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Safety Assessment of Transgenic Organisms in the Environment, Volume 5 : OECD Consensus Documents
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ISBN: 9264250441 9264253017 9789264253018 Year: 2016 Publisher: Paris : OECD Publishing,

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This series represents a compilation of the biosafety consensus documents developed by the OECD Working Group on Harmonisation of Regulatory Oversight in Biotechnology over the periods 2011-12 (Volume 5) and 2013-15 (Volume 6). Volumes 5 and 6 describe the biology, centres of origin, genetics, hybridisation, production and use, and ecology elements of several crops (sugarcane, cassava, sorghum, common bean, cucurbits) and trees (eucalyptus species). They also provide considerations on pathogenicity factors in assessing the potential adverse health effects of bacteria, and the low level presence of transgenic plants in seed and grain commodities. The consensus documents contain information for use during the regulatory assessment of products of modern biotechnology, i.e. transgenic organisms (plants, animals, micro-organisms), when intended for release in the environment. As such, it should be of value to applicants for use of genetically-engineered organisms in agriculture mainly, to regulators and risk assessors in national authorities for their biosafety assessments, as well as the wider scientific community. More information on this OECD programme is found at BioTrack online (www.oecd.org/biotrack).  


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An overview of the management of established nonindigenous species in the Great Lakes
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Year: 2016 Publisher: [Silver Spring, Md.] : United States Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,

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Invasive species management : control options, congressional issues and major laws
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ISBN: 1634850653 9781634850650 9781634850643 1634850645 Year: 2016 Publisher: New York : Nova Publishers,

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"An 'invasive' species (alternatively known as an alien, exotic, injurious, introduced or naturalized, non-native, nonindigenous, nuisance, or noxious species) refers to an animal or plant that is introduced into an environment where it is not native. The introduction of invasive species to the United Stateswhether deliberate or unintentionalfrom around the globe can pose a significant threat to native animal and plant communities, and may result in extinctions of native animals and plants, species disruptions as native and non-native species compete for limited resources, reduced biodiversity, and altered terrestrial or aquatic habitats. This can result in a range of economic, ecologic, and cultural losses, including reduced agricultural output from U.S. farms and ranches; degradation of U.S. waterways, coastal areas, national parks, and forests; and altered urban, suburban, and rural landscapes. Very broadly, the unanswered question regarding invasive species concerns whose responsibility it is to ensure economic integrity and ecological stability in response to the actual or potential impacts of invasive species, and at what cost. As this book shows, the current answer is not simple. It may depend on answers to many other questions: Is the introduction deliberate or accidental? Does it affect agriculture? By what pathway does the new species arrive? Is the potential harm from the species already known? Is the species already established in one area of the country? Finally, if the answers to any of these questions are unsatisfactory, what changes should be made? This book outlines the nature of the invasive species threat, the ability to predict invasions, methods of pest prevention or control, gaps in regulation, and options for congressional action." --


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Non-native species and their role in the environment : the need for a broader perspective
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ISBN: 9047426134 9789047426134 9789004172661 9004172661 Year: 2016 Publisher: Boston : Brill,

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The young field of invasion biology - initially a branch of ecology and conservation biology - has greatly expanded, particularly in the last two and a half decades or so. As a result, the potential negative effects of introduced species have been widely advertised and sometimes, perhaps, overemphasized. This book attempts to restore some balance to the current debate over the role of non-native species, by offering a broader perspective, and taking a longer term, evolutionary look at these species and their impact in their new environments. The relatively arbitrary nature of terms such as 'native' and 'non-native', and the rather inconsistent ways in which such terms are applied to biological species, as well as the subjective boundaries of so-called 'native ranges' are analyzed. The role of non-native species in their new environments can be considerably more complex than the anti-introduced species information would often suggest. Thus, the more positive and nuanced perspective on introduced species and their impact offered in this book is much needed and long overdue.


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Marine wildlife, King George Island, Antarctica
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ISBN: 9783000508325 3000508325 Year: 2016

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Safety Assessment of Transgenic Organisms in the Environment, Volume 6 : OECD Consensus Documents
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ISBN: 926425045X 9264253424 9789264253421 Year: 2016 Publisher: Paris : OECD Publishing,

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This series represents a compilation of the biosafety consensus documents developed by the OECD Working Group on Harmonisation of Regulatory Oversight in Biotechnology over the periods 2011-12 (Volume 5) and 2013-15 (Volume 6). Volumes 5 and 6 describe the biology, centres of origin, genetics, hybridisation, production and use, and ecology elements of several crops (sugarcane, cassava, sorghum, common bean, cucurbits) and trees (eucalyptus species). They also provide considerations on pathogenicity factors in assessing the potential adverse health effects of bacteria, and the low level presence of transgenic plants in seed and grain commodities. The consensus documents contain information for use during the regulatory assessment of products of modern biotechnology, i.e. transgenic organisms (plants, animals, micro-organisms), when intended for release in the environment. As such, it should be of value to applicants for use of genetically-engineered organisms in agriculture mainly, to regulators and risk assessors in national authorities for their biosafety assessments, as well as the wider scientific community. More information on this OECD programme is found at BioTrack online (www.oecd.org/biotrack).  


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Biochemistry of collagens, laminins and elastin : structure, function and biomarkers
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ISBN: 0128098996 0128098473 9780128098998 9780128098479 Year: 2016 Publisher: Amsterdam : Elsevier,

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Nucleic Acids – : From Basic Aspects to Laboratory Tools
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ISBN: 9535122649 9535154257 Year: 2016 Publisher: Rijeka : InTech,

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The metabolic-psychosomatic axis, stress and oxytocin regulation
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ISBN: 1634852400 9781634852401 9781634852241 1634852249 Year: 2016 Publisher: New York : Nova Publishers,

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