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This book presents a detailed map of the Vegetation Series and Bioclimatic Belts that shape the high volcanic landscape of Tenerife. El Teide, part of the National Park of the same name, was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site on June 28, 2007. It is also a...
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Springer
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2025-10-06
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Animals have tremendous agency to understand the world around them and to plan how to take best advantage of that world to meet their requirements. Their perception of the world differs from humans' and includes knowledge emphasizing different senses. This book argues...
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OUP Oxford
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2025-10-06
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The otolith, a calcified structure in the inner ear of fish, evolves throughout the life of an individual and is generally used to estimate the age of the fish. So how do we analyse this tiny mineral particle, and what does it tell us about each species of fish?This...
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QUAE
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2025-10-03
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The Crustacea is one of the dominant invertebrate groups, displaying a staggering diversity in form and function, and spanning the full spectrum of Earth's environments. Crustaceans are increasingly used as model organisms in all fields of biology, as few other taxa...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2025-10-01
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The book discusses the transformative power of natural pigments derived from biological sources to combat the environmental and health challenges posed by synthetic dyes. It highlights the growing global demand for biocolours as a viable and impactful alternative to...
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Springer
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2025-09-30
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This edited volume serves as a comprehensive collection of methodologies, paradigms, and case studies explaining novel approaches for crop improvement programs. It summarizes the collective knowledge of leading experts in agronomy, genetics, biotechnology, and related...
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Springer
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2025-09-30
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Advances in Lichens and Non-Flowering Plants Fungal Endophytes Research provides a better understanding of endophytic fungal diversity from lichens and non-flowering plants, and their applications. Beneficial plant-colonizing fungi deliver benefits to their...
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Springer
Parution :
2025-09-30
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The global population is projected to exceed 9 billion by 2050, leading to imminent food shortages not only for the current but also future generations. Anticipated increases in appetite coming 50 years will pose significant challenges to food production. This demand...
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Springer
Parution :
2025-09-30
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The book explores theoretical as well as rational information associated with elicitation as a biotechnological strategy and a potential method to produce and/or enhance the production of high value-low volume compounds in plants and other organisms. Further, the...
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Springer
Parution :
2025-09-30
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This book dives into the forefront of stem cell research, uncovering the tremendous potential of stem cell technology for neural regeneration.This comprehensive volume offers valuable insights into diverse strategies for using stem cells to study neurodegenerative and...
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Springer
Parution :
2025-09-30
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This open access book exposes the role of "agency" in the history of life. Agency is understood as the capacity of an organism to act, make decisions, and exercise control over its actions in order to achieve goals or to navigate and interact with its environment. The...
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Springer
Parution :
2025-09-30
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This book sheds light on the reasons for our inaction in matters of the environmental crisis and presents solutions to address the crisis. The work draws on numerous disciplinary fields, such as psychology, neuroscience, anthropology, biology, philosophy, sociology,...
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Springer
Parution :
2025-09-30
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This unprecedented volume offers a comprehensive review of marine natural products research across Southeast Asia, a region teeming with untapped marine biodiversity. It provides an extensive survey of the chemistry and biology of specialized metabolites derived from...
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Springer
Parution :
2025-09-30
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This book analyzes how trees act as mediators of interspecies relationships in popular science writing and creative nonfiction. Making Kin with Trees argues that trees emerge as agents of “arboreal poetics” shaping not only fictional but also material...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2025-09-30
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Questa guida subacquea accompagna non solo gli entusiasti subacquei, ma tutti gli appassionati del mondo sottomarino in un viaggio alla scoperta degli habitat del Mar Mediterraneo. Il libro vi invita a conoscere gli organismi marini nel loro ambiente naturale,...
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Springer
Parution :
2025-09-30
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This open access book elaborates on the role Ecosystem Services play in relation to establishing, and enhancing, rural-urban synergies. It draws on the concept of Ecosystem Services (ESS) as the ecological characteristics, functions, or processes that directly or...
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Springer
Parution :
2025-09-30
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This open access book presents the integrative forest management and silvicultural practices developed by the University of Tokyo Hokkaido Forest (UTHF) over the past six decades. Central to the UTHF’s approach is the Stand-based Silvicultural Management System...
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Springer
Parution :
2025-09-30
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With the advent of next-generation sequencing technologies, the genomic sequences for an ever-expanding number of organisms have been decoded, providing immense databases of protein amino acid sequences and DNA and RNA nucleotide sequences. These databases are allowing...
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Springer
Parution :
2025-09-28
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The book stands at the intersection of medical virology, computer science engineering, and artificial intelligence. This interdisciplinary book seeks to harness the strengths of these fields to address the complex challenges of diagnosing, treating, and managing viral...
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Springer
Parution :
2025-09-26
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The cardiovascular system is vital for human well-being, playing key roles in thermoregulation, nutrient transport, fluid balance, and protection from infection. Cardiovascular diseases are leading causes of morbidity and mortality. Pharmaceuticals, illicit drugs,...
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Springer
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2025-09-26
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