| |
Provides a high level reference source for scientists engaged in any aspect of plant research - chemistry, biochemistry or physiology - with primary focus on the chemistry of phosphorus-containing compounds that occur naturally in the plant kingdom, and specifically in...
Editeur :
Elsevier Science
Parution :
2013-06-03
epub sans DRM
|
Food webs have now been addressed in empirical and theoretical research for more than 50 years. Yet, even elementary foundational issues are still hotly debated. One difficulty is that a multitude of processes need to be taken into account to understand the patterns...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2013-06-03
PDF, ePub
|
Cellular Physiology of Nerve and Muscle, Fourth Edition offers a state of the art introduction to the basic physical, electrical and chemical principles central to the function of nerve and muscle cells. The text begins with an overview of the origin of electrical...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2013-06-03
PDF, ePub
|
Emerging literature and research have currently shown that sleep, sleep disturbances, diet and nutrition are interlinked in numerous ways. For example, sleep deprivation alters food intake and snacking behaviour. On the other hand, dietary restriction and obesity alter...
Editeur :
Wageningen Academic Publishers
Parution :
2013-06-02
ePub
|
Volume 61 in the internationally acclaimed Advances in Clinical Chemistry contains chapters submitted from leading experts from academia and clinical laboratory science. Authors are from a diverse field of clinical chemistry disciplines and diagnostics, ranging from...
Editeur :
Academic Press
Parution :
2013-06-01
epub sans DRM
|
Most people who have taken a biology course in the past 50 years are familiar with the work of David Lack, but few remember his name. Almost all general biology texts produced during that period have a figure showing the beak size differences among the finches of the...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2013-06-01
PDF, ePub
|
How do you define the quality of life of a farmed animal? This timely book addresses the complex and often controversial issues surrounding the assessment and improvement of farm animal welfare. Based on a large, multi-disciplinary EU funded research project called...
Editeur :
Wageningen Academic Publishers
Parution :
2013-05-31
ePub
|
Forest tree breeding has been ongoing for more than 70 years across Europe. It has successfully generated improved varieties for the major economical forest tree species. They are part of the present European forestry landscape and largely contribute to intensive wood...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2013-05-31
ePub
|
This fully revised and expanded edition of Sea Urchins provides a wide-ranging understanding of the biology and ecology of this key component of the world's oceans. Coverage includes reproduction, metabolism, endocrinology, larval ecology, growth, digestion,...
Editeur :
Academic Press
Parution :
2013-05-31
epub sans DRM
|
In 'The arena of everyday life' nine authors look back and forward at developments in the sociology of consumers and households. Nine chapters show variety in the employed methods, from multivariate analyses of survey data to classical essays. The contributions are...
Editeur :
Wageningen Academic Publishers
Parution :
2013-05-30
ePub
|
Interest in the use of biomass for non-food applications has grown strongly in recent years, mainly as a consequence of its potential as a prime renewable energy resource. Renewable energies rank highly among the options that will contribute to the prevention of climate...
Editeur :
Pergamon
Parution :
2013-05-30
PDF sans DRM
|
Evolution and Medicine provides an accessible introduction to the new field of evolutionary medicine. Evolutionary concepts help explain why we remain vulnerable to disease, how pathogens and cancer cells evolve, and how the diseases that affected our evolutionary...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2013-05-30
ePub
|
Evolution and Medicine provides an accessible introduction to the new field of evolutionary medicine. Evolutionary concepts help explain why we remain vulnerable to disease, how pathogens and cancer cells evolve, and how the diseases that affected our evolutionary...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2013-05-30
PDF
|
Helps researchers in proteomics and oncology work together to understand, prevent, and cure cancer Proteomic data is increasingly important to understanding the origin and progression of cancer; however, most oncologic researchers who depend on proteomics for their...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2013-05-30
PDF, ePub
|
“Cereal Genomics” published in 2004 served the purpose of collecting all information on cereal genomics at one place and was well received by the cereal workers through-out the world. The last eight years have witnessed significant advancement in the field of cereal...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2013-05-29
ePub
|
Animal Models for the Study of Human Disease identifies important animal models and assesses the advantages and disadvantages of each model for the study of human disease. The first section addresses how to locate resources, animal alternatives, animal ethics and...
Editeur :
Academic Press
Parution :
2013-05-29
epub sans DRM
|
Food webs have now been addressed in empirical and theoretical research for more than 50 years. Yet, even elementary foundational issues are still hotly debated. One difficulty is that a multitude of processes need to be taken into account to understand the patterns...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2013-05-28
PDF, ePub
|
The increasing integration between gene manipulation and genomics is embraced in this new book, Principles of Gene Manipulation and Genomics, which brings together for the first time the subjects covered by the best-selling books Principles of Gene Manipulation and...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2013-05-28
PDF, ePub
|
Our view of plants is changing dramatically. Rather than being only slowly responding organisms, their signaling is often very fast and signals, both of endogenous and exogenous origin, spread throughout plant bodies rapidly. Higher plants coordinate and integrate their...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2013-05-27
Collection :
Signaling and Communication in Plants
ePub
|
The book provides information essential for anyone interested in the ecology of the American Southwest, including land managers, environmental planners, conservationists, ecologists and students. It is unique in its coverage of the hows and whys of dynamics (changes) in...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2013-05-27
ePub
|