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Phytophthora: a global perspective
Author(s): Lamour, K., et al.
Editor(s): Lamour, K., et al.
Pub year: 2013 (H ISBN 9781780640938)
This book begins with an account of the early history of Phytophthora research and the tumultuous events setting the genus in motion. In keeping with its controversial inception, the chapter on taxonomy...
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Microbial biotechnology: energy and environment
Author(s): Rajesh Arora, et al.
Editor(s): Rajesh Arora, et al.
Pub year: 2012 (H ISBN 9781845939564)
This book focuses on two key issues confronting humanity, viz., energy and environment. There is a need to devise strategies for protecting the environment, at the same time adequately meeting the...
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Beneficial microorganisms in agriculture, food and the environment: safety assessment and regulation
Author(s): Sundh, I., et al.
Editor(s): Sundh, I., et al.
Pub year: 2012 (H ISBN 9781845938109)
As the main impetus for regulating microorganisms is to reach an acceptable level of safety with respect to human health and environment, the main aim of the book is instead to critically examine the...
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Invasive plant ecology and management: linking processes to practice
Author(s): Monaco, T. A., et al.
Editor(s): Monaco, T. A., et al.
Pub year: 2012 (H ISBN 9781845938116)
This series addresses all topics relating to invasive species, including biosecurity surveillance, mapping and modeling, economics of invasive species and species interactions in plant invasions. Aimed a...
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Life at extremes: environments, organisms and strategies for survival
Author(s): Bell, E. M. , et al.
Editor(s): Bell, E. M. , et al.
Pub year: 2012 (H ISBN 9781845938147)
This book with twenty-eight chapters including the concluding remarks discusses the range of extreme environments that exist on earth, and the organisms that live in them and their evolutionary...
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Invasive alien plants: an ecological appraisal for the Indian subcontinent
Author(s): Bhatt, J. R., et al.
Editor(s): Bhatt, J. R., et al.
Pub year: 2012 (H ISBN 9781845939076)
This book consists of 24 chapters on invasive alien plants in India presented under the following headings: plant invasion in India (an overview); major invasive plants (part I); status, mapping and...
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Temperature adaptation in a changing climate: nature at risk
Author(s): Storey, K. B., et al.
Editor(s): Storey, K. B., et al.
Pub year: 2012 (H ISBN 9781845938222)
This book contains 16 chapters dealing with the impact of global climate change on non-human life on Earth, particularly on the effects of global warming on species that currently depend on cool or cold...
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Agrobiodiversity management for food security: a critical review
Author(s): Lenné, J. M., et al.
Editor(s): Lenné, J. M., et al.
Pub year: 2011 (H ISBN 9781845937614)
This book aims to build on and extend the wealth of information presented in a previous book, Agrobiodiversity: Characterization, Utilization and Management (Wood and Lenné, 1999), to show how...
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Island tourism: sustainable perspectives
Author(s): Carlsen, J., et al.
Editor(s): Carlsen, J., et al.
Pub year: 2011 (H ISBN 9781845936792)
This book exemplifies the ecological, social and economic perspectives of sustainable island tourism development. The book consists of 15 chapters presented in three parts. Cases in this book include col...
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Innovation in forestry: territorial and value chain relationships
Author(s): Weiss, G., et al.
Editor(s): Weiss, G., et al.
Pub year: 2011 (H ISBN 9781845936891)
This book is the result of the COST Action E51 on 'Integrating Innovation and Development Policies for the Forest Sector', which studied innovation policies and processes in the forest sector in Europe....
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