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Estimating Presence and Abundance of Closed Populations
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ISBN: 3031398343 Year: 2023 Publisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,

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This comprehensive book covers a wide variety of methods for estimating the sizes and related parameters of closed populations. With the effect of climate change, and human territory invasion, we have seen huge species losses and a major biodiversity decline. Populations include plants, trees, various land and sea animals, and some human populations. With such a diversity of populations, an extensive variety of different methods are described with the collection of different types of data. For example, we have count data from plot sampling, which can also allow for incomplete detection. There is a large chapter on occupancy methods where a major interest is determining whether a particular species is present or not. Citizen and opportunistic survey data can also be incorporated. A related topic is species methods, where species richness and species' interactions are of interest. A variety of distance methods are discussed. One can use distances from points and lines, as well as nearest neighbor distances. The applications are extensive, and include marine, acoustic, and aerial surveys, using multiple observers or detection devices. Line intercept measurements have a role to play such as, for example, estimating parameters relating to plant coverage. An increasingly important class of removal methods considers successive “removals" from a population, with physical removal or "removal" by capture-recapture of marked individuals. With the change-in-ratio method, removals are taken from two or more classes, e.g., males and females. Effort data used for removals can also be used. A very important method for estimating abundance is the use of capture-recapture data collected discretely or continuously and can be analysed using both frequency and Bayesian methods. Computational aspects of fitting Bayesian models are described. A related topic of growing interest is the use of spatial and camera methods. With the plethora of models there has been a corresponding development of various computational methods and packages, which are often mentioned throughout. Covariate data is being used more frequently, which can reduce the number of unknown parameters by using logistic and loglinear models. An important computational aspect is that of model selection methods. The book provides a useful list of over 1400 references.


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World agriculture before and after 1492 : legacy of the Columbian exchange
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ISBN: 9783031155239 9783031155222 9783031155246 9783031155253 Year: 2023 Publisher: Cham, Switzerland : Springer,

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The year 2022 is the 50th anniversary of Alfred Crosby's celebrated book - The Columbian Exchange: Biological and Cultural Consequences of 1492. In the book, Crosby was the first to discuss the impact that the Spanish and Portuguese colonial period had on world agriculture and human culture. How the crops of the world became homogenized, and how an indigenous culture was destroyed by disease after Columbus landed. His landmark study broke new ground in its broad conceptualization of the Atlantic exchange. Building on what Crosby so succinctly and brilliantly presented, the main goal of this new work is to present the depth of information that has emerged since "The Columbian Exchange" and to discuss more fully the development of crops and agriculture before and after the Iberian contact. It follows the journey of crops and livestock in the Old and New Worlds and end's with their distribution in today's world.


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Mathematical modeling for epidemiology and ecology
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ISBN: 9783031094545 9783031094538 9783031094552 9783031094569 Year: 2023 Publisher: New York, NY : Springer Science+Business Media, LLC,

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Mathematical Modeling for Epidemiology and Ecology provides readers with the mathematical tools needed to understand and use mathematical models and read advanced mathematical biology books. It presents mathematics in biological contexts, focusing on the central mathematical ideas and the biological implications, with detailed explanations. The author assumes no mathematics background beyond elementary differential calculus. An introductory chapter on basic principles of mathematical modeling is followed by chapters on empirical modeling and mechanistic modeling. These chapters contain a thorough treatment of key ideas and techniques that are often neglected in mathematics books, such as the Akaike Information Criterion. The second half of the book focuses on analysis of dynamical systems, emphasizing tools to simplify analysis, such as the Routh-Hurwitz conditions and asymptotic analysis. Courses can be focused on either half of the book or thematically chosen material from both halves, such as a course on mathematical epidemiology. The biological content is self-contained and includes many topics in epidemiology and ecology. Some of this material appears in case studies that focus on a single detailed example, and some is based on recent research by the author on vaccination modeling and scenarios from the COVID-19 pandemic. The problem sets feature linked problems where one biological setting appears in multi-step problems that are sorted into the appropriate section, allowing readers to gradually develop complete investigations of topics such as HIV immunology and harvesting of natural resources. Some problems use programs written by the author for Matlab or Octave; these combine with more traditional mathematical exercises to give students a full set of tools for model analysis. Each chapter contains additional case studies in the form of projects with detailed directions. New appendices contain mathematical details on optimization, numerical solution of differential equations, scaling, linearization, and sophisticated use of elementary algebra to simplify problems.


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La tentation écofasciste : écologie et extrême droite
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ISBN: 9782897198718 2897198710 Year: 2023 Publisher: Montréal, Que. Écosociété

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Le lien entre l’extrême droite et la défense de l’envi­ron­nement n’a rien d’évident. Pourtant, il existe bel et bien une pensée écofasciste au sein de la grande famille des idéologies nationalistes et identitaires. Démographie, tensions entre localisme et universalisme, immigration... Les théories écofascistes sèment un certain trouble dans l’écologie politique. Et même si aucun gouvernement ne s’en est revendiqué, la mouvance, encore embryonnaire, pourrait bien s’intensifier dans les années à venir. « Il me semble raisonnable de penser que plus la crise écologique s’aggravera, plus les options démocratiques et émancipatrices dont nous disposons pour y faire face s’amenui­seront, et plus au contraire des solutions extrêmes, aujourd’hui encore impensables, risqueront de s’imposer », écrit Pierre Madelin dans ce livre au carrefour de l’histoire des idées, de la cartographie intellectuelle et de la prospective politique. Une lecture indispensable pour mieux combattre cette alliance entre le « brun » et le « vert ».

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écologie politique --- BPB9999 --- écologie --- fascisme --- Faschismus --- Faxxiżmu --- faszyzm --- fasizmus --- Fascism --- фашизам --- fašizem --- φασισμός --- fašizmas --- fašizmus --- fašismus --- fašisms --- fašism --- faisisteachas --- fašizam --- fasismi --- фашизъм --- fascism --- fascismo --- fashizëm --- neofašizam --- ultraderechismo --- neofashizëm --- hitlerismus --- hnědé košile --- nyfascisme --- neofašizmas --- neofasizmus --- neo-Fascism --- неофашизам --- uusfasismi --- neofascisme --- neofascism --- szélsőjobboldal --- neofašisms --- neofašizmus --- νεοφασισμός --- nyfascism --- neofašism --- néofascisme --- neofašismus --- neofascismo --- Neofaschismus --- nazifascismo --- ekologji --- екологија --- ekologie --- ekológia --- ekoloġija --- ökológia --- éiceolaíocht --- økologi --- ecología --- ekologija --- ökoloogia --- Ökologie --- екология --- ekoloģija --- ecology --- ekologi --- οικολογία --- ecologia --- ekologia --- ecologie --- környezettudomány --- наука за животната средина --- znanost o okolišu --- teorie životního prostředí --- ciencia del medio ambiente --- επιστήμες του περιβάλλοντος --- ympäristötiede --- ηθολογία --- milieuwetenschap --- scienze dell'ambiente --- věda o životním prostředí --- vides zinātne --- environmentální vědy --- ciência do ambiente --- environmental science --- environmentálna veda --- Umweltwissenschaft --- ekologické vědy --- știința mediului înconjurător --- aplinkotyra --- miljøvidenskab --- nauka o životním prostředí --- keskkonnateadus --- shkenca mjedisore --- poliitiline ökoloogia --- Politische Ökologie --- politisk ekologi --- ekologia polityczna --- politička ekologija --- ekologji politike --- πολιτική οικολογία --- политическа екология --- politinė ekologija --- éiceolaíocht pholaitiúil --- политичка екологија --- ecologie politică --- politická ekológia --- politisk økologi --- political ecology --- politična ekologija --- politieke ecologie --- ecologia politica --- ekoloġija politika --- poliittinen ekologia --- politikai ökológia --- politická ekologie --- ecologia política --- politiskā ekoloģija --- ecología política --- BPB2304 --- Extrême droite --- Ecologie politique --- Néomalthusianisme --- Politique identitaire --- Conservatisme --- Fascisme --- Right and left (Political science) --- Political ecology --- Neo-Malthusianism --- Identity politics --- Conservatism --- Political philosophy. Social philosophy

Design and analysis of ecological experiments
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ISBN: 0195131886 0195131878 9780195131871 9780195131888 9780198030225 0198030223 1280530669 9786610530663 1429401745 0197700675 Year: 2023 Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press,

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This title focuses on the design and analysis of ecological experiments, concentrating on statistical approaches. Each chapter presents a particular statistical technique or set of techniques in the context of resolving an ecological issue.


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Pour un soulèvement écologique : Dépasser notre impuissance collective
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ISBN: 9782021501872 2021501876 Year: 2023 Publisher: Paris: Éditions du Seuil,

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« On dit que les territoires nous façonnent. J’avais dix ans quand j’ai compris que le dérèglement climatique menaçait mon univers entier, et toutes mes histoires de famille, dont les glaciers renferment le souvenir. » Camille Étienne a grandi dans un espace en voie de disparition. Dans un de ces lieux où le danger est déjà réel, concret.Face à un effondrement d’une telle ampleur, il est aisé de sombrer dans la paralysie. Mais, nous dit-elle, « notre impuissance est une construction qui ne nous appartient pas », et qui sert ceux qui exercent et jouissent pleinement de leur pouvoir.Dans cet essai, Camille Étienne identifie les mythes qui nous entravent : éco-anxiété, fracture générationnelle, déclic, fausses peurs. Les paniques morales n’ont qu’un dessein : nous distraire de la peur qui devrait nous habiter et pourrait nous pousser à désobéir, ralentir ou cesser de coopérer.Camille Étienne défend une écologie libératrice, portée par une puissance collective et démocratique. L’inertie est une légende, et la potentialité d’un soulèvement en est la preuve.

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Environnement --- Transition écologique. --- Écologie politique. --- Désobéissance civile. --- Protection. --- Green movement --- Political ecology --- Environmentalism --- Protection --- BPB9999 --- BPB2308 --- changement climatique --- écologie --- ekologji --- екологија --- ekologie --- ekológia --- ekoloġija --- ökológia --- éiceolaíocht --- økologi --- ecología --- ekologija --- ökoloogia --- Ökologie --- екология --- ekoloģija --- ecology --- ekologi --- οικολογία --- ecologia --- ekologia --- ecologie --- környezettudomány --- наука за животната средина --- znanost o okolišu --- teorie životního prostředí --- ciencia del medio ambiente --- επιστήμες του περιβάλλοντος --- ympäristötiede --- ηθολογία --- milieuwetenschap --- scienze dell'ambiente --- věda o životním prostředí --- vides zinātne --- environmentální vědy --- ciência do ambiente --- environmental science --- environmentálna veda --- Umweltwissenschaft --- ekologické vědy --- știința mediului înconjurător --- aplinkotyra --- miljøvidenskab --- nauka o životním prostředí --- keskkonnateadus --- shkenca mjedisore --- cambio climático --- klimatska promjena --- tibdil fil-klima --- промена климе --- klimatförändring --- alteração climática --- kliimamuutus --- sprememba podnebja --- климатска промена --- zmiany klimatyczne --- climate change --- промяна на климата --- cambiamento climatico --- schimbare climatică --- ndryshim klimaterik --- změna klimatu --- klimata maiņa --- éghajlatváltozás --- zmena podnebia --- klimato kaita --- athrú aeráide --- klimaatsverandering --- Klimaveränderung --- ilmastonmuutos --- klimaændring --- κλιματική αλλαγή --- az éghajlat változása --- modificación del clima --- klimatiskā izmaiņa --- промена на климата --- klimatická změna --- klimatická zmena --- climatic change --- schimbări climatice --- Environmental protection --- Civil disobedience --- History


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Water in Circular Economy
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ISBN: 3031181654 9783031181658 3031181646 Year: 2023 Publisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,

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This book presents possible solutions for a circuler economy (CE) in the water and wastewater sector through an inventory of multidisciplinary knowledge with high scientific and practical importance which can contribute to support the transition to the CE model in water and wastewater sector. Water in modern studies exceeds being an important source for irrigation and drinking. It is now a significant source of renewable energy and a catalyst in most industrial and manufacturing products. The protection and sustainable management of water resources and water-based waste (as wastewater, sewage sludge, or sewage sludge ash) are important aspects of the CE, which is defined as a regenerative growth model that gives back to the planet more than it takes. Our book, entitled "Water in Circular Economy", delivers a comprehensive overview of the latest research covering the following aspects of water management from the perspective of the CE implementation: · Water as a key resource in the circular economy; · Innovative solutions in transition to the circular economy in water and wastewater sector; · Monitoring of circular economy implementation in water and wastewater sector.

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Economia circular. --- Aigua --- Depuració --- Depuració de l'aigua --- Descontaminació de l'aigua --- Desinfecció de l'aigua --- Potabilització de l'aigua --- Purificació de l'aigua --- Sanejament de l'aigua --- Tractament de l'aigua --- Sanejament --- Desenvolupament sostenible --- Disseny sostenible --- Ecologia industrial --- Enginyeria sostenible --- Recursos naturals --- Descontaminació --- Desinfecció --- Potabilització --- Purificació --- Tractament --- Abastament --- Abastament industrial --- Conservació --- Water. --- Hydrology. --- Energy policy. --- Energy and state. --- Environmental management. --- Sustainability. --- Refuse and refuse disposal. --- Energy Policy, Economics and Management. --- Environmental Management. --- Waste Management/Waste Technology. --- Discarded materials --- Disposal of refuse --- Garbage --- Household waste --- Household wastes --- Refuse and refuse disposal --- Rubbish --- Solid waste management --- Trash --- Waste disposal --- Waste management --- Wastes, Household --- Sanitation --- Factory and trade waste --- Pollution --- Pollution control industry --- Salvage (Waste, etc.) --- Street cleaning --- Waste products --- Sustainability science --- Human ecology --- Social ecology --- Environmental stewardship --- Stewardship, Environmental --- Environmental sciences --- Management --- Energy and state --- Power resources --- State and energy --- Industrial policy --- Energy conservation --- Aquatic sciences --- Earth sciences --- Hydrography --- Water --- Hydrology --- Environmental aspects --- Government policy

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