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A comprehensive, multi-author treatise on the social insects of the world, with some auxiliary attention to such adjacent topics as subsocial insects and social arachnids. The work is to serve as a very convenient, yet authoritative reference work on the biology and systematics of social insects of the world. This is a project of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects (IUSSI), the worldwide organizing body for the scientific study of social insects. .

Entomology. --- Invertebrates. --- Conservation biology. --- Ecology . --- Animal ecology. --- Conservation Biology/Ecology. --- Animal Ecology.

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""The force that through the green fuse drives the flower / Drives my green age; that blasts the roots of trees / Is my destroyer," wrote poet Dylan Thomas. In this evocative book a widely respected ecological scientist and activist draws on the poet's image and his own environmental research to demonstrate the intricate interconnections among disparate ecosystems. He takes us from the salmon runs of southwestern Alaska and the marshes of the Florida everglades to the coral reefs of the South Pacific and the depopulated bleakness of the Tibetan plateau. The result is that rare book that bridges the cultures of science and art. Lyrical and vivid portraits of natural wonders and the threats to them are combined with precise scientific accounts of natural processes and their disturbances. The Green Fuse will show nonscientists the fascination of ecological detective work and renew scientists' love for the beauty of the world under their microscopes." "Written from personal passion as well as intellectual analysis, Harte's stories illuminate, without sermonizing, the damage to natural systems brought about by technological hubris and calculated political ruthlessness. To fuse is to join together; "the green fuse" symbolizes the basic unity behind natural diversity. But Harte observes that a green fuse may also be the weak link in an overloaded system or the slow burning wick on an ecological bomb. The scientist's words echo the poet's insight: as The Green Fuse reminds us, the energies that created human liberation from nature can also be those that bring about the human destruction of nature."--Jacket.

Ecology. --- Ecology --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Balance of nature --- Biology--Ecology --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Ecologie --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Environnement --- Oecology --- Biology --- Environmental sciences --- Population biology

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Botany --- Japan --- Ecology --- Congresses --- Environmental policy --- Environmental protection --- J7530 --- J7510 --- Japan: Science and technology -- biology -- botany, flora --- Japan: Science and technology -- biology -- ecology (general) --- Conferences - Meetings

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This book assesses the potential effects of biotechnological approaches, particularly genetic modification, on the present state of fiber crop cultivation and sustainable production. Leading international researchers discuss and explain how biotechnology can affect and solve problems in connection with fiber crops. The topics covered include biology, biotechnology, genomics and applications of fiber crops like cotton, flax, jute and bamboo. Providing complete, comprehensive and broad subject-based reviews, the book offers a valuable resource for students, teachers, and researchers including agriculturists, biotechnologists and botanists, as well as industrialists and government agencies involved in the planning of fiber crop cultivation.

Plant breeding. --- Plant genetics. --- Biodiversity. --- Conservation biology. --- Ecology . --- Developmental biology. --- Plant Breeding/Biotechnology. --- Plant Genetics and Genomics. --- Conservation Biology/Ecology. --- Developmental Biology.

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Ende April und Anfang Mai 2008 kam es in einigen Regionen in Südwestdeutschland zu Bienenvergiftungen, bei denen nach letzten Erhebungen etwa 11.500 Völker von 700 Imkern teilweise erheblich geschädigt wurden. Sofort nach Bekanntwerden der Vorfälle begann eine intensive Suche nach den Ursachen. Dabei arbeiteten das Ministerium für Ernährung und Ländlichen Raum in Baden-Württemberg (MLR) und die Behörden vor Ort mit der Imkerschaft, der Bienenuntersuchungsstelle im Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI), dem Bundesamt für Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit (BVL) und der Pflanzenschutzmittel-Industrie zusammen. Schnell richtete sich der Verdacht auf Maissaatgut, das mit dem insektiziden Wirkstoff Clothianidin behandelt war, ein Verdacht, der durch die chemischen Analysen des Julius Kühn-Instituts bestätigt wurde.

Agriculture. --- Ecotoxicology. --- Analytical chemistry. --- Environmental monitoring. --- Conservation biology. --- Ecology . --- Food—Biotechnology. --- Agriculture. --- Ecotoxicology. --- Analytical Chemistry. --- Monitoring/Environmental Analysis. --- Conservation Biology/Ecology. --- Food Science.