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This book provides an up-to-date coverage of green (vegetated) roof research, design, and management from an ecosystem perspective. It reviews, explains, and poses questions about monitoring, substrate, living components and the abiotic, biotic and cultural aspects...
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Springer
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2015-06-04
Collection :
Ecological Studies
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W. H. Hudson was brought up on the pampas, where he learnt from gauchos about frontier life. After moving to London in 1874, Hudson lived in extreme poverty. Like his friend Joseph Conrad, Hudson was an exile, adapting to England. He never returned to Argentina.Wilson...
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Constable
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2015-06-04
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The genome is more than a linear code as depicted by its DNA sequences as several interacting factors play a crucial role in shaping its organization and function.The complete sequences of a number of plant genomes and the recent advances of high-throughput technologies...
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Springer
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2015-06-03
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The theme of this volume is Trait-Based Ecology - From Structure to Function.
- Advances in Ecological Research is one of the most successful series in the highly competitive field of ecology
- Each volume publishes topical and important reviews, interpreting ecology...
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Academic Press
Parution :
2015-06-03
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This book is the first to analyze the compliance of different types of a breeder's exception to patent rights with article 30 of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights.This type of exception allows using protected biological matter for...
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Springer
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2015-06-02
Collection :
International Law and Economics
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Gene Therapy for Viral Infections provides a comprehensive review of the broader field of nucleic acid and its use in treating viral infections. The text bridges the gap between basic science and important clinical applications of the technology, providing a systematic,...
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Academic Press
Parution :
2015-06-01
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This book describes how man-made litter, primarily plastic, has spread into the remotest parts of the oceans and covers all aspects of this pollution problem from the impacts on wildlife and human health to socio-economic and political issues. Marine litter is a prime...
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Springer
Parution :
2015-06-01
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Plant evolutionary ecology is a rapidly growing discipline which emphasizes that populations adapt and evolve not in isolation, but in relation to other species and abiotic environmental features such as climate. Although it departs from traditional evolutionary and...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2015-06-01
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?Abiotic stresses such as high temperature, low-temperature, drought, and salinity limit crop productivity worldwide. Understanding plant responses to these stresses is essential for rational engineering of crop plants. In Arabidopsis, the signal transduction pathways...
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Springer
Parution :
2015-05-30
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Abiotic stresses such as high temperature, low-temperature, drought, and salinity limit crop productivity worldwide. Understanding plant responses to these stresses is essential for rational engineering of crop plants. In Arabidopsis, the signal transduction pathways...
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Springer
Parution :
2015-05-30
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Epigenetic Technological Applications is a compilation of state-of-the-art technologies involved in epigenetic research. Epigenetics is an exciting new field of biology research, and many technologies are invented and developed specifically for epigenetics study. With...
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Academic Press
Parution :
2015-05-30
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The Comprehensive Sourcebook of Bacterial Protein Toxins, Fourth Edition, contains chapters written by internationally known and well-respected specialists. This book contains chapters devoted to individual toxins, as well as chapters that consider the different...
Editeur :
Elsevier
Parution :
2015-05-29
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This book provides a timely review of the role of histone modifications in epigenetic control of gene expression. Topics covered include: basic mechanisms of molecular recognition of histone post-translational modification (PTMs); combinatorial readout of histone PTMs...
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Springer
Parution :
2015-05-29
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This book uses a wide range of case studies from different invertebrate taxa to describe the numerous forms of social recognition occurring in this large group of animals and traces the evolution of this cognitive ability. The authors provide several examples of direct...
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Springer
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2015-05-29
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MRI/DTI Atlas of the Rat Brain offers two major enhancements when compared with earlier attempts to makeMRI/DTI rat brain atlases. First, the spatial resolution at 25µm is considerably higher than previous data published. Secondly, the comprehensive set ofMRI/DTI...
Editeur :
Academic Press
Parution :
2015-05-28
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This volume examines the current state of free radical biology as it impacts on hepatic disorders. It takes a thorough look at the relationship of oxidative stress in acute and chronic disease and takes into account factors like: redox biomarkers; antioxidant defense...
Editeur :
Humana
Parution :
2015-05-28
Collection :
Oxidative Stress in Applied Basic Research and Clinical Practice
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Over a decade ago, as the Human Genome Project completed its mapping of the entire human genome, hopes ran high that we would rapidly be able to use our knowledge of human genes to tackle many inherited diseases, and understand what makes us unique among animals. But...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2015-05-28
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Over a decade ago, as the Human Genome Project completed its mapping of the entire human genome, hopes ran high that we would rapidly be able to use our knowledge of human genes to tackle many inherited diseases, and understand what makes us unique among animals. But...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2015-05-28
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Back to Basics in Physiology: O2 and CO2 in the Respiratory and Cardiovascular Systems exploits the gap that exists in current physiology books, tackling specific problems and evaluating their repercussions on systemic physiology.
It is part of a group of books that...
Editeur :
Academic Press
Parution :
2015-05-28
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As medical schools struggle to fit ever more material into a fixed amount of time, students need to approach the study of anatomy through a succinct, integrative overview. Rather than setting forth an overwhelming list of facts to be memorized, this book engages readers...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2015-05-28
Collection :
Advances in Human Biology
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