Books in Agricultural and biological sciences

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.

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Valuation Methods and Policy Making in Environmental Economics

1st Edition
Volume 36
May 1, 1989
H. Folmer + 1 more
English
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This volume considers, in depth, some valuation methods and aspects of cost benefit analysis, and policy making in environmental economics. Part I contains a number of contingent valuation studies for non-market assets. Part II consists of contributions on the valuation of health and life, and deals with the benefits of reduced morbidity from air pollution control. In Part III, cost benefit analysis for environmental policy-making is discussed in a disequilibrium setting, and in a macroeconomic context. Finally, Part IV deals with aspects of policy-making, particularly benefit estimation for complex policies, and the international aspects of transboundary air pollution in Europe.The book should not only appeal to students and researchers in university departments of economics and ``environmental sciences'' but also to those working in public organisations and associated advisory institutes which are concerned with environmental problems.

Advances in Food Research

1st Edition
Volume 32
January 9, 1989
C.O. Chichester + 1 more
English
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Pesticide Chemistry

1st Edition
Volume 32
January 1, 1989
G. Matolcsy + 2 more
English
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This book provides an overview of the major chemical aspects of pesticides giving detailed descriptions of the various groups of pesticides in current use - insecticides, acaricides, nematocides, rodenticides, fungicides and herbicides. The organic syntheses are discussed in detail, as are the biochemical aspects of the effectiveness and mechanisms of action of these chemical agents. The ecological aspects of the use of pesticides - nowadays an important consideration - are also discussed.The main trends of development in the field are also dealt with, e.g. the development of insecticides which present less of a threat to human beings and animals than the ones presently used, whose point of attack is the nervous system. Research is now concentrated on developing chemical compounds which affect the biochemistry or the special behavioural features of insects, instead of acting upon their nervous system. Newly discovered chemicals with selective action which are still in the developmental and experimentational stages are also described.Because of its comprehensive character, the book will be a useful source of information to those engaged in practical work in this field, as well as to researchers in the agricultural sciences.

Advances in Botanical Research

1st Edition
Volume 15
November 15, 1988
J. A. Callow
English
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The latest volume in this series continues as a detailed review in botanical science to a wide audience. The papers in this volume are of general interest and present fascinating updates of important aspects of plant growth, physiology, and reproduction.

Advances in Insect Physiology

1st Edition
Volume 21
October 24, 1988
Peter Evans + 1 more
English
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This latest volume in this series contains articles on a variety of insect physiological topics from the nervous system to the cuticle and circulatory system.

The Ecology of Social Behavior

1st Edition
May 28, 1988
Bozzano G Luisa
English
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The chapters in this book discuss and summarize the ecological factors affecting and effecting the formation of animal social groups and thereby address one of the central issues confronting researchers and students in sociobiology. The objectives are to review what is known about the impact of ecological factors in the formation and maintenance of social groups. Numerous examples have been drawn from a variety of phyla.

Advances in Food Research

1st Edition
Volume 31
March 15, 1988
C.O. Chichester + 2 more
English
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Advances in Agronomy

1st Edition
Volume 41
February 1, 1988
N.C. Brady
English
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Advances in Botanical Research

1st Edition
Volume 14
January 21, 1988
J. A. Callow
English
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Chemistry of Soil Organic Matter

1st Edition
Volume 17
January 1, 1988
K. Kumada
English
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Despite the large number of papers and books published on soil organic matter (humus), our knowledge of the subject is still very limited, as is our knowledge of humic acid. The author of this book began to study humus at the end of the 1940s and continued until 1984 when he retired from Nagoya University. With the intention of establishing a systematic understanding of soil organic matter, he has compiled facts and a discussion of humus based on his extensive experimental results during the past 40 years.In this book, humic acids are classified into A, B, Rp and P types, based on their optical properties. The elementary composition and other chemical properties of humic acid types are shown to be regularly different from each other. A new method for humus composition analysis applied to various kinds of soils in Japan and several other countries indicates that the diversity of humus compositions of soils is systematically understandable. These findings lead the author to novel theories on the chemical configuration and formation of humic acids and humic substances. Diagenesis of humus under terrestrial conditions is illustrated as to the buried humic horizons of Black soil (Andosol).The book will be useful not only to soil scientists and agronomists but also to geochemists, oceanographers, limnologists, water scientists, biologists and chemists who are dealing with organic matter in terrestrial, aquatic, and sedimentary environments.

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Books in Agricultural and biological sciences

Valuation Methods and Policy Making in Environmental Economics

Advances in Food Research

Pesticide Chemistry

Advances in Botanical Research

Advances in Insect Physiology

The Ecology of Social Behavior

Advances in Food Research

Advances in Agronomy

Advances in Botanical Research

Chemistry of Soil Organic Matter

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