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Hardback. This book provides a broad overview of solute transport in plants. It first determines what solutes are present in plants and what roles they play. The physical bases of ion and water movement are considered. The volume then discusses the ways in which solutes are moved across individual membranes, within and between cells, and around the plant. Editor(s): Yeo, A. R.; Flowers, Timothy J. Num Pages: 424 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: PST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 930.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405139953
- ISBN
- 9781405139953
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 247.57
€ 247.57
Paperback. This introductory textbook examines diminishing terrestrial and aquatic habitats in the tropics, covering a broad range of topics including the fate of the coral reefs; the impact of agriculture, urbanization, and logging on habitat depletion; and the effects of fire on plants and animal survival. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 172 x 16. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405150736
- ISBN
- 9781405150736
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.94
€ 76.94
Paperback. This book provides an up-to-date summary of the principles of protein evolution and discusses both the methods available to analyze the evolutionary history of proteins as well as those for predicting their structure-function relationships. Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: PSBC; PSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 170 x 20. Weight in Grams: 688.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405151665
- ISBN
- 9781405151665
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 111.91
€ 111.91
Paperback. Presents a set of 32 exercises spanning a wide range of conservation issues including genetic analysis, population biology and management, taxonomy, ecosystem management, land use planning, the public policy process and more. All exercises discuss how to take what has been learned and apply it to practical, real-world issues. Num Pages: 344 pages, 35 illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAF; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 275 x 219 x 17. Weight in Grams: 822.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405152877
- ISBN
- 9781405152877
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.88
€ 60.88
Hardback. This book brings together a wealth of scientific findings and ecological knowledge to survey what we have learned about the "Wet Tropics" rainforests of North Queensland, Australia. This interdisciplinary text is the first book to provide such a holistic view of any tropical forest environment, including the social and economic dimensions. Editor(s): Stork, Nigel E.; Turton, Stephen M. Num Pages: 652 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps (some col.). BIC Classification: PSAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 226 x 36. Weight in Grams: 2050.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 652
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405156431
- ISBN
- 9781405156431
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.39
€ 124.39
Paperback. * Highlights key insights into emerging topics in landscape research * Features opinions from leading experts in ecological landscape design * Includes international case studies that provide a global perspective on both theoretical principals and practical approaches. Editor(s): Lindenmayer, David B.; Hobbs, Richard J. Series: Conservation Science and Practice. Num Pages: 608 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1026.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405159142
- ISBN
- 9781405159142
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 108.60
€ 108.60
Hardback. Contemporary Debates in Philosophy of Biology brings together original essays on some of the most hotly debated questions in this lively and fast-moving field. Pairs of newly-commissioned essays by leading scholars discuss the central questions in an engaging head-to-head debate. Editor(s): Ayala, Francisco Jose; Arp, Robert. Series: Contemporary Debates in Philosophy. Num Pages: 440 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 172 x 32. Weight in Grams: 932.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405159982
- ISBN
- 9781405159982
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.77
€ 108.77
Hardback. Annual Plant Reviews, Volume 33 Intracellular Signaling in Plants An intriguing and important question in our understanding of plant developmental programming and responses to the environment is what kinds of strategies and mechanisms plant cells use for the transmission and the integration of various developmental and environmental signals. Editor(s): Yang, Zhenbiao. Series: Annual Plant Reviews. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PSTD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 169 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1224.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Volume 33
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405160025
- ISBN
- 9781405160025
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 269.21
€ 269.21
Hardback. Plant Systems Biology is an excellent new addition to the increasingly well-known and respected Annual Plant Reviews. Split into two parts, this title offers the reader: A fundamental conceptual framework for Systems Biology including Network Theory The progress achieved for diverse model organisms: Prokaryotes, C. Editor(s): Coruzzi, Gloria; Gutierrez, Rodrigo. Series: Annual Plant Reviews. Num Pages: 376 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 850.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Volume 35
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405162838
- ISBN
- 9781405162838
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 258.66
€ 258.66
Hardback. The extraordinary potential of fluorine-containing biologically relevant molecules in biology, medicinal chemistry, and medical applications has been recognized by researchers who are not in the traditional fluorine chemistry field, and thus a new wave of fluorine chemistry is expanding its biomedical frontiers. Editor(s): Ojima, Iwao; Taguchi, Takeo. Num Pages: 640 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: MMG; PN; PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 174 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1214.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405167208
- ISBN
- 9781405167208
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 237.99
€ 237.99
Paperback. This book explores the links between bushmeat and livelihoods in Africa and other parts of the world, with a focus on the human dimension of the debate. Editor(s): Davies, Glyn; Brown, David. Series: Conservation Science and Practice. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 13. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405167796
- ISBN
- 9781405167796
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 112.37
€ 112.37
Hardback. * Ecosystem goods and services provide mankind with most necessities of life and survival * Addresses the hitherto under-estimation of Ecosystem Services in farmland, forestry and cities * Explores developing concepts, policies and methods of evaluating ecosystem services in engineered systems . Editor(s): Wratten, Stephen D.; Sandhu, Harpinder; Cullen, Ross; Wilson, Matthew; Costanza, Robert. Num Pages: 218 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KCN; PSAF; RNF; TVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 170 x 15. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405170086
- ISBN
- 9781405170086
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.00
€ 115.00
Hardback. Metal ions and metal complexes have long been recognized as critically important components of nucleic acid chemistry, both in regulation of gene expression and as promising therapeutic agents. Understanding how metal complexes interact with DNA has become an active research area at the interface between chemistry, molecular biology and medicine. Editor(s): Hadjiliadis, Nick D.; Sletten, Einar. Num Pages: 544 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: MFG; PN; PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 172 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1076.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405176293
- ISBN
- 9781405176293
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 199.18
€ 199.18
Paperback. Rangeland ecosystems support half of the world's livestock while also providing habitats for some of the most charismatic of wildlife species. This book examines the pressures on rangeland ecosystems worldwide from human land use, over-hunting, and subsistence and commercial farming of livestock and crops. Editor(s): Du Toit, Johan T.; Kock, Richard; Deutsch, James. Series: Conservation Science and Practice. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps. BIC Classification: PSAF; RNKH; TVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 23. Weight in Grams: 832.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405177856
- ISBN
- 9781405177856
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 115.65
€ 115.65
Hardback. Plant Polysaccharides, an exceptional new volume in Wiley-Blackwell's successful Annual Plant Reviews series, covers the polysaccharides and proteins that form the fundamental architecture of the plant cell wall, and the genes that encode the cellular machinery that synthesizes them. Series: Annual Plant Reviews. Num Pages: 504 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 157 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1076.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Volume 41
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405181723
- ISBN
- 9781405181723
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 252.66
€ 252.66
Hardback. Participatory Research in Conservation and Rural Livelihoods : Doing Science Together starts from the understanding that all people create knowledge and that the creation of sustainable livelihoods and of conditions that protect and sustain rural ecosystems are interrelated. Editor(s): Fortmann, Louise. Num Pages: 316 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: PSAF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405187329
- ISBN
- 9781405187329
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 180.07
€ 180.07
Paperback. This book is the first to set out a coherent set of principles that underpin geobiology, and will act as a foundational text that will speed the intellectual dissemination of those principles. Editor(s): Knoll, Andrew H.; Canfield, Don E.; Konhauser, Kurt O. Num Pages: 456 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PS; RBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 273 x 221 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405187527
- ISBN
- 9781405187527
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.12
€ 66.12
Hardback. Temperate broadleaved tree species, i.e. Acer platanoides, Carpinus betulus, Fagus sylvatica, Fraxinus excelsior, Prunus avium, Quercus robur and Q. petraea, Ulmus glabra and Tilia cordata, cover a total area of 200 000 ha of forest land in southern Sweden. Editor(s): Lof, Magnus; Brunet, Jorg; Mattsson, Leif; Nylinder, Mats. Series: Ecological Bulletins. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps (some col.). BIC Classification: PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 270 x 189 x 18. Weight in Grams: 888.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 53rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405188869
- ISBN
- 9781405188869
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.25
€ 74.25
Hardback. Drawing together reviews by some of the world's leading experts in these areas, the Editor of this volume, Lars Ostergaard has provided a volume which is an essential purchase for all those working in plant and crop sciences worldwide. Editor(s): Ostergaard, Lars. Series: Annual Plant Reviews. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PSTL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 810.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Volume 38
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405189460
- ISBN
- 9781405189460
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 228.46
€ 228.46
Hardback. This book demonstrates that trade-offs can be very important for conservationists. Its various chapters show how and why trade-offs are made, and why conservationists need to think very hard about what, if anything, to do about them. Editor(s): Leader-Williams, Nigel; Adams, William M.; Smith, Robert J. Series: Conservation Science and Practice. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: PSAF; RNC; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 167 x 27. Weight in Grams: 924.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405193849
- ISBN
- 9781405193849
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 173.72
€ 173.72
Hardback. Plant phenolics are secondary metabolites that constitute one of the most common and widespread groups of substances in plants. Polyphenols have a large and diverse array of beneficial effects on both plants and animals. For example they are famous as antioxidants, hormones, constituents of essential oils and natural neurotransmitters. Editor(s): Santos-Buelga, Celestino; Escribano-Bailon, Maria Teresa; Lattanzio, Vincenzo. Series: Recent Advances in Polyphenol Research. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PS; RNCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 176 x 25. Weight in Grams: 928.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Volume 2
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405193993
- ISBN
- 9781405193993
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 238.51
€ 238.51
Paperback. Career Planning for Research Bioscientists is an essential careers guide for bioscience doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers. It contains a wealth of information and resources specifically targeted at research bioscientists, with practical strategies to enhance career success in an increasingly competitive job market. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PSA; VSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 275 x 10. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405196703
- ISBN
- 9781405196703
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.02
€ 37.02
Hardback. Wetlands - swamp, marsh, bayou, tundra and bog - are places that are rarely visited and often misunderstood but they have, in fact, conspicuous roles in the physical, biological and cultural geography of the world. Num Pages: 437 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAF; PSPF; RGBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 193 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1226.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 437
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405198417
- ISBN
- 9781405198417
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.43
€ 144.43
Paperback. Wetlands - swamp, marsh, bayou, tundra and bog - are places that are rarely visited and often misunderstood but they have, in fact, conspicuous roles in the physical, biological and cultural geography of the world. Num Pages: 437 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps, figures, colour plates. BIC Classification: PSAF; PSPF; RGBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 191 x 246 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1062.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 437
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405198424
- ISBN
- 9781405198424
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.88
€ 78.88