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This book covers the latest development in the biotechnological application of extremophiles. Along with this the impact of climate change and environmental pollution on loss of diversity of extremophiles is also discussed. This is crucial as the loss of this diversity is related with the loss of many bioactive compounds and bacteria of ecological importance.

Bioactive Compounds. --- Diversity. --- Habitat Destruction. --- Nanotechnology. --- Secondary Metabolites.

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Conservation Biology for All provides cutting-edge but basic conservation science to a global readership. A series of authoritative chapters have been written by the top names in conservation biology with the principal aim of disseminating cutting-edge conservation knowledge as widely as possible. Important topics such as balancing conversion and human needs, climate change, conservation planning, designing and analyzing conservation research, ecosystem services, endangered species management, extinctions, fire, habitat loss, and invasive species are covered. Numerous textboxes describing additional relevant material or case studies are also included. The global biodiversity crisis is now unstoppable; what can be saved in the developing world will require an educated constituency in both the developing and developed world. Habitat loss is particularly acute in developing countries, which is of special concern because it tends to be these locations where the greatest species diversity and richest centres of endemism are to be found. Sadly, developing world conservation scientists have found it difficult to access an authoritative textbook, which is particularly ironic since it is these countries where the potential benefits of knowledge application are greatest. There is now an urgent need to educate the next generation of scientists in developing countries, so that they are in a better position to protect their natural resources.

Biodiversity. --- Conservation biology. --- Electronic books. -- local. --- Conservation biology --- Biodiversity --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Ecology --- Biological diversification --- Biological diversity --- Biotic diversity --- Diversification, Biological --- Diversity, Biological --- Biology --- Biocomplexity --- Ecological heterogeneity --- Numbers of species --- Nature conservation --- Nature conservation. --- Biologie de la conservation. --- Biodiversité. --- Nature --- Conservation de la nature. --- Changement climatique. --- Naturschutz --- Naturschutz. --- Conservation. --- natuurbescherming --- nature conservation --- ecologisch evenwicht --- ecological balance --- ecosystemen --- ecosystems --- wild --- wildlife --- hulpbronnenbehoud --- resource conservation --- biodiversiteit --- biodiversity --- habitat vernietiging --- habitat destruction --- habitats --- klimaatverandering --- climatic change --- bedreigde soorten --- endangered species --- menselijk gedrag --- human behaviour --- milieuafbraak --- environmental degradation --- milieubeheer --- environmental management --- natuur --- nature --- natuurbeheer --- nature management --- menselijke invloed --- human impact --- Nature Management (General) --- Nature Conservation --- Natuurbeheer (algemeen) --- Natuurbescherming

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In 1346, a catastrophic plague beset Europe and its neighbours. The Black Death was a human tragedy that abruptly halved entire populations and caused untold suffering, but it also brought about a cultural and economic renewal on a scale never before witnessed. The World the Plague Made is a panoramic history of how the bubonic plague revolutionized labour, trade, and technology and set the stage for Europe's global expansion.0James Belich takes readers across centuries and continents to shed new light on one of history's greatest paradoxes. Why did Europe's dramatic rise begin in the wake of the Black Death? Belich shows how plague doubled the per capita endowment of everything even as it decimated the population. Many more people had disposable incomes. Demand grew for silks, sugar, spices, furs, gold, and slaves. Europe expanded to satisfy that demand-and plague provided the means. Labour scarcity drove more use of waterpower, wind power, and gunpowder. Technologies like water-powered blast furnaces, heavily gunned galleons, and musketry were fast-tracked by plague. A new "crew culture" of "disposable males" emerged to man the guns and galleons.0Setting the rise of Western Europe in global context, Belich demonstrates how the mighty empires of the Middle East and Russia also flourished after the plague, and how European expansion was deeply entangled with the Chinese and other peoples throughout the world.

Black Death. --- 476-1492. --- Europe --- Europe. --- History --- History of Europe --- anno 1300-1399 --- anno 1400-1499 --- anno 1500-1599 --- Epidemics --- Medicine, Medieval --- Plague --- Peste noire. --- 476-1492 --- Council of Europe countries --- Eastern Hemisphere --- Eurasia --- Northern Europe --- Southern Europe --- Western Europe --- Abolitionism. --- Adultery. --- Amor Vincit Omnia (Caravaggio). --- Antonine Plague. --- Black rat. --- Bribery. --- Bruges. --- Bubonic plague. --- Burnt Norton. --- Child mortality. --- Cinque Ports. --- Civil war. --- Colonialism. --- Communism. --- Contraband. --- Coromandel Coast. --- Corruption in India. --- Cossack host. --- Death. --- Debasement. --- Devaluation. --- Disaster. --- Disease. --- Edward VIII. --- Enfilade and defilade. --- Epidemic. --- Euboea. --- Eunuch. --- Eurasia. --- Extortion. --- Funeral Blues. --- Greek tragedy. --- Habitat destruction. --- Harry Ransom Center. --- Idiosyncrasy. --- Indian Ocean. --- Industrialisation. --- Infection. --- Inflation. --- Influenza. --- Institution. --- Journey to a War. --- London. --- Lübeck. --- Maghreb. --- Malaria. --- Mamluk Sultanate (Cairo). --- Mamluk. --- Marxism. --- Massacre of the Innocents. --- Measles. --- Mortal sin. --- Mughal Empire. --- Muhammad. --- Nawabs of Bengal and Murshidabad. --- Ottoman Empire. --- Outbreak. --- Pamphlet. --- Pandemic. --- Pathogen. --- Peasant. --- Persecution. --- Phrygia. --- Plague (disease). --- Plague of Justinian. --- Plague pit. --- Pneumonic plague. --- Poetry. --- Pogrom. --- Postal order. --- Privateer. --- Racism. --- Robin Skelton. --- Rodent. --- Safavid dynasty. --- Sapping. --- Second plague pandemic. --- Serfdom. --- Ship. --- Slash-and-burn. --- Smallpox. --- Smuggling. --- Spice trade. --- Stanza. --- Stephen Spender. --- Sumptuary law. --- Sylvatic plague. --- The Bacchae. --- Triangular trade. --- Typhoid fever. --- Typhus. --- Typographical error. --- War of succession. --- War. --- Warfare. --- World War I. --- World history. --- Yellow fever. --- Yersinia pestis.

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This succinct book gives an intimate view of the day-to-day functioning of a remarkable river that has figured prominently in history and culture-the Hudson, a main artery connecting New York, America, and the world. Writing for a wide audience, David Strayer distills the large body of scientific information about the river into a non-technical overview of its ecology. Strayer describes the geography and geology of the Hudson and its basin, the properties of water and its movements in the river, water chemistry, and the river's plants and animals. He then takes a more detailed look at the Hudson's ecosystems and each of its major habitats. Strayer also discusses important management challenges facing the river today, including pollution, habitat destruction, overfishing, invasive species, and ecological restoration.

Restoration ecology --- Water --- Environmental protection --- Nature --- Human ecology --- Natural history --- Stream ecology --- Estuarine health --- History, Natural --- Natural science --- Physiophilosophy --- Biology --- Science --- River ecology --- Freshwater ecology --- Hyporheic zones --- Estuarine environmental health --- Estuary health --- Health, Estuarine --- Ecosystem health --- Ecological restoration --- Ecosystem restoration --- Rehabilitation ecology --- Restoration of ecosystems --- Applied ecology --- Hydrology --- Environmental quality management --- Protection of environment --- Environmental sciences --- Environmental engineering --- Environmental policy --- Environmental quality --- Ecology --- Environment, Human --- Human beings --- Human environment --- Ecological engineering --- Human geography --- Pollution --- Effect of human beings on --- Social aspects --- Effect of environment on --- New York (State) --- Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.) --- Nyu Yorḳ (State) --- NYS --- Niyū Yūrk (State) --- Nʹi︠u︡-Ĭork (State) --- Shtat Nʹi︠u︡ Ĭork --- State of New York --- State of N. York --- NY (State) --- N.Y. (State) --- N. York (State) --- نيويورك (State) --- ولاية نيويورك --- Wilāyat Niyū Yūrk --- Штат Нью-Ёрк --- Нью-Ёрк (State) --- Ню Йорк (State) --- Nova York (State) --- С̧ӗнӗ Йорк (State) --- Śĕnĕ Ĭork (State) --- Efrog Newydd (State) --- Kin Yótʼááh Deezʼá Hahoodzo --- Nííyóó Hahoodzo --- New Yorgi osariik --- Νέα Υόρκη (State) --- Nea Yorkē (State) --- Πολιτεία της Νέας Υόρκης --- Politeia tēs Neas Yorkēs --- Nueva York (State) --- Estado de Nueva York --- Nov-Jorkio --- Ŝtato de Nov-Jorkio --- État de New York --- Nua-Eabhrac (State) --- York Noa (State) --- Eabhraig Nuadh (State) --- Estado de Nova York --- Néu-Yok (State) --- Шин Йорк (State) --- Shin Ĭork (State) --- 뉴욕 주 --- Nyuyok-ju --- 뉴욕 (State) --- Nyuyok (State) --- Nuioka (State) --- Nú Yọk (State) --- Tchiaq York (State) --- New York Isifunda --- New York-fylki --- ניו יורק (State) --- מדינת ניו יורק --- Medinat Nyu Yorḳ --- Stat Evrek Nowydh --- Evrek Nowydh (State) --- Nou Yòk (State) --- Novum Eboracum (State) --- N̦ujorka (State) --- Niujorko valstija --- Niujorkas (State) --- Niorche (State) --- Њујорк (State) --- Njujork (State) --- Yancuīc York (State) --- ニューヨーク州 --- Nyū Yōku-shū --- ニューヨーク (State) --- Nyū Yōku (State) --- New York (Colony) --- Environmental conditions. --- america. --- american culture. --- american history. --- conservation. --- earth sciences. --- ecological restoration. --- ecologists. --- ecology. --- environmental impact. --- fishermen. --- guidebook. --- habitat destruction. --- habitat loss. --- hudson river. --- invasive species. --- new york. --- overfishing. --- plants and animals. --- river ecology. --- river ecosystems. --- river geography. --- river geology. --- river management. --- river plants. --- river pollution. --- river scientists. --- scientists. --- united states. --- water chemistry.