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This is a unique and delightfully engaging account by a leading tropical biologist of doing science at one of the last wild frontiers in the world. Vojtech Novotny is a highly respected Czech scientist. His widely cited work, of profound importance to ecology and...
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OUP Oxford
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2009-05-14
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Physicochemical and Environmental Plant Physiology, Fourth Edition, is the updated version of an established and successful reference for plant scientists. The author has taken into consideration extensive reviews performed by colleagues and students who have touted...
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Academic Press
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2009-05-13
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This companion book to the HBO Documentary Films series explores the cutting-edge research on Alzheimer's disease that is creating new hope for the future. Alzheimer's disease is the second most-feared illness in America, following cancer. It affects as many as 5...
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PublicAffairs
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2009-05-12
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The goal of Discovery: Science as a Window to the World is to relay the excitement of sciene by exploring selected topics in biology and medicine in a way that reveals the process of discovery. Each chapter will focus on the curiosity and creativity that drives...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-05-11
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The 11th Hour Series is designed to be used when a textbook doesn't make sense, when the course content is tough, or when you just want a better grade in the course.The authors cut through the fluff, get to what you need to know, and then help you understand it. ...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-05-11
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Monitoring Plant and Animal Populations offers an overview of population monitoring issues that is accessible to the typical field biologist and land managers with a modest statistical background. The text includes concrete guidelines for ecologists to follow to design...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-05-11
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The nervous system is highly complex both in its structural order and in its ability to perform the many functions required for survival and interaction with the environment; understanding how it develops has proven to be one of the greatest challenges in biology. Such...
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Academic Press
Parution :
2009-05-07
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The 11th Hour Series of revision guides have been designed for quick reference.The organisation of these books will involve students actively in the learning process and reinforcement of concepts. At the end of each chapter there will be a test including multiple choice...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-05-06
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Plant Systems Biology is an excellent new addition to the increasingly well-known and respected AnnualPlant Reviews. Split into two parts, this title offers the reader: A fundamental conceptual framework for Systems Biology including Network Theory The progress...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-05-06
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Annual Plant Reviews
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This first entry-level guide to the multifaceted field takes readers one step further than existing textbooks. In an easily accessible manner, the authors integrate the biochemistry, cell biology and medical implications of intracellular redox processes, demonstrating...
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Wiley-VCH
Parution :
2009-05-06
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Suserup Skov in Denmark is a well-preserved beech-dominated forest reserve with continuity in tree cover at least back to 4200 BC, indicating it to be a direct descendent of the primeval forests. Despite of documented historical impact from humans,Suserup Skov is now...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-05-06
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Ecological Bulletins
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Maintaining forest biodiversity by combining protection, management and restoration of forest and woodland landscapes is a central component of sustainable development. Evidence that there are threshold levels for how much habitat loss may be tolerated for viable...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-05-06
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Ecological Bulletins
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Advanced Genetic Analysis brings a state-of-the-art, exciting new approach to genetic analysis. Focusing on the underlying principles of modern genetic analysis, this book provides the 'how' and 'why' of the essential analytical tools needed. The author's vibrant,...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-05-06
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In this second of two new volumes covering mitochondria, methods developed to assess the number and function of nuclear-encoded proteins in the mitochondrion are presented. Chapters focus on the regulation of mitochondrial function and mitochondrial diseases, with a...
Editeur :
Academic Press
Parution :
2009-05-05
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Out of Control chronicles the dawn of a new era in which the machines and systems that drive our economy are so complex and autonomous as to be indistinguishable from living things.
Editeur :
Basic Books
Parution :
2009-04-30
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Written by leading experts in the field as part of an interdisciplinary pan-European research program funded by the EU, the results provided in this booklet provide a unique and comprehensive overview of how microarray technology can be used in safely tracking the most...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-04-29
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Biomarkers hold immense promise for the early detection of disease. Unlike other disorders like diabetes and heart disease where a limited number of biological markers are at hand that allow the physician to come up with a reliable diagnosis, there are currently no such...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2009-04-29
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Ecology of Coastal Waters with Implications for Management, Second Edition is the most up-to-date book available on coastal marine ecosystems. Students will easily relate to the content of the book as subjects are divided by the environment and scientific principles are...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-04-29
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Neanderthals are at the center of this compelling narrative by Europe's leading anthropologist, not because they were our ancestors but because they were not. Members of a parallel humanity that evolved in Europe for hundreds of thousands of years, they were in direct...
Editeur :
Basic Books
Parution :
2009-04-29
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This book provides a general introduction as well as a selected survey of key advances in the fascinating field of plant cell and tissue culture as a tool in biotechnology. After a detailed description of the various basic techniques employed in leading laboratories...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2009-04-28
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