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Stewardship and the Future of the Planet
This volume examines historical views of stewardship that have sometimes allowed humans to ravage the earth as well as contemporary and futuristic visions of stewardship that will be necessary to achieve pragmatic progress to save life on earth as we know it. The idea of stewardship – human responsibility to tend the Earth – has been central to human cultures throughout history, as evident in the Judeo-Christian Genesis story of the Garden of Eden and in a diverse range of parallel tales from other traditions around the world. Despite such foundational hortatory stories about preserving the earth on which we live, humanity in the Anthropocene is nevertheless currently destroying the plan...
Plant Genomic and Cytogenetic Databases
This volume discusses the latest online plant genomics and cytogenetic resources used by plant evolutionary biologists and plant breeders. The chapters in this book are organized into two parts. Part One looks at plant genomic databases, and covers topics such as plant phenomics and genomics research data repositories, InpactorDB, PlanTEenrichment, and PEATmoss, among others. Part Two looks at cytogenetics and chromosome-related databases, and covers resources such as the Plant DNA C-values database, the Delphineae Chromosome Database (DCDB), B-chrom, a Database on B-chromosomes, and the Plant Ribosomal DNA Database. Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series format, chapters include introductions to their respective databases and offers explicit directions on how to access and get the most of these resources. Cutting-edge and comprehensive, Plant Genomic and Cytogenetic Databases is a valuable instrument for any plant science researcher who is interested in learning more about the wealth of information that is available through the use of these databases.
Land Use Change and Mountain Biodiversity
Part of the worldwide biodiversity program DIVERSITAS, the Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment (GMBA) assesses the biological richness of high-elevation biota. GMBA's focus includes the uppermost forest regions or their substitute rangeland vegetation, the treeline ecotone, and the alpine and nival belts. Providing more than description, the GM
Encyclopedia of the World’s Biomes
Encyclopedia of the World’s Biomes is a unique, five volume reference that provides a global synthesis of biomes, including the latest science. All of the book's chapters follow a common thematic order that spans biodiversity importance, principal anthropogenic stressors and trends, changing climatic conditions, and conservation strategies for maintaining biomes in an increasingly human-dominated world. This work is a one-stop shop that gives users access to up-to-date, informative articles that go deeper in content than any currently available publication. Offers students and researchers a one-stop shop for information currently only available in scattered or non-technical sources Authored and edited by top scientists in the field Concisely written to guide the reader though the topic Includes meaningful illustrations and suggests further reading for those needing more specific information
Eurasian Steppes. Ecological Problems and Livelihoods in a Changing World
Steppes form one of the largest biomes. Drastic changes in steppe ecology, land use and livelihoods came with the emergence, and again with the collapse, of communist states. Excessive ploughing and vast influx of people into the steppe zone led to a strong decline in nomadic pastoralism in the Soviet Union and China and in severely degraded steppe ecosystems. In Mongolia nomadic pastoralism persisted, but steppes degraded because of strongly increased livestock loads. After the Soviet collapse steppes regenerated on huge tracts of fallow land. Presently, new, restorative steppe land management schemes are applied. On top of all these changes come strong effects of climate change in the northern part of the steppe zone. This book gives an up-to-date overview of changes in ecology, climate and use of the entire Eurasian steppe area and their effects on livelihoods of steppe people. It integrates knowledge that so far was available only in a spectrum of locally used languages.
Alte Dinge - Neue Werte
Wie alte Objekte im Museum neue Werte bekommen. Die Nobilitierung profaner Dinge zu kulturellen Objekten gibt alten Dingen neue Werte. Sie werden auf dem Weg ins Museum ihrem Umfeld und ökonomischen Kreislauf entzogen und kulturell neu aufgeladen. Nicht mehr vorrangig ihr ehemaliger Gebrauchs- und Tauschwert, ihr politischer, gesellschaftlicher und religiöser Wert ist von Interesse – sondern ein transformierter ästhetischer, kultureller, wissenschaftlicher und historischer Symbolwert erscheint nun bedeutsam. Doch nicht nur durch das Sammeln, sondern auch durch Praxen des Bewahrens, des Konservierens und Ausstellens wird eine Neubewertung der Dinge vorgenommen. Der Band beschäftigt sich mit Stadien der Neubewertung und Umwertung von Dingen im Museum anhand von Prozessen und Praktiken, akteursbezogenen Anforderungen, Strukturen und (Sach-)Zwängen. Aus dem Inhalt: Jana Hawig: Dinge in Storytelling-Ausstellungen am Beispiel von »Pia sagt Lebwohl«. Martin P. M. Weiss: Ein Schiff in den Raum stellen. Eine Sonderausstellung mit Virtual-Reality-Brillen.
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