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Roads and transportation infrastructures are among the most extensive human-made transformations on Earth—shaping landscapes, enabling connectivity, and driving economic growth. Yet, behind these undeniable benefits lies a complex web of ecological consequences....
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Springer
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2026-04-30
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This book provides the background, knowledge, and tools to model and assess the health of freshwater ecosystems. For more than 100 years, freshwater scientists have used the biota living in an ecosystem to assess the effects of human activity (bioassessment), and in the...
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Springer
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2026-04-30
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This book explores the emerging intersection of design, plant intelligence, and multispecies coexistence, with a particular focus on the relationship between plants and humans in urban public spaces. Rooted in recent findings from plant neurobiology and expanded through...
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Springer
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2026-04-28
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This book offers the first systematic theological exploration of animal pneumatology, examining the role of the Holy Spirit in relation to non-human creatures. While animal theology has been significantly advanced by theologians such as Andrew Linzey and David...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-04-26
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This book explores the varying effects of wildfire on individuals, families, communities, and governments as local and State agencies in California grapple with the realities of recovery. The field of wildfire recovery is an “industry in design.” Policies,...
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Springer
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2026-04-24
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This book explores weed biology and effective management strategies across diverse agricultural landscapes in Asia and Africa. Through detailed case studies, it addresses pressing questions such as the impact of invasive species on crop productivity, the role of...
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Springer
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2026-04-22
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This book provides an extensive look at medicinal plant genetic diversity, making it an essential resource for anyone interested in plant biology and conservation. It covers the importance of genetic diversity, the various assessment techniques used to measure it, and...
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Springer
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2026-04-19
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This book explores the complex relationship between wildlife conservation and agriculture in Africa, with a focus on advancing the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, particularly SDG 15 (Life on Land) and SDG 2 (Zero Hunger). It examines Africa's...
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Springer
Parution :
2026-04-19
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This book presents the latest advancements and emerging tendencies in Green Building and Sustainable Infrastructure, covering a range of topics from renewable energy research to sustainable building materials and technology practices and the challenges faced in these...
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Springer
Parution :
2026-04-15
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This book synthesises the role of data, modelling, and Artificial Intelligence in aquaculture. It explains how these technologies can be used to construct a “digital twin” ? a virtual representation of a fish farm ? that provides operators with deeper...
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Springer
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2026-04-12
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Harmful algal blooms (HABs) and their potent phycotoxins have emerged as one of the most complex and costly biological challenges of our time—reshaping ecosystems, threatening human and animal health, and influencing economies across the globe. Join us on an...
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Springer
Parution :
2026-04-12
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This book explores how plants interact with their environment, especially in the face of climate change. It explains how changing weather patterns and environmental conditions impact plant growth, health, and survival. The book also highlights how plants adapt to stress...
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Springer
Parution :
2026-04-08
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This book unpacks the differences between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, the intriguing theory of endosymbiosis, the emergence of the first animals, and culminates in a sweeping overview of the Phanerozoic eons. How did life begin? What were the first living...
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Springer
Parution :
2026-04-05
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This book offers a critical exploration of the intersections of poverty, pollution, and caste in India through the lens of Dalit literature from across regions. Introducing the concept of Environmental Casteism within Indian ecology, it examines how entrenched...
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Springer
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2026-04-01
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This open access book presents a multidisciplinary synthesis of research on animal navigation, integrating perspectives from behavior, neuroscience, and ecology to advance understanding of how animals orient and move within their environments.
Successful navigation is...
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Springer
Parution :
2026-04-01
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This book provides an overview of biological wastewater treatment and sludge recovery. It presents the main concepts related to treatment processes, as well as the principles of operation, sizing, and implementation of unit operations and processes associated with...
Editeur :
Wiley-ISTE
Parution :
2026-03-30
Collection :
ISTE Invoiced
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The Sunday Times Bestseller on how animal senses reveal the world around usAward-winning science writer Ed Yong takes readers on an astonishing journey through the hidden senses of Earth’s creatures. From the magnetic compass of migratory birds to the ultraviolet vision...
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Vintage Digital
Parution :
2022-06-30
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The Theraphosidae are the most famous and diverse mygalomorph spiders, and include some of the largest arachnids on earth. Their unique defense mechanisms, predatory tactics, reproductive strategies and ecological adaptations are displayed by a wide range of...
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Springer
Parution :
2020-12-15
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Stingless bees (Meliponini) are the largest and most diverse group of social bees, yet their largely tropical distribution means that they are less studied than their relatives, the bumble bees and honey bees.Stingless bees produce honey and collect pollen from tens of...
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Springer
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2020-12-03
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This open access volume presents a comprehensive account of all aspects of biological invasions in South Africa, where research has been conducted over more than three decades, and where bold initiatives have been implemented in attempts to control invasions and to...
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Springer
Parution :
2020-03-10
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