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The premiere two-volume reference on revelations from studying complex microbial communities in many distinct habitats Metagenomics is an emerging field that has changed the way microbiologists study microorganisms. It involves the genomic analysis of microorganisms by extraction and cloning of DNA from a group of microorganisms, or the direct use of the purified DNA or RNA for sequencing, which allows scientists to bypass the usual protocol of isolating and culturing individual microbial species. This method is now used in laboratories across the globe to study microorganism diversity and for isolating novel medical and industrial compounds. Handbook of Molecular Microbial Ecology is the fi...
Narrating Mexico's evolution of fire through five eras--pre-human, pre-Hispanic, colonial, industrializing (1880-1980), and contemporary (1980-2015)--this volume relies on the myth of the "five suns" that the Aztecs used to characterize their history. It completes a North American trilogy of fire histories that also includes the United States and Canada.
Silviculture is integral for the perpetuity and sustainability of forest stands and their yields. It encompasses several methods and techniques that make the bridge between individual trees and the stand. This book focuses on sustainable forest management with chapters on such topics as afforestation, thinning, pest control, and mitigation of climate change, among others.
We should thank a pollinator at every meal. These diminutive creatures fertilize a third of the crops we eat. Yet half of the 200,000 species of pollinators are threatened. Birds, bats, insects, and many other pollinators are disappearing, putting our entire food supply in jeopardy. In North America and Europe, bee populations have already plummeted by more than a third and the population of butterflies has declined 31 percent. Protecting Pollinators explores why the statistics have become so dire and how they can be reversed. Jodi Helmer breaks down the latest science on environmental threats and takes readers inside the most promising conservation initiatives. Efforts include famers reduci...
The 2021 volume of the benchmark bibliography of Latin American Studies.
This book aims to initiate among students and other readers critical and interdisciplinary reflections on key problems concerning development, gender relations, peace and environment, with a special emphasis on North-South relations. This volume offers a selection of the author's research in different parts of the world during 50 years of contributing to an interdisciplinary scientific debate and addressing social answers to urgent global problems. After the author's biography and bibliography, the second part analyses the development processes of several countries in the South that resulted in a dynamic of underdevelopment. The deep-rooted gender discrimination is also reflected in the dest...
El interés científico por comprender, reducir o revertir estas afectaciones ha resultado en numerosas acciones de manejo para lograr la conservación biológica de especies nativas tanto en ambientes urbanos como naturales. Con base en el análisis de las actividades mencionadas, en este libro se presenta una serie de propuestas de manejo que han favorecido la conservación de la fauna, las cuales provienen de la experiencia directa de los autores o de revisiones de literatura, e identifican factores y actores clave que deben ser tomados en cuenta por el lector al implementar medidas de conservación para el manejo de fauna en ambientes antropizados.
Hasta la fecha, las acciones encaminadas a la restauración ecológica de los ecosistemas terrestres en México no han sido documentadas de forma sistemática con el propósito de extraer lecciones aprendidas e identificar vacíos de información. El presente es
This philosophical investigation into state violence and mourning in twenty-first-century Mexico weaves together personal essay and literary theory, giving voice to the political experience of collective pain.