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Languages : en
Pages : 1274
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House documents
Author: Managing a Land in Motion
Author: Paul SadinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Environmental protection
Languages : en
Pages : 412
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Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner, SANE
Author: Linda E. LedrayPublisher:
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Category : Forensic nursing
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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Bird Species
Author: Dieter Thomas TietzePublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319916890
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
The average person can name more bird species than they think, but do we really know what a bird “species” is? This open access book takes up several fascinating aspects of bird life to elucidate this basic concept in biology. From genetic and physiological basics to the phenomena of bird song and bird migration, it analyzes various interactions of birds – with their environment and other birds. Lastly, it shows imminent threats to birds in the Anthropocene, the era of global human impact. Although it seemed to be easy to define bird species, the advent of modern methods has challenged species definition and led to a multidisciplinary approach to classifying birds. One outstanding new toolbox comes with the more and more reasonably priced acquisition of whole-genome sequences that allow causative analyses of how bird species diversify. Speciation has reached a final stage when daughter species are reproductively isolated, but this stage is not easily detectable from the phenotype we observe. Culturally transmitted traits such as bird song seem to speed up speciation processes, while another behavioral trait, migration, helps birds to find food resources, and also coincides with higher chances of reaching new, inhabitable areas. In general, distribution is a major key to understanding speciation in birds. Examples of ecological speciation can be found in birds, and the constant interaction of birds with their biotic environment also contributes to evolutionary changes. In the Anthropocene, birds are confronted with rapid changes that are highly threatening for some species. Climate change forces birds to move their ranges, but may also disrupt well-established interactions between climate, vegetation, and food sources. This book brings together various disciplines involved in observing bird species come into existence, modify, and vanish. It is a rich resource for bird enthusiasts who want to understand various processes at the cutting edge of current research in more detail. At the same time it offers students the opportunity to see primarily unconnected, but booming big-data approaches such as genomics and biogeography meet in a topic of broad interest. Lastly, the book enables conservationists to better understand the uncertainties surrounding “species” as entities of protection.
The Gas Turbine Handbook
Author: Tony GiampaoloPublisher:
ISBN: 0881734144
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 405
Book Description
Mr. Bankhead, from the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Submitted the Following Report: [To Accompany S. 1777.]
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Author: Andersonville Diary, Escape, and List of the Dead
Author: John L. RansomPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Andersonville Prison
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Steal This Idea
Author: Michael PerelmanPublisher:
ISBN: 9781349634583
Category : Economic policy
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
This book describes how corporate powers have erected a rapacious system of intellectual property rights to confiscate the benefits of creativity in science and culture. This legal system threatens to derail both economic and scientific progress, while disrupting society and threatening personal freedom. Perelman argues that the natural outcome of this system is a world of excessive litigation, intrusive violations of privacy, the destruction system of higher education, interference with scientific research, and a lopsided distribution of income.
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the State of the Finances for the year 1867
Author: United States. TreasuryPublisher:
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Category : Finance, Public
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
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