Author: Warren Lambert WagnerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Revised Classification of the Onagraceae
Author: Warren Lambert WagnerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Plant Evolution
Author: Karl J. NiklasPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022634228X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
Although plants comprise more than 90% of all visible life, and land plants and algae collectively make up the most morphologically, physiologically, and ecologically diverse group of organisms on earth, books on evolution instead tend to focus on animals. This organismal bias has led to an incomplete and often erroneous understanding of evolutionary theory. Because plants grow and reproduce differently than animals, they have evolved differently, and generally accepted evolutionary views—as, for example, the standard models of speciation—often fail to hold when applied to them. Tapping such wide-ranging topics as genetics, gene regulatory networks, phenotype mapping, and multicellularity, as well as paleobotany, Karl J. Niklas’s Plant Evolution offers fresh insight into these differences. Following up on his landmark book The Evolutionary Biology of Plants—in which he drew on cutting-edge computer simulations that used plants as models to illuminate key evolutionary theories—Niklas incorporates data from more than a decade of new research in the flourishing field of molecular biology, conveying not only why the study of evolution is so important, but also why the study of plants is essential to our understanding of evolutionary processes. Niklas shows us that investigating the intricacies of plant development, the diversification of early vascular land plants, and larger patterns in plant evolution is not just a botanical pursuit: it is vital to our comprehension of the history of all life on this green planet.
Applied Urban Ecology
Author: Matthias RichterPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1444345001
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
Applied Urban Ecology: A Global Framework explores ways in which the environmental quality of urban areas can be improved starting with existing environmental conditions and their dynamics. Written by an internationally renowned selection of scientists and practitioners, the book covers a broad range of established and novel approaches to applied urban ecology. Approaches chosen for the book are placed in the context of issues such as climate change, green- and open-space development, flood-risk assessment, threats to urban biodiversity, and increasing environmental pollution (especially in the “megacities” of newly industrialized countries). All topics covered were chosen because they are socially and socio-politically relevant today. Further topics covered include sustainable energy and budget management, urban water resource management, urban land management, and urban landscape planning and design. Throughout the book, concepts and methods are illustrated using case studies from around the world. A closing synopsis draws conclusions on how the findings of urban ecological research can be used in strategic urban management in the future. Applied Urban Ecology: A Global Framework is an advanced textbook for students, researchers and experienced practitioners in urban ecology and urban environmental research, planning, and practice.
Books in Series
Author: Urban Biodiversity and Design
Author: Norbert MullerPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1444318667
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
With the continual growth of the world's urban population, biodiversity in towns and cities will play a critical role in global biodiversity. This is the first book to provide an overview of international developments in urban biodiversity and sustainable design. It brings together the views, experiences and expertise of leading scientists and designers from the industrialised and pre-industrialised countries from around the world. The contributors explore the biological, cultural and social values of urban biodiversity, including methods for assessing and evaluating urban biodiversity, social and educational issues, and practical measures for restoring and maintaining biodiversity in urban areas. Contributions come from presenters at an international scientific conference held in Erfurt, Germany 2008 during the 9th Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biodiversity. This is also Part of our Conservation Science and Practice book series (with Zoological Society of London).
Critical Essays on World Literature, Comparative Literature and the “Other”
Author: Jüri TalvetPublisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1527540138
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
The book offers coherent theoretical treatment of the conceptions of “World Literature” and “Comparative Literature”, in parallel with their practical application to the research of different literary phenomena (Renaissance and Baroque creativity, literary canons, philosophy of translation, etc.), especially, as viewed from the point of view of the “other”—“peripheral” (minor, minority) national(-linguistic) cultures. Envisaging womankind’s historical liberation and a budding “comparative world sensibility” has been seen as one of the greatest merits of European “creative humanists”. To explain the deep sources of creativity and image authenticity, the notions of the (aesthetic) “infra-other” and (philosophical) “transgeniality” have been introduced. The proposed aim would be to transcend monologues of ideological-cultural “centres”, as well as formalistic and sociological trends in cultural and literary research and teaching. The book advocates a plurality of creative dialogues and a mutually enriching symbiotic relationship between “centres” and “peripheries”.
Critical Essays on World Literature, Comparative Literature and the  Oeotherâ
Author: Jüri TalvetPublisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 9781527538689
Category : Comparative literature
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
The book offers coherent theoretical treatment of the conceptions of â oeWorld Literatureâ and â oeComparative Literatureâ , in parallel with their practical application to the research of different literary phenomena (Renaissance and Baroque creativity, literary canons, philosophy of translation, etc.), especially, as viewed from the point of view of the â oeotherâ â "â oeperipheralâ (minor, minority) national(-linguistic) cultures. Envisaging womankindâ (TM)s historical liberation and a budding â oecomparative world sensibilityâ has been seen as one of the greatest merits of European â oecreative humanistsâ . To explain the deep sources of creativity and image authenticity, the notions of the (aesthetic) â oeinfra-otherâ and (philosophical) â oetransgenialityâ have been introduced. The proposed aim would be to transcend monologues of ideological-cultural â oecentresâ , as well as formalistic and sociological trends in cultural and literary research and teaching. The book advocates a plurality of creative dialogues and a mutually enriching symbiotic relationship between â oecentresâ and â oeperipheriesâ .
Academy, with which are Incorporated Literature and the English Review
Author: Academy and Literature
Author: Proceedings, American Philosophical Society (vol. 85, 1942)
Author: Publisher: American Philosophical Society
ISBN: 9781422372210
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 540
Book Description