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Biology, life sciences
People and Forest-policy and Local Reality in Southeast Asia, the Russ...
. Ed(S): Inoue, Masataka; Isozaki, H. (Iwate ...
Hardback. A compilation of the results of strategic policy research carried out by the Forest Conservation Project of the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), between 1998 and 2002. The project's main purpose was to shed light on measures to conserve biodiversity and use forests sustainably, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region. Editor(s): Inoue, Masataka; Isozaki, H. (Iwate University, Morioka, Japan). Series: Institute for Global Environmental Strategies. Num Pages: 360 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PS; RGBL; RNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402016844
- ISBN
- 9781402016844
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 247.82
€ 247.82
Hardback. Provides an account of the brassinosteroids, incorporating both theoretical and practical aspects. This book contains chapters that deal with the chemical structures, occurrence, synthesis, perception, signal transduction and practical applicability of the brassinosteroids and their analogs. It is useful for students and researchers. Editor(s): Hayat, Shamsul; Ahmad, Aqil. Num Pages: 246 pages, 24 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PSTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402017100
- ISBN
- 9781402017100
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 188.34
€ 188.34
Hardback. Cell signalling lies at the heart of many biological processes and is the focus of intense research interest. This volume concentrates on 'simple organisms' where the elements of those signalling systems first evolved. It highlights the potential for manipulating signalling pathways for therapeutic intervention. Editor(s): Fairweather, Ian. Num Pages: 420 pages, 22 black & white illustrations, 11 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PSPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 872.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 420
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402017391
- ISBN
- 9781402017391
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 243.39
€ 243.39
Hardback. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, Island of Spetses, Greece, 18-30 August 2002 Editor(s): Schneider, Manfred P. Series: NATO Science Series II. Num Pages: 409 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1700.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 409
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402017698
- ISBN
- 9781402017698
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 248.37
€ 248.37
Hardback. Features essays that address the nature of health care organizational ethics, including such issues as corporate fraud and institutional moral integrity; cover the range of issues that must be addressed for a coherent discussion of organizational moral responsibility; and more. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 193 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 193
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402017827
- ISBN
- 9781402017827
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.04
€ 191.04
Hardback. Addresses thorny bioethical issues from comprehensive Asian perspectives and different from the western paradigm of bioethics. This book covers many topics including the intellectual foundation of Asian bioethics, bioethics and Asian culture, life and death, euthanasia and end-of-life care in Asia. It also discusses moral diversity in Asia. Editor(s): Qiu, Ren-Zong. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 242 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 537.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402017957
- ISBN
- 9781402017957
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.83
€ 191.83
Paperback. Covers the fields of origin, evolution and phylogenesis from prokaryotic to eukaryotic cells. This book reviews the three kingdoms of life (Archea, Eubacteria and Eukarya) from molecular evolutionary levels to ecological aspects in enigmatic habitats, including general reviews of puzzling pro-and eukaryotic organisms and their domains. Editor(s): Seckbach, Joseph. Series: Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology. Num Pages: 687 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MZMP; PSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 36. Weight in Grams: 987.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1999
- Number of pages
- 687
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402018633
- ISBN
- 9781402018633
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 249.16
€ 249.16
Aquatic Invasions in the Black, Caspian and Mediterranean Seas
. Ed(S): Dumont, Henri J.; Shiganova, Tamara ...
Hardback. The Mediterranean, Black, and Caspian Seas, the rivers and canals that connect them, and the enormous volume of shipping in the region, represent a conduit for aquatic invasion. This book provides an overview of jelly invasions in the Ponto-Caspian which have affected local ecosystems since the early 1980s. Editor(s): Dumont, Henri J.; Shiganova, Tamara A.; Niermann, Ulrich. Series: NATO Science Series IV. Num Pages: 314 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSVT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 631.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402018664
- ISBN
- 9781402018664
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.36
€ 191.36
Genetics and Regulation of Nitrogen Fixation in Free-Living Bacteria
. Ed(S): Klipp, Werner; Masepohl, Bernd; Gall...
Hardback. Provides a comprehensive and detailed source of information on the genetic and regulatory aspects of biological nitrogen fixation in free-living (non-symbiotic) prokaryotes. This book uses an organismic-based approach by concentrating on the well-characterized diazotrophic proteobacteria, cyanobacteria, Gram-positive clostridia, and Archea. Editor(s): Klipp, Werner; Masepohl, Bernd; Gallon, John R.; Newton, William E. (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University). Series: Nitrogen Fixation: Origins, Applications, and Research Progress. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSGD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 631.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402021787
- ISBN
- 9781402021787
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 244.13
€ 244.13
hardcover. Using the notion of Social Geographies in the context of educational change, this book addresses the following questions: how initiatives in a classroom or department are influenced by the surrounding context of the school, the district or the nation; how innovation spreads or diffuses from one school to another; and more. Editor(s): Hernandez, F.; Goodson, I. F. Num Pages: 173 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 173
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2004th Edition
- SKU
- V9781402024948
- ISBN
- 9781402024948
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.77
€ 125.77
Hardback. Although the ancestral home of chelicerates was the sea, the vast majority of modern species live on land. Most students of spiders and mites also restrict themselves to terrestrial habitats. This book explores the distribution, ecology, behavior, genetics, and evolution of diverse arachnids. Editor(s): Proctor, Heather Coreen. Num Pages: 210 pages, 37 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PSVT6. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 543.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402027031
- ISBN
- 9781402027031
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.72
€ 122.72
Hardback. The GEI (Grupo Especies Invasoras) organised the First National Conference on Invasive Alien Species in Spain in 2003. This book contains key contributions of this conference. It is suitable for those seeking an understanding of non-native species invasions. Editor(s): Capdevila-Arguelles, Laura (G.E.I. - Grupo Especies Invasoras); Zilletti, Bernardo. Num Pages: 150 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSAF; RNCB; RNF; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 210 x 11. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- Reprinted from Biological Invasions, 7.1 (2005)
- Number of pages
- 150
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402029028
- ISBN
- 9781402029028
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.60
€ 126.60
Hardback. Many different kinds of animals have adopted a parasitic life style on the skin and gills of freshwater fishes. This book explores the remarkable biology of these animals. It considers for each group of parasites: how they find their hosts, how they attach, feed and reproduce, the damage they inflict and how the host's immune system retaliates. Num Pages: 432 pages, 10 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PSGH; PSVW1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 25. Weight in Grams: 813.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402029257
- ISBN
- 9781402029257
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 246.69
€ 246.69
Artificial Intelligence Methods and Tools for Systems Biology
. Ed(S): Dubitzky, Werner; Azuaje, Francisco
Paperback. Provides a design blueprint, user guide, research agenda, and communication platform for future developments in artificial intelligence (AI) approaches to systems biology. This book places an emphasis on the molecular dimension of life phenomena and in one chapter on anatomical and functional modeling of the brain. Editor(s): Dubitzky, Werner; Azuaje, Francisco. Series: Computational Biology. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PS; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 12. Weight in Grams: 343.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402029592
- ISBN
- 9781402029592
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 124.07
€ 124.07
Handbook to the Construction and Use of Insect Collection and Rearing ...
Gregory S. (University Of Shippensburg) Pauls...
Hardback. Offers a compilation of techniques and devices for collecting and rearing insects. This book explains the various techniques of how to build rearing devices and use insect collecting to stimulate insect exploration. There is also a review of statistics for use in the classroom, and suggestions for classroom projects. Num Pages: 121 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSA; PSTP; PSVT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 121
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402029745
- ISBN
- 9781402029745
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.12
€ 122.12
Hardback. Divided into 21 chapters, starting with the egg and embryonic development up to hatching. This book follows a description of ectodermal, mesodermal and entodermal derivatives and the development of various organs. It is a useful tool for scientists and students in the fields of biology, developmental biology, molecular biology and fish biology. Series: Fish & Fisheries Series. Num Pages: 636 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSVW1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 210 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1100.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 636
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402029950
- ISBN
- 9781402029950
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 243.39
€ 243.39
Hardback. From the tissue culture dish to genetically modified mice, this volume explores the long-recognized role of steroid hormones in regulating cell proliferation and differentiation. Editor(s): Burnstein, Kerry L. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MJG; PSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402070488
- ISBN
- 9781402070488
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.28
€ 127.28
Hardback. Focuses on the gastric parietal cell and the acid secretory apparatus: how it operates and the consequences of malfunction. This book provides research for physiologists, cell biologists, and gastroenterologists who wish to understand the mechanisms of the gastric proton pump and the consequences of malfunction and pathology. Editor(s): Urushidani, Tetsuro; Forte, John G.; Sachs, George. Num Pages: 372 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 813.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402070594
- ISBN
- 9781402070594
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 189.45
€ 189.45
Hardback. Microarray technology is an experimental tool for functional genomic explorations. This book focuses on a single data set. Real examples expose the strengths and weaknesses of each method for a given situation, aimed at helping readers choose appropriate protocols and utilize them for their own data set. Editor(s): Lin, Simon M.; Johnson, Kimberly F. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSAK1; PSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1110.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402071119
- ISBN
- 9781402071119
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.57
€ 127.57
Hardback. Fills a void between the fields of nutrition, behavior and cellular and molecular neurosciences by providing an integrated collection of articles that critically dissect the link between what we eat and how the brain develops and functions in health and disease. Editor(s): Mattson, Mark P. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MFK; PSAN; PSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402071294
- ISBN
- 9781402071294
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 188.09
€ 188.09