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Diseases of edible oilseed crops
ABSTRACT This book presents an unprecedentedly thorough collection of information on the diseases of cultivated annual oilseed crops, including peanut, rapeseed-mustard, sesame, soybean, sunflower, and safflower. It covers and integrates global literature on the subject up to 2014, setting it apart from other books that are only of regional importance. The authors are internationally recognize…
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- 9780429169670
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- 484 p
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- 630 CHA d
Science, Information, and Policy Interface for Effective Coastal and Ocean Ma…
This book provides a timely analysis of the role that information-particularly scientific information-plays in the policy-making and decision-making processes in coastal and ocean management. It includes contributions from global experts in marine environmental science, marine policy, fisheries, public policy and administration, resource management
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- 9780429153938
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- 512 p
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- 333 SCI
The cost manual of laboratory animal care and use: refinement, reduction, and…
COST (European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research) is an intergovernmental initiative in science and research intended to promote the coordination of nationally funded research in Europe. Four working groups discuss the housing of animals, their environmental needs, refinement of procedures, genetically modified animals, and cost-benefit analysis. Based on the activit…
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- 9780429146060
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- 439 p
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- 570 COS
Environmental Contaminants in Biota : Interpreting Tissue Concentrations, Sec…
Discussing the interpretation of tissue concentrations of contaminants in wildlife, this updated edition of a bestseller draws on current scientific research and includes new chapters and greater emphasis on aquatic organisms. Each chapter provides a summary and review of a specific chemical along with direction on research methods and the interpretation of conflicting or insufficient data. Cha…
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- 9780429141881
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- 768 p
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- 570 ENV
Design with the desert: conservation and sustainable development
Typical development in the American Southwest often resulted in scraping the desert lands of the ancient living landscape, to be replaced with one that is human-made and dependent on a large consumption of energy and natural resources. This transdisciplinary book explores the natural and built environment of this desert region and introduces development tools for shaping its future in a more su…
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- 9780429111099
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- 620 p
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- 333 DES
Environmental life cycle assessment
Environmental Life Cycle Assessment is a pivotal guide to identifying environmental problems and reducing related impacts for companies and organizations in need of life cycle assessment (LCA). LCA, a unique sustainability tool, provides a framework that addresses a growing demand for practical technological solutions. Detailing each phase of the LCA methodology, this textbook covers the histor…
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- 9780429111051
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- 332 p
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- 333 JOL e
Human Minds and Animal Stories : How Narratives Make Us Care About Other Species
The power of stories to raise our concern for animals has been postulated throughout history by countless scholars, activists, and writers, including such greats as Thomas Hardy and Leo Tolstoy. This is the first book to investigate that power and explain the psychological and cultural mechanisms behind it. It does so by presenting the results of an experimental project that involved thousands …
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- 9780429061424
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- 200 p
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- 800 MAL h
The Circular Economy in Europe : Critical Perspectives on Policies and Imagin…
The Circular Economy in Europe presents an overview and a critical discussion on how circularity is conceived, imagined, and enacted in current EU policy-making. In 2013, the idea of a circular economy entered the stage of European policy-making in the efforts to reconcile environmental and economic policy objectives. In 2019 the European Commission declared in a press release that the Circular…
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- 9780429061028
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- 208 p
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- 330 KOV c
History, Space and Place
Spaces, too, have a history. And history always takes place in spaces. But what do historians mean when they use the word "spaces"? And how can spaces be historically investigated? Susanne Rau provides a survey of the history of Western concepts of space, opens up interdisciplinary approaches to the phenomenon of space in fields ranging from physics and geography to philosophy and sociology,…
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- 9780429056383
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- 232 p
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- 900 RAU h
Urban Blue Spaces : Planning and Design for Water, Health and Well-Being
This book presents an evidence-based approach to landscape planning and design for urban blue spaces that maximises the benefits to human health and well-being while minimising the risks. Based on applied research and evidence from primary and secondary data sources stemming from the EU-funded BlueHealth project, the book presents nature-based solutions to promote sustainable and resilient citi…
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- 9780429056161
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- 506 p
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- 333 URB
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