Human ecology

Part 1 of ebook "Sustainability and human resource management: Developing sustainable business organizations" provides readers with contents including: introduction into sustainability and HRM; the role of HRM in developing economically, socially and ecologically sustainable organisations; human-resources mindfulness; corporate human capital and social sustainability of human resources;...

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Part 2 of ebook "Buildings are for people: Human ecological design" provides readers with contents including: human ecological design; the concepts; the parameters of human ecology; performative expression; architecture - interfacing people and environments;...

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Part 1 of ebook "Buildings are for people: Human ecological design" provides readers with contents including: buildings intervene; interfaces enable change; manifestations of the building envelope; people; the struggle for green; sustainable design is human-centric; obstacles to successful execution;...

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Ebook "The role of ecological chemistry in pollution research and sustainable development" aimed to bring together scientists from different fields of Ecological Chemistry and Sustainability from Eastern, Western and Southern Countries in order to present their recent research findings and to exchange ideas how to overcome the problems of environmental pollution and how to move towards a sustainable new world.

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Ebook "Challenging popular myths of sex, gender and biology" presents contributions from international researchers from a variety of disciplines—biology, history of science, anthropology, human evolution, and social sciences all with the aim of challenging popular misconceptions of sex differences. The chapters in this collection offer not only a critique of conventional understandings of sex and gender, but the authors also demonstrate that current research fi ndings suggest alternative ways of conceiving of sex, gender, and biology.

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In ebook "Treetops at risk: Challenges of global canopy ecology and conservation" international forest scientists describe the challenges, methods, and their hope for conservation of these terrestrial systems. Like the oceans, forests are critical hot spots for biodiversity, and their future health is intertwined with that of humans.

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Ebook "The Nile: Origin, environments, limnology and human use" provides readers with contents including: a description of the Nile basin, and a synopsis of its history, ecology, biogeography, hydrology, and natural resources; the Nile - history of scientific research; cenozoic evolution of the Nile basin; late quaternary environments in the Nile basin; major nilotic environments; limnology and biological diversity;...

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In ebook "Faunal heritage of Rajasthan, India: General Background and ecology of vertebrates (Volume 1)" the various flagship and threatened species are described in the 24 chapters penned by top notch wildlife experts and academics. The world famous heronry, tiger reserves, wildlife sanctuaries and some threat-ridden biodiversity rich areas shall certainly draw the attention of readers from around the world.

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Ebook "An introduction to disturbance ecology: A road map for wildlife management and conservation" represents an introductory review of disturbance ecology and threat analysis, providing schematic concepts and approaches useful for work on sites that are affected by the impact of human actions. It is aimed at conservation and environmental practitioners, who will find tips for choosing methods and approaches when there are conflicts between the natural components and human activity.

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Ebook "Applied ecology and human dimensions in biological conservation" provides both the conceptual basis and technological tools that are necessary to identify and solve problems related to biodiversity governance. The authors discuss intriguing evolutionary questions, which involve the sometimes surprising adaptive capacity of certain organisms to dwell in altered and/or changing environments that apparently lost most of their structure and functionality.

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In ebook "Ecology and the environment (The plant sciences series)" plant biology is considered from the perspective of plants and their surrounding environment, including both biotic and abiotic interactions. The intended audience is undergraduate students in the middle or final phases of their programs of study.

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Ebook "Forest landscapes and global change: Challenges for research and management" exploration of the state of knowledge of global changes in forested landscapes with emphasis on causes and effects, and challenges faced by researchers and land managers. Initial chapters identify and describe major agents of landscape change: climate, fire, and human activities. The next series of chapters address implications of changes on ecosystem services, biodiversity conservation and carbon flux.

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Ebook "Lactic acid bacteria: Fundamentals and practice" summarizes the latest research and developments in dairy biotechnology and engineering. It provides a strategic approach for readers relating to fundamental research and practical work with lactic acid bacteria. The book covers every aspect from identification, ecology, taxonomy and industrial use. All contributors are experts who have substantial experience in the corresponding research field. The book is intended for researchers in the human, animal, and food sciences related to lactic acid bacteria.

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Ebook "Sustainable food production includes human and environmental health" to provide effective communication regarding status and advances in this field, connections must be established with many disciplines such as sociology, anthropology, environmental sciences, ethics, agriculture, economics, ecology, rural development, sustainability, policy and education, or integrations of these general themes so as to provide integrated points of view that will help lead to a sustainable construction of values.

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Ebook "Biodiversity and conservation of the Yucatán Peninsula" provides information relevant for the conservation of biodiversity and the sound management of the coastal and forest ecosystems of the Yucatan Peninsula in the face of global change. Various aspects of the biodiversity of the Yucatan Peninsula are analyzed in an integrative manner, including phenological, ecophysiological, ecological and conservation aspects of plants and animals and their relationships with humans in coastal and forest ecosystems.

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Ebook "Modern biogeochemistry: Environmental risk assessment" quantitative ecological risk assessment is widely used in different contexts, however very often without an understanding of the natural mechanisms that drive the processes of environmental and human risk. Its application is often accompanied by high uncertainty about risk values. On the other hand, the sustainability of modern technoecosystems is known because of their natural biogeochemical cycling that has been transformed to various extents by anthropogenic studies.

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Ebook "European large lakes: Ecosystem changes and their ecological and socioeconomic impacts" the problems regarding the present status of European large lakes and the directions of change are discussed. Threats caused by direct human impact and by climate change, protection needs and restoration measures are considered. Large lakes offer socio-economic benefits and can be used in many ways, and are often areas in which economic, cultural and political interests overlap.

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Ebook "Urban ecology: An international perspective on the interaction between humans and nature" collect important papers in the field of Urban Ecology that both set the foundations for the discipline and illustrate modern approaches, from a variety of perspectives and regions of the world. We do this by reprinting important publications, filling gaps in the published literature with a few targeted original works, and translating several key works originally published in German.

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In ebook "Use of landscape sciences for the assessment of environmental security" a new perspective of environmental security is proposed, considering and integrating two different viewpoints: ecological and social (perception). This starts from the recognition that human decisions, producing environmental change, depend on the perception and awareness that people have of their environment.

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Part 1 book "The routledge companion to animal - Human history" includes content: Writing in animalsin history; the other citizens - nationalism and animals; new political history and the writing of animal lives; public history and heritage - a fruitful approach for privileging animals; wildlife conservation as cultural memory; the experimental animal - in search of a moral ecology of science; animals in the history of human and veterinary medicine; animal matter in museums - exemplifying materiality.... and other contents.

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