Author: Glenn Toole
Publisher: Nelson Thornes
ISBN: 9780748785186
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Written by experienced authors and practising teachers the Essentials student book matches the OCR specifications for A2 Biology and Human Biology.
Essential A2 Biology for OCR
Author: Glenn Toole
Publisher: Nelson Thornes
ISBN: 9780748785186
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Written by experienced authors and practising teachers the Essentials student book matches the OCR specifications for A2 Biology and Human Biology.
Publisher: Nelson Thornes
ISBN: 9780748785186
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Written by experienced authors and practising teachers the Essentials student book matches the OCR specifications for A2 Biology and Human Biology.
Pioneer Species
Author: Ross Thurber
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780999499580
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
This collection of poems from Vermont farmer Ross Thurber is divided into four sections: "Green Popplewood," "Sunburnt Juniper," "Stag Horn Sumac," and "Snow Melt, Black Brook." Each section represents a seasonal form of succession that is both literal and abstract. Ultimately the poems in this manuscript have been winnowed to represent a narrative that echoes the idea that, like a lyric poem, stability is only a moment in time--one to be cherished.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780999499580
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
This collection of poems from Vermont farmer Ross Thurber is divided into four sections: "Green Popplewood," "Sunburnt Juniper," "Stag Horn Sumac," and "Snow Melt, Black Brook." Each section represents a seasonal form of succession that is both literal and abstract. Ultimately the poems in this manuscript have been winnowed to represent a narrative that echoes the idea that, like a lyric poem, stability is only a moment in time--one to be cherished.
Tropical Forest Ecology
Author: Florencia Montagnini
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9783540237976
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Importance pf tropical forests; characteristics of tropical forests; classification of tropical forests; deforestation in the tropics; management of tropical forests; plantatios and agroforestry systems; approaches for implementing sustainable management techniques.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9783540237976
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Importance pf tropical forests; characteristics of tropical forests; classification of tropical forests; deforestation in the tropics; management of tropical forests; plantatios and agroforestry systems; approaches for implementing sustainable management techniques.
The Sustainable Forestry Handbook
Author: Neil Judd
Publisher: Earthscan
ISBN: 1849773319
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
The Sustainable Forestry Handbook is widely considered to be the essential aid to understanding and implementing sustainable forest management. Providing a clear and concise guide to the practicalities of implementing international standards for sustainable forest management, this fully updated second edition covers new Forest Stewardship Council requirements, High Conservation Value Forests, clearer requirements on pesticides and developments in policy and forest governance. Aimed at forest managers, and employing extensive cross referencing and easy-to-understand illustrations, this highly practical handbook explains in clear terms what the standards require forest managers to do and how they might go about implementing them.
Publisher: Earthscan
ISBN: 1849773319
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
The Sustainable Forestry Handbook is widely considered to be the essential aid to understanding and implementing sustainable forest management. Providing a clear and concise guide to the practicalities of implementing international standards for sustainable forest management, this fully updated second edition covers new Forest Stewardship Council requirements, High Conservation Value Forests, clearer requirements on pesticides and developments in policy and forest governance. Aimed at forest managers, and employing extensive cross referencing and easy-to-understand illustrations, this highly practical handbook explains in clear terms what the standards require forest managers to do and how they might go about implementing them.
Seeds
Author: Carol C. Baskin
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 9780120802630
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 684
Book Description
Seeds: Ecology, Biogeography, and Evolution of Dormancy and Germination provides a working hypothesis of the ecological and environmental conditions under which carious kinds of seed dormancy have developed. It also presents the seed germination of morethan 3500 species of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbaceous species.
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 9780120802630
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 684
Book Description
Seeds: Ecology, Biogeography, and Evolution of Dormancy and Germination provides a working hypothesis of the ecological and environmental conditions under which carious kinds of seed dormancy have developed. It also presents the seed germination of morethan 3500 species of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbaceous species.
Michigan Trees, Revised and Updated
Author: Burton V. Barnes
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 9780472089215
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
The number-one book for tree identification in Michigan and the Great Lakes
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 9780472089215
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
The number-one book for tree identification in Michigan and the Great Lakes
The Unity of Science and Economics
Author: Jing Chen
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 149393466X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
This book presents a new economic theory developed from physical and biological principles. It explains how technology, social systems and economic values are intimately related to resources. Many people have recognized that mainstream (neoclassical) economic theories are not consistent with physical laws and often not consistent with empirical patterns, but most feel that economic activities are too complex to be described by a simple and coherent mathematical theory. While social systems are indeed complex, all life systems, including social systems, satisfy two principles. First, all systems need to extract resources from the external environment to compensate for their consumption. Second, for a system to be viable, the amount of resource extraction has to be no less than the level of consumption. From these two principles, we derive a quantitative theory of major factors in economic activities, such as fixed cost, variable cost, discount rate, uncertainty and duration. The mathematical theory enables us to systematically measure the effectiveness of different policies and institutional structures at varying levels of resource abundance and cost.The theory presented in this book shows that there do not exist universally optimal policies or institutional structures. Instead, the impacts of different policies or social structures have to be measured within the context of existing levels of resource abundance. As the physical costs of extracting resources rise steadily, many policy assumptions adopted in mainstream economic theories, and workable in times of cheap and abundant energy supplies and other resources, need to be reconsidered. In this rapidly changing world, the theory presented here provides a solid foundation for examining the long-term impacts of today's policy decisions.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 149393466X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
This book presents a new economic theory developed from physical and biological principles. It explains how technology, social systems and economic values are intimately related to resources. Many people have recognized that mainstream (neoclassical) economic theories are not consistent with physical laws and often not consistent with empirical patterns, but most feel that economic activities are too complex to be described by a simple and coherent mathematical theory. While social systems are indeed complex, all life systems, including social systems, satisfy two principles. First, all systems need to extract resources from the external environment to compensate for their consumption. Second, for a system to be viable, the amount of resource extraction has to be no less than the level of consumption. From these two principles, we derive a quantitative theory of major factors in economic activities, such as fixed cost, variable cost, discount rate, uncertainty and duration. The mathematical theory enables us to systematically measure the effectiveness of different policies and institutional structures at varying levels of resource abundance and cost.The theory presented in this book shows that there do not exist universally optimal policies or institutional structures. Instead, the impacts of different policies or social structures have to be measured within the context of existing levels of resource abundance. As the physical costs of extracting resources rise steadily, many policy assumptions adopted in mainstream economic theories, and workable in times of cheap and abundant energy supplies and other resources, need to be reconsidered. In this rapidly changing world, the theory presented here provides a solid foundation for examining the long-term impacts of today's policy decisions.
The Nature of Science
Author: James Trefil
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618319381
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
The ultimate science handbook for the home explains in everyday terms 200 of the most important laws and principles that define one's sense of the physical world. 100 full-color illustrations & photos.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618319381
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
The ultimate science handbook for the home explains in everyday terms 200 of the most important laws and principles that define one's sense of the physical world. 100 full-color illustrations & photos.
Forest Ecology
Author: Arnold van der Valk
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9048127955
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
This volume provides an overview of recent advances in forest ecology on a variety of topics, including species diversity and the factors that control species diversity, environmental factors controlling distribution of forests, impacts of disturbances on forests (fires, drought, hurricane), reproduction ecology of both trees and understory species, and spatial organization of forests. Previously published in Plant Ecology, Volume 201, No.1, 2009.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9048127955
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
This volume provides an overview of recent advances in forest ecology on a variety of topics, including species diversity and the factors that control species diversity, environmental factors controlling distribution of forests, impacts of disturbances on forests (fires, drought, hurricane), reproduction ecology of both trees and understory species, and spatial organization of forests. Previously published in Plant Ecology, Volume 201, No.1, 2009.
Oral Microbiology E-Book
Author: Philip D. Marsh
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
ISBN: 0702040150
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Now expanded and in full colour throughout, ORAL MICROBIOLOGY retains its unique ecological approach to the subject which helps the reader determine whether an organism will have a pathogenic or commensal relationship at a given site. In the new edition, greater emphasis is placed on the role of current molecular biology techniques in the understanding of oral microbes. The book also provides insight into current therapeutic and prophylactic antibiotic use, infection control, and the relationships between oral and general health. New authorship also offers additional expertise on viral and fungal pathogens and the role of oral microbes in acute and chronic infections. - Successfully describes the complex relationship between the resident oral microflora and the host in health and disease - Retains a unique ecological approach to the subject which benefits the reader by providing a clear set of principles to explain the underlying issues that determine whether the microflora will have a beneficial or an adverse relationship with the host at a particular site - Published for the first time in full colour, Oral Microbiology has been expanded and completely rewritten with almost 100 brand new illustrations - Includes discussion of the latest molecular biology techniques which have revolutionized our knowledge of oral microbes - Highlights the biological and clinical significance of the existence of the oral microflora in the form of a biofilm on dental and mucosal surfaces - Includes contemporary views on therapeutic and prophylactic antibiotic use, infection control, and the relationships between oral and general health - New authorship offers further expertise on viral and fungal pathogens and the role of oral microbes in acute and chronic infections
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
ISBN: 0702040150
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Now expanded and in full colour throughout, ORAL MICROBIOLOGY retains its unique ecological approach to the subject which helps the reader determine whether an organism will have a pathogenic or commensal relationship at a given site. In the new edition, greater emphasis is placed on the role of current molecular biology techniques in the understanding of oral microbes. The book also provides insight into current therapeutic and prophylactic antibiotic use, infection control, and the relationships between oral and general health. New authorship also offers additional expertise on viral and fungal pathogens and the role of oral microbes in acute and chronic infections. - Successfully describes the complex relationship between the resident oral microflora and the host in health and disease - Retains a unique ecological approach to the subject which benefits the reader by providing a clear set of principles to explain the underlying issues that determine whether the microflora will have a beneficial or an adverse relationship with the host at a particular site - Published for the first time in full colour, Oral Microbiology has been expanded and completely rewritten with almost 100 brand new illustrations - Includes discussion of the latest molecular biology techniques which have revolutionized our knowledge of oral microbes - Highlights the biological and clinical significance of the existence of the oral microflora in the form of a biofilm on dental and mucosal surfaces - Includes contemporary views on therapeutic and prophylactic antibiotic use, infection control, and the relationships between oral and general health - New authorship offers further expertise on viral and fungal pathogens and the role of oral microbes in acute and chronic infections