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En las zonas áridas, la acción combinada del cambio climático y el aumento de la presión humana están causando una degradación acelerada de los ecosistemas. En este contexto, es necesario investigar nuevas estrateg...

Subjects / keywords: Ciencia; Geociencias; Hidrología

This book takes access to medicines as a case study for exploring key global policy issues in technological development and scientific innovation. The first chapters explain patterns and trends of the ratcheting up of gl...

Subjects / keywords: BEYER, JAN E; UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON PRESS; 577.7 015 B573a

Subjects / keywords: WHITTAKER, ROBERT H; MACMILLAN PUBLISHING; 577.55 015 W827e2

Subjects / keywords: OSBORNE, PATRICK L; CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS; 577.309 13 O812t

Subjects / keywords: STEELE, JOHN H; HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS; 577.7 S814s

This book addresses the conundrums of bringing the voices of the non-human into criminal justice deliberations and specifically, ERJ processes. The non-human has much to say, but who is listening? They have much to tell,...

Water availability is one of the main limiting factors that control ecosystem functions and productivity in semiarid regions. Vegetation of these regions usually presents a patchy distribution where sparse plant cover is...

Progress towards gender equality in Europe has been very significant over the last century, however, there is still room for improvement in some of the key dimensions. The EU Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025 calls for ...

Embark on an exhilarating literary odyssey with "Exposed Fragility: Vulnerable Organisms to Climate Change " a captivating exploration of the intricate dance between our planet's delicate ecosystems and the powerful forc...

Gypsum is a type of habitat widely spread throughout the world, especially in arid climates (Somalia, Australia, Middle East, USA, circum-Mediterranean region, etc.). The vegetation present on this type of habitat has lo...

In arid and semiarid areas, the interplant spaces are usually covered by physical and biological soil crusts. These crusts, though representing an almost negligible portion of the soil profile, have a number of crucial r...

In an era of exponential technological change and deepening urban inequality, cities face an existential question: adapt or decline. Innovation Districts by Miquel Barceló offers a bold blueprint for urban transformatio...

We cannot separate human beings from biodiversity. Our vital functions and our health are synergistic with other species. The number of microorganisms we live with is greater than the total number of cells in our bodies....

Planet Under Strain: When Balance Breaks guides students on an interdisciplinary journey to understand the impact of pollution and the fragility of marine ecosystems, using Sunakay by Martí Meritxell as its structural a...

Los textos literarios se presentan como una ventana para explorar la dimensión ambiental de la condición humana; por ello, orientado a explorar varios temas clave del canon de las narrativas de la selva, este libro est...

Transatlantic Landscapes: Environmental Awareness, Literature and the Arts considers culture as an outcome of nature as its fundamental principle. The biosemiotic suggestion that life itself is a process of signification...

La conectividad entre ecosistemas es determinada por entidades estructural y funcionalmente independientes de los ecosistemas adyacentes, las que son definidas en este estudio como ecosistemas transformadores. Los ecos...

Los organismos zoospóricos heterotróficos conforman un grupo heterogéneo perteneciente a los reinos Fungi y Straminipila y se hallan caracterizados por la presencia de talo cenocítico y esporas móviles (zoosporas). ...

El presente trabajo trata de realizar un diagnóstico de la situación de los ambientes del norte de Córdoba en general, y de los departamentos Río Seco, Tulumba y Sobremonte en particular, rastreando las causas del de...

La calidad ecológica de los ecosistemas está determinada por la interacción de dos ejes principales: la calidad del hábitat y la calidad del agua. Esta interacción determina la calidad biótica del sistema, reflejad...

La provincia de Mendoza posee una rica fauna de lagartos pertenecientes a las familias Leiosauridae, Liolaemidae, Teiidae, Scincidae y Gekkonidae. Algunos son propios del Monte, Puna, Payunia o región andina, mientras q...