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Libros en Ciencias Agrícolas y Biológicas

The Agricultural and Biological Sciences collection advances science-based knowledge for the improvement of animal and plant life and for secure food systems that produce nutritious, novel, sustainable foods with minimal environmental impact. Food Science titles include not only those products from agriculture but all other aspects from food production to nutrition, health and safety, chemistry to security, policy, law and regulation. Biological Sciences address animal behaviour and biodiversity, organismal and evolutionary biology, entomology, marine biology and aquaculture, plant science and forestry.

  • Advances in Botanical Research

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 11
    • Inglés

  • Advances in Ecological Research

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 14
    • Inglés

  • Advances in Food Research

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 29
    • Inglés

  • Advances in Marine Biology

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 21
    • Inglés

  • The Gray Whale: Eschrichtius Robustus

    • 1 Edición
    • Mary Lou Jones + 2 más
    • Inglés
    The Gray Whale: Eschrichtius robustus provides an introduction to the understanding of Eschrichtius robustus or the gray whale. This book explores the life processes, reproduction, and growth of large cetacean populations. Organized into four parts encompassing 25 chapters, this book begins with an overview of the gray whale evolution, fossils, and subfossil remains, range, and systematics in historical times. This text then presents the historical of gray whale exploitation and the economic importance of these whales to humans. Other chapters consider the gray whale migration, abundance, and seasonal distribution in the wake of the California population's recovery from depletion. This book discusses as well the methods used in shore-based censuses during migration and in aerial surveys of gray whales taken on their winter grounds. The final chapter deals with some innovative approaches to the study of free-ranging cetaceans. This book is a valuable resource for anthropologists, paleontologists, biologists, and naturalists.

  • Advances in Agronomy

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 36
    • Inglés

  • Advances in Botanical Research

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 10
    • Inglés

  • Elements of Soil Physics

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 13
    • P. Koorevaar + 2 más
    • Inglés

  • Pedogenesis and Soil Taxonomy: Concepts and Interactions

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 11A
    • Inglés

  • Acoustic Communication in Birds

    Song Learning & Its Consequences
    • 1 Edición
    • Kroodsma
    • Inglés
    Acoustic Communication in Birds, Volume 2: Song Learning and Its Consequences investigates acoustic communication in birds, with emphasis on song learning and its consequences. Some issues in the study of bird sounds are discussed, with particular reference to evolutionary considerations. The ontogeny of acoustic behavior in birds is also considered, along with sound production, neural control of song, and auditory perception. Comprised of nine chapters, this volume begins with an introduction to the nature, extent, and evolution of vocal learning in birds. Several well-documented examples in which vocal development appears to proceed independently of audition (and therefore independently of vocal learning) are presented, together with aspects of selective vocal learning; the timing of vocal learning; and selective forces that may have promoted the evolution of vocal learning in birds. Subsequent chapters explore the role of subsong and plastic song in the vocal learning process; the function and evolution of avian vocal mimicry; the ecological and social significance of duetting in birds; and microgeographic and macrogeographic variation in the acquired vocalizations of birds. The book also examines genetic population structure and vocal dialects in Zonotrichia (Emberizidae). This monograph will be of interest to ornithologists, evolutionary biologists, and zoologists, as well as to students of communication and bioacoustics.

  • Allelopathy

    • 2 Edición
    • Elroy L. Rice
    • Inglés
    A thorough revision and update of the first edition, this Second Edition is designed to create an awareness of the rapidly developing field of allelopathy. The author appraises existing knowledge in certain critical areas, such as roles of allelopathy in the prevention of seed decay and in the nitrogen cycle, the chemical nature of allelopathic compounds, factors affecting concentrations of allelochemics in plants, movement of allelochemics from plants and absorption and translocation by other plants, mechanisms of action of allelopathic agents, and factors determining effectiveness of allelopathic compounds after egression from producing organisms. Areas in which more basic and applied research is needed are emphasized. A discussion of terminology and early history of allelopathy is followed by a discussion of the important roles of allelopathy in forestry, agriculture, plant pathology, and natural ecosystems. A separate listing of the phyla of plants demonstrated to have allelopathic species is also included.Allelopathy... Second Edition, is a comprehensive review of the literature on allelopathy, integrating information on allelopathy with important information on ecological and agronomic problems, citing more than 1000 references. Among those who will find this to be a valuable source of information are ecologists, horticulturists, botanists, plant pathologists, phytochemists, agricultural scientists, and plant breeders.

  • Advances in Agronomy

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 35
    • Inglés

  • Advances in Food Research

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 28
    • Inglés

  • Principles of Plant Disease Management

    • 1 Edición
    • William E. Fry
    • Inglés
    Principles of Plant Disease Management is intended to provide a substantive treatment of plant disease management for graduate and undergraduate students in which theoretical and practical elements are combined. Reference is made to specific diseases and control practices to illustrate basic principles or strategies. The section on epidemiology includes a chapter in which arthropod vectors (aphids, leafhoppers, whiteflies, Coleoptera and mites) are briefly discussed, and the section on control includes references to the use of crop varieties with resistance to such vectors, and also contains information on mechanical, cultural, biological and chemical measures that contribute to vector control.

  • Advances in Marine Biology

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 20
    • Inglés

  • Neural Integration and Behavior

    • 1 Edición
    • D.C. Sandeman
    • Inglés
    Neural Integration and Behavior examines the best neuroethologically researched systems in crustaceans. Research on these systems varies, with emphasis placed on physiological or behavioral aspects. The book places less emphasis on behavior and more on the interactions between neural elements. It presents information gathered from each system and its contribution to the nervous system. This volume provides a review of the ground won by neuroethologists in their study of crustaceans. It heralds a new and significant step in bridging the gap between the physiologists and the ethologists, namely, the search for neural mechanisms that underlie variability—the essence of animal behavior. The discussion gives different insights on various aspects of crustacean biology. This book is a valuable source for zoologists, paleontologists, ecologists, physiologists, endocrinologists, morphologists, pathologists, and fisheries biologists, and an essential reference work for institutional libraries.

  • NMR Imaging in Biomedicine

    Supplement 2 Advances in Magnetic Resonance
    • 1 Edición
    • P Mansfield
    • Inglés
    NMR Imaging in Biomedicine: Advances in Magnetic Resonance discusses significant advances in NMR imaging and its application to the field of biomedicine. This book is organized into 10 chapters that cover the classification, methods, imaging regimes, and the potential use of NMR imaging in medicine. After discussing the basic theoretical ideas of NMR and its application to NMR imaging, this book presents mathematical analyses of the various NMR techniques, focusing primarily on the comparison in terms of imaging speed and data-acquisition rate. It also covers a number of practical ranges or imaging regimes in terms of sensitivity, sample size, and operating frequency. Significant topics on potential application of NMR imaging in medicine, apparatus requirements in the instrumentation of NMR imaging machines, and the principles of biomagnetic effects are discussed in other chapters. The considered biomagnetic effects are categorized into three main groups: the effects of static magnetic fields, the effects of relatively slow varying time-dependent fields, and radio-frequency magnetic fields. This book is of great value to radiologists, medical physicists, neuroradiologists, anatomists, physiologists, and postgraduate students of NMR imaging.

  • Advances in Agronomy

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 34
    • Inglés

  • Introduction to Soil Physics

    • 1 Edición
    • Daniel Hillel
    • Inglés
    This book is a unified, condensed, and simplified version of the recently issued twin volumes, Fundamentals of Soil Physics and Applications of Soil Physics. Nonessential topics and complexities have been deleted, and little prior knowledge of the subject is assumed. An effort has been made to provide an elementary, readable, and self-sustaining description of the soil's physical properties and of the manner in which these properties govern the processes taking place in the field. Consideration is given to the ways in which the soil's processes can be influenced, for better or for worse, by man. Sample problems are provided in an attempt to illustrate how the abstract principles embodied in mathematical equations can be applied in practice. The author hope that the present version will be more accessible to students than its precursors and that it might serve to arouse their interest in the vital science of soil physics.

  • Advances in Marine Biology

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 19
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  • Host-Pathogen Interactions in Plant Disease

    • 1 Edición
    • J. E. Vanderplank
    • Inglés
    This book describes the genetics, biochemistry, and epidemiology of host-pathogen interactions in plant disease, especially as they concern the breeding of crops for disease resistance. It analyzes a wealth of information that has not previously been recorded in other books or reviews. Some of it stems from basic surveys of disease in the field. The analysis of these surveys not only explains a great deal about host-pathogen interactions that was heretofore obscure, but also indicates directions for future research. Other data, from original papers, have now been coordinated for the first time and organized in a way that suggests new areas of research. The book contains more than fifty new tables that integrate data and relate them to general principles of host-pathogen interactions.For plant pathologists and plant breeders concerned with the control of plant disease, the book shows how to manipulate the host and, indirectly, the pathogen in order to control disease. It analyzes records of resistance against disease that time has shown to be stable in an effort to determine what has kept this resistance stable. It also analyzes the structure of virulence in populations of a pathogen, and demonstrates how virulence can be deliberately restricted. The author updates information on the gene-for-gene hypothesis and discusses the numerical and biological implications of the hypothesis. He analyzes the structure of epidemics based on three fundamental variables: the initial inoculum, the progeny/parent ratio of the pathogen, and the latent period. The author concentrates on the progeny/parent ratio - a subject not hitherto probed in detail in the literature - and shows how to determine the type of epidemic that can occur.

  • Advances in Food Research

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 27
    • Inglés

  • The Germination of Seeds

    Pergamon International Library of Science, Technology, Engineering and Social Studies
    • 3 Edición
    • A. M. Mayer + 1 más
    • Inglés
    The Germination of Seeds, Third Edition contains the same content in the previous edition, but with modifications in each section, containing updated information. As the first two editions, this edition attempts to treat critically the available information on seed germination and to assimilate this information. This text first discusses the structure and chemical composition of seeds. This book then explains germination and related concepts, such as factors affecting this process, inhibition and stimulation, and seed metabolism. This selection concludes by explaining the ecology of germination. This publication will be invaluable to those in the field of agriculture, as well as students and layperson interested in seed germination.

  • Advances in Botanical Research

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 9
    • Inglés

  • Advances in Botanical Research

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 8
    • Inglés

  • Advances in Food Research

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 26
    • Inglés

  • Advances in Agronomy

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 33
    • Inglés

  • Animal Migration, Orientation and Navigation

    • 1 Edición
    • Gauthreaux
    • Inglés
    Animal Migration, Orientation, and Navigation presents the various aspects of animal migration, including the evolution of migration, climatic and meteorological influences, and bioenergetics. This book discusses the physiological control, sensory systems, orientation and navigation, and biological clocks and phenology aspects of animal migration. Organized into five chapters, this book begins with an overview of the migration strategies of animals in the context of a space continuum. This text then explains the influence of short- and long-term climatic cycles on the spectrum of migratory patterns in nature. Other chapters consider the energetic requirements of different migration strategies and the energy stores of the migrants. This book discusses as well the physiological basis of animal migration, with emphasis on endocrinal findings on the timing and energetic aspects of different migration strategies. The final chapter deals with the mechanisms used in direction finding by migrating animals. This book is a valuable resource for biologists and ecologists.

  • The Mouse in Biomedical Research

    History, Genetics, and Wild Mice
    • 1 Edición
    • Henry Foster
    • Inglés
    The Mouse in Biomedical Research, Volume I: History, Genetics, and Wild Mice focuses on the utility of the mouse as a laboratory animal in biomedical research. A historical perspective on the development and origins of the laboratory and wild mouse is given. The diversity of inbred strains of mice as well as the methods of developing and the genetic monitoring and testing of these strains are discussed. This volume consists of 14 chapters and begins with an overview of mice of the genus Mus and problems concerning evolution within the genus. The following chapters focus on taxonomy, nomenclature, and breeding systems, together with recombinant inbred and congenic resistant mouse strains. Methods of constructing, testing, and monitoring strains are described. Congenic strains, gene mapping, cytogenetics, and murine experimental studies are also considered, along with the histocompatibility-2 complex and radiation genetics. The final chapter is devoted to the pharmacogenetics of the laboratory mouse, paying particular attention to intoxication and detoxication pathways, genetically determined differences in xenobiotic metabolism, and pharmacogenetic polymorphisms. This book will be a useful reference for investigators using mice in many areas of research.

  • The Transformed Cell

    • 1 Edición
    • Ivan Cameron
    • Inglés
    The Transformed Cell deals with many of the differences that may exist between transformed cells and their normal counterparts. Topics covered range from malignancy and the cell surface to cell cycle regulation in normal and transformed cells; phenotypic expression of malignant transformation and its relationship to energy metabolism; and virus-induced transformation. The involvement of cyclic nucleotides in transformation is also discussed, together with intracellular pH and growth control in eukaryotic cells. This book is comprised of 12 chapters and begins with a brief description of terminology and basic concepts relating to cancer cells, as well as some comments on tumorigenicity and cell transformation. The next two chapters explore the evidence for and against the possible correlation of in vivo tumorigenicity to in vitro changes in the cytoskeletal system; anchorage-dependent growth; plasminogen activator production; agglutinability by lectins; and cell surface and plasma membrane properties. The regulation of cell proliferation and the relationships between ion movement and energy metabolism in normal and transformed cells are then examined, along with the transformation of normal cells by infection with new genetic material from tumor viruses. The remaining chapters focus on selected cellular properties that have been purported to differ between the normal and transformed cell, with particular reference to cyclic nucleotides; polyamine metabolism; cell viscosity; mobility of cellular water; intracellular pH; and element concentration. This monograph will be of interest to biologists and medical practitioners devoted to understanding cancer cell biology and cancer therapy.

  • The Biology and Management of Lobsters

    Ecology and Management
    • 1 Edición
    • J. Stanley Cobb + 1 más
    • Inglés
    This two-volume work presents a summary and review of the current state of lobster biology, ecology, physiology, behavior, and management. It emphasizes the biology of clawed lobsters (Nephropidae) and spiny lobsters (Palinuridae), with attention also given to slipper lobsters (Scyllaridae) and coral lobsters (Synaxidae).The first chapter of Volume 1 provides an overview of the general aspects of lobster biology that serves as an introduction for readers of both volumes. Subsequent chapters examine the topics of growth, neurobiology, reproduction, nutrition, pathology, social behavior, and migration patterns.The chapters in Volume II consider the ecology, population dynamics, fishery biology, and aquaculture of spiny and clawed lobsters. The topics selected in both volumes represent areas of current research whose findings have not been previously synthesized into a coherent form.An important feature of these volumes is the emphasis on the interaction between biology and management and culture. Many of the contributors have done research in both applied and basic biology and can articulate both points of view. The interaction between basic and applied research is of fundamental importance in these volumes in which management aspects of the research have been integrated with the basic biology of lobsters.The Biology and Management of Lobsterswill be of interest to crustacean biologists, marine biologists and ecologists, zoologists, physiologists, animal behavior researchers, aquaculturalists, fisheries biologists and managers of fisheries, neurobiologists, pathologists, and food scientists.

  • Advances in Marine Biology

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 18
    • Inglés

  • Fundamentals of Soil Physics

    • 1 Edición
    • Daniel Hillel
    • Inglés
    This book is not, in any case, in total defiance of the Wise Old Man's admonition, for it is not an entirely new book. Rather, it is an outgrowth of a previous treatise, written a decade ago, entitled "Soil and Water: Physical Principles and Processes." Though that book was well enough received at the time, the passage of the years has inevitably made it necessary to either revise and update the same book, or to supplant it with a fresh approach in the form of a new book which might incorporate still-pertient aspects of its predecessor without necessarily being limited to the older book's format or point of view.

  • Advances in Agronomy

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 32
    • Inglés

  • Advances in Marine Biology

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 17
    • Inglés

  • Advances in Agronomy

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 31
    • Inglés

  • Advances in Ecological Research

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 11
    • Inglés

  • Advances in Botanical Research

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 7
    • Inglés

  • Advances in Food Research

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 25
    • Inglés

  • Advances in Marine Biology

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 16
    • Inglés

  • Advances in Agronomy

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 30
    • Inglés

  • Advances in Botanical Research

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 6
    • Inglés

  • Advances in Marine Biology

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 15
    • Inglés

  • Basic and Clinical Aspects of Veterinary Immunology

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 23
    • C. A. Brandly + 1 más
    • Inglés
    Advances in Veterinary Science and Comparative Medicine, Volume 23: Basic and Clinical Aspects of Veterinary Immunology provides information pertinent to the basic and applied aspects of veterinary immunology. This book discusses the biology of immune responses, which is significant in the understanding of disease processes in a number of animal species. Organized into 10 chapters, this volume begins with an overview of immunoglobulin classes observed in various animal species, with emphasis on the role of colostral and local immunity in the neonatal ungulate. This text then discusses the importance of the immune response to the well-being of an individual. Other chapters consider the clinical manifestation of diseases observed in primary and acquired immune deficiencies. This book discusses as well the mechanisms by which humoral and cellular immune factors effect their action on bacteria. The final chapter deals with toxic substances or environmental contaminants that cause aberrant immune responses. This book is a valuable resource for immunologists and clinicians.

  • Advances in Food Research

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 24
    • Inglés

  • Advances in Agronomy

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 29
    • Inglés

  • Advances in Botanical Research

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 5
    • Inglés

  • Advances in Food Research

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 23
    • Inglés

  • Advances in Botanical Research

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 4
    • Inglés

  • Advances in Ecological Research

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 10
    • Inglés

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