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A rapidly growing interdisciplinary field, disease ecology merges key ideas from ecology, medicine, genetics, immunology, and epidemiology to study ho…

This is the second edition of Freshwater Algae; the popular guide to temperate freshwater algae. This book uniquely combines practical information on …

Introduces all of the essential cell biology and developmental biology background for the study of stem cells This book gives you all the important in…

The search for altenative, renewable sources of fuel and energy from plants, algae, and waste materials has catalyzed in recent years. With the growin…

In Alternative Ecological Risk Assessment the author, Lawrence V. Tannenbaum, provides a critical review of current practices in the ecological risk a…

Large and intense wildfires are integral to the globally important boreal forest biome. While much is known about boreal wildfires, the focus on fores…

Easy to read, yet comprehensive, this is the perfect introduction into the molecular basis of disease and the novel treatment options that have become…

Food webs have now been addressed in empirical and theoretical research for more than 50 years. Yet, even elementary foundational issues are still hot…

This book combines recent information and discoveries in the field of human molecular biology and human molecular evolution. It provides an interdisci…

Since the publication of the sixth edition of this benchmark text, numerous advances in the field have been made – particularly in stem cells, 3D cult…

Provides an accessible introduction to urban ecology, using established ecological theory to identify generalities in the complexity of urban environm…

Local Planning for Terror and Disaster gives voice to experts in key fields involved with local preparedness, assessing the quality of preparedness in…

The single comprehensive treatment of the field, from the leading members of the Society of Ethnobiology The field of ethnobiology—the study of relati…

Plant Cells and Their Organelles provides a comprehensive overview of the structure and function of plant organelles. The text focuses on subcellular …

Deals with all aspects of adaptive resemblance Full colour Covers everything from classic examples of Batesian, Mullerian, aggressive and sexual mimic…

Seascape Ecology provides a comprehensive look at the state-of-the-science in the application of landscape ecology to the seas and provides guidance f…

Written by an author with longstanding experience in the ecology of insects and birds and with a stellar academic record in molecular life sciences, t…

Computational and high-throughput methods, such as genomics, proteomics, and transcriptomics, known collectively as “-omics,” have been used to study …

Insects represent over half of the planet’s biological diversity. This popular textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to this extraordinary di…

This book is geared to every student in biology, pharmacy and medicine who needs to become familiar with receptor mediated signaling. The text starts …

The analysis and interpretation of data is fundamental to the subject of genetics and forms a compulsory part of the undergraduate genetics curriculum…

With the health of the world’s oceans threatened as never before, it is becoming increasingly apparent that Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) play a vital…

Mastery of ECG interpretation is achieved not only by pattern recognition, but equally importantly, by a clear, practical understanding of how electri…

Infectious disease surveillance has evolved at an extraordinary pace during the past several decades, and continues to do so. It is increasingly used …

The acclaimed guide to quickly and confidently diagnosing and treating sleep disorders in neurological disease—now with more algorithms and tables The…

Medical mycology deals with those infections in humans, and animals resulting from pathogenic fungi. As a separate discipline, the concepts, methods, …

Invasive species have a critical and growing effect upon natural areas. They can modify, degrade, or destroy wildland ecosystem structure and function…

Animal genetics is a foundational discipline in the fields of animal science, animal breeding, and veterinary sciences. While genetics underpins the h…

A modern, evaluative, and integrative approach to diagnostic microbiology encouraging problem-solving in the clinical laboratory context through the u…

As the population ages, technology improves, intensive care medicine expands and neurocritical care advances, the use of EEG monitoring in the critica…

Invertebrates perform such vital roles in global ecosystems—and so strongly influence human wellbeing—that biologist E.O. Wilson was prompted to descr…

Written by leading experts in the field as part of an interdisciplinary pan-European research program funded by the EU, the results provided in this b…

Ecosystem services are the resources and processes supplied by natural ecosystems which benefit humankind (for example, pollination of crops by insect…

A thought-provoking exploration of deleterious mutations in the human genome and their effects on human health and wellbeing Despite all of the elabor…

A new, case-oriented and practical guide to one of the core techniques in respiratory medicine and critical care. Concise, practical reference designe…

The second edition of this concise and practical guide describes infections in geographical areas and provides information on disease risk, concomitan…

The late Navjot Sodhi conceived this book as a way of bringing to the forefront of our conservation planning for the tropics the views of people who w…

As medical schools struggle to fit ever more material into a fixed amount of time, students need to approach the study of anatomy through a succinct, …

Measurements for Terrestrial Vegetation, 2nd Edition presents up-to-date methods for analyzing species frequency, plant cover, density and biomass dat…

Designed to provide a comprehensive but accessible introduction to epilepsy and seizure disorders, Adult Epilepsy provides state-of-the-art informatio…

The only book available in the area of forward-time population genetics simulations—applicable to both biomedical and evolutionary studies The rapid i…

Written by a leading expert on Aspirin-related research, this is the most comprehensive treatise on the pharmacological effects and clinical applicati…

Comprehensive coverage of the entire induced pluripotent stem cell basic work flow Pluripotent stem cells (PSC) can divide indefinitely, self-renew, a…

Comprehension of the theories of aging requires rudimentary knowledge of oxidation and reduction reactions, protein function, cell organelles, mitosis…

Biofouling (the colonisation of an interface by a diverse array of organisms) is almost always a problem where it occurs, as it negatively affects sur…