This is the first book to comprehensively apply the fundamental tools and concepts of demography to a nonhuman species. It provides clear and concise ...
The fungal kingdom consists of a wide variety of organisms with a diverse range of forms and functions. Fungi have been utilized for thousands of year ...
Covering all aspects of subsistence and commercial aquaculture as practiced across the globe, this fully revised new edition from two leading world au ...
Interesting pictures and detailed information. I've used it in the classroom for a resource for background information on the Artic. My students enjoy ...
The enormous amount of data generated by the Human Genome Project and other large-scale biological research has created a rich and challenging domain ...
This book provides simultaneously a design blueprint, user guide, research agenda, and communication platform for current and future developments in a ...
The replacement or augmentation of failing human organs with artificial devices and systems has been an important element in health care for several d ...
Ascochyta blights consistently affect large areas of grain legume production (pea, lentil, chickpea and faba bean) in all countries where they are cul ...
The idea that comets may be connected with the origin of life on Earth was considered heresy a few decades ago, with scientists shying away from this ...
The atomic force microscope (AFM) allows biomolecules to be observed andmanipulated under native conditions. It produces images with an outstanding si ...
Volume 5 of Biomembranes covers an important group of membrane proteins, the ATPases. The P-type ATPases couple the hydrolysis of ATP to the movement ...
Throughout their evolution, living creatures have developed systems to attach themselves to a variety of substrate textures. As is the case in many te ...
This revised edition will continue to serve as the most complete and up-to-date guide to the use of the avian embryo in studies of vertebrate developm ...
With the growing global fear of a major pandemic, avian influenza virus research has increased greatly in importance during this young century. In Avi ...
Genocide is one of the most pressing issues that confronts us today. Its death toll is staggering: over one hundred million dead. Because of their int ...
Genocide is one of the most pressing issues that confronts us today. Its death toll is staggering: over one hundred million dead. Because of their int ...
Among the social sciences, anthropology relies most fundamentally on "fieldwork"--the long-term immersion in another way of life as the basis for know ...
This collection examines the conflicts and realities of development at a local, empirical level. It provides a series of case studies which illuminate ...
Ce texte est le premierouvrage d'ensemble qui, depuis plus de 30 ans, ait été consacré aux Européens du paléolithique supérieur jusqu'à nos jours. Il ...
