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Advances in natural, human-made, and coupled human-natural systems research. Volume 1 by SpringerLink (Online service)

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Problematic wildlife. II : new conservation and management challenges in the human-wildlife interactions by SpringerLink (Online service)

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Readings in conservation ecology

Contents: “…Ecosystem as the basic unit in ecology /…”
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Harmony : a new way of looking at our world 1st ed. by Charles III, King of Great Britain, 1948-

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Ecology, cognition and landscape : linking natural and social systems by Farina, Almo

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Advances in ecological research. Volume 22. The ecological consequences of global climate change by ScienceDirect (Online service)

Contents: “…Nature of the Coastal Zone; III. Effects of Human Activities; IV. Effects of Climate Change; V. …”
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Ecology, economy and society : essays in honour of Kanchan Chopra by SpringerLink (Online service)

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Coviability of social and ecological systems : reconnecting mankind to the biosphere in an era of global change. Vol. 1, The foundations of a new paradigm by SpringerLink (Online service)

Contents: “…1 Introductory Chapter: An Interweaving to Be Formalized, the Biosphere Faced with the Relationship Between the Human and the Non-humanContents; 1.1 Between Man and the Biosphere, a Question of Paradigm; 1.1.1 Selected Models of Socio-ecological Viability; 1.1.1.1 Pastoralism: Between Production and Preservation; 1.1.1.2 Honeybee (Apis mellifera), a Socio-ecological Superorganism; 1.1.1.3 The Circular Economy, a Socio-ecological Alternative for the Planet?…”
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Coviability of social and ecological systems. Vol. 2, Coviability questioned by a dsiversity of situations by SpringerLink (Online service)

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Landscape ecology for sustainable environment and culture by SpringerLink (Online service)

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Drinking water : physics, chemistry and biology by Goncharuk, Vladyslav V.

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Ecological connectivity among tropical coastal ecosystems by SpringerLink (Online service)

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Food Chains and Food Webs by Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Infobase, Video Education Australasia

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Namibia Deserts and Life by Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Infobase, Parthenon Entertainment (Firm)

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Water Worlds by BBC Worldwide Ltd, Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Infobase

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Valuing chaparral : ecological, socio-economic, and management perspectives by SpringerLink (Online service)

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Mangrove ecosystems of Asia : status, challenges and management strategies by SpringerLink (Online service)

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Alpine plant life : functional plant ecology of high mountain ecosystems 3rd ed. by Körner, Christian, 1949-

Contents: “…PRELIMINARY (ToC of second edition) 1 Plant ecology at high elevations -- The concept of limitation -- A regional and historical account -- The challenge of alpine plant research -- 2 The alpine life zone -- Altitudinal boundaries -- Global alpine land area -- Alpine plant diversity -- Origin of alpine floras -- Alpine growth forms -- 3 Alpine climate -- Which alpine climate -- Common features of alpine climates -- Regional features of alpine climates -- 4 The climate plants experience -- Interactions of relief, wind and sun -- How alpine plants influence their climate -- The geographic variation of alpine climate -- 5 Life under snow: protection and limitation -- Temperatures under snow -- Solar radiation under snow -- Gas concentrations under snow -- Plant responses to snowpack -- 6 Alpine soils -- Physics of alpine soil formation -- The organic compound -- The interaction of organic and inorganic compounds -- 7 Alpine treelines -- About trees and lines -- Current altitudinal positions of climatic treelines -- Treeline-climate relationships -- Intrazonal variations and pantropical plateauing of alpine treelines -- Treelines in the past -- Attempts at a functional explanation of treelines -- A hypothesis for treeline formation -- Growth trends near treelines -- Evidence for sink limitation -- 8 Climatic stress -- Survival of low temperature extremes -- Avoidance and tolerance of low temperature extremes -- Heat stress in alpine plants -- Ultraviolet radiation -- a stress factor -- 9 Water relations -- Ecosystem water balance -- Soil moisture at high altitudes -- Plant water relations -- a brief review of principles -- Water relations of alpine plants -- Desiccation stress -- Water relations of special plant types -- 10 Mineral nutrition -- Soil nutrients -- The nutrient status of alpine plants -- Nutrient cycling and nutrient budgets -- Nitrogen fixation -- Mycorrhiza -- Responses of vegetation to variable nutrient supply -- 11 Uptake and loss of carbon -- Photosynthetic capacity of alpine plants -- Photosynthetic responses to the environment -- Daily carbon gain of leaves -- The seasonal carbon gain of leaves -- C4 and CAM photosynthesis at high altitudes -- Tissue respiration of alpine plants -- Ecosystem carbon balance -- 12 Carbon investments -- Non-structural carbohydrates -- Lipids and energy content -- Carbon costs of leaves and roots -- Whole plant carbon allocation -- 13 Growth dynamics and phenology -- Seasonal growth -- Diurnal leaf extension -- Rates of plant dry matter accumulation -- Functional duration of leaves and roots -- 14 Cell division and tissue formation -- Cell size and plant size -- Mitosis and the cell cycle -- From meristem activity to growth control -- 15 Plant biomass production -- The structure of alpine plant canopies -- Primary productivity of alpine vegetation -- Plant dry matter pools -- Biomass losses through herbivores -- 16 Plant reproduction -- Flowering and pollination -- Seed development and seed size -- Germination -- Alpine seed banks and natural recruitment -- Clonal propagation -- Alpine plant age -- Community processes -- 17 Global change at high elevation -- Alpine land use -- The impact of altered atmospheric chemistry -- Climatic change and alpine ecosystems -- References (with chapter annotation) -- Taxonomic index (genera) -- Geographical index -- Color plates -- Plant life forms -- The alpine life zone -- Environmental stress -- The human dimension.…”
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Indonesian primates by SpringerLink (Online service)

Contents: “…Chivers -- Behavioural ecology of gibbons (Hylobates albibarbis) in a degraded peat-swamp forest / Susan M. …”
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Urbanization and sustainability : linking urban ecology, environmental justice and global environmental change by SpringerLink (Online service)

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