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Plants form a fundamental element of the biosphere, and the evolution of plants has directly affected the evolution of animal life and the evolution of the Earth's climate.Plants have also become essential to humans not only in the form of cereal crops, fruit, and...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2012-04-26
ePub
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Population Aging: The Transformation of Societies presents an overview and international comparison of the causes, consequences and policy implications of one of the major processes of change in contemporary societies. It provides a foundation for understanding and...
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Springer
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2012-04-26
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International Perspectives on Aging
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With an ever increasing demand for seafood that cannot be met by capture fisheries alone, growing pressure is being placed on aquaculture production. However, infectious diseases are a major constraint. Infectious disease in aquaculture: prevention and control brings...
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Woodhead Publishing
Parution :
2012-04-25
epub sans DRM
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Manual of Techniques in Invertebrate Pathology, Second Edition, describes a wide range of techniques used in the identification, isolation, propagation/cultivation, bioassay, quantification, preservation, and storage of the major groups of entomopathogens, including...
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Academic Press
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2012-04-25
epub sans DRM
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This title focuses on the many aspects of the interaction between plants and heavy metals. Not only it describes the effects of heavy metal toxicity on the plant cell and its organs but it also examines the mechanisms that plants adopt to scavenge heavy metals at...
Editeur :
Springer
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2012-04-23
Collection :
SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science
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The future of agriculture strongly depends on our ability to enhance productivity without sacrificing long-term production potential. An ecologically and economically sustainable strategy is the application of microorganisms, such as the diverse bacterial species of...
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Springer
Parution :
2012-04-23
ePub
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Store-operated Ca2+ entry (SOCE) serves to control essential functions throughout the human body and represents a novel and attractive target for therapeutic intervention. This book provides an extensive overview of the role of SOCE pathways in Molecular Physiology and...
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Springer
Parution :
2012-04-23
ePub
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Microarray technology has made strong progress over the past decade, and there have also been significant changes in application areas, from nucleic acids to proteomics and from research to clinical applications. This book provides a comprehensive overview of...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2012-04-23
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The cytoskeleton is comprised of a variety of specialized proteins, and is a dynamic structure that is involved in the majority of key cellular events. There is increasing interest in the role of the cytoskeleton in human disease. This volume brings together human...
Editeur :
Humana
Parution :
2012-04-23
ePub
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The Practical Manual of In Vitro Fertilization: Advanced Methods and Novel Devices is a unique, accessible title that provides a complete review of the most well-established and current diagnostic and treatment techniques comprising in vitro fertilization. Throughout...
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Springer
Parution :
2012-04-23
ePub
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This book summarises the newest information on seasonal adaptation in animals. Topics include animal hibernation, daily torpor, thermoregulation, heat production, metabolic depression, biochemical adaptations, neurophysiology and energy balance. The contributors to this...
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Springer
Parution :
2012-04-23
ePub
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In 2001, first reports of the human draft genome were published. Since then, genomes of many other organisms have been sequenced, including several primate species: the chimpanzee, rhesus macaque, gorilla, orangutan, gibbon, baboon, marmoset, tarsier, galago, lemur, and...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2012-04-23
ePub
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This volume on medicinal foods from the sea narrates the bioactive principles of various marine floral (vertebrate and Invertebrate), faunal (Macro and Micro algal) and microbial sources. Contributions from eminent scientists worldwide explain about the latest advance...
Editeur :
Academic Press
Parution :
2012-04-20
epub sans DRM
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Ladybirds are probably the best known predators of aphids and coccids in the world, though this greatly underestimates the diversity of their biology. Maximising their impact on their prey is an important element in modern conservation biological control of indigenous...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2012-04-19
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Most birds cannot cover the distance between their breeding and winter quarters in one hop. They have to make multiple flights alternated with stopovers. Which factors govern the birds’ decisions to stop, to stop for how long, when to resume flight? What is better – to...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2012-04-18
ePub
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Kreuzungen zwischen verschiedenen Arten gibt es nicht nur im Tierreich (wie Maultier, Maulesel), sondern auch in hohem Maße bei den Holzgewächsen. Lange wurden die Hybriden aus den gängigen Gehölzführern ausgeklammert, obwohl sie so essentiell für die Forstwirtschaft...
Editeur :
Wiley-VCH
Parution :
2012-04-16
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Enlarged, enhanced and internationalized edition of the first restoration ecology textbook to be published, with foreword by Dr. Steven Whisnant of Texas A&M University and Chair of the Society of Ecological Restoration. Since 2006, when the first edition of this book...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2012-04-12
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The central theme of landscape has long been associated with the construction and expression of Irish national identity, particularly in relation to rural Ireland, which traditionally has been regarded as an important source of national heritage and culture. Associated...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2012-04-12
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Biodiversity offers great potential for managing insect pests. It provides resistance genes and anti-insect compounds; a huge range of predatory and parasitic natural enemies of pests; and community ecology-level effects operating at the local and landscape scales to...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2012-04-12
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We live in a complex and dynamically changing acoustic environment. To this end, the auditory cortex of humans has developed the ability to process a remarkable amount of diverse acoustic information with apparent ease. In fact, a phylogenetic comparison of auditory...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2012-04-11
ePub
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