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Global Change Ecology promotes the understanding of how globally important changes in the environment, disrupt all aspects of ecological systems. Especially, the environmental changes that are driven by human influences and natural processes (e.g., climate change, urbanization, biological invasion, and pollution), resulting in biodiversity loss and eco-evolutionary deleterious impacts at the scales of populations, communities, or ecosystems. Alternatively, the recognition of ecological responses can enhance their resilience and resistance to environmental disturbances in different ecological systems. For example, the implications of these environmental threats on biodiversity and ecosystems ...
U.S.-China relations became increasingly important and complex in the twentieth century. While economic, political, and military interactions all grew over time, the most dramatic expansion took place in educational exchange, turning it into the strongest tie between the two nations. By the end of the 1940s, tens of thousands of Chinese and American students and scholars had crisscrossed the Pacific, leaving indelible marks on both societies. Although all exchange programs were terminated during the cold war, the two nations reemerged as top partners within a decade after the reestablishment of diplomatic relations. Approaching U.S.-China relations from a unique and usually overlooked perspe...
Recent years have seen a paradigm shift in our understanding of groundwater–surface water interactions: surface water and aquifers were long considered discrete, separate entities; they are now understood as integral components of a surface–subsurface continuum. This book provides an overview of current research advances and innovative approaches in groundwater–surface water interactions. The 20 research articles and 1 communication cover a wide range of thematic scopes, scales, and experimental and modelling methods across different disciplines (hydrology, aquatic ecology, biogeochemistry, and environmental pollution). The book identifies current knowledge gaps and reveals the challen...
Provides a summary of information contained in the microfiche collection entitled: Chinese biographical archive.
A cumulation of approximately 140 biographical reference works published through 1989, covering China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. All Chinese language entries are accompanied by English language abstracts.
《东方哈达——中国青藏铁路全景实录》采取“上行列车”与“下行列车”交错并行的叙述结构,把历史和现实贯穿在了一起。讲述了孙中山、毛泽东、邓小平、江泽民在修建青藏铁路上的决策细节、青藏铁路修筑中的难题以及筑路人鲜为人知的故事。
This exhaustive cumulative guide covers the changes in key personnel and administrative institutions from 1968 to the present. It traces the career paths of the many high officials within the numerous governmental, military, educational, and economic organizations in China. The directory also provides information on major institutions in China by following the restructuring, division, and mergers of organizations. This new edition includes new sections on trade organizations; special administrative regions; museums, libraries, and galleries; banks and insurance companies; and social and community mass organizations.