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Urban ecology an international perspective on the interaction between humans and nature

Table of Contents: “…Bat activity in an urban landscape : patterns at the landscape and microhabitat scale /…”
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Aestivation : Molecular and Physiological Aspects

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Biodiversity in dead wood by Stokland, Jogeir N.

Table of Contents: “…Mortality factors and decay succession; 7. Microhabitats; 8. Tree size; 9. The surrounding environment; 10. …”
Available online from ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete: 2012

Intestinal Microorganisms of Termites and Other Invertebrates

Table of Contents: “…Soil Invertebrates -- Biology of Soil Invertebrates -- Interactions Between Bacteria and Nematodes -- Earthworm Gut Microbial Biomes: Their Importance to Soil Microorganisms, Denitrification, and the Terrestrial Production of the Greenhouse Gas N2O -- Intestinal Microbiota of Millipedes -- Intestinal Microbiota of Terrestrial Isopods -- Collembola as a Habitat for Microorganisms -- Methane Production by Terrestrial Arthropods -- Termites as Model Organisms -- Termites as Soil Engineers and Soil Processors -- Cellulose Digestion in the Termite Gut -- Symbiotic Protozoa of Termites -- Diversity and Lignocellulolytic Activities of Cultured Microorganisms -- Diversity and Molecular Analyses of Yet-Uncultivated Microorganisms -- The Intestinal Yeasts -- Termitomyces/Termite Interactions -- Microbiology of Termite Hill (Mound) and Soil -- The Termite Gut Habitat: Its Evolution and Co-Evolution -- Modern Methods for Studying Intestinal Methods -- The Microbial Soil Flora: Novel Approaches for Accessing the Phylogenetic and Physiological Diversity of Prokaryotes -- Micromanipulation Techniques for the Isolation of Single Microorganisms -- Localization and Visualization of Microbial Community Structure and Activity in Soil Microhabitats -- Microsensors for the Study of Microenvironments and Processes in the Intestine of Invertebrates.…”
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A natural history of ladybird beetles by Majerus, M. E. N.

Table of Contents: “…Geography, habitat and microhabitat ; Geographic distributions ; Habitat favourability ; Host plant specialisation ; Habitat categorisation ; The evolution of habitat preferences ; Habitat preferences in ladybirds : future research -- What ladybirds eat. …”

Agricultural Implications of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident The First Three Years

Table of Contents: “…1 An Overview of Our Research -- 2 Monitoring Inspection for Radioactive Substances in Agricultural, Livestock, Forest, and Fishery Products in Fukushima Prefecture -- 3 Rice Inspections in Fukushima Prefecture -- 4 Cesium accumulation in paddy field rice grown in Fukushima from 2011 to 2013: cultivars and fertilization -- 5 Physiological verification of the effect of potassium supply on the reduction of radiocesium content in rice grain -- 6 Consecutive Field Trials of Rice Cultivation in Partially Decontaminated Paddy Fields to Reduce Radiocesium Absorption in the Iitate Village in Fukushima Prefecture -- 7 Effects of “clean feeding” management on livestock products contaminated with radioactive cesium due to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident -- 8 Adverse effects of radiocesium on the promotion of sustainable circular agriculture including livestock due to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident -- 9 Wild boars in Fukushima after the nuclear power plant accident: Distribution of radiocesium -- 10 Contamination of Wild Animals: Microhabitat Heterogeneity and Ecological Factors of Radioactive Cesium Exposure in Fukushima -- 11 Translocation of radiocesium in fruit trees -- 12 The effects of radioactive contamination on the forestry industry and commercial mushroom-log production in Fukushima, Japan -- 13 Radiocesium in timber of Japanese cedar, and Japanese red pine, in the forests of Minamisoma, Fukushima -- 14 Ecosystem monitoring of radiocesium redistribution dynamics in a forested catchment in Fukushima after the nuclear power plant accident in March 2011 -- 15 Reduction of air radiation dose by ponding paddy fields -- 16 Collaboration Structure for the Resurrection of Iitate Village, Fukushima: A Case Study of a Nonprofitable Organization -- 17 Impacts of the nuclear power plant accident and the start of trial operations in Fukushima fisheries -- 18 Consumer evaluation of foods from the disaster affected area: Change in 3 years -- 19 Imaging Techniques for Radiocesium in Soil and Plants.…”
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Aquatic Biodiversity II

Table of Contents: “…-- Recovery in diversity of fish and invertebrate communities following remediation of a polluted stream: investigating causal relationships -- Ecological remarks on Mastigodiaptomus nesus Bowman, 1986 (Copepoda: Calanoida) in a Mexican karstic sinkhole -- Consumptive and non-consumptive effects of turbellarian (Mesostoma sp.) predation on anostracans -- Changes in functional biodiversity in an invaded freshwater ecosystem: the Moselle River -- The impact of stocking on the genetic structure of European grayling (Thymallus thymallus, Salmonidae) in two alpine rivers -- Connectivity and nestedness of the meta-community structure of moss dwelling bdelloid rotifers along a stream -- Implications of taxonomic modifications and alien species on biological water quality assessment as exemplified by the Belgian Biotic Index method -- A large-scale stream benthic diatom database -- A review on the present status and management of mangrove wetland habitat resources in Bangladesh with emphasis on mangrove fisheries and aquaculture -- Coexistence of two similar copepod species, Eudiaptomus gracilis and E. graciloides: the role of differential predator avoidance -- Native and exotic Amphipoda and other Peracarida in the River Meuse: new assemblages emerge from a fast changing fauna -- Phylogeography and speciation in the Pseudocrenilabrus philander species complex in Zambian Rivers -- Short term spatial and temporal variation of phytoplankton in a shallow tropical oligotrophic reservoir, southeast Brazil -- The female reproductive organ in podocopid ostracods is homologous to five appendages: histological evidence from Liocypris grandis (Crustacea, Ostracoda) -- Daphnia species diversity in Kenya, and a key to the identification of their ephippia -- Some aspects of water filtering activity of filter-feeders -- Recent ostracods (Crustacea, Ostracoda) found in lowland springs of the provinces of Piacenza and Parma (Northern Italy) -- Representation of aquatic invertebrate communities in subfossil death assemblages sampled along a salinity gradient of western Uganda crater lakes -- Life history strategies of cladocerans: comparisons of tropical and temperate taxa -- Phylogeographic history of the genus Tropheus, a lineage of rock-dwelling cichlid fishes endemic to Lake Tanganyika -- Plankton richness in a eutrophic reservoir (Barra Bonita Reservoir, SP, Brazil) -- The effect of turbidity state and microhabitat on macroinvertebrate assemblages: a pilot study of six shallow lakes.…”
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Birds of Kruger National Park. by Barnes, Keith

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Forest Restoration in Landscapes : Beyond Planting Trees by Mansourian, Stephanie, Vallauri, Daniel, Dudley, Nigel

Table of Contents: “…-- Addressing Trade-Offs in Forest Landscape Restoration -- An Attempt to Develop a Framework for Restoration Planning -- Assessing and Addressing Threats in Restoration Programmes -- Perverse Policy Incentives -- Land Ownership and Forest Restoration -- Challenges for Forest Landscape Restoration Based on WWF’s Experience to Date -- Goals and Targets of Forest Landscape Restoration -- Identifying and Using Reference Landscapes for Restoration -- Mapping and Modelling as Tools to Set Targets, Identify Opportunities, and Measure Progress -- Policy Interventions for Forest Landscape Restoration -- Negotiations and Conflict Management -- Practical Interventions that Will Support Restoration in Broad-Scale Conservation Based on WWF Experiences -- Monitoring Forest Restoration Projects in the Context of an Adaptive Management Cycle -- Monitoring and Evaluating Forest Restoration Success -- Opportunities for Long-Term Financing of Forest Restoration in Landscapes -- Payment for Environmental Services and Restoration -- Carbon Knowledge Projects and Forest Landscape Restoration -- Marketing and Communications Opportunities: How to Promote and Market Forest Landscape Restoration -- Restoring Quality in Existing Native Forest Landscapes -- Restoring Soil and Ecosystem Processes -- Active Restoration of Boreal Forest Habitats for Target Species -- Restoration of Deadwood as a Critical Microhabitat in Forest Landscapes -- Restoration of Protected Area Values -- Using Nontimber Forest Products for Restoring Environmental, Social, and Economic Functions -- An Historical Account of Fuelwood Restoration Efforts -- Restoring Water Quality and Quantity -- Restoring Landscapes for Traditional Cultural Values -- Overview of Technical Approaches to Restoring Tree Cover at the Site Level -- Stimulating Natural Regeneration -- Managing and Directing Natural Succession -- Selecting Tree Species for Plantation -- Developing Firebreaks -- Agroforestry as a Tool for Restoring Forest Landscapes -- Restoring Dry Tropical Forests -- Restoring Tropical Moist Broad-Leaf Forests -- Restoring Tropical Montane Forests -- Restoring Floodplain Forests -- Restoring Mediterranean Forests -- Restoring Temperate Forests -- Forest Landscape Restoration After Fires -- Restoring Forests After Violent Storms -- Managing the Risk of Invasive Alien Species in Restoration -- First Steps in Erosion Control -- Restoring Forests After Land Abandonment -- Restoring Overlogged Tropical Forests -- Opencast Mining Reclamation -- The Role of Commercial Plantations in Forest Landscape Restoration -- Attempting to Restore Biodiversity in Even-Aged Plantations -- Best Practices for Industrial Plantations -- What Has WWF Learned About Restoration at an Ecoregional Scale? …”
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Anoxia : Evidence for Eukaryote Survival and Paleontological Strategies

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Stepping into the book of Eukaryotes and Anoxia -- List of Authors and their Addresses -- List of External Reviewers and Referees --  Acknowledgment to authors, reviewers and any special people who assisted -- PART I: GENERAL INTRODUCTION -- Anaerobic eukaryotes -- Biogeochemical reactions in marine sediments underlying anoxic water bodies --  Diversity of anaerobic prokaryotes and eukaryotes – breaking long-established dogmas -- PART II: FUNCTIONAL BIOCHEMISTRY -- The biochemical adaptations of mitochondrion-related organelles of parasitic and free-living microbial eukaryotes to low oxygen environments -- Hydrogenosomes and mitosomes: mitochondrial adaptations to life in anaerobic environments -- Adapting to hypoxia: lessons from vascular endothelial growth factor -- PART III: MANAGING ANOXIA -- Magnetotactic protists at the oxic-anoxic transition zones of coastal aquatic environments -- A novel ciliate (Ciliophora: Hypotrichida) isolated from bathyal anoxic sediments -- The wood-eating termite hindgut: diverse cellular symbioses in a microoxic to anoxic environment -- Ecological and experimental exposure of insects to anoxia reveals suprising tolerance -- The unusual response of encysted embryos of the animal extremophile, Artemia franciscana, to prolonged anoxia -- Survival of tardigrades in extreme environments – a model animal for astrobiology -- Long-term anoxia-tolerance in flowering plants -- PART IV: FORAMINIFERA -- Benthic Foraminifera: inhabitants of low-oxygen environments -- Ecological and biological response of benthic Foraminifera under oxygen-depleted conditions: evidence from laboratory approaches -- The response of benthic Foraminifera to low-oxygen conditions of the Peruvian oxygen minimum zone -- Benthic foraminiferal communities and microhabitat selection on the continental shelf off central Peru -- PART V: ZONES AND REGIONS -- Living assemblages from the “Dead Zone” and naturally occurring hypoxic zones -- The return of shallow shelf seas as extreme environments: Anoxia and macrofauna reactions in the northern Adriatic Sea -- Meiobenthos of the oxic/anoxic interface in the south-western region of the Black Sea: abundance and taxonomic composition -- The role of eukaryotes in the anaerobic food web of stratified lakes -- The anoxic Framvaren fjord as a model system to study protistan diversity and evolution -- Characterizing an anoxic habitat: sulphur bacteria in a meromictic alpine lake -- Ophel, the newly discovered hypoxic chemolitho-autotrophic groundwater biome - a window to ancient animal life -- Microbial eukaryotes in the marine subsurface? …”
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Biodiversity and Conservation in Europe

Table of Contents: “…Biodiversity gradients in the Alps: the overriding importance of elevation -- Determining high value areas for steppe birds in Spain: hot spots, complementarity and the efficiency of protected areas -- The Berger–Parker index as an effective tool for monitoring the biodiversity of disturbed soils: a case study on Mediterranean oribatid (Acari: Oribatida) assemblages -- The effects of fire on communities, guilds and species of breeding birds in burnt and control pinewoods in central Italy -- Indicators for plant species richness in pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) forests of Germany -- The social negotiation of nature conservation policy: conserving pinewoods in the Scottish Highlands -- Identifying new buffer areas for conserving waterbirds in the Mediterranean basin: the importance of the rice fields in Extremadura, Spain -- Impact of wind turbines on birds in Zeebrugge (Belgium) -- The Iberian ibex is under an expansion trend but displaced to suboptimal habitats by the presence of extensive goat livestock in central Spain -- Testing indicators of epiphytic lichen diversity: a case study in N Italy -- Analysis and evaluation of ecosystem resilience: an economic perspective with an application to the Venice lagoon -- Natural oak forest vs. ancient pine plantations: lizard microhabitat use may explain the effects of ancient reforestations on distribution and conservation of Iberian lizards -- Tracking the effects of one century of habitat loss and fragmentation on calcareous grassland butterfly communities -- The distribution pattern of centipedes in four primeval forests of central Slovakia -- Tuber spp. biodiversity in one of the southernmost European distribution areas -- Multi-scale analysis of butterfly diversity in a Mediterranean mountain landscape: mapping and evaluation of community vulnerability -- Habitat use of booted eagles (Hieraaetus pennatus) in a Special Protection Area: implications for conservation -- Is the wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) a threatened species in spain? …”
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Forest restoration in landscapes : beyond planting trees

Table of Contents: “…Walker -- Active restoration of boreal forest habitats for target species / Harri Karjalainen -- Restoration of deadwood as a critical microhabitat in forest landscapes / Nigel Dudley and Daniel Vallauri -- Restoration of protected area values / Nigel Dudley -- Using nontimber forest products for restoring environmental, social, and economic functions / Pedro Regato and Nora Berrahmouni -- An historical account of fuelwood restoration efforts / Don Gilmour -- Restoring water quality and quantity / Nigel Dudley and Sue Stolton -- Restoring landscapes for traditional cultural values / Gladwin Joseph and Stephanie Mansourian -- Overview of technical approaches to restoring tree cover at the site level / Stephanie Mansourian, David Lamb, and Don Gilmour -- Stimulating natural regeneration / Silvia Holz and Guillermo Placci -- Managing and directing natural succession / Steve Whisenant -- Selecting tree species for plantation / Florencia Montagnini -- Developing firebreaks / Eduard Plana, Rufí Cerdan, and Marc Castellnou -- Agroforestry as a tool for forest landscape restoration / Thomas K. …”
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Primates in Fragments Complexity and Resilience

Table of Contents: “…Quantification, Distribution, and Microhabitat Use of Fragments by the Red Slender Loris in Sri Lanka -- Section VI: Genetics, Disease, and Parasites -- 25. …”
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Urban Ecology : An International Perspective on the Interaction Between Humans and Nature

Table of Contents: “…-- Creating a Homogeneous Avifauna -- Towards a Mechanistic Understanding of Urbanization’s Impacts on Fish -- Bat Activity in an Urban Landscape: Patterns at the Landscape and Microhabitat Scale -- Urbanization and Spider Diversity: Influences of Human Modification of Habitat Structure and Productivity -- The Anthroposphere: Human Dimensions -- Social Science Concepts and Frameworks for Understanding Urban Ecosystems -- The Iceberg and the Titanic: Human Economic Behavior in Ecological Models -- Forecasting Demand for Urban Land -- Characteristics, Causes, and Effects of Sprawl: A Literature Review -- Urban Ecological Footprints: Why Cities Cannot be Sustainable—and Why They are a Key to Sustainability -- Health, Supportive Environments, and the Reasonable Person Model -- Relationship Between Urban Sprawl and Physical Activity, Obesity, and Morbidity -- Megacities as Global Risk Areas -- Why Is Understanding Urban Ecosystems Important to People Concerned About Environmental Justice? …”
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Biology and Conservation of Horseshoe Crabs

Table of Contents: “…Biology -- Limits on the Global Distribution of Horseshoe Crabs (Limulacea): Lessons Learned from Two Lifetimes of Observations: Asia and America -- Horseshoe Crabs – An Ancient Ancestry Revealed -- The Ecological Importance of Horseshoe Crabs in Estuarine and Coastal Communities: A Review and Speculative Summary -- Relationships Between Sandpipers and Horseshoe Crab in Delaware Bay: A Synthesis -- Horseshoe Crabs, Their Eco-biological Status Along the Northeast Coast of India and the Necessity for Ecological Conservation -- American Horseshoe Crabs, Limulus polyphemus, in Mexico: Open Possibilities -- Basic Habitat Requirements of the Extant Species of Horseshoe Crabs (Limulacea) -- The Relationship Between Small- and Large-Scale Movements of Horseshoe Crabs in the Great Bay Estuary and Limulus Behavior in the Laboratory -- Ecology of Horseshoe Crabs in Microtidal Lagoons -- Phylogeography, Demographic History, and Reserves Network of Horseshoe Crab, Tachypleus tridentatus, in the South and East China Seaboards -- Genetic Structure of Japanese Populations of Tachypleus tridentatus by mtDNA AT-Rich Region Sequence Analysis -- Reproductive Competition and Sexual Selection in Horseshoe Crabs -- Vision in Horseshoe Crabs -- Sperm Attachment on the Egg of Malaysian King Crab, Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda -- Distribution and Development of Limulus Egg Clusters on Intertidal Beaches in Delaware Bay -- Comparisons in Prosomal Width and Body Weight Among Early Instar Stages of Malaysian Horseshoe Crabs, Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda and Tachypleus gigas in the Laboratory -- Emergence Behavior of Juvenile Tachypleus tridentatus Under Simulated Tidal Conditions in the Laboratory and at Two Different Sediment Temperatures -- Distribution of Juvenile Horseshoe Crabs in Subtidal Habitats of Delaware Bay Using a Suction-Dredge Sampling Device -- Conservation -- History of Horseshoe Crab Harvest on Delaware Bay -- Biomedical Applications of Limulus Amebocyte Lysate -- The Effect of Hemolymph Extraction Volume and Handling Stress on Horseshoe Crab Mortality -- Horseshoe Crabs in Hong Kong: Current Population Status and Human Exploitation -- Comparative Status and Assessment of Limulus polyphemus with Emphasis on the New England and Delaware Bay Populations -- An Integrative Approach to Horseshoe Crab Multiple Use and Sustainability -- Strategies to Conserve and Enhance Sandy Barrier Habitat for Horseshoe Crabs (Limulus polyphemus) on Developed Shorelines in Delaware Bay, United States -- Conservation Program for the Asian Horseshoe Crab Tachypleus tridentatus in Taiwan: Characterizing the Microhabitat of Nursery Grounds and Restoring Spawning Grounds -- The Effects of Water Quality on Horseshoe Crab Embryos and Larvae -- Heavy Metal Concentration in Horseshoe Crab (Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda and Tachypleus gigas) Eggs from Malaysian Coastline -- A Discussion of Horseshoe Crab Management in Five Countries: Taiwan, India, China, United States, and Mexico -- Clinical Evaluation, Common Diseases, and Veterinary Care of the Horseshoe Crab, Limulus polyphemus -- Aquaculture Methods and Early Growth of Juvenile Horseshoe Crabs (Limulus polyphemus) -- Larval Culture of Tachypleus gigas and Its Molting Behavior Under Laboratory Conditions -- Diet Composition of Juvenile Horseshoe Crabs: Implications for Growth and Survival of Natural and Cultured Stocks -- Effect of Sediment Type on Growth and Survival of Juvenile Horseshoe Crabs (Tachypleus tridentatus) -- The Conservation Network of Horseshoe Crab Tachypleus tridentatus in Taiwan -- The History of Horseshoe Crab Research and Conservation in Japan -- Public Awareness and Community-Based Conservation for the Horseshoe Crab at Saikai National Park in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan -- Public Participation in Studies on Horseshoe Crab Populations -- Green Eggs and Sand: A Collaborative Effort of Scientists, Teachers, Resource Managers, and Stakeholders in Educating About Limulus polyphemus -- Community Building: An Integrated Approach to Horseshoe Crab Conservation.…”
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Encyclopedia of Soil Science

Table of Contents: “…Excluding the ca. 430 glossary terms: Acid Deposition -- Acid Rock Drainage -- Acid Soils -- Acid Sulfate Soils -- Acidity -- Acrisols -- Activity Ratio -- Aggregate Stability -- Aggregation -- Agrogeology -- Agronomy -- Albeluvisols -- Alisols -- Algae -- Alkaline Soils -- Andosols -- Anthrosols -- Arenosols -- Applied Soil Geochemistry -- Base Saturation -- Biogeochemical Cycles -- Biospheric Role of Soil -- Buffers -- Bulk Density -- Calcareous Soils -- Calcisols -- Cambisols -- Capillary Pressure -- Carbon Cycle -- Carbon Sequestration -- Carbonates -- Chemical Analyses -- Chemical Composition -- Chernozems -- Chronology of Soils -- Classification of Soils: Basics -- Classification of Soils: FAO -- Classification of Soils: Soil Taxonomy -- Classification of Soils: World Reference Base -- Clay Mineral Decomposition -- Clay Mineral Formation -- Clay Mineral Structures -- Clay Minerals: Hydrous Oxides -- Clay Minerals: Non- & Para-Crystalline -- Clay Minerals: Silicates -- Clay-Organic Interactions -- Compaction -- Computer Modelling -- Computerized Tomogaphy -- Conductivity: Electrical -- Conductivity: Hydraulic -- Conductivity: Thermal -- Conservation -- Crusts -- Cryosols -- Denitrification -- Diffusion Processes -- Duricrust -- Durisols -- Earth Cycles -- Edaphic Constraints -- Edaphology -- Energy Balance -- Envelope-Pressure Potential -- Enzyme Activity -- Enzymes and Proteins -- Erosion -- Evaporation -- Farming by Soil -- Fauna -- Ferralsols -- Fertilizer Raw Materials -- Fertilizers: Inorganic -- Fertilizers: Organic -- Field pH -- Flocculation -- Flow Theory -- Forest Soils -- Geography of Soils -- Geochemistry in Soil Science -- Gleysols -- Gypsisols -- Heat Capacity -- Histosols -- Horizon Designations: FAO -- Humus -- Hydric Soils -- Hydrologic Cycle -- Hydrophility, Hydrophobicity -- Hygroscopicity, Hygroscopic Constant -- Imbibition -- Infiltration -- Ionic Activities -- Iron Oxides -- Irrigation -- Journals of Soil Science -- Kastanozems -- Kinetics of Solute Sorption -- Labile Pool -- Landscape and Soils -- Law of The Minimum -- Leptosols -- Lime, Liming -- Lixisols -- Luvisols -- Macronutrients -- Management of Soils -- Metal Complexing -- Microbial Ecology and Clay Minerals -- Microbiology -- Microhabitats -- Micrometeorology -- Micromorphology -- Micronutrients -- Microstructure Manipulation -- Mineral Analysis -- Mire -- Moisture Management -- Near Neutral Soils -- Neolithic Revolution -- Nitisols -- Nitrification -- Nitrogen Cycle -- Nitrogen Fixation -- Nutrient Cycling -- Nutrient Potential -- Organic Fertilizers -- Organic Matter -- Particle Density -- Particle Size Distribution -- Peat -- Pedology -- Pedogenesis -- Pedogenesis: Redox-pH Aspects -- Pedogenic Grid -- Pedoturbation -- Percolation -- Periodic Table -- Permeability -- Phase Rule -- Phaeozems -- Phosphorus Cycle -- Physical Chemistry -- Planosols -- Plant Nutrients -- Plant Roots -- Plinthosols -- Podzols -- Pollution -- Pore Size Distribution -- Pore Space, Drainable -- Pore-Size Distribution -- Profile: Physical Modification -- Puddling -- Radiocarbon Dating -- Radioisotopes -- Redox Chemistry of Soils -- Redox-pH Diagrams for Soils -- Regosols -- Rhizosphere -- Root Soil Interface -- Salt Affected Soils -- Saprolite -- Silicates -- Simulation of Soil Systems -- Sludge Disposal -- Soil -- Soil and Health Problems -- Soil Biology -- Soil Chemistry -- Soil Color -- Soil Conservation Service -- Soil Drainage -- Soil Engineering -- Soil Fertility -- Soil Forming Factors -- Soil Health -- Soil Mapping and Survey -- Soil Mechanics -- Soil Microbiology -- Soil Mineralogy -- Soil Physical Conditions -- Soil Physics -- Soil Pores -- Soil Quality -- Soil Reaction -- Soil Root Interface -- Soil Salinity and Salinization -- Soil Science -- Soil Science and Society -- Soil Solution -- Soil Stabilization -- Soil Variation -- Soil Water -- Soil Water Management -- Soils: Non Agricultural Uses -- Soils of Coastal Environments -- Soil-Solvent Interactions -- Soil-Water Management -- Solonchaks -- Solonetz -- Sorption Phenomena -- Sorption-Desorption Kinetics -- Surface Soil Water Content -- Sulfur Transformations and Fluxes -- Tests and Testing -- Thermal Regime -- Thermodynamics of Soil Water -- Thionic Soils -- Thixotropism -- Tillage -- Trace Elements -- Transport Processes -- Tropical Soils -- Umbrisols -- Ventifacts -- Vertisols -- Water Budget in Soil -- Water Content and Retention -- Water Erosion -- Water Fluxes -- Water Movement -- Weathering Systems -- Wetting Front -- Wind Erosion -- Zeta Potential.…”
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Coastal habitat conservation : new perspectives and sustainable development of biodiversity in the anthropocene

Table of Contents: “…. -- 2.1 Ecological status of highly modified water bodies (HMWB): Marinas as case study -- 2.2 Coastal strategies and new technologies for confronting pollution -- 2.3 The importance of substrata complexity and microhabitats diversity -- 2.4 The role of the materials used for coastal marine constructions -- 2.5 Restoration of natural shorelines as a strategy for coastal protection -- 2.6 Risks and opportunities for the conservation of local biodiversity and threatened species: The usefulness of new app ... -- 3 A social perspective -- 3.1 Ecosystem and cultural services provided by organisms living on artificial structures -- 3.2 The socioeconomic benefits of healthy marine ecosystems in heavily urbanized areas -- References -- Chapter 4 Marine bioinvasions in the Anthropocene: Challenges and opportunities -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Aims and scope of the chapter -- 1.2 The invasion process -- 1.3 Synergies with other global change drivers -- 2 Global vectors, transport hubs -- 3 Invasive species impacts -- 3.1 From species to ecosystem services -- 3.2 Uncertainties and challenges for predicting impacts -- 4 Early detection and monitoring -- 4.1 Tools to improve resolution and cost effectiveness -- 4.2 Prioritizing strategies and strategic areas for long-term monitoring -- 5 Management of marine biological invasions -- 5.1 Reducing and preventing invasions -- 5.1.1 Regulated and yet unregulated vectors -- 5.1.2 Recommendations for improving policy and management actions for preventing invasions -- 5.1.3 The importance of the social dimension for preventing invasions -- 5.2 Managing established invasions.…”
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Amphibians and Reptiles of La Selva, Costa Rica, and the Caribbean Slope by Guyer, Craig, Donnelly, Maureen A.

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