An "invasive" species (alternatively known as an alien, exotic, injurious, introduced or naturalised, non-native, non-indigenous, nuisance or noxio...

"Windburned, eyes closed, this: beneath the keening of bergs, a deeper thresh of glaciers calving, creaking with sun. Sound of earth, her bones, wi...

Since its discovery by Captain John Smith in 1608, the Nanticoke has never been particularly hospitable to the outsider. Flowing thirty-six miles f...

Forest ecology includes within its scope the components and functions of forest ecosystems -- a community of organisms interacting with each other ...

The Quaternary covers the last 2.5 million years in Earth's history. This unique period is well known for a record of oscillating climatic paramete...

This book has been written in an attempt to advance people's knowledge on the Lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus) crop in tropical and sub-tropical regio...

Dormancy is a mechanism found in several plant species developed through evolution, which allows plants to survive in adverse conditions and ensure...

Harsh environments found around the world harbour unique organisms adapted to extreme ranges in climatic, edaphic, and other environmental variable...

Harsh environments found around the world harbour unique organisms adapted to extreme ranges in climatic, edaphic, and other environmental variable...

In Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil, there are hundreds of Eucalyptus forest farms for pulp production distributed in several municipalities. In ...

The importance of the Arctic in many fields of human activity strongly increased over the past decades. The academic scientific research demonstrat...

There is an old fundamentalist argument that the world will eventually be destroyed in the Apocalypse, so there is no point in caring for it. When ...

This volume documents healing traditions in Eastern Siberia in an area extending from Lake Baikal to the Arctic Ocean. The region shows an interest...

Bringing together this environment and the scientists who study it, The Natural History of Southern New Zealand is a major new book published by Ot...