Biodiversity of Ciliates and their Symbionts

In the past three decades, a stream of criminological inquiry has emerged which explores, measures, and theorizes crimes and harms to the environment at the micro-, mezzo-, and macro-levels. This “green criminology”, as it has come to be known, has widened the criminological gaze to consider crimes and harms committed against air, land (from forests to wetlands), nonhuman animals, and water…

Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning in Naturally and Experimentally Assemb…

This reprint presents two reviews and thirteen research articles dealing with a broad range of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning (BEF) relationships. Each article provides in-depth discussion of the various aspects of BEF relationships in naturally and experimentally assembled communities. This reprint will help to substantially deepen our understanding of BEF interactions and elaborate bi…

Biodiversity and Conservation in Forests

Global forest communities cover only about 30% of land areas, but they provide important ecosystem services, such as watershed protection, carbon sequestration, and oxygen production, as well as renewable forest products for human subsistence and markets. Forests also support the majority of the world’s terrestrial biodiversity. Although land conversion for agriculture and pastureland has his…

Feminist Animal and Multispecies Studies: Critical Perspectives on Food and E…

This book develops critical feminist animal and multispecies studies across various societal and environmental contexts. The chapters discuss timely questions broadly related to food and eating, stemming from connections drawn between critical animal studies, feminist theory, and multispecies studies. The themes explored include trans-inclusive ecofeminism, decolonial perspectives to veganism, …

Speciesism in Biology and Culture

peciesism is to species as racism is to race. The tenets of both are baseless on all grounds. Although our consciousness is currently raised toward the latter, the former remains persistent and infectious. Speciesism begins with how we view ourselves in relation to the natural world, and leads to behavior that challenges our future on this planet. Our naïve exceptionalism has repercussi…

Species; New Interdisciplinary Essays

Konsep spesies telah memainkan peran utama dalam biologi evolusi dan filsafat biologi, dan telah menjadi fokus sejumlah buku dalam beberapa tahun terakhir. Buku ini berbeda dari koleksi terbaru lainnya dalam dua hal. Buku ini lebih eksplisit integratif dan analitis, berpusat pada isu-isu penting secara umum seperti pluralisme dan realisme tentang spesies. Buku ini juga mengacu pada berbagai dis…

A world in a shell :snail stories for a time of extinctions

"While snails rarely get a mention in most discussions of our sixth mass extinction event, the sad reality is that they are disappearing more rapidly than any other species, and Hawai'i's snails are amongst the hardest hit. Following snail trails through the islands' forests, laboratories, museums, and even a military training facility, this book explores processes of ecological and cultural lo…

Species :new interdisciplinary essays

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Epigenetic Modifications Involved in Ageing Process: The Role of Histone Meth…