| |
Under continual attack from both microbial pathogens and multicellular parasites, insects must cope with immune challenges every day of their lives. However, this has not prevented them from becoming the most successful group of animals on the planet. Insects possess...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2009-06-25
PDF
|
Once a purely technical sub-discipline of hydrology, water quality management is now a social and political discipline, with concerns ranging from ensuring adequate health standards to preserving biological diversity and ecosystem integrity. This book goes beyond the...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-06-24
PDF
|
The world's ecosystems are increasingly threatened by human development. Ecological impact assessment (EcIA) is used to predict and evaluate the impacts of development on ecosystems and their components,thereby providing the information needed to ensure that ecological...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-06-24
PDF
|
The American Peptide Society (APS) provides a forum for advancing and promoting knowledge of the chemistry and biology of peptides.The approximately one thousand members of the Society come from North America and from more than thirty other countries throughout the...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2009-06-23
ePub
|
As a novel endeavour in ecological science, this book focuses on a major issue in organismal life on Earth:species coexistence. The book crosses the usual disciplinary boundaries between palaeobiology, ecology and evolutionary biology and provides a timely overview of...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-06-22
PDF
|
Plant ecology is the scientific study of the factors influencing the distribution and abundance of plants. This benchmark text, extremely well received in its first edition, shows how pattern and structure at different levels of plant organization--from ecophysiology...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-06-22
PDF
|
Oxygen (O ) appeared in significant amounts in the Earth’s atmosphere over 2. 2 2 billion years ago, largely due to the evolution of photosynthesis by cyanobacteria (Halliwell 2006). The O molecule is a free radical, as it has two impaired electrons 2 that have the same...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2009-06-22
Collection :
Signaling and Communication in Plants
ePub
|
Marine hard bottoms feature some of the most spectacular and diverse biological communities on this planet. These not only contain a rich treasure of genetic, taxonomic and functional information but also deliver irreplaceable ecosystem services. At the same time, they...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2009-06-22
Collection :
Ecological Studies
ePub
|
Mycorrhizal symbioses are central to the multitrophic interactions that impact plant productivity, competitiveness and survival. This book integrates present-day knowledge from well-known research groups on some of the topics which are at the forefront of mycorrhizal...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2009-06-20
ePub
|
This book brings together the knowledge from and tools for genetic and genomic research into oomycetes to help solve the problems this pathogen poses to crops and animals. Armed with the information presented here, researchers can use oomycete data to solve practical...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-06-17
PDF
|
More than ever, the aging process is recognized as carrying a special set of emotional challenges–especially when acute or chronic medical conditions are involved. In this light, Psychodynamic Perspectives on Aging and Illness presents a fresh, contemporary application...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2009-06-13
ePub
|
Endosymbiosis is a primary force in eukaryotic cell evolution. In order to understand the molecular mechanisms involved in this mutualistic relationship, experiments to reproduce endosymbiosis are indispensable. The ciliate "Paramecium" is an ideal host for performing...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2009-06-12
Collection :
Microbiology Monographs
ePub
|
The centromere is a chromosomal region that enables the accurate segregation of chromosomes during mitosis and meiosis. It holds sister chromatids together, and through its centromere DNA–protein complex known as the kinetochore binds spindle microtubules to bring about...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2009-06-12
Collection :
Progress in Molecular and Subcellular Biology
ePub
|
Plants are the basis for human nutrition and of increasing interest for the chemical industry as a source of chemical feed stocks. Fuels derived from plant biomass will increasingly replace fossil fuels in the future. In order to increase crop productivity, design new...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2009-06-12
ePub
|
Evidence now suggests that the roles of essential fatty acids as growth promoters and as indices of health and nutrition are fundamentally similar in freshwater and marine ecosystems. Lipids in Aquatic Ecosystems integrates this divergent literature into a coordinated,...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2009-06-12
ePub
|
How can our societies be stabilized in a crisis? Why can we enjoy and understand Shakespeare? Why are fruitflies uniform?How do omnivorous eating habits aid our survival? What makes the Mona Lisa’s smile beautiful?How do women keep our social structures intact? – Could...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2009-06-11
PDF
|
MicroRNAs (miRNAs), endogenous noncoding regulatory mRNAs of around 22-nucleotides long, have rapidly emerged as one of the key governors of the gene expression regulatory program in cells of varying species, with ever-increasing implications in the control of the...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2009-06-11
ePub
|
Metabolism includes various pathways of chemical reactions; understanding these pathways leads to an improved knowledge of the causes, preventions, and cures for human diseases. Medical Biochemistry: HumanMetabolism in Health and Disease provides a concise yet thorough...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2009-06-10
PDF, ePub
|
Sequencing of the model plant genomes such as those of A. thaliana and rice has revolutionized our understanding of plant biology but it has yet to translate into the improvement of major crop species such as maize, wheat, or barley. Moreover, the comparative genomic...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2009-06-10
Collection :
Plant Genetics and Genomics: Crops and Models
ePub
|
The 2nd international tagging and tracking symposium was held in San Sebastian, Spain, in October 2007, seven years after the first symposium was held in Hawaii in 2000 (Sibert and Nielsen 2001). In the intervening seven years, there have been major advances in both the...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2009-06-10
ePub
|