: Systematics and Classification -- Chapter 2. Contributions to the History of Polystomatid Flatworm Discoveries and Research -- Chapter 3. Collecting and Processing Polystomatid Flatworms -- Chapter 4. Polystome Species of Amphibians -- Chapter 5. Polystome Species of the Australian Lungfish, Chelonians and the Common Hippopotamus -- Chapter 6. Polystomatidae: Life-History Strategies, the Key to Success -- Chapter 7. Insights into the Origin and Evolution of the Polystomatidae -- Chapter 8. Poystomatid Studies: Future Prospects.

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: Preface -- Afghanistan -- Azerbaijan -- Bangladesh -- Bhutan -- Brunei Darussalam -- Cambodia -- China -- Cyprus -- India -- Indonesia -- Iran -- Iraq -- Israel -- Japan -- Jordan -- Korean -- Kyrgyzstan -- Laos -- Lebanon -- Malaysia -- Mauritius -- Myanmar. -Nepal -- Pakistan -- Palestine -- Philippines -- Russia -- Saudi Arabia -- Singapore -- South Korea -- Sri Lanka -- Taiwan -- Tajikistan -- Thailand -- Turkey -- Uzbekistan -- Vietnam -- Index.

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Mango: The King of Fruits -- Botanical descriptions -- Propagation practices -- Germplasm and genetic resources -- Genetic diversity analysis -- Alternate flowering -- Classical genetics and breeding -- In Vitro Culture and genetic transformation -- Molecular mapping and breeding in mango -- Genome sequence -- Sequencing of organellar genomes -- Functional genomics -- Genomic resources and database.

Description / Table of Contents: Part 1 Introduction -- 1 Host Community Interfaces: The Wildlife-Livestock -- 2 Natural And Historical Overview Of The Animal Wildlife-Livestock Interface -- 3 The Ecology Of Pathogens Transmission At The Wildlife-Livestock Interface: Beyond Disease Ecology, Towards Socio-Ecological System Health -- Part 2 Regional Perspectives Of Disease At The Wildlife-Livestock Interface -- 4 Characteristics And Perspectives Of Disease At The Wildlife-Livestock Interface In Europe -- 5 Characteristics And Perspectives Of Disease At The Wildlife-Livestock Interface In Asia -- 6 Characteristics And Perspectives Of Disease At Wildlife-Livestock Interface In Africa -- 7 Characteristics And Perspectives Of Disease At The Wildlife-Livestock Interface In Oceania -- 8 Characteristics And Perspectives Of Disease At The Wildlife-Livestock Interface In North America -- 9 Characteristics And Perspectives Of Disease At The Wildlife-Livestock Interface In Central And South America -- Part 3 Characterization Of The Wildlife-Livestock Interface -- 10 Collecting Data To Assess The Interactions Between Livestock And Wildlife -- 11 Characterization Of Wildlife-Livestock Interfaces: The Need For Interdisciplinary Approaches And A Dedicated Thematic Field -- 12 Quantifying Transmission Between Wild And Domestic Populations -- Part 4 Synthesis And Conclusions -- 13 Synthesis And Future Perspectives Of The Study And Management Of Diseases At The Wildlife-Livestock Interface.

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: Preface and Introduction -- Part I Risks and Impacts Enhancing the Vulnerability of Social-Ecological Systems -- Part II Environmental and Climate Change Impacts on Social-Ecological Systems – Conflict, Inequality and Human Security -- Part III Human Mobility and Social-Ecological Systems -- Part IV Enhancing the Sustainability and Resilience of Social-Ecological Systems – Some Recommended Paths -- Conclusions.

Description / Table of Contents: Fundamentals of Tree and Vine Physiology -- Mechanical Management of Modern Planar Fruit Tree Canopies -- Orchard Water Management -- Vineyard Water Management -- Pests and diseases management -- Advanced Technologies for Crop-load Management -- Mechanical Harvesting -- Autonomous Platforms -- Management Information Systems and Emerging Technologies -- Economic and Societal Aspects.