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Awareness of the natural ecological processes provided by organisms that benefit human well‐being has significantly progressed towards the goal of making conservation a mainstream value. Identifying different services ...

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...

Materias / palabras clave: 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...

The Humboldt Large Marine Ecosystem (HLME) and Patagonian Large Marine Ecosystem (PLME) are the two largest marine ecosystems in the Southern Hemisphere and are respectively located along the Pacific and Atlantic coasts ...

ABSTRACT Invasive species influence the structure and functioning of ecosystems, as they affect native species, significantly decreasing their diversity. Aquatic ecosystems harbor a great biodiversity, and invasive macro...

Materias / palabras clave: BEYER, JAN E; UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON PRESS; 577.7 015 B573a

Materias / palabras clave: WHITTAKER, ROBERT H; MACMILLAN PUBLISHING; 577.55 015 W827e2

Materias / palabras clave: OSBORNE, PATRICK L; CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS; 577.309 13 O812t

Materias / palabras clave: 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...

"The purpose of this paper is to investigate the trace metal content in edible biomonitors (i.e., mollusks) in the Beagle Channel (southern Patagonia) and to assess the human health risks associated with their consumptio...

The lack of implementation of well-designed public policies aimed at the conservation of natural ecosystems has resulted, at a global level, in the decline of ecosystem functioning and, consequently, of the contributions...

Centaurea diffusa is an invasive species whose distribution in Argentina covers the Pampean region. We report for the first time its presence in high altitude ecosystems at the Uspallata Valley in the province of Mendoza...