Environmental Sciences

  • Post-Consumer Waste Recycling and Optimal Production
    Post-Consumer Waste Recycling and Optimal Production
    Editor Enri Damanhuri
    ISBN 978-953-51-0632-6
    294 pages, May, 2012
    Downloads: 1005
    This book deals with several aspects of waste material recycling. It is divided into three sections. The first section explains the roles of stakeholders, both informal and formal sectors, in post-consumer waste activities. It also discusses waste co ...
  • Topics in Conservation Biology
    Topics in Conservation Biology
    Editor Tony Povilitis
    ISBN 978-953-51-0540-4
    110 pages, May, 2012
    Downloads: 1937
    Conservation biology is called a "crisis discipline." In a world undergoing rapid change, this science informs us about research, technologies, management practices, and policies that can help protect the earth's naturally-occurring biological divers ...
  • Diversity of Ecosystems
    Diversity of Ecosystems
    Editor Mahamane Ali
    ISBN 978-953-51-0572-5
    484 pages, April, 2012
    Downloads: 2445
    The ecosystems present a great diversity worldwide and use various functionalities according to ecologic regions. In this new context of variability and climatic changes, these ecosystems undergo notable modifications amplified by domestic uses of wh ...
  • The Functioning of Ecosystems
    The Functioning of Ecosystems
    Editor Mahamane Ali
    ISBN 978-953-51-0573-2
    332 pages, April, 2012
    Downloads: 1525
    The ecosystems present a great diversity worldwide and use various functionalities according to ecologic regions. In this new context of variability and climatic changes, these ecosystems undergo notable modifications amplified by domestic uses of wh ...
  • Advances in Selected Plant Physiology Aspects
    Advances in Selected Plant Physiology Aspects
    Editor Giuseppe Montanaro and Bartolomeo Dichio
    ISBN 978-953-51-0557-2
    388 pages, April, 2012
    Downloads: 1245
    The book provides general principles and new insights of some plant physiology aspects covering abiotic stress, plant water relations, mineral nutrition and reproduction. Plant response to reduced water availability and other abiotic stress (e.g. me ...
  • Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment
    Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment
    Editor Kostas Voudouris and Dimitra Voutsa
    ISBN 978-953-51-0486-5
    602 pages, April, 2012
    Downloads: 2211
    The book attempts to covers the main fields of water quality issues presenting case studies in various countries concerning the physicochemical characteristics of surface and groundwaters and possible pollution sources as well as methods and tools fo ...
  • Agroforestry for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services - Science and Practice
    Agroforestry for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services - Science and Practice
    Editor Martin Leckson Kaonga
    ISBN 978-953-51-0493-3
    164 pages, April, 2012
    Downloads: 1023
    Agroforestry has great potential for reducing deforestation and forest degradation, providing rural livelihoods and habitats for species outside formally protected land, and alleviating resource-use pressure on conservation areas. However, widespread ...
  • The Biosphere
    The Biosphere
    Editor Natarajan Ishwaran
    ISBN 978-953-51-0292-2
    302 pages, March, 2012
    Downloads: 1365
    In this book entitled "The Biosphere", researchers from all regions of the world report on their findings to explore the origins, evolution, ecosystems and resource utilization patterns of the biosphere. Some describe the complexities and challenges ...