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  • 1
    Keywords: Life sciences ; Hydrology ; Environmental sciences ; Agriculture ; Life Sciences ; Agriculture ; Hydrology/Water Resources ; Environmental Science and Engineering
    Description / Table of Contents: Foreword --- Summary --- 2. In-Situ Destructive Sampling --- 2.1 The Concept of Representivity --- 2.2 Plant Sampling Pattern and Design --- 2.3 Biomass Water Equivalent --- 2.4 Conclusions --- 3. Remote Sensing via Satellite Imagery Analysis --- 3.1 Photo-Reflective Properties of Plants --- 3.2 Satellite Image Analysis --- 3.3 Conclusions --- 4. Estimate of Biomass Water Equivalent via the Cosmic Ray Neutron Sensor --- 4.1 The role of Biomass in the CRNS Calibration --- 4.2 Relationship between Neutrons and Crop Biomass --- 4.3 Dire4ct Relationship between Neutrons and Biomass --- 4.4 Conclusions
    Pages: Online-Ressource (X, 33 pages) , 18 illustrations, 14 illustrations in color
    ISBN: 9783319695396
    Language: English
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  • 2
    Keywords: Life sciences ; Ecosystems ; Sustainable development ; Natural resources ; Agricultural economics ; Life Sciences ; Ecosystems ; Sustainable Development ; Agricultural Economics ; Natural Resource and Energy Economics ; Natural Resources
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. Introduction --- Part I: Bioeconomy Concepts and Research Methods --- Chapter 2: Context --- Chapter 3: Bioeconomy concepts --- Chapter 4: Core principles --- Chapter 4: Inter- and Transdisciplinarity in the Bioeconomy --- Part II: Knowledge Base for Biobased Value Chains --- Chapter 5:Biobased Resources and Value Chains --- Chapter 6: Primary Production --- Chapter 7: Processing of Biobased Resources --- Chapter 8: Markets, Sustainability management and Entrepreneurship.- Part III: Transition to a Sustainable Bioeconomy --- Chapter9:  Modelling and Tools Supporting the Transition to a Bioeconomy --- Chapter 10: Environmental Economics, the Bioeconomy and the Role of Government --- Chapter 11: Economic Growth, Development, and Innovation – The Transformation towards a Knowledge-based Bioeconomy --- Chapter 12: The Bioeconomist
    Pages: Online-Ressource (VI, 354 pages) , 165 illustrations, 139 illustrations in color
    ISBN: 9783319681528
    Language: English
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  • 3
    Keywords: Life sciences ; Hydrology ; Environmental sciences ; Agriculture ; Life Sciences ; Agriculture ; Hydrology/Water Resources ; Environmental Science and Engineering
    Description / Table of Contents: Foreword --- Summary --- 2. In-Situ Destructive Sampling --- 2.1 The Concept of Representivity --- 2.2 Plant Sampling Pattern and Design --- 2.3 Biomass Water Equivalent --- 2.4 Conclusions --- 3. Remote Sensing via Satellite Imagery Analysis --- 3.1 Photo-Reflective Properties of Plants --- 3.2 Satellite Image Analysis --- 3.3 Conclusions --- 4. Estimate of Biomass Water Equivalent via the Cosmic Ray Neutron Sensor --- 4.1 The role of Biomass in the CRNS Calibration --- 4.2 Relationship between Neutrons and Crop Biomass --- 4.3 Dire4ct Relationship between Neutrons and Biomass --- 4.4 Conclusions
    Pages: Online-Ressource (X, 33 pages) , 18 illustrations, 14 illustrations in color
    ISBN: 9783319695396
    Language: English
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  • 4
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    Keywords: Life sciences ; Forest products ; Plant anatomy ; Plant development ; Plant physiology ; Life Sciences ; Plant Anatomy/Development ; Plant Physiology ; Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography ; Wood Science & Technology
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction --- Preparation techniques - Making anatomical structures visible --- Morphology of the plant body --- Cellular composition of the plant bodies --- Structure of cell walls and cell contents --- Primary, secondary and tertiary meristem --- Stem anatomical structures of major taxonomic units --- Evolution of stems --- Anatomical adaptions to permanent changed environmental conditions --- Anatomical adaptions to temporarily changed environmental conditions --- Coexistence of algae, fungi and vascular plants --- Wood decay --- Fossilization, permineralization, coalification, carbonization and wetwood conservation --- Technically altered wood products
    Pages: Online-Ressource (VII, 207 pages)
    ISBN: 9783319735245
    Language: English
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  • 5
    Keywords: Life sciences ; Agriculture ; Plant science ; Botany ; Sustainable development ; Life Sciences ; Agriculture ; Plant Sciences ; Sustainable Development
    Description / Table of Contents: Part 1. Introduction of Sago Resources- Chapter 1: Status and Outlook of Global Food Security and the Role of Under-Utilized Food Resource: Sago Palm (Hiroyuki Konuma) --- Chapter 2: Growing Area of Sago Palm and Its Environment (M. H. Bintoro) --- Chapter 3: Life and Livelihood in Sago Growing Area (Yukio Toyoda) --- Part 2. Diversity of Sago Resource in Asia and Pacific --- Chapter 4: Genetic Variation, Agronomic Features of Sago Palm in Asia and Pacific (Hiroshi Ehara) --- Chapter 5: Genetic Diversity of Sago Palm Resources in Indonesia (Barahima Abbas) --- Part 3. Sago Industry Contributes for Food Security and Rural Development in Core Producing Countries --- Chapter 6: An Overview of Sago Industry Development from 20th c. to 21st c. (Jong Foh Shoon) --- Chapter 7: Suitability of Peat Swamp Areas for Commercial Production of Sago Crop - Sarawak Experience (Roland Yong Chiew Ming) --- Chapter 8: Feasibility of Small Scale Sago Industries on Small Island in East Indonesia (Wardis Girsang) --- Chapter 9: Addressing Food Insecurity through Food Safety and Cropping of Sago in Papua New Guinea (Aisak G Pue) --- Chapter 10: Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of the Fiji Sago Palm (Dick Watling) --- Part 4. Agricultural Botany of Sago Palm --- Chapter 11: Matter Production as A Basis of Starch Production in Sago Palm (Yoshinori Yamamoto) --- Chapter 12: Morphogenesis of Sago Palm (Satoshi Nakamura) --- Chapter 13: Morphological and Anatomical Characteristics of Sago Palm Starch (Yoji Nitta) --- Part 5. Growth Environment --- Chapter 14: Soil Environment in Sago Palm Forest (Masanori Okazaki) --- Chapter 15: Interaction between Microbes Activities and Sago Palm Growth (Koki Toyoda) --- Part 6. Starch Production and Utilization --- Chapter 16: Study on the Transformation in Extraction and Consumption Processes of Sago Starch in a Traditional Society of Indonesia (Yoshihiko Nishimura) --- Chapter 17: Improvement of Sago Processing Machine (Darma) --- Chapter 18: The Structure and Characteristics of Sago Starch (Masanori Okazaki) --- Chapter 19: Recovery of Starch from Sago Pith Waste and Waste Water Treatment (Budi Santoso) --- Chapter 20: Acid modification of sago starch and its fiber for industrial application (Titi Candra Sunarti) --- Part 6. New Carbohydrate Resources --- Chapter 21: Starch Properties and Uses as food for Human Health and Welfare (Kazuko Hirao) --- Chapter 21: Production, Purification and Health Benefits of Sago Sugar (Kazuko Hirao) --- Chapter 22: Production, Purification and Health Benefits of Sago Sugar (Kopli Bujang) --- Chapter 23: New Sago Starch Resources and Its Properties from Starch Pith Waste and Pacific Sago Palms (Takashi Mishima) --- Part 8. Conclusion --- Chapter 24: Outcomes and Recommendations from the 12th International Sago Symposium (Yoshinori Yamamoto)
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XIII, 330 pages) , 106 illustrations, 71 illustrations in color
    ISBN: 9789811052699
    Language: English
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  • 6
    Keywords: Life sciences ; Ecosystems ; Aquatic ecology ; Conservation biology ; Ecology ; Nature conservation ; Marine sciences ; Freshwater ; Life Sciences ; Freshwater & Marine Ecology ; Ecosystems ; Conservation Biology/Ecology ; Nature Conservation ; Marine & Freshwater Sciences
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Challenges in Riverine Ecosystem Management --- Part I Human Impacts, Mitigation and Restoration --- Chapter 2. Historic Milestones of Human River Uses and Ecological Impacts --- Chapter 3. River Morphology, Channelization, and Habitat Restoration --- Chapter 4. River Hydrology, Flow Alteration, and Environmental Flow --- Chapter 5. Hydropeaking Impacts and Mitigation --- Chapter 6. Dams: Ecological Impacts and Management --- Chapter 7. Aquatic Habitat Modeling in Running Waters --- Chapter 8. The Role of Sediment and Sediment Dynamics in the Aquatic Environment --- Chapter 9. River Connectivity, Habitat Fragmentation and Related Restoration Meas --- Chapter 10. Phosphorus and Nitrogen Dynamics in Riverine Systems: Human Impacts and Management Options --- Chapter 11. Climate Change Impacts in Riverine Ecosystems --- Chapter 12. Ecotoxicology --- Chapter 13. Land Use --- Chapter 14. Recreational Fisheries – The Need for Sustainability in Fisheries Management of Alpine Rivers --- Part II Management, Methodologies, Governance --- Chapter 15. Restoration in Integrated River Basin Management --- Chapter 16.Adaptive Management of Riverine Socio-ecological Systems --- Chapter 17. Legislative Framework for River Ecosystem Management on International and European Level --- Chapter 18. Ensuring Long-Term Cooperation Over Transboundary Water Resources Through Joint River Basin Management --- Chapter 19. Biomonitoring and Bioassessment --- Chapter 20. Biodiversity and Freshwater Information Systems --- Chapter 21. Ecosystem Services in River Landscapes --- Chapter 22. Public Participation and Environmental Education --- Chapter 23. NGOs in Freshwater Resource Management --- Part III Case Studies --- Chapter 24. Danube Under Pressure: Hydropower Rules the Fish --- Chapter 25. Danube Floodplain Lobau --- Chapter 26. Danube Sturgeons: Past and Future --- Chapter 27. Healthy Fisheries Sustain Society and Ecology in Burkina Faso --- Chapter 28. The Tisza River: Managing a Lowland River in the Carpathian Basin --- Part IV Summary --- Chapter 29. Landmarks, Advances and Future Challenges in Riverine Ecosystem Management
    Pages: Online-Ressource (VII, 571 pages) , 123 illustrations, 82 illustrations in color
    ISBN: 9783319732503
    Language: English
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  • 7
    Keywords: Life sciences ; Ecosystems ; Sustainable development ; Natural resources ; Agricultural economics ; Life Sciences ; Ecosystems ; Sustainable Development ; Agricultural Economics ; Natural Resource and Energy Economics ; Natural Resources
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. Introduction --- Part I: Bioeconomy Concepts and Research Methods --- Chapter 2: Context --- Chapter 3: Bioeconomy concepts --- Chapter 4: Core principles --- Chapter 4: Inter- and Transdisciplinarity in the Bioeconomy --- Part II: Knowledge Base for Biobased Value Chains --- Chapter 5:Biobased Resources and Value Chains --- Chapter 6: Primary Production --- Chapter 7: Processing of Biobased Resources --- Chapter 8: Markets, Sustainability management and Entrepreneurship.- Part III: Transition to a Sustainable Bioeconomy --- Chapter9:  Modelling and Tools Supporting the Transition to a Bioeconomy --- Chapter 10: Environmental Economics, the Bioeconomy and the Role of Government --- Chapter 11: Economic Growth, Development, and Innovation – The Transformation towards a Knowledge-based Bioeconomy --- Chapter 12: The Bioeconomist
    Pages: Online-Ressource (VI, 354 pages) , 165 illustrations, 139 illustrations in color
    ISBN: 9783319681528
    Language: English
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  • 8
    Keywords: Life sciences ; Agriculture ; Plant breeding ; Life Sciences ; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology ; Agriculture
    Description / Table of Contents: General Introduction --- Screening Protocols for Heat Tolerance in Rice at the Seedling and Reproductive Stages --- Validation of Screening Protocols for Heat Tolerance in Rice --- Conclusion --- References
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XII, 39 pages) , 16 illustrations, 10 illustrations in color
    ISBN: 9783319773384
    Language: English
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  • 9
    Keywords: Life sciences ; Applied ecology ; Biodiversity ; Ecosystems ; Conservation biology ; Ecology ; Community psychology ; Environmental psychology ; Life Sciences ; Applied Ecology ; Biodiversity ; Conservation Biology/Ecology ; Ecosystems ; Community and Environmental Psychology
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. The Biodiversity Data Impediment to a Sustainable World (Working in a Networked World) --- 2. Essential Biodiversity Variables --- 3. Stratification and Terrestrial Ecosystem Observations --- 4. Ecosystem Services --- 5. Species Observations --- 6. Monitoring Changes in Genetic Diversity --- 7. Marine and Coastal Systems --- 8. Biodiversity Observations for Freshwater Ecosystems --- 9. Remote Sensing for Biodiversity --- 10. Involving Citizen Scientists in Biodiversity Observation --- 11. Biodiversity Modelling --- 12. Cyber-Architecture --- 13. Using Data for Decision-Making: From Observations To Indicators and Other Policy Tools --- 14. Capacity Building in Biodiversity Monitoring – Case Studies
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XII, 326 pages) , 34 illustrations, 27 illustrations in color
    ISBN: 9783319272887
    Language: English
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  • 10
    Keywords: Life sciences ; Applied ecology ; Biodiversity ; Ecosystems ; Conservation biology ; Ecology ; Community psychology ; Environmental psychology ; Life Sciences ; Applied Ecology ; Biodiversity ; Conservation Biology/Ecology ; Ecosystems ; Community and Environmental Psychology
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. The Biodiversity Data Impediment to a Sustainable World (Working in a Networked World) --- 2. Essential Biodiversity Variables --- 3. Stratification and Terrestrial Ecosystem Observations --- 4. Ecosystem Services --- 5. Species Observations --- 6. Monitoring Changes in Genetic Diversity --- 7. Marine and Coastal Systems --- 8. Biodiversity Observations for Freshwater Ecosystems --- 9. Remote Sensing for Biodiversity --- 10. Involving Citizen Scientists in Biodiversity Observation --- 11. Biodiversity Modelling --- 12. Cyber-Architecture --- 13. Using Data for Decision-Making: From Observations To Indicators and Other Policy Tools --- 14. Capacity Building in Biodiversity Monitoring – Case Studies
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XII, 326 pages) , 34 illustrations, 27 illustrations in color
    ISBN: 9783319272887
    Language: English
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  • 11
    Keywords: Life sciences ; Genetic engineering ; Agriculture ; Plant genetics ; Plant breeding ; Life Sciences ; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology ; Agriculture ; Genetic Engineering ; Plant Genetics & Genomics
    Description / Table of Contents: Mutagenesis for Crop Breeding and Functional Genomics --- Chemical and Physical Mutagenesis in Jatropha curcas --- Chemical Mutagenesis and Chimera Dissolution in Vegetatively Propagated Banana --- Mutation Induction Using Gamma Irradiation and Embryogenic Cell Suspensions in Plantain (Musa spp.) --- Optimization of Somatic Embryogenesis in Cassava --- Creation of a TILLING Population in Barley after Chemical Mutagenesis with Sodium Azide and MNU --- Site-Directed Mutagenesis in Barley by Expression of TALE Nuclease in Embryogenic Pollen --- Doubled Haploidy as a Tool for Chimera Dissolution of TALEN-Induced Mutations in Barley --- Field Evaluation of Mutagenized Rice Material --- Root Phenotyping Pipeline for Cereal Plants --- Breeding New Aromatic Rice with High Iron using Gamma Radiation and Hybridization --- Utilizing NIRS for Qualitative and Non-Destructive Identification of Seed Mutants in Large Populations --- Protocols for Proteome Analyses of Jatropha curcas --- Low-Cost Methods for DNA Extraction and Quantification --- A Protocol for Benchtop Extraction of Single-Strand-Specific Nucleases for Mutation Discovery --- A Protocol for Validation of Doubled Haploid Plants by Enzymatic Mismatch Cleavage --- Bioinformatics-Based Assessment of the Relevance of Candidate Genes for Mutation Discovery --- Mutation Detection by Analysis of DNA Heteroduplexes in TILLING Populations of Diploid Species --- Determining Mutation Density using Restriction Enzyme Sequence Comparative Analysis (RESCAN) --- Next-Generation Sequencing for Targeted Discovery of Rare Mutations in Rice
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XX, 340 pages) , 76 illustrations, 69 illustrations in color
    ISBN: 9783319450216
    Language: English
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  • 12
    Keywords: Life sciences ; Developmental biology ; Evolutionary biology ; Animal genetics ; Entomology ; Biomathematics ; Life Sciences ; Animal Genetics and Genomics ; Evolutionary Biology ; Mathematical and Computational Biology ; Developmental Biology ; Entomology
    Description / Table of Contents: Foreword --- Preface --- Contributors --- Part I. The Nympalid Groundplan (NGP) and Diversification --- Chapter1:The common developmental origin of eyespots and parafocal elements;And a new model-mechanism for color pattern formation --- Chapter2:Exploring color pattern diversification in early lineages of Satyrinae (Nymphalidae) --- Chapter3:Camouflage variation on a theme of the Nymphalid Ground Plan --- Chapter4:Morphological evolution repeatedly caused by mutations in signaling ligand genes --- Part II. Eyespots and Evolution --- Chapter5:Physiology and evolution of wing pattern plasticity in Bicyclus butterflies: a critical review ofthe literature --- Chapter6:Spatial variation in boundary conditions can govern selection and location of eyespots inbutterfly wings --- Chapter7:Self-Similarity, Distortion Waves, and the Essence of Morphogenesis: A Generalized View ofColor Pattern Formation in Butterfly Wings --- Part III. Developmental Genetics --- Chapter8:A practical guide to CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing in Lepidoptera --- Chapter9:What can we learn about adaptation from the wing pattern genetics of Heliconiusbutterflies? --- Chapter10:Molecular mechanism and evolutionary process underlying female-limited Batesian mimicry in Papilio polytes --- Part IV. Ecological Aspects and Adaptation --- Chapter11:Chemical Ecology of Poisonous Butterflies: Model or Mimic?— A Paradox of Sexual Dimorphisms in Müllerian Mimicry --- Chapter12:A model for population dynamics of the mimetic butterfly Papilio polytesin Sakishima Islands, Japan (II) --- Chapter13:Evolutionary trends in phenotypic elements of seasonal forms of the tribe Junoniini(Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) --- Chapter14:Estimating the mating success of male butterflies in the field.-Part V. Color Patterns of Larva and Other Insects --- Chapter15:Molecular Mechanisms of Larval Color Pattern Switch in the Swallowtail Butterfly --- Chapter16:Drosophila guttifera as a model system for elucidating color pattern formation --- Chapter17:Molecular mechanisms underlying color vision and color formation in dragonflies
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XII, 321 pages) , 103 illustrations, 89 illustrations in color
    ISBN: 9789811049569
    Language: English
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  • 13
    Keywords: Life sciences ; Agriculture ; Climate change ; Environmental management ; Soil science ; Soil conservation ; Air pollution ; Life Sciences ; Agriculture ; Climate Change ; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution ; Soil Science & Conservation ; Environmental Management
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 Introduction to the SAMPLES Approach --- Chapter 2 Targeting Landscapes to Identify Mitigation Options --- Chapter 3 Determining Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Removals Associated with Land Use and Land Cover Change --- Chapter 4 Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Managed and Natural Soils --- Chapter 5 A Comparison of Methodologies for Measuring Methane Emissions from Ruminants --- Chapter 6 Quantifying Tree Biomass Carbon Stocks and Fluxes in Agricultural Landscapes --- Chapter 7 Methods for Smallholder Quantification of Soil Carbon Stocks and Stock Changes --- Chapter 8 Yield Estimation of Food and Non-Food Crops in Smallholder Production Systems --- Chapter 9 Scaling Point and Plot Measurements of Greenhouse Gas Fluxes, Balances and Intensities to Whole Farms and Landscapes --- Chapter 10 Methods for Environment-Productivity Trade-off Analysis in Agricultural Systems
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XV, 203 pages) , 33 illustrations, 27 illustrations in color
    ISBN: 9783319297941
    Language: English
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    Keywords: Life sciences ; Agriculture ; Climate change ; Environmental management ; Soil science ; Soil conservation ; Air pollution ; Life Sciences ; Agriculture ; Climate Change ; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution ; Soil Science & Conservation ; Environmental Management
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 Introduction to the SAMPLES Approach --- Chapter 2 Targeting Landscapes to Identify Mitigation Options --- Chapter 3 Determining Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Removals Associated with Land Use and Land Cover Change --- Chapter 4 Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Managed and Natural Soils --- Chapter 5 A Comparison of Methodologies for Measuring Methane Emissions from Ruminants --- Chapter 6 Quantifying Tree Biomass Carbon Stocks and Fluxes in Agricultural Landscapes --- Chapter 7 Methods for Smallholder Quantification of Soil Carbon Stocks and Stock Changes --- Chapter 8 Yield Estimation of Food and Non-Food Crops in Smallholder Production Systems --- Chapter 9 Scaling Point and Plot Measurements of Greenhouse Gas Fluxes, Balances and Intensities to Whole Farms and Landscapes --- Chapter 10 Methods for Environment-Productivity Trade-off Analysis in Agricultural Systems
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XV, 203 pages) , 33 illustrations, 27 illustrations in color
    ISBN: 9783319297941
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    Keywords: Life sciences ; Biodiversity ; Nature conservation ; Life Sciences ; Biodiversity ; Nature Conservation ; Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography ; Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography
    Description / Table of Contents: Phylogenetics and conservation biology: drawing a path into the diversity of life --- The value of phylogenetic diversity --- The PD phylogenetic diversity framework: linking evolutionary history to feature diversity for biodiversity conservation --- Reconsidering the loss of evolutionary history: how does non-random extinction prune the tree-of-life?- Phylogenetics and conservation in New Zealand: the long and the short of it --- What is the meaning of extreme phylogenetic diversity? The case of phylogenetic relict species --- Using phylogenetic dissimilarities among sites for biodiversity assessments and conservation --- Phylogenetic diversity measures and their decomposition: a framework based on hill numbers --- Split diversity: measuring and optimizing biodiversity using phylogenetic split networks --- The rarefaction of phylogenetic diversity: formulation, extension and application --- Support in area prioritization using phylogenetic information --- Assessing hotspots of evolutionary history with data from multiple phylogenies: an analysis of endemic clades from New Caledonia --- Representing hotspots of evolutionary history in systematic conservation planning for European mammals --- Priorities for conservation of the evolutionary history of amphibians in the cerrado --- Global spatial analyses of phylogenetic conservation priorities for aquatic mammals --- Metapopulation capacity meets evolutionary distinctness: spatial fragmentation complements phylogenetic rarity in prioritization. - Patterns of species, phylogenetic and mimicry diversity of clearwing butterflies in the Neotropics --- Conservation of phylogenetic diversity in Madagascar’s largest endemic plant family, Sarcolaenaceae --- The future of phylogenetic systematics in conservation biology: linking biodiversity and society
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XVII, 390 pages) , 79 illustrations
    ISBN: 9783319224619
    Language: English
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  • 16
    Keywords: Life sciences ; Management ; Industrial management ; Geography ; Agriculture ; Agricultural economics ; Life Sciences ; Agriculture ; Agricultural Economics ; Geography, general ; Innovation/Technology Management
    Description / Table of Contents: Foreword --- 1. Innovation for Marginalized Smallholder Farmers and Development: an Overview and Implications for Policy and Research --- Part 1 Innovation for the Rural Poor: Theory, Trends and Impacts --- 2. Institutional and technological innovations in polycentric systems –pathways for escaping marginality --- 3. Innovations for Food and Nutrition Security: Impacts and Trends --- 4. Psychology of Innovation: Innovating human psychology? --- 5. An optimization model for technology adoption of marginalized smallholders --- Part 2 Diversification of Agricultural Production and Income --- 6. The BRAC Approach to Small Farmers' Innovations --- 7. Agricultural Research and Extension Linkages in Amhara Region, Ethiopia --- 8. Transaction costs on the Ethiopian formal seed market and innovations for encouraging private sector investments --- 9. Agricultural Service Delivery Through Mobile Phone: Local innovations and Technological Opportunities in Kenya --- 10. Identification and Acceleration of Farmer Innovativeness in Upper East Ghana --- 11. Gender, social equity and innovations in smallholder farming systems: pitfalls and pathways --- 12. Assessing the Sustainability of Agricultural Technology Options for Poor Rural Farmers --- 13. Land Degradation and Sustainable Land Management Innovations in Central Asia --- 14. Biomass-based value web. A Novel Perspective for Emergng Bioeconomies in Sub-Saharan Africa --- Part 3 Sustainable Intensification of Agriculture --- 15. Adoption of Stress-tolerant Rice Varieties in Bangladesh --- 16. More than cereal based cropping innovations for improving food and livelihood security of poor small holders in marginal areas of Bangladesh --- 17. Integrated Rice-fish Farming System in Bangladesh: An Ex-Ante Value Chain Evaluation Framework --- 18. Technologies for Maize, Wheat, Rice and Pulses in Marginal Districts of Odisha and Bihar --- 19. Technological Innovations for Smallholder Farmers in Ghana --- 20. Potential impacts of yield increasing crop technologies on poverty reduction in two districts of Ethiopia
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XV, 435 pages) , 80 illustrations, 50 illustrations in color
    ISBN: 9783319257181
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    Keywords: Life sciences ; Animal ecology ; Community ecology, Biotic ; Environmental monitoring ; Life Sciences ; Animal Ecology ; Community & Population Ecology ; Monitoring/Environmental Analysis
    Description / Table of Contents: FOREWORD --- 2. GENERAL INTRODUCTION --- 2.1. Background analysis --- 2.2. Migratory Birds and HPAI --- 2.3. Using SIA to understand the dissemination of HPAI – The way ahead! --- 3. ANIMAL MIGRATION TRACKING METHODS --- 3.1. Extrinsic Markers --- 3.2. Intrinsic Markers --- 3.3. The Stable Isotopes of Water on a Spatial Scale --- 3.4. Deriving isoscapes in the absence of GNIP data --- 3.5. Use of Stable Isotopes in Migration Studies --- 3.6. Approaches for Determining Migratory Connectivity --- 4. PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS --- 4.1. Sample Collection and Tissue Preparation --- 4.2. Other Stable Isotopes for Migration Research --- 5. REFERENCES
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XII, 49 pages) , 15 illustrations, 4 illustrations in color
    ISBN: 9783319282985
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    Keywords: Life sciences ; Biodiversity ; Nature conservation ; Life Sciences ; Biodiversity ; Nature Conservation ; Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography ; Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography
    Description / Table of Contents: Phylogenetics and conservation biology: drawing a path into the diversity of life --- The value of phylogenetic diversity --- The PD phylogenetic diversity framework: linking evolutionary history to feature diversity for biodiversity conservation --- Reconsidering the loss of evolutionary history: how does non-random extinction prune the tree-of-life?- Phylogenetics and conservation in New Zealand: the long and the short of it --- What is the meaning of extreme phylogenetic diversity? The case of phylogenetic relict species --- Using phylogenetic dissimilarities among sites for biodiversity assessments and conservation --- Phylogenetic diversity measures and their decomposition: a framework based on hill numbers --- Split diversity: measuring and optimizing biodiversity using phylogenetic split networks --- The rarefaction of phylogenetic diversity: formulation, extension and application --- Support in area prioritization using phylogenetic information --- Assessing hotspots of evolutionary history with data from multiple phylogenies: an analysis of endemic clades from New Caledonia --- Representing hotspots of evolutionary history in systematic conservation planning for European mammals --- Priorities for conservation of the evolutionary history of amphibians in the cerrado --- Global spatial analyses of phylogenetic conservation priorities for aquatic mammals --- Metapopulation capacity meets evolutionary distinctness: spatial fragmentation complements phylogenetic rarity in prioritization. - Patterns of species, phylogenetic and mimicry diversity of clearwing butterflies in the Neotropics --- Conservation of phylogenetic diversity in Madagascar’s largest endemic plant family, Sarcolaenaceae --- The future of phylogenetic systematics in conservation biology: linking biodiversity and society
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XVII, 390 pages) , 79 illustrations
    ISBN: 9783319224619
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    Keywords: Life sciences ; Climate change ; Animal ecology ; Conservation biology ; Ecology ; Vertebrates ; Life Sciences ; Conservation Biology/Ecology ; Vertebrates ; Animal Ecology ; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts
    Description / Table of Contents: Bats in the Anthropocene --- Urbanisation and its effects on bats – a global meta-analysis --- Bats and roads --- Responses of tropical bats to habitat fragmentation, logging, and deforestation --- Insectivorous bats and silviculture: balancing timber production and bat conservation --- Bats in the anthropogenic matrix: Challenges and opportunities for the conservation of Chiroptera and their ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes --- Dark matters: the effects of artificial lighting on bats --- Bats and water: anthropogenic alterations threaten global bat populations --- White-nose syndrome in bats --- Zoonotic viruses and conservation of bats --- Impacts of Wind Energy Development on Bats: a Global Perspective --- Exploitation of Bats for Bushmeat and Medicine --- The conflict between pteropodid bats and fruit growers: species, legislation and mitigation --- Bats and buildings: The conservation of synanthropic bats --- Conservation ecology of cave bats --- The roles of taxonomy and systematics in bat conservation --- Networking networks for global bat conservation --- Cute, Creepy, or Crispy – how values, attitudes and norms shape human behavior toward bats. 
    Pages: Online-Ressource (IX, 606 pages) , 77 illustrations, 52 illustrations in color
    ISBN: 9783319252209
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    Keywords: Life sciences ; Management ; Industrial management ; Geography ; Agriculture ; Agricultural economics ; Life Sciences ; Agriculture ; Agricultural Economics ; Geography, general ; Innovation/Technology Management
    Description / Table of Contents: Foreword --- 1. Innovation for Marginalized Smallholder Farmers and Development: an Overview and Implications for Policy and Research --- Part 1 Innovation for the Rural Poor: Theory, Trends and Impacts --- 2. Institutional and technological innovations in polycentric systems –pathways for escaping marginality --- 3. Innovations for Food and Nutrition Security: Impacts and Trends --- 4. Psychology of Innovation: Innovating human psychology? --- 5. An optimization model for technology adoption of marginalized smallholders --- Part 2 Diversification of Agricultural Production and Income --- 6. The BRAC Approach to Small Farmers' Innovations --- 7. Agricultural Research and Extension Linkages in Amhara Region, Ethiopia --- 8. Transaction costs on the Ethiopian formal seed market and innovations for encouraging private sector investments --- 9. Agricultural Service Delivery Through Mobile Phone: Local innovations and Technological Opportunities in Kenya --- 10. Identification and Acceleration of Farmer Innovativeness in Upper East Ghana --- 11. Gender, social equity and innovations in smallholder farming systems: pitfalls and pathways --- 12. Assessing the Sustainability of Agricultural Technology Options for Poor Rural Farmers --- 13. Land Degradation and Sustainable Land Management Innovations in Central Asia --- 14. Biomass-based value web. A Novel Perspective for Emergng Bioeconomies in Sub-Saharan Africa --- Part 3 Sustainable Intensification of Agriculture --- 15. Adoption of Stress-tolerant Rice Varieties in Bangladesh --- 16. More than cereal based cropping innovations for improving food and livelihood security of poor small holders in marginal areas of Bangladesh --- 17. Integrated Rice-fish Farming System in Bangladesh: An Ex-Ante Value Chain Evaluation Framework --- 18. Technologies for Maize, Wheat, Rice and Pulses in Marginal Districts of Odisha and Bihar --- 19. Technological Innovations for Smallholder Farmers in Ghana --- 20. Potential impacts of yield increasing crop technologies on poverty reduction in two districts of Ethiopia
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XV, 435 pages) , 80 illustrations, 50 illustrations in color
    ISBN: 9783319257181
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    Keywords: Life sciences ; Agriculture ; Plant biochemistry ; Plant genetics ; Life Sciences ; Plant Genetics & Genomics ; Agriculture ; Plant Biochemistry
    Description / Table of Contents: Part I Wheat Genetics: Past, Present, and Future --- 1 Prof. H. Kihara’s genome concept and advancements in wheat cytogenetics in his school --- 2 How a gene from Japan revolutionized the world of wheat: CIMMYT’s quest for combining genes to mitigate threats to global food security --- Part II Germplasm and Genetic Diversity --- 3 Genetic resources of Triticum --- 4 Development of core set of wheat (Triticum spp.) germplasm conserved in the National Genebank in India --- 5 Transfer to wheat of potentially new stem rust resistance genes from Aegilops speltoides --- 6 Genetic variation and its geographical distribution in Aegilops caudata L.: morphology, hybrid sterility and gametocidal genes --- Part III Cytogenetics and Allopolyploid Evolution --- 7 Wheat chromosome analysis --- 8 New aneuploids of common wheat --- 9 Chromosomal changes over the course of polyploid wheat evolution and domestication --- Part IV Toward Whole Genome Sequencing --- 10 Comprehensive functional analyses of expressed sequence tags in common wheat --- 11 Development of the BAC physical maps of wheat chromosome 6B for its genomic sequencing --- Part V Structural and Functional Genomics --- 12 Sequencing of wheat chromosome 6B: toward functional genomics --- 13 Genetic mechanisms of vernalization requirement duration in winter wheat cultivars --- 14 Building ultra-dense genetic maps in the presence of genotyping errors and missing data --- Part VI Functional Gene Analysis and Molecular Tools --- 15 Exploiting comparative biology and genomics to understand a trait in wheat, Ph1 --- 16 The specific features of anthocyanin biosynthesis regulation in wheat --- 17 Association of wheat miRNAs with hybrid incompatibility in interspecific crosses of Triticum and Aegilops --- 18 High efficiency wheat transformation mediated by Agrobacterium tumefaciens --- 19 extra early-flowering (exe) mutants in einkorn wheat generated by heavy-ion beam irradiation --- Part VII Biotic Stress Response --- 20 Stem rust resistance - two approaches --- 21 Germplasm enhancement for resistance to Pyrenophora tritici-repentis in wheat --- 22 Next Generation Sequencing enabled genetics in hexaploid wheat --- Part VIII Abiotic Stress Response --- 23 Genomics approaches to dissect the genetic basis of drought resistance in durum wheat --- 24 Hybrid breeding in wheat --- 25 Broadening the genetic diversity of common and durum wheat for abiotic stress tolerance breeding --- 26 Early maturity in wheat for adaptation to high temperature stress --- 27 Gene expression profiles involved in development of freezing tolerance in common wheat --- Part IX Improvement of Grain Quality --- 28 Coping with wheat quality in a changing environment - Proteomics evidence for stress caused by environmental changes --- 29 Starch modification: a model for wheat MAS breeding --- 30 Quality characteristics of soft kernel durum - a new cereal crop --- 31 Proposal of international gluten research group --- 32 Enlargement of the genetic diversity for grain quality in bread wheat through alien introgression --- 33 Complex G x E interactions and QTL clusters govern end-use quality traits in hexaploid wheat --- 34 A consistent QTL for flour yield on chromosome 3B in the soft winter wheat variety, Kitahonami --- Part X Marker-Assisted Breeding --- 35 Recent improvements in Japanese wheat varieties --- 36 Determining the order of resistance genes Qsng-3BS, Fhb1 and Sr2 and combining them in coupling on wheat chromosome 3BS --- 37 Meta-analysis of resistance to Fusarium head blight in tetraploid wheat – implications for durum wheat breeding --- 38 Interest of a multiparental and outcrossing wheat population for fine mapping --- 39 The effect of Earliness per se (Eps) genes on flowering time in bread wheat --- Part XI Toward Sustainable Wheat Production --- 40 Recapitulating the OECD-CRP session (sponsored by the OECD’s Co-operative Research Program on Biological Resource Management for Sustainable Agricultural Systems --- 41 Exploring genetic resources to increase adaptation of wheat to climate change --- 42 Genomic approaches towards durable fungal disease resistance in wheat --- 43 Review and new progress in wheat wide hybridization for improving the resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses --- 44 Global crop improvement networks to bridge technology gaps --- 45 Genomic selection in plants: empirical results and implications for wheat breeding --- 46 Dietary fibre: wheat genes for enhanced human health --- BM Appendix I: Program --- Appendix II: Poster Presentation List --- Appendix III: Committees
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    Keywords: Life sciences ; Genetic engineering ; Agriculture ; Plant physiology ; Plant breeding ; Life Sciences ; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology ; Agriculture ; Genetic Engineering ; Plant Physiology
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction --- Objectives --- Protocol for measuring soil salinity --- Protocol for screening for salt tolerance in rice --- Protocol for screening for salt tolerance in barley and wheat.  
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    Keywords: Life sciences ; Nucleic acids ; Plant breeding ; Biology ; Technique ; Life Sciences ; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology ; Biological Techniques ; Nucleic Acid Chemistry
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction --- Health and Safety Considerations --- Sample Collection and Storage --- Low-Cost DNA Extraction --- PCR Amplification for Low-Cost Mutation Discovery --- Enzymatic Mismatch Cleavage and Agarose Gel Evaluation of Samples --- Alternative Enzymology for Mismatch Cleavage for TILLING and Ecotilling: Extraction of Enzymes form Common Weedy Plants --- Example Data --- Conclusions.  
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    Keywords: Life sciences ; Aquatic ecology ; Life Sciences ; Freshwater & Marine Ecology
    Description / Table of Contents: Foreword --- Preface --- Part 1 A brief history of marine litter research --- Part 2 Abiotic aspects of marine litter pollution --- Global distribution, composition and abundance of marine litter --- Persistence of plastic litter in the oceans --- Part 3 Biological implications of marine litter --- Deleterious effects of litter on marine life --- The complex mixture, fate and toxicity of chemicals associated with plastic debris in the marine environment --- Marine litter as habitat and dispersal vector --- Part 4 Micro plastics --- Micro plastics in the marine environment: sources, consequences and solutions --- Methodology used for the detection and identification of micro plastics – a critical appraisal --- Sources and pathways of micro plastics to habitats --- Micro plastics in the marine environment: distribution, interactions and effects --- Modeling the role of micro plastics in bioaccumulation of organic chemicals to marine aquatic organisms. A critical review --- Nano plastics in the aquatic environment. Critical review --- Part 5 Socio-economic implications of marine anthropogenic litter --- Micro and nano-plastics and human health --- The economics of marine litter --- Regulation and management of marine litter --- Marine litter and the contribution of citizen science
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    Keywords: Life sciences ; Aquatic ecology ; Life Sciences ; Freshwater & Marine Ecology
    Description / Table of Contents: Foreword --- Preface --- Part 1 A brief history of marine litter research --- Part 2 Abiotic aspects of marine litter pollution --- Global distribution, composition and abundance of marine litter --- Persistence of plastic litter in the oceans --- Part 3 Biological implications of marine litter --- Deleterious effects of litter on marine life --- The complex mixture, fate and toxicity of chemicals associated with plastic debris in the marine environment --- Marine litter as habitat and dispersal vector --- Part 4 Micro plastics --- Micro plastics in the marine environment: sources, consequences and solutions --- Methodology used for the detection and identification of micro plastics – a critical appraisal --- Sources and pathways of micro plastics to habitats --- Micro plastics in the marine environment: distribution, interactions and effects --- Modeling the role of micro plastics in bioaccumulation of organic chemicals to marine aquatic organisms. A critical review --- Nano plastics in the aquatic environment. Critical review --- Part 5 Socio-economic implications of marine anthropogenic litter --- Micro and nano-plastics and human health --- The economics of marine litter --- Regulation and management of marine litter --- Marine litter and the contribution of citizen science
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    Keywords: Life sciences ; Human physiology ; Food ; Biotechnology ; Microbiology ; Life Sciences ; Food Microbiology ; Food Science ; Human Physiology
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction --- Gastrointestinal digestion models, general introduction --- Static digestion models general introduction --- InfoGest consensus method --- Approaches to static digestion models --- Dynamic digestion models general introduction --- The TNO gastro-Intestinal Model (TIM) --- Dynamic Gastric Model (DGM) --- Human Gastric Simulator (Riddet model) --- The DIDGI® System --- General introduction to cells, cell lines and cell culture --- Epithelial cell models; General introduction --- Caco-2 cell line --- HT29 cell line --- The IPEC-J2 cell line --- Co-cultivation of Caco-2 and HT-29MT --- Innate and adaptive immune cells; General introduction --- THP-1 and U937 cells --- Peripheral blood mononuclear cells --- PBMC-derived T cells --- Dendritic Cells --- Co-culture Caco-2/ immune cells --- Enteroendocrine Cell Models: General introduction --- STC-1 cells --- NCI-H716 cells --- Murine GLUTag cells --- In vitro intestinal tissue models: General introduction --- Intestinal crypt organoids as experimental models --- Porcine ex vivo intestinal segment model --- Ussing chamber --- In vitro fermentation models: General Introduction --- One compartment fermentation model --- The TNO in vitro model of the colon - TIM-2 --- The Simulator of the Human Intestinal Microbial Ecosystem – SHIME® --- The computer-controlled multicompartmental dynamic model of the gastrointestinal system SIMGI
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    Keywords: Life sciences ; Food ; Biotechnology ; Environmental sciences ; Agriculture ; Life Sciences ; Agriculture ; Food Science ; Environmental Science and Engineering
    Description / Table of Contents: Part I : Agro-Food Systems --- Food Security in the Southern Mediterranean/North Africa --- Sustainability in cereal crop production in Mediterranean environments --- Innovative crop productions for healthy foods: the case of Chia --- The hidden costs of livestock environmental sustainability: the case of Podolian cattle --- Feeding, nutrition and sustainability in dairy enterprises: the case of Mediterranean buffaloes (bubalus bubalis) --- Sustainability of sheep and goat production systems --- The role of local sheep and goat breeds and their products as a tool for sustainability and safeguard of the Mediterranean environment --- Innovative use of jenny milk from sustainable rearing --- Sustainable agricultural practices in disease defence of traditional crops in Southern Italy: the case study of tomato cherry protected by Trichoderma harzianum T-22 against Cucumber mosaic virus --- Development of integrated disease control measures for the valorisation of traditional crops in Southern Italy: the case study of "Fagiolo di Sarconi" --- Fostering sustainable climate change adaptations: a case study of the Turkish Cypriot Community’s adoption of pomegranate farming --- The role of women in the sustainability of the wine industry through the analysis of case studies --- Part II : Natural Resource Systems and Environment --- The effects of climate change on the multifunctional role of Basilicata’s forests: the effects induced on yield and CO2 absorption --- Wildlife agriculture interactions, spatial analysis and trade-off between environmental sustainability and risk of economic damage --- The sustainability of non-renewable resources use at regional level: a case study on allocation of oil royalties --- Land use sector involvement in mitigation policies across carbon markets --- Evaluating the role of soil variability on potential groundwater pollution and recharge in a Mediterranean agricultural watershed --- Grazing and biodiversity conservation: highlights on a Nature 2000 network site --- Evaluation of native grasses for sustainable turfgrass in the bioclimatic Mediterranean Region.-Biodiversity of hypogeous fungi in Basilicata --- Part III: New technologies --- New technologies for the sustainable management and planning of rural land and environment --- Processing plants and technologies for a sustainable Mediterranean food chain --- Geophysical techniques for plant, soil and root research related to Satellite technologies to support the sustainability of agricultural production --- Electrolyzed water in the food industry as supporting of environmental sustainability
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    Keywords: Life sciences ; Ecology ; Wildlife ; Fish ; Life Sciences ; Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management ; Ecology ; Environmental Monitoring/Analysis
    Description / Table of Contents: 1 Introduction: Overview of Our Research on Impacts of the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident on Fish and Fishing Grounds --- Part I Seawater and Plankton --- 2 134Cs and 137Cs in the Seawater Around Japan and in the North Pacific --- 3 Temporal Changes in 137Cs Concentration in Zooplankton and Seawater off the Joban–Sanriku Coast, and in Sendai Bay, After the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Accident --- Part II Sediments and Benthos --- 4 Three-Dimensional Distribution of Radiocesium in Sea Sediment Derived from the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant --- 5 Radiocesium Concentrations in the Organic Fraction of Sea Sediments --- 6 Bottom Turbidity, Boundary Layer Dynamics, and Associated Transport of Suspended Particulate Materials off the Fukushima Coast --- 7 Investigation of Radiocesium Translation from Contaminated Sediment to Benthic Organisms --- Part III Marine Fish --- 8 Detection of 131I, 134Cs, and 137Cs Released into the Atmosphere from FNPP in Small Epipelagic Fishes, Japanese Sardine and Japanese Anchovy, off the Kanto Area, Japan --- 9 Radiocesium Concentration of Small Epipelagic Fishes (Sardine and Japanese Anchovy) off the Kashima-Boso Area --- 10 Why Do the Radionuclide Concentrations of Pacific Cod Depend on the Body Size? --- 11 Radiocesium Contamination Histories of Japanese Flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) After the 2011 Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Accident --- Part IV Mechanisms of Severe Contamination in Fish --- 12 Evaluating the Probability of Catching Fat Greenlings (Hexagrammos otakii) Highly Contaminated with Radiocesium off the Coast of Fukushima --- 13 Analysis of the Contamination Process of the Extremely Contaminated Fat Greenling by Fukushima-Derived Radioactive Material --- 14 Contamination Levels of Radioactive Cesium in Fat Greenling Caught at the Main Port of the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant --- Part V Freshwater Systems --- 15 Comparison of Radioactive Cesium Contamination of Lake Water, Bottom Sediment, Plankton, and Freshwater Fish Among Lakes of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, After the Fukushima Fallout --- 16 Radiocesium Concentrations and Body Size of Freshwater Fish in Lake Hayama 1 Year After the Fukushima Dai-Ichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident --- 17 Spatiotemporal Monitoring of 134Cs and 137Cs in Ayu, Plecoglossus altivelis, a Microalgae-Grazing Fish, and in Their Freshwater Habitats in Fukushima --- 18 Radiocesium Concentrations in the Muscle and Eggs of Salmonids from Lake Chuzenji, Japan, After the Fukushima Fallout --- 19 Assessment of Radiocesium Accumulation by Hatchery-Reared Salmonids After the Fukushima Nuclear Accident
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    Keywords: Life sciences ; Ecology ; Wildlife ; Fish ; Life Sciences ; Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management ; Ecology ; Environmental Monitoring/Analysis
    Description / Table of Contents: 1 Introduction: Overview of Our Research on Impacts of the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident on Fish and Fishing Grounds --- Part I Seawater and Plankton --- 2 134Cs and 137Cs in the Seawater Around Japan and in the North Pacific --- 3 Temporal Changes in 137Cs Concentration in Zooplankton and Seawater off the Joban–Sanriku Coast, and in Sendai Bay, After the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Accident --- Part II Sediments and Benthos --- 4 Three-Dimensional Distribution of Radiocesium in Sea Sediment Derived from the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant --- 5 Radiocesium Concentrations in the Organic Fraction of Sea Sediments --- 6 Bottom Turbidity, Boundary Layer Dynamics, and Associated Transport of Suspended Particulate Materials off the Fukushima Coast --- 7 Investigation of Radiocesium Translation from Contaminated Sediment to Benthic Organisms --- Part III Marine Fish --- 8 Detection of 131I, 134Cs, and 137Cs Released into the Atmosphere from FNPP in Small Epipelagic Fishes, Japanese Sardine and Japanese Anchovy, off the Kanto Area, Japan --- 9 Radiocesium Concentration of Small Epipelagic Fishes (Sardine and Japanese Anchovy) off the Kashima-Boso Area --- 10 Why Do the Radionuclide Concentrations of Pacific Cod Depend on the Body Size? --- 11 Radiocesium Contamination Histories of Japanese Flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) After the 2011 Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Accident --- Part IV Mechanisms of Severe Contamination in Fish --- 12 Evaluating the Probability of Catching Fat Greenlings (Hexagrammos otakii) Highly Contaminated with Radiocesium off the Coast of Fukushima --- 13 Analysis of the Contamination Process of the Extremely Contaminated Fat Greenling by Fukushima-Derived Radioactive Material --- 14 Contamination Levels of Radioactive Cesium in Fat Greenling Caught at the Main Port of the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant --- Part V Freshwater Systems --- 15 Comparison of Radioactive Cesium Contamination of Lake Water, Bottom Sediment, Plankton, and Freshwater Fish Among Lakes of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, After the Fukushima Fallout --- 16 Radiocesium Concentrations and Body Size of Freshwater Fish in Lake Hayama 1 Year After the Fukushima Dai-Ichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident --- 17 Spatiotemporal Monitoring of 134Cs and 137Cs in Ayu, Plecoglossus altivelis, a Microalgae-Grazing Fish, and in Their Freshwater Habitats in Fukushima --- 18 Radiocesium Concentrations in the Muscle and Eggs of Salmonids from Lake Chuzenji, Japan, After the Fukushima Fallout --- 19 Assessment of Radiocesium Accumulation by Hatchery-Reared Salmonids After the Fukushima Nuclear Accident
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    Keywords: Life sciences ; Food ; Biotechnology ; Environmental sciences ; Agriculture ; Life Sciences ; Agriculture ; Food Science ; Environmental Science and Engineering
    Description / Table of Contents: Part I : Agro-Food Systems --- Food Security in the Southern Mediterranean/North Africa --- Sustainability in cereal crop production in Mediterranean environments --- Innovative crop productions for healthy foods: the case of Chia --- The hidden costs of livestock environmental sustainability: the case of Podolian cattle --- Feeding, nutrition and sustainability in dairy enterprises: the case of Mediterranean buffaloes (bubalus bubalis) --- Sustainability of sheep and goat production systems --- The role of local sheep and goat breeds and their products as a tool for sustainability and safeguard of the Mediterranean environment --- Innovative use of jenny milk from sustainable rearing --- Sustainable agricultural practices in disease defence of traditional crops in Southern Italy: the case study of tomato cherry protected by Trichoderma harzianum T-22 against Cucumber mosaic virus --- Development of integrated disease control measures for the valorisation of traditional crops in Southern Italy: the case study of "Fagiolo di Sarconi" --- Fostering sustainable climate change adaptations: a case study of the Turkish Cypriot Community’s adoption of pomegranate farming --- The role of women in the sustainability of the wine industry through the analysis of case studies --- Part II : Natural Resource Systems and Environment --- The effects of climate change on the multifunctional role of Basilicata’s forests: the effects induced on yield and CO2 absorption --- Wildlife agriculture interactions, spatial analysis and trade-off between environmental sustainability and risk of economic damage --- The sustainability of non-renewable resources use at regional level: a case study on allocation of oil royalties --- Land use sector involvement in mitigation policies across carbon markets --- Evaluating the role of soil variability on potential groundwater pollution and recharge in a Mediterranean agricultural watershed --- Grazing and biodiversity conservation: highlights on a Nature 2000 network site --- Evaluation of native grasses for sustainable turfgrass in the bioclimatic Mediterranean Region.-Biodiversity of hypogeous fungi in Basilicata --- Part III: New technologies --- New technologies for the sustainable management and planning of rural land and environment --- Processing plants and technologies for a sustainable Mediterranean food chain --- Geophysical techniques for plant, soil and root research related to Satellite technologies to support the sustainability of agricultural production --- Electrolyzed water in the food industry as supporting of environmental sustainability
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    Keywords: Life sciences ; Virology ; Animal ecology ; Aquatic ecology ; Conservation biology ; Ecology ; Wildlife ; Fish ; Environmental health ; Life Sciences ; Animal Ecology ; Environmental Health ; Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management ; Virology ; Freshwater & Marine Ecology ; Conservation Biology/Ecology
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction --- Distribution and Phylogeny of Ranaviruses --- Host-pathogen Ecology and Evolution --- Molecular Biology of Ranaviruses --- Immune Evasion and Host Immunity --- Pathology and Diagnostics --- Design and Analysis of Ranavirus Studies --- Global Ranavirus Consortium
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    Keywords: Life sciences ; Human physiology ; Food ; Biotechnology ; Microbiology ; Life Sciences ; Food Microbiology ; Food Science ; Human Physiology
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction --- Gastrointestinal digestion models, general introduction --- Static digestion models general introduction --- InfoGest consensus method --- Approaches to static digestion models --- Dynamic digestion models general introduction --- The TNO gastro-Intestinal Model (TIM) --- Dynamic Gastric Model (DGM) --- Human Gastric Simulator (Riddet model) --- The DIDGI® System --- General introduction to cells, cell lines and cell culture --- Epithelial cell models; General introduction --- Caco-2 cell line --- HT29 cell line --- The IPEC-J2 cell line --- Co-cultivation of Caco-2 and HT-29MT --- Innate and adaptive immune cells; General introduction --- THP-1 and U937 cells --- Peripheral blood mononuclear cells --- PBMC-derived T cells --- Dendritic Cells --- Co-culture Caco-2/ immune cells --- Enteroendocrine Cell Models: General introduction --- STC-1 cells --- NCI-H716 cells --- Murine GLUTag cells --- In vitro intestinal tissue models: General introduction --- Intestinal crypt organoids as experimental models --- Porcine ex vivo intestinal segment model --- Ussing chamber --- In vitro fermentation models: General Introduction --- One compartment fermentation model --- The TNO in vitro model of the colon - TIM-2 --- The Simulator of the Human Intestinal Microbial Ecosystem – SHIME® --- The computer-controlled multicompartmental dynamic model of the gastrointestinal system SIMGI
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    Keywords: Life sciences ; Cell biology ; Developmental biology ; Plant science ; Botany ; Life Sciences ; Developmental Biology ; Plant Sciences ; Cell Biology
    Description / Table of Contents: Part 1 Sperm Attraction, Activation and Acrosome Reaction --- 1 Sperm Chemotaxis: The First Authentication Events Between Conspecific Gametes Prior to Fertilization (Manabu Yoshida) --- 2 Respiratory CO2 Mediates Sperm Chemotaxis in Squids (Noritaka Hirohashi) --- 3 Specific Mechanism of Sperm Storage in Avian Oviducts (Tomohiro Sasanami) --- 4 Allurin: Exploring the Activity of a Frog Sperm Chemoattractant in Mammals (Douglas E. Chandler) --- 5 Structure, Function and Phylogenetic Consideration of Calaxin (Kazuo Inaba) --- 6 Cl- Channels and Transporters in Sperm Physiology (Alberto Darszon) --- 7 Equatorin-related Subcellular and Molecular Events During Sperm Priming for Fertilization in Mice (Kiyotaka Toshimori) --- 8 Acrosome Reaction-mediated Motility Initiation that is Critical for the Internal Fertilization of Urodele Amphibians (Akihiko Watanabe) --- 9 Analysis of the Mechanism that Brings Protein Disulfide Isomerase-P5 to Inhibit Oxidative Refolding of Lysozyme (Miho Miyakawa) --- Part 2 Gametogenesis, Gamete Recognition, Activation, and Evolution --- 10 Effect of Relaxin-like Gonad-Stimulating Substance (GSS) on Gamete Shedding and 1-Methyladenine Production in Starfish Ovaries (Masatoshi Mita) --- 11 Incapacity of 1-Methyladenine Production to Relaxin-like Gonad-Stimulating Substance (GSS) in Ca2+-free Seawater-treated Starfish Ovarian Follicle Cells (Masatoshi Mita) --- 12 Novel Isoform of Vitellogenin Expressed in Eggs is a Binding Partner of the Sperm Proteases, HrProacrosin and HrSermosin, in the Ascidian Halocynthia roretzi (Hitoshi Sawada) --- 13 Actin Cytoskeleton and Fertilization in Starfish Eggs (Luigia Santella) --- 14 Focused Proteomics on Egg Membrane Microdomains to Elucidate the Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Fertilization in the African Clawed Frog Xenopus laevis (Ken-ichi Sato) --- 15 Egg Activation in Polyspermy: Its Molecular Mechanisms and Evolution in Vertebrates (Yasuhiro Iwao ) --- 16 ATP Imaging in Xenopus laevis Oocyte (Takashi Ijiri) --- 17 Mitochondrial Activation and Nitric Oxide (NO) Release at Fertilization in Echinoderm Eggs (Tatsuma Mohri) --- 18 Functional Roles of Spe Genes in the Male Germline During Reproduction of Caenorhabditis elegans (Hitoshi Nishimura) --- 19 Origin of Female/Male Gender as Deduced by the Mating Type Loci of the Colonial Volvocalean Greens (Hisayoshi Nozaki) --- Part 3 Allorecognition in Male–Female Interaction --- 20 Allorecognition and Lysin Systems During Ascidian Fertilization (Hitoshi Sawada) --- 21 Self-incompatibility in the Brassicaceae (Megumi Iwano) --- 22 Signalling Events in Pollen Acceptance or Rejection in the Arabidopsis Species (Daphne R. Goring) --- 23 Papaver rhoeas S-Determinants and the Signaling Networks they Trigger (Vernonica E. Franklin-Tong ) --- 24 S-RNase-based Self-incompatibility in Petunia: A Complex Non-self Recognition System Between Pollen and Pistil (Teh-hui Kao) --- 25 Self-incompatibility System of Ipomoea trifida, a Wild-type Sweet Potato (Tohru Tsuchiya) --- Part 4 Male–Female Interaction and Gamete Fusion --- 26 Profiling the GCS1-based Gamete Fusion Mechanism (Toshiyuki Mori) --- 27 Fertilization Mechanisms of the Rodent Malarial Parasite Plasmodium berghei (Makoto Hirai) --- 28 Sexual Reproduction of a Unicellular Charophycean Alga, Closterium peracerosum-strogosum-littorale Complex (Hiroyuki Sekimoto) --- 29 Fertilization of Brown Algae: Flagellar Function in Phototaxis and Chemotaxis (Taizo Motomura ) --- 30 Gene and Protein Expression Profiles in Rice Gametes and Zygotes: A Cue for Understanding the Mechanisms of Gametic and Early Zygotic Development in Angiosperms (Takashi Okamoto) --- 31 Role of CD9 in Sperm-Egg Fusion and Virus-induced Cell Fusion in Mammals (Kenji Miyado) --- 32 The Mechanism of Sperm-Egg Fusion in Mouse and the Involvement of IZUMO1 (Naokazu Inoue) --- 33 A ZP2 Cleavage Model of Gamete Recognition and the Post-fertilization Block to Polyspermy (Jurrien Dean) --- 34 Involvement of Carbohydrate Residues of the Zona Pellucida in In Vitro Sperm Recognition in Pigs and Cattle (Naoto Yonezawa) --- Part 5 Organella, Proteolysis, and New Techniques --- 35 The Role of Peroxisomes in Plant Reproductive Processes (Shoji Mano) --- 36 Regulation of Vacuole-mediated Programmed Cell Death During Innate Immunity and Reproductive Development in Plants (Tomoko Koyano) --- 37 Sperm Proteasomes as a Putative Egg Coat Lysin in Mammals (Peter Sutovsky) --- 38 Germline Transformation in the Ascidian Ciona intestinalis (Yasunori Sasakura) --- BM Index.  
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    Keywords: Life sciences ; Cell biology ; Developmental biology ; Plant science ; Botany ; Life Sciences ; Developmental Biology ; Plant Sciences ; Cell Biology
    Description / Table of Contents: Part 1 Sperm Attraction, Activation and Acrosome Reaction --- 1 Sperm Chemotaxis: The First Authentication Events Between Conspecific Gametes Prior to Fertilization (Manabu Yoshida) --- 2 Respiratory CO2 Mediates Sperm Chemotaxis in Squids (Noritaka Hirohashi) --- 3 Specific Mechanism of Sperm Storage in Avian Oviducts (Tomohiro Sasanami) --- 4 Allurin: Exploring the Activity of a Frog Sperm Chemoattractant in Mammals (Douglas E. Chandler) --- 5 Structure, Function and Phylogenetic Consideration of Calaxin (Kazuo Inaba) --- 6 Cl- Channels and Transporters in Sperm Physiology (Alberto Darszon) --- 7 Equatorin-related Subcellular and Molecular Events During Sperm Priming for Fertilization in Mice (Kiyotaka Toshimori) --- 8 Acrosome Reaction-mediated Motility Initiation that is Critical for the Internal Fertilization of Urodele Amphibians (Akihiko Watanabe) --- 9 Analysis of the Mechanism that Brings Protein Disulfide Isomerase-P5 to Inhibit Oxidative Refolding of Lysozyme (Miho Miyakawa) --- Part 2 Gametogenesis, Gamete Recognition, Activation, and Evolution --- 10 Effect of Relaxin-like Gonad-Stimulating Substance (GSS) on Gamete Shedding and 1-Methyladenine Production in Starfish Ovaries (Masatoshi Mita) --- 11 Incapacity of 1-Methyladenine Production to Relaxin-like Gonad-Stimulating Substance (GSS) in Ca2+-free Seawater-treated Starfish Ovarian Follicle Cells (Masatoshi Mita) --- 12 Novel Isoform of Vitellogenin Expressed in Eggs is a Binding Partner of the Sperm Proteases, HrProacrosin and HrSermosin, in the Ascidian Halocynthia roretzi (Hitoshi Sawada) --- 13 Actin Cytoskeleton and Fertilization in Starfish Eggs (Luigia Santella) --- 14 Focused Proteomics on Egg Membrane Microdomains to Elucidate the Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Fertilization in the African Clawed Frog Xenopus laevis (Ken-ichi Sato) --- 15 Egg Activation in Polyspermy: Its Molecular Mechanisms and Evolution in Vertebrates (Yasuhiro Iwao ) --- 16 ATP Imaging in Xenopus laevis Oocyte (Takashi Ijiri) --- 17 Mitochondrial Activation and Nitric Oxide (NO) Release at Fertilization in Echinoderm Eggs (Tatsuma Mohri) --- 18 Functional Roles of Spe Genes in the Male Germline During Reproduction of Caenorhabditis elegans (Hitoshi Nishimura) --- 19 Origin of Female/Male Gender as Deduced by the Mating Type Loci of the Colonial Volvocalean Greens (Hisayoshi Nozaki) --- Part 3 Allorecognition in Male–Female Interaction --- 20 Allorecognition and Lysin Systems During Ascidian Fertilization (Hitoshi Sawada) --- 21 Self-incompatibility in the Brassicaceae (Megumi Iwano) --- 22 Signalling Events in Pollen Acceptance or Rejection in the Arabidopsis Species (Daphne R. Goring) --- 23 Papaver rhoeas S-Determinants and the Signaling Networks they Trigger (Vernonica E. Franklin-Tong ) --- 24 S-RNase-based Self-incompatibility in Petunia: A Complex Non-self Recognition System Between Pollen and Pistil (Teh-hui Kao) --- 25 Self-incompatibility System of Ipomoea trifida, a Wild-type Sweet Potato (Tohru Tsuchiya) --- Part 4 Male–Female Interaction and Gamete Fusion --- 26 Profiling the GCS1-based Gamete Fusion Mechanism (Toshiyuki Mori) --- 27 Fertilization Mechanisms of the Rodent Malarial Parasite Plasmodium berghei (Makoto Hirai) --- 28 Sexual Reproduction of a Unicellular Charophycean Alga, Closterium peracerosum-strogosum-littorale Complex (Hiroyuki Sekimoto) --- 29 Fertilization of Brown Algae: Flagellar Function in Phototaxis and Chemotaxis (Taizo Motomura ) --- 30 Gene and Protein Expression Profiles in Rice Gametes and Zygotes: A Cue for Understanding the Mechanisms of Gametic and Early Zygotic Development in Angiosperms (Takashi Okamoto) --- 31 Role of CD9 in Sperm-Egg Fusion and Virus-induced Cell Fusion in Mammals (Kenji Miyado) --- 32 The Mechanism of Sperm-Egg Fusion in Mouse and the Involvement of IZUMO1 (Naokazu Inoue) --- 33 A ZP2 Cleavage Model of Gamete Recognition and the Post-fertilization Block to Polyspermy (Jurrien Dean) --- 34 Involvement of Carbohydrate Residues of the Zona Pellucida in In Vitro Sperm Recognition in Pigs and Cattle (Naoto Yonezawa) --- Part 5 Organella, Proteolysis, and New Techniques --- 35 The Role of Peroxisomes in Plant Reproductive Processes (Shoji Mano) --- 36 Regulation of Vacuole-mediated Programmed Cell Death During Innate Immunity and Reproductive Development in Plants (Tomoko Koyano) --- 37 Sperm Proteasomes as a Putative Egg Coat Lysin in Mammals (Peter Sutovsky) --- 38 Germline Transformation in the Ascidian Ciona intestinalis (Yasunori Sasakura) --- BM Index.  
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XII, 480 pages) , 127 illustrations, 102 illustrations in color
    ISBN: 9784431545897
    Language: English
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    Keywords: Life sciences ; Science ; Urban planning ; City planning ; Urban ecology (Biology) ; System theory ; International environmental law ; Sustainable development ; Life Sciences ; Urban Ecology ; Urbanism ; Sustainable Development ; Complex Systems ; Science, general ; International Environmental Law
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. A global outlook on urbanization --- 2. History of urbanization and the missing ecology --- 3. Urbanization and global trends in biodiversity and ecosystem services --- 4. Regional assessment of Asia.- 5. Sub-regional assessment of China: Urbanization in biodiversity hotspots --- 6. Sub-regional assessment of India --- 7. Local assessment of Bangalore.- 8. Local assessment of Tokyo --- 9. Local assessment of Shanghai --- 10. Patterns and trends in urban biodiversity and landscape design --- 11. Urban ecosystem services.- 12. Shrinking cities, biodiversity and ecosystem services --- 13. Regional assessments of Europe --- 14. Regional assessment of North America --- 15. Regional assessment of Oceania --- 16. Local assessment of Istanbul: Biodiversity and ecosystem services --- 17. Local assessment of Stockholm --- 18. Local assessment of Chicago --- 19. Local assessment of New York City.-20. Local assessment of Melbourne --- 21. A synthesis of global urbanization projections --- 22. Urbanization forecasts, effects on land use, biodiversity, and ecosystem services --- 23. Regional assessment of Africa --- 24. Local assessment of Cape Town.- 25. Climate change and urban biodiversity vulnerability --- 26. Feeding cities --- 27. Urban governance of biodiversity and ecosystem services --- 28. Regional assessment of Latin America --- 29. Local assessment of Rio de Janeiro.- 30. Urban landscapes as learning arenas for biodiversity and ecosystem services management --- 31. Restoration ecology in an urbanizing world --- 32. Indicators for management of urban biodiversity and ecosystem services --- 33. Stewardship of the Biosphere in the Urban Era
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XXVIII, 755 pages) , 150 illustrations, 23 illustrations in color
    ISBN: 9789400770881
    Language: English
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    Keywords: Life sciences ; Science ; Urban planning ; City planning ; Urban ecology (Biology) ; System theory ; International environmental law ; Sustainable development ; Life Sciences ; Urban Ecology ; Urbanism ; Sustainable Development ; Complex Systems ; Science, general ; International Environmental Law
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. A global outlook on urbanization --- 2. History of urbanization and the missing ecology --- 3. Urbanization and global trends in biodiversity and ecosystem services --- 4. Regional assessment of Asia.- 5. Sub-regional assessment of China: Urbanization in biodiversity hotspots --- 6. Sub-regional assessment of India --- 7. Local assessment of Bangalore.- 8. Local assessment of Tokyo --- 9. Local assessment of Shanghai --- 10. Patterns and trends in urban biodiversity and landscape design --- 11. Urban ecosystem services.- 12. Shrinking cities, biodiversity and ecosystem services --- 13. Regional assessments of Europe --- 14. Regional assessment of North America --- 15. Regional assessment of Oceania --- 16. Local assessment of Istanbul: Biodiversity and ecosystem services --- 17. Local assessment of Stockholm --- 18. Local assessment of Chicago --- 19. Local assessment of New York City.-20. Local assessment of Melbourne --- 21. A synthesis of global urbanization projections --- 22. Urbanization forecasts, effects on land use, biodiversity, and ecosystem services --- 23. Regional assessment of Africa --- 24. Local assessment of Cape Town.- 25. Climate change and urban biodiversity vulnerability --- 26. Feeding cities --- 27. Urban governance of biodiversity and ecosystem services --- 28. Regional assessment of Latin America --- 29. Local assessment of Rio de Janeiro.- 30. Urban landscapes as learning arenas for biodiversity and ecosystem services management --- 31. Restoration ecology in an urbanizing world --- 32. Indicators for management of urban biodiversity and ecosystem services --- 33. Stewardship of the Biosphere in the Urban Era
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XXVIII, 755 pages) , 150 illustrations, 23 illustrations in color
    ISBN: 9789400770881
    Language: English
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