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Vegetation between land and sea

Author : A.H.L. Huiskes
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400940653
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Vegetation between land and sea written by A.H.L. Huiskes and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book was composed in honour of Dr. Ir. W. G. Beeftink to commemorate his retirement as a plant ecologist at the Delta Institute for H ydrobiological Research, Yerseke, The Netherlands. The editors' main aim has been to collect scientific papers of Wim Beeftink's friends and colleagues. The title of the book: 'Vegetation between land and sea. Structure and processes' was originally proposed by Prof. Dr. W. H. O. Ernst. It was amended by Prof. Dr. J. J. Barkman. In our judgement it reflects the best attempt to cover the numerous and divergent contributions under one heading. Not all papers however fit the "field" covered by the title, and we use this word both literally and metaphorically. We are glad and proud that so many authors went through the strain of the production of a paper, ill' most cases not scheduled, with eagerness. Due to the fact that Wim Beeftink has so many close friends in the field of plant ecology, this fiber amicorum covers a wide range of disciplines covered, in turn, by a great variety of people. The papers range from taxonomy to experimental physiology, from fungi to seed plants, from autecology to synsystematics. Environmental pollution and management studies are also included. The contents of the papers depict Wim's personal evolution as a botanist. Retired professors as well as students are amongst the authors, heads of departments as well as technicians. It proves Wim's ability to be of one mind with all ranks.

On Land and Sea

Author : Lee A. Newsom
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
ISBN 13 : 081731315X
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book On Land and Sea written by Lee A. Newsom and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2004-05-03 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the vast stretches of early geologic time, the islands of the Caribbean archipelago separated from continental land masses, rose and sank many times, merged with and broke from other land masses, and then by the mid-Cenozoic period settled into the current pattern known today. By the time Native Americans arrived, the islands had developed complex, stable ecosystems. The actions these first colonists took on the landscape—timber clearing, cultivation, animal hunting and domestication, fishing and exploitation of reef species—affected fragile land and sea biotic communities in both beneficial and harmful ways. On Land and Sea examines the condition of biosystems on Caribbean islands at the time of colonization, human interactions with those systems through time, and the current state of biological resources in the West Indies. Drawing on a massive data set collected from long-term archaeological research, the study reconstructs past lifeways on these small tropical islands. The work presents a wide range of information, including types of fuel and construction timber used by inhabitants, cooking techniques for various shellfish, availability and use of medicinal and ritual plants, the effects on native plants and animals of cultivation and domestication, and diet and nutrition of native populations. The islands of the Caribbean basin continue to be actively excavated and studied in the quest to understand the earliest human inhabitants of the New World. This comprehensive work will ground current and future studies and will be valuable to archaeologists, anthropologists, botanists, ecologists, Caribbeanists, Latin American historians, and anyone studying similar island environments.

THE EARTH AS ART SERIES: CALIFORNIA FROM AIR, LAND AND SEA

Author :
Publisher : Jeffrey Frank Jones
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book THE EARTH AS ART SERIES: CALIFORNIA FROM AIR, LAND AND SEA written by and published by Jeffrey Frank Jones. This book was released on 2017-11-01 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CONTENTS: Chapter 1 CALIFORNIA LAND Section 1 National Parks, Monuments And Recreational Areas Section 2 USGS Historic Photos Section 3 California Reservoirs Rise from Drought to Deluge Section 4 Wildfire Scars California Towns Section 5 Wildfire along the California Coast Section 6 Landslide Buries Scenic California Highway Section 7 Finding Floating Forests Section 8 Miscellaneous Satellite Images, And Aerial Photographs And Related Stories Chapter 2 CALIFORNIA WATER Section 1 USGS Historic Photos

Reconstructing vegetation diversity in coastal landscapes

Author : Mans Schepers
Publisher : Barkhuis
ISBN 13 : 949244433X
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (924 download)

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Book Synopsis Reconstructing vegetation diversity in coastal landscapes by : Mans Schepers

Download or read book Reconstructing vegetation diversity in coastal landscapes written by Mans Schepers and published by Barkhuis. This book was released on 2014-12-31 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation delves into the reconstruction of past vegetation at the most detailed level. It is not the objective to focus solely on the developments in vegetation over time, but to create an image of the landscape that must have been visible to prehistoric people. Landscape and vegetation form a major starting point for the opportunities available in a certain area for a broad scale of human activities including grazing of livestock, cultivating crops and collecting wild plants. The majority of the analyses are based on seeds and fruits (botanical macroremains) from two Dutch prehistoric regions. These are the small river system in the present Flevopolder, home to settlements of the so-called Swifterbant Culture in the Neolithic period (4300 ? 4000 BC), and the Frisian-Groningen terp region in the period prior to the endikements (700 BC ? c. 1200 AD).

Climate - Vegetation:

Author : M.A. Zahran
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9048185955
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (481 download)

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Book Synopsis Climate - Vegetation: by : M.A. Zahran

Download or read book Climate - Vegetation: written by M.A. Zahran and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-03-10 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deserts are unique ecosystems with their own biotic and abiotic components, and are often rich in renewable natural resources, the appropriate management of which can contribute significantly to the sustainable management of desert regions for the welfare of the people. Yet while there are many books on the flora of the countries fringing the important desert countries of the Mediterranean and Red Seas, there or few books reporting on their ecophysiology and vegetation ecology. This book presents the vegetation types of the African and Asian countries of the Mediterranean and Red Sea coastal regions, and discusses the ecological threats and economic applications of these critical resources. In particular, it examines the relationships between climate and vegetation, and discusses these within the context of desertification, agro-industrial applications, ecotourism and sustainable development. The book will provide a valuable reference for researchers and graduate students involved in plant ecology, biogeography, economic botany and environmental management in the Afro-Asian Mediterranean and Red Sea coastal regions, as well as other desert regions around the world.

The Great Divergence

Author : Kenneth Pomeranz
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691217181
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book The Great Divergence written by Kenneth Pomeranz and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-04-13 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A landmark comparative history of Europe and China that examines why the Industrial Revolution emerged in the West The Great Divergence sheds light on one of the great questions of history: Why did sustained industrial growth begin in Northwest Europe? Historian Kenneth Pomeranz shows that as recently as 1750, life expectancy, consumption, and product and factor markets were comparable in Europe and East Asia. Moreover, key regions in China and Japan were no worse off ecologically than those in Western Europe, with each region facing corresponding shortages of land-intensive products. Pomeranz’s comparative lens reveals the two critical factors resulting in Europe's nineteenth-century divergence—the fortunate location of coal and access to trade with the New World. As East Asia’s economy stagnated, Europe narrowly escaped the same fate largely due to favorable resource stocks from underground and overseas. This Princeton Classics edition includes a preface from the author and makes a powerful historical work available to new readers.

Plant Ecophysiology and Adaptation under Climate Change: Mechanisms and Perspectives II

Author : Mirza Hasanuzzaman
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9811521727
Total Pages : 866 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (115 download)

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Book Synopsis Plant Ecophysiology and Adaptation under Climate Change: Mechanisms and Perspectives II by : Mirza Hasanuzzaman

Download or read book Plant Ecophysiology and Adaptation under Climate Change: Mechanisms and Perspectives II written by Mirza Hasanuzzaman and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-06-01 with total page 866 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the state-of-the-art in plant ecophysiology. With a particular focus on adaptation to a changing environment, it discusses ecophysiology and adaptive mechanisms of plants under climate change. Over the centuries, the incidence of various abiotic stresses such as salinity, drought, extreme temperatures, atmospheric pollution, metal toxicity due to climate change have regularly affected plants and, and some estimates suggest that environmental stresses may reduce the crop yield by up to 70%. This in turn adversely affects the food security. As sessile organisms, plants are frequently exposed to various environmental adversities. As such, both plant physiology and plant ecophysiology begin with the study of responses to the environment. Provides essential insights, this book can be used for courses such as Plant Physiology, Environmental Science, Crop Production and Agricultural Botany. Volume 2 provides up-to-date information on the impact of climate change on plants, the general consequences and plant responses to various environmental stresses.

Ecological responses to environment stresses

Author : Jelte Rozema
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400905998
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)

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Book Synopsis Ecological responses to environment stresses by : Jelte Rozema

Download or read book Ecological responses to environment stresses written by Jelte Rozema and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: September 1987, the Faculty Biology of the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam commemorated the fact that Prof. Dr. Wilfried Hans Otto Ernst had been active as a scientist for 25 years. This period of 25 years of scientific research started at the Institut flir Angewandte Botanik (Institute of Applied Botany) of the University of Munster, FRG. In 1965 he completed his Ph. D. thesis, entitled "Untersuchungen der Schwermetallpflanzengesellschaften Mitteleuropas unter Einschluss der Alpen. " He was appointed full Professor at the Department of Ecology of the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam in 1973. On the occasion of his 25th anniversary as a scientist, a promise was made, though in covert terms, which we could not redeem at that time. The promise held to offer Prof. Ernst a book, in which his former and present staffmembers, Ph. D. students and colle ages should write a review about their specialism concerning a central theme. Now, at the beginning of 1990 we consider the chapters of "Ecological Responses to Environmental Stresses" to be completed. The book reflects the wide range of research approaches that has been initiated and organized by Wilfried Ernst. The editors hope to have attained the primary aim of the production of the book of friends, that is to gather relevant papers of staff-members and colleagues of Wilfried Ernst. The title of the book "Ecological Responses to Environmental Stresses" covers the majority of the chapters included.

Vegetation Between Land and Sea

Author : A. H. Huiskes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789061938958
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (389 download)

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Download or read book Vegetation Between Land and Sea written by A. H. Huiskes and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Expected Effects of Climatic Change on Marine Coastal Ecosystems

Author : J.J. Beukema
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400920032
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)

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Book Synopsis Expected Effects of Climatic Change on Marine Coastal Ecosystems by : J.J. Beukema

Download or read book Expected Effects of Climatic Change on Marine Coastal Ecosystems written by J.J. Beukema and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: J. J. Beukema, w. J. Wolff & J. J. W. M. Brouns Man is changing the biosphere at an ever increasing Netherlands ministery of Housing, Physical Planning rate. Several of these man-made changes are on a and Health (represented by Dr. G. P. Hekstra), chaired worldwide scale, such as the increase in atmospheric by Dr. w. J. Wolff (Research Institute for Nature concentrations of several gases. In particular the Management) and housed by the Netherlands In ongoing increase of the concentration of at stitute for Sea Research (N. I. O. Z. , represented by Dr. mospheric carbon dioxide, by excessive burning of J. J. Beukema). fossil fuels and forest destruction, is well The written versions of the presentations by 23 par documented. By the year 2050, CO levels will ticipants have been brought together in these pro 2 almost certainly be twice the pre-industrial concen ceedings of the Workshop. trations and this is expected to have far-reaching consequences. Direct effects include higher rates of The first paper, by G. P. HEKSTRA, explains how plant production (also in agriculture). Indirect effects trace gases affect UV-B radiation, alkalinity of the might be less favourable: by the intensified sea, rate of photosynthesis, and greenhouse warm 'greenhouse process' (to which several other gases ing.

Nature Management by Grazing and Cutting

Author : Jan P. Janssen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400922558
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Nature Management by Grazing and Cutting written by Jan P. Janssen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Restoration Ecology and Sustainable Development

Author : Krystyna M. Urbanska
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521599894
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (998 download)

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Book Synopsis Restoration Ecology and Sustainable Development by : Krystyna M. Urbanska

Download or read book Restoration Ecology and Sustainable Development written by Krystyna M. Urbanska and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Details the scientific basis for the reconstruction of damaged ecosystems.

Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on BioGeoSciences

Author : Rolando Cárdenas
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3030042332
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Book Synopsis Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on BioGeoSciences by : Rolando Cárdenas

Download or read book Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on BioGeoSciences written by Rolando Cárdenas and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-12-18 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book features a selection of works presented in the 2nd International Conference on BioGeoSciences in a unified framework. First, it describes several theoretical tools for the mathematical modelling of natural processes and environments, such as Quantitative Habitability Theory, dynamical systems and artificial intelligence. It then outlines applications to the broad and multifaceted area of the natural sciences and environmental engineering. This highly interdisciplinary book includes case studies with a wide range of spatio-temporal scales: from ecosystem- to astrobiological-cosmological scales.

Ecological Restoration of Aquatic and Semi-Aquatic Ecosystems in the Netherlands (NW Europe)

Author : P.H. Nienhuis
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401713359
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Ecological Restoration of Aquatic and Semi-Aquatic Ecosystems in the Netherlands (NW Europe) written by P.H. Nienhuis and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-14 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work presents the state of the art of aquatic and semi-aquatic ecological restoration projects in The Netherlands. Starting from the conceptual basis of restoration ecology, the successes and failures of hundreds of restoration projects are described. Numerous successful projects are mentioned. In general ecological restoration endeavours greatly benefit from the progressive experience achieved in the course of the years. Failures mainly occur through insufficient application of physical, chemical or ecological principles. Spontaneous colonization by plants and animals, following habitat reconstruction, is preferred. However, sometimes the re-introduction of keystone species (e.g. eelgrass, salmon, beaver) is necessary in case the potential habitats are isolated or fragmented, or if a seed bank is lacking, thus not allowing viable populations to develop. Re-introducing traditional management techniques (e.g. mowing without fertilization, low intensity grazing) is important to rehabilitate the semi-natural and cultural landscapes that are so characteristic for The Netherlands.

Plants of China

Author : De-Yuan Hong
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316195155
Total Pages : 490 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (161 download)

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Download or read book Plants of China written by De-Yuan Hong and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-04-23 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The flora of China is astonishing in its diversity. With 32,500 species of vascular plants, over fifty per cent of which are endemic, it has more botanical variety than anywhere else in the world and provides unbroken connections to all its landscapes - from tropical to subtropical, temperate and boreal forests. This book tells the story of the plants of China: from the evolution of the flora through time to the survey of the bioclimatic zones, soundly based on chapters with information on climate, physical geography and soils. The history of botany and its study are also examined, with chapters dedicated to forestry, medicinal plants and ornamentals, with the changing flora, aliens, extinction and conservation also discussed. An essential read for years to come, The Plants of China shows that an understanding of the flora of China is crucial to interpreting plant evolution and fossil history elsewhere in the world.

Netherlands-Wetlands

Author : E.P.H. Best
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401120420
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Netherlands-Wetlands written by E.P.H. Best and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proceedings of a Symposium held in Arnhem, the Netherlands, December 1989

Use of Satellite and In-Situ Data to Improve Sustainability

Author : Felix Kogan
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9048196183
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (481 download)

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Book Synopsis Use of Satellite and In-Situ Data to Improve Sustainability by : Felix Kogan

Download or read book Use of Satellite and In-Situ Data to Improve Sustainability written by Felix Kogan and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-01-18 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 30-year operational satellite data have already been used for monitoring land, ocean and atmosphere. These applications have contributed to improve sustainable economy, produce healthy environment and enhance human life. The Advanced Research Workshop sponsored by NATO and organized by the USA’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Ukrainian’s Space Agency bring the scientists with the most mature research designed for practical use. The goals were to select those which is used for services today and identify the areas to expand research and services. Scientific and application results of the Workshop presented in this book can be used today in agriculture, forestry, water resources, healthy coastal life and fisheries, climate and land cover change, anthropogenic activities and others. The presented papers provide information on how to use operational satellites and in situ measurements for early detection of large-scale droughts, floods and fires, diagnose crop and pasture annual losses, predict periods with health/unhealthy vegetation based on such climate forcing events as ENSO, monitor air quality and geomagnetic activities, assess land cover trends in responce to global warming etc. The available satellite/ground information and method is currently warn with a lead time sufficient to respond, recover and protect.