Explique-moi... Les réserves de biosphère
de Christine Sourd (Ed. Nouvelle Arche de Noé) Isbn : 2843680484
8.00 € / 52.48 FF
Les réserves de biosphère forment un réseau mondial de sites où la conservation de la biodiversité au bénéfice des communautés locales est à l'oeuvre. Du concept à l'action, découvrons comment ces airesprotégées permettent d'enrayer ou de stopper la perte de biodiversité.

Analysis and Management of Animal Populations: Modeling, Estimation, and Decision Making
de Byron K. Williams, James D. Nichols, Michael J. Co (Ed. Academic Press Inc) Isbn : 0127544062
99.99 € / 655.89 FF
Descriptions du produit Mark Lindberg, Dept of Biology and Wildlife, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, December 2001 "This books provides an essential synthesis of material relevant to the analysis and management of animal populations. ...The authors effectively capture and marry concepts that are essential for sound analysis and management of animal populations." Kenneth H. Pollock, North Carolina State University, December 2001 "This book will be an essential addition to any population biologist's library. The integration of modelling, statistical estimation, and decision analysis to solve applied problems is very compelling." Voir l'ensemble des Descriptions du produit

The Deep Hot Biosphere
de Thomas Gold (Ed. Springer-Verlag New York Inc.) Isbn : 0387985468
21.51 € / 141.1 FF
Descriptions du produit From Publishers Weekly When scientists discovered thermophiles?primitive microorganisms that live in deep seafloor vents and eat hydrocarbons (chemicals like gasoline)?experts assumed the mysterious bugs had little to tell us about ourselves or about the earth's core. Cornell University Professor Emeritus Gold, however, who for 20 years directed the Cornell Center for Radiophysics and Space Research, here proposes the striking theory that "a full functioning... biosphere, feeding on hydrocarbons, exists deep within the earth, and that a primordial source of hydrocarbons lies even deeper." Most scientists think the oil we drill for comes from decomposed prehistoric plants. Gold believes it has been there since the earth's formation, that it supports its own ecosystem...

Freshwater Ecology: Concepts and Environmental Applications
de Walter K. Dodds (Ed. Academic Press Inc) Isbn : 0122191358
94.95 € / 622.83 FF
Descriptions du produit Fisheries, June 2002 "...will no doubt be used by a number of programs and would be a valuable reference for the professional.", Leonard A. Smock for Journal of the North American Benthological Society, January 2003 "There's a lot to like about this book. ...written in a style that makes for easy reading and comprehension." Voir l'ensemble des Descriptions du produit

Les micro-organismes : Du gène à la biosphère
de Yves Dupuy, Paul Nougier (Ed. Ellipses Marketing) Isbn : 2729821937
23.00 € / 150.87 FF
Cet ouvrage fait partie d'une collection de livres thématiques couvrant pour l'essentiel les programmes du 1er cycle universitaire et des classes préparatoires à vocation biologique et géologique dites BCPST. L'ouvrage se veut à la fois un livre de génétique, de biologie et d'écologie. Les micro-organismes sont partout. Par leur biologie et leur métabolisme ils se rencontrent à tous les niveaux de la biosphère, ils participent activement à l'équilibre du monde vivant, ils ont une place importante dans la nature. Par la simplicité de leur organisation, la rapidité de leur reproduction, ils constituent des outils remarquables et indispensables à la recherche en génétique, à ses progrès et à ses découvertes fondamentales. Les auteurs nous font comprendre comment les micro-organismes ont large...

Global Climate Change and Human Impacts on Forest Ecosystems: Postglacial Development, Present Situation, and Future Trends in Central Europe
de Joachim Puhe, B. Ulrich (Ed. Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K) Isbn : 3540671277
99.99 € / 655.89 FF
To judge the future development of forest ecosystems, their history, state, as well as changes in their boundary conditions have to be taken into account. For centuries man has utilized and often overutilized forests. During the last 100-200 years, forests in central Europe have been intensively managed and at the same time subjected to deposition of acidity and nitrogen compounds from air pollution. In addition, we currently witness a climate change which seems to be generated by man-made emission of greenhouse gases. This volume presents relevant information on the development of central European forest ecosystems in a historical perspective, and it reviews the ongoing environmental changes and their potential impacts. Further, scenarios on the future of central European forest ecosyste...

British Saltmarshes
de (Ed. Linnean Society of London) Isbn : 0950620769
54.29 € / 356.12 FF
This book is listed as Paperback - it is Hardback.

Biodiversity
de Christian Leveque, Jean-Claude Mounolou (Ed. John Wiley & Sons Ltd) Isbn : 0470849568
99.99 € / 655.89 FF
The title provides an overview of the current knowledge about the diversity of the living world and the various problems associated with its conservation and sustainable use. Covering both the fundamentals of the subject, along with the latest research, Biodiversity presents key conservation issues within a framework of global case studies. Starting with a summary of the concept of biodiversity, the text then explores such subjects as species richness, ecological systems, the consequences of human activities, diversity and human health, genetic resources, biotechnology and conservation. Comprehensive introduction to key issues surrounding the study of biodiversity. Extensive bibliography and references to numerous relevant websites. Introduces current research in the field within a framew...

Biogeochemistry of Forested Catchments in a Changing Environment: A German Case Study
de (Ed. Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K) Isbn : 3540209735
99.99 € / 655.89 FF
The stability of forest ecosystems is affected by changes of environment conditions, like by increasing temperatures, increasing atmospheric CO2 and decreasing deposition rates of nutrients and acidity. This volume integrates the results of long term interdisciplinary ecosystem research at two forested watersheds in Germany with special emphasis on the biogeochemistry of carbon, dissolved organic matter and mineral elements in response to changing environmental conditions and management. Despite the reduction in acidic deposition, forest ecosystems are still threatened by soil acidification, nutrient depletion and eutrophication and criteria of sustainability are not yet achieved. The results highlight the complex interactions between vegetation, animals and soils in terrestrial ecosystem...

La Biosphère de l'Anthropocène : Climat et pétrole, la double menace
de Jacques Grinevald (Ed. Georg Editeur) Isbn : 2825709417
30.00 € / 196.79 FF
Quiconque possède un brin d'esprit philosophique (et scientifique) et n'est pas trop aveuglé par les problèmes quotidiens et le dogme politico-économique de la croissance, ne peut qu'être frappé par cette lancinante rumeur qui semble à la fois tomber du ciel et remonter des entrailles de la Terre : une espèce zoologique singulière, Homo sapiens faber (V.Vernadskv), est devenue une nouvelle force géologique. L'humanité "civilisée", depuis la révolution thermo-industrielle, est désormais capable d'accélérer et de prendre la direction de l'évolution de toute la Biosphère. Mais n'est-ce pas jouer aux apprentis sorciers ? Avant Hiroshima, pratiquement personne - parmi les "civilisés" - ne remettait en question l'optimisme historique qui s'attachait à l'idéologie du Progrès. A l'Est comme à l'O...