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Tropical Forests
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 404

Tropical Forests

The astounding richness and biodiversity of tropical forests is rapidly dwindling. This has severely altered the vital biogeochemical cycles of carbon, phosphorus, nitrogen etc. and has led to the change in global climate and pristine natural ecosystems. In this elegant book, we have defined "Tropical Forests" broadly, into five different themes: (1) tropical forest structure, synergy, synthesis, (2) tropical forest fragmentation, (3) impact of anthropogenic pressure, (4) Geographic Information System and remote sensing, and (5) tropical forest protection and process. The cutting-edge synthesis, detailed current reviews, several original data-rich case studies, recent experiments/experiences...

Wild Crop Relatives: Genomic and Breeding Resources
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 184

Wild Crop Relatives: Genomic and Breeding Resources

Wild crop relatives are now playing a significant part in the elucidation and improvement of the genomes of their cultivated counterparts. This work includes comprehensive examinations of the status, origin, distribution, morphology, cytology, genetic diversity and available genetic and genomic resources of numerous wild crop relatives, as well as of their evolution and phylogenetic relationship. Further topics include their role as model plants, genetic erosion and conservation efforts, and their domestication for the purposes of bioenergy, phytomedicines, nutraceuticals and phytoremediation. Wild Crop Relatives: Genomic and Breeding Resources comprises 10 volumes on Cereals, Millets and Grasses, Oilseeds, Legume Crops and Forages, Vegetables, Temperate Fruits, Tropical and Subtropical Fruits, Industrial Crops, Plantation and Ornamental Crops, and Forest Trees. It contains 125 chapters written by nearly 400 well-known authors from about 40 countries.

Principles and Practices of Plant Genomics, Volume 3
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 628

Principles and Practices of Plant Genomics, Volume 3

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2016-04-19
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  • Publisher: CRC Press

This book presents the basic and applied aspects of sequencing of genes and genomes and their implication in the fine-scale elucidation of the plant genomes. The third volume presents an overview on the advances of plant genomics made in the past century; deliberations on the genomics resources; concepts, tools, strategies, and achievements of

Present Knowledge in Nutrition
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 2062

Present Knowledge in Nutrition

Present Knowledge in Nutrition, 10th Edition provides comprehensive coverage of all aspects of human nutrition, including micronutrients, systems biology, immunity, public health, international nutrition, and diet and disease prevention. This definitive reference captures the current state of this vital and dynamic science from an international perspective, featuring nearly 140 expert authors from 14 countries around the world. Now condensed to a single volume, this 10th edition contains new chapters on topics such as epigenetics, metabolomics, and sports nutrition.The remaining chapters have been thoroughly updated to reflect recent developments. Suggested reading lists are now provided for readers wishing to delve further into specific subject areas. An accompanying website provides book owners with access to an image bank of tables and figures as well as any updates the authors may post to their chapters between editions. Now available in both print and electronic formats, the 10th edition will serve as a valuable reference for researchers, health professionals, and policy experts as well as educators and advanced nutrition students.

Capitalism and Environmental Collapse
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 463

Capitalism and Environmental Collapse

This book intends to be an alert to the fact that the curve measuring environmental costs against the economic benefits of capitalism has irreversibly entered into a negative phase. The prospect of an environmental collapse has been evidenced by the sciences and the humanities since the 1960s. Today, it imposes its urgency. This collapse differs from past civilizations in that it is neither local nor just civilizational. It is global and occurs at the broadest level of the biosphere, accelerated by the convergence of different socio-environmental crises, such as: Earth energy imbalance, climate change and global warming Sea-level rise Decrease and degradation of forests Collapse of terrestri...

Conservation and Utilization of Threatened Medicinal Plants
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 571

Conservation and Utilization of Threatened Medicinal Plants

Medicinal plants are globally valuable sources of herbal products. Plant-based remedies have been used for centuries and have had no alternative in the western medicine repertoire, while others and their bioactive derivatives are in high demand and have been the central focus of biomedical research. As Medicinal plants move from fringe to mainstream with a greater number of individuals seeking treatments free of side effects, considerable attention has been paid to utilize plant-based products for the prevention and cure of human diseases. An unintended consequence of this increased demand, however, is that the existence of many medicinal plants is now threatened, due to their small populati...

Capitalismo e colapso ambiental
  • Language: pt-BR
  • Pages: 725

Capitalismo e colapso ambiental

"A perspectiva de um colapso ambiental vem sendo evidenciada pelas ciências e pelas humanidades desde os anos 1960. Hoje, ela impõe sua urgência. Achim Steiner, subsecretário-geral da ONU, adverte incessantemente: “se nada for feito, o colapso dos serviços prestados pelos ecossistemas é uma clara possibilidade”. Esse colapso difere dos das civilizações passadas por não ser nem local, nem apenas civilizacional. Ele é global e ocorre no nível mais amplo da biosfera, da qual as sociedades humanas dependem existencialmente. Evitar a falência das estruturas de sustentação dos ecossistemas, voltar a “caber” na biosfera, só será possível se desmontarmos a engrenagem socioeconômica expansiva que moldou nossas sociedades desde o século XVI. A sociedade futura será pós-capitalista ou não será uma sociedade complexa, e mesmo talvez, deve-se temer, sociedade alguma. Alargar esse consenso nascente foi o que motivou este livro."

Tropical Forests
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 196

Tropical Forests

Tropical forests occupy only one-tenth of the world's land area but are home to more than half of the world's flora and fauna. They comprise extremely complex labyrinth of ecological interactions. The astounding richness and biodiversity of tropical forests are rapidly dwindling. There is a fear that the burgeoning human population and industrialization, where a majority of these tropical forests are found, may lead to the clearing or modification or may be a complete disappearance of the remaining tropical forests within few decades. This has severely altered the vital biogeochemical cycles of carbon, phosphorus, nitrogen, and so on and has led to the change in global climate and pristine n...

Tropical Forests
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 402

Tropical Forests

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2012-03-14
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  • Publisher: IntechOpen

The astounding richness and biodiversity of tropical forests is rapidly dwindling. This has severely altered the vital biogeochemical cycles of carbon, phosphorus, nitrogen etc. and has led to the change in global climate and pristine natural ecosystems. In this elegant book, we have defined "Tropical Forests" broadly, into five different themes: (1) tropical forest structure, synergy, synthesis, (2) tropical forest fragmentation, (3) impact of anthropogenic pressure, (4) Geographic Information System and remote sensing, and (5) tropical forest protection and process. The cutting-edge synthesis, detailed current reviews, several original data-rich case studies, recent experiments/experiences...

Tropical Forests - New Edition
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 194

Tropical Forests - New Edition

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2018
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  • Publisher: Unknown

Tropical forests occupy only one-tenth of the world's land area but are home to more than half of the world's flora and fauna. They comprise extremely complex labyrinth of ecological interactions. The astounding richness and biodiversity of tropical forests are rapidly dwindling. There is a fear that the burgeoning human population and industrialization, where a majority of these tropical forests are found, may lead to the clearing or modification or may be a complete disappearance of the remaining tropical forests within few decades. This has severely altered the vital biogeochemical cycles of carbon, phosphorus, nitrogen, and so on and has led to the change in global climate and pristine n...