Forests play a vital role in maintaining Nepal's impressive biodiversity, which has global significance: With only 0.1 percent of the world's total area, Nepal contains 2 percent of the planet's flowering plants, 8 percent of its birds, and 4 percent of its mammals. As Nepal develops its forest resources, it needs to minimize the biotic pressures affecting the structure and dynamics of forest plant communities and wildlife populations and thereby reverse the current destructive pressures on the...
Not in our Genes systematically exposes and dismantles the claims that inequalities class, race, gender are the products of biological, genetic inheritances. 'Informative, entertaining, lucid, forceful, frequently witty... never dull... should be read and remembered for a long time.' - New York Times Book Review. 'The authors argue persuasively that biological explanations for why we act as we do are based on faulty (in some cases, fabricated) data and wild speculation... It is debunking at its...
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Nucleic Acids and Proteins in Soil (Soil Biology, #8)
With millions of different bacterial species living in soil, the microbial community is extremely complex, varying at very small scales. Microbe-driven functions are essential for most processes in soil. Thus, a better understanding of this microbial diversity will be invaluable for the management of the various soil functions. Nucleic Acids and Proteins in Soil combines traditional approaches in soil microbiology and biochemistry with the latest techniques in molecular microbial ecology. Inclu...
Legitimität und politische Macht (Studien zur Sozialwissenschaft, #36)
by Richard Munch
Legitimitat und politische Macht sind klassische Themen der politischen Theorie und der politischen Soziologie. In der hier vorliegenden Untersuchung sollen zu- nachst drei unterschiedliche soziologische Ansatze zu diesen Themen dargestellt und iiberpriift werden. Daran schlieBt sich der Versuch an, die Problemstellung durch Spezifikation einer allgemeinen Theorie sozialer Systeme zu einer Theorie politischer Systeme zu bearbeiten. Es wird dabei an die anderenorts erschienene "Theorie sozialer S...
The monitoring of benthic diatoms, macrophytes, macroinvertebrates and fish will be the backbone of future water management in Europe. This book describes and compares the relevant methodologies and tools, based on a large data set covering rivers in most parts of Europe. The 36 articles presented will provide scientists and water managers with a unique insight into background and application of state-of-the-art monitoring tools and techniques.
RSPB Conservation Review 1998, Volume 12 (RSPB Conservation Review, #1998)
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The Yala Wildlife Reserves
The wildlife reserve "Yala Protected Area Complex" is part of Sri Lanka's biodiversity hotspot. It contains both lowland tropical forest and important wetlands. Most of Sri Lanka's vertebrate species are found in Yala, including elephant, bear and leopard. Within the park, at least 700 species of flowering plants, 41 mammal species, and 168 species of resident and migrant birds can be found here. This book attempts to present the reader with comprehensive and important information on the biodiv...
In Harmony with Nature
This book contains the proceedings of the International Conference on the Conservation of Tropical Biodiversity, which was organised from 12-16 June 1990 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.The objectives of this conference were to provide an opportunity for reviewing recent developments in the conservation of biodiversity in the tropical region, and to incorporate these ideas and findings into action plans that can be applied in the conservation of the diverse ecosystems.The papers presented covered a wi...
An enduring controversy in evolutionary biology is the genetic basis of adaptation. Darwin emphasized "many slight differences" as the ultimate source of variation to be acted upon by natural selection. In the early 1900's, this view was opposed by "Mendelian geneticists", who emphasized the importance of "macromutations" in evolution. The Modern Synthesis resolved this controversy, concluding that mutations in genes of very small effect were responsible for adaptive evolution. A decade ago, A...