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Invasive Birds: Global Trends and Impacts
by Matthew Burnett • Bill Pranty • Diederik Strubbe • Erik Matthysen • Matthieu Guillemain • Johan Elmberg • Iain Henderson • Ding Li Yong • Juan Carlos Reboreda • Alexander Cruz • Tim Adriaens • Craig R Allen • Michael L Avery • Alexander V Badyaev • Fabrice M Brescia • Sarah E Britton • Daniel M Brooks • Jessica L. Burnett • Corey T Callaghan • César Capinha • Jen Cele • Jameson F Chace • Jocelyn Champagnon • Alice Cibois • Andrew Close • Alyssa R Conn • Richard T Corlett • Adrian J Craig • Amy E Dunham • James A Eaton • David A Smith • Yvette C Smith • Mike W Eichholz • Cyril Eraud • Chris L Feare • Jason M Gleditsch • Guillaume G Gayet • Carlos Gutiérrez-Expósito • Haley E Hanson • Frank Huysentruyt • John G Innes • Salit Kark • Michael R Leven • Ricardo J Lopes • Jean-Francois Maillard • Ndivhuwo Maligana • Chloe I Marcheli • Lynn B Martin • Blake A Mathys • Myriam E Mermoz • Jean-Yves Meyer • Dai K Morgan • Katherine G Ohman • Claire Pernollet • Murray A Potter • Eileen C Rees • Luís Reino • Joana Ribeiro • Peter A Robertson • Andrew M Rogers • Philip D Round • Joana Santana • Cavin T Shivambu • Neftalí Sillero • Preshnee Singh • Pär Söderquist • Karina L Speziale • Martin J Sullivan • Jean-Claude Thibault • Martin Thibault • Berndt J van Rensburg • Eric Vidal • Joseph R Waas • Amy-Leigh Wilson • Katherine Winston • Kevin A Wood • Pierre Yésou • Jaime E ZolikExamining globally invasive alien birds, the first part of this book provides an account of 32 global avian invasive species (as listed by the Invasive Species Specialist Group, ISSG). It acts as a one stop reference volume; it assesses current invasive status for each bird species, including detail... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020 -
Ebola: Clinical Patterns, Public Health Concerns
Ebola: Clinical Patterns, Public Health Concerns is a concise description and discussion of the Ebola virus and disease. The intended audience is medical practitioners, including those working in endemic areas as well as health-facility planners and public health practitioners. The book fills an imp... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018 -
Bioterrorism: A Guide for Hospital Preparedness
In the battle against bioterrorism, one of the greatest challenges is finding the ideal balance between complacency and overreaction. The goal is to be so well prepared that we can prevent catastrophic outcomes in the event of a bioterrorist attack, while strengthening our ability to prevent and tre... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2005 -
The Social Life of Greylag Geese
by Isabella B. R. Scheiber Brigitte M. Weiß Josef Hemetsberger • Kurt Kotrschal • Isabella B. R. Scheiber • Brigitte M. Weiß • Josef HemetsbergerThe flock of greylag geese established by Konrad Lorenz in Austria in 1973 has become an influential model animal system and one of the few worldwide with complete life-history data spanning several decades. Based on the unique records of nearly 1000 free-living greylag geese, this is a synthesis o... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013 -
Hearing and Hormones
This book reviews the growing literature that is consistent with the hypothesis that hormones can regulate auditory physiology and perception across a broad range of animal taxa, including humans. Understanding how hormones modulate auditory function has far reaching implications for advancing our ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2016 -
Disaster Management
by David Allen • Rajesh Arora • Yoram Weiss • Corbin Curtis • Levent Kenar • Jameel Ali • Nandini Mukherjee • Giles Barrier • Robert Chilcott • Miklosh Bala • Tahir Ahmed Dar • Fernando Turégano • P Thullier • Scott P Hagen • Rostislav Kostadinov • Thibaut Pelat • Mesut Ortatatli • Marcia Trainer • Timothy P Cohen • Monideepa Roy • Douglas Paton • Steven Parrillo • Christopher R Foerster • J R Bhardwaj • Rajiv Goel • Dale Vincent • Shabir Dhar • Anders Ruter • Benjamin W Berg • Kamen Kanev • Kai-Lit Phua • Denis Josse • Sudeep Nayak • Christophor Dishovsky • Nibedita Ray-Bennett • Mark Huntington • Itamar Ashkenazi • Stoian Tonev • James Hagen • Gerald Kost • Yasamin Izadkhah • Mahmood Hosseini • Anish V Cherian • Ann Sakaguchi • Edward Waller • Maria Nirmala Christine • Richard Louie • Christopher Cocking • Rakesh Sharma • Aaron Richman • Rupa Gunaseelan • J Bajgar • Vinod Kaushik • Naveen C Kumar • Yuval Weiss • Preeti Arora • Michael Hust • Anju Goel • Jean B Bail • Raman Chawla • Suresh Bada MathDisaster management is an increasingly important subject, as effective management of both natural and manmade disasters is essential to save lives and minimize casualties. This book discusses the best practice for vital elements of disaster medicine in both developed and developing countries, includ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013 -
Disaster Management: Medical Preparedness, Response and Homeland Security
by David Allen • Yoram Weiss • Corbin Curtis • Levent Kenar • Jameel Ali • Nandini Mukherjee • Giles Barrier • Miklosh Bala • Tahir Ahmed Dar • Fernando Turégano • P Thullier • Scott P Hagen • Rostislav Kostadinov • Thibaut Pelat • Mesut Ortatatli • Marcia Trainer • Timothy P Cohen • Monideepa Roy • Douglas Paton • Steven Parrillo • Christopher R Foerster • J R Bhardwaj • Rajiv Goel • Dale Vincent • Shabir Dhar • Anders Ruter • Benjamin W Berg • Kamen Kanev • Kai-Lit Phua • Denis Josse • Sudeep Nayak • Christophor Dishovsky • Nibedita Ray-Bennett • Mark Huntington • Itamar Ashkenazi • Stoian Tonev • James Hagen • Gerald Kost • Yasamin Izadkhah • Mahmood Hosseini • Anish V Cherian • Ann Sakaguchi • Edward Waller • Maria Nirmala Christine • Richard Louie • Christopher Cocking • Rakesh Sharma • Aaron Richman • Rupa Gunaseelan • J Bajgar • Vinod Kaushik • Naveen C Kumar • Yuval Weiss • Michael Hust • Anju Goel • Jean B Bail • Raman Chawla • Suresh Bada Math • Professor Robert ChilcottDisaster management is an increasingly important subject, as effective management of both natural and manmade disasters is essential to save lives and minimize casualties. This book discusses the best practice for vital elements of disaster medicine in both developed and developing countries, includ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013 -
Transgenic Insects: Techniques and Applications (CABI Biotechnology Series #3)
by Brian L. Weiss • Arvind Sharma • Andrew Hammond • Nicole Klein • John Mumford • Ricardo Pereira • Lucy Carter • Claudia Emerson • Guy Smagghe • Ravi V. Durvasula • Tony Nolan • Serap Aksoy • Aaron Roberts • Hassan M. Ahmed • Omar S. Akbar • Yehonatan Alcalay • Luke Alphey • Yael Arien • Rotem Daniel Avraham • Camilla Beech • Nicholas J. Bongio • Vanessa Bottino-Rojas • L. Roman Carrasco • Jackson Champer • Isabelle Coche • Carolina Concha • Rocco D’Amato • Brinda Dass • Jason A. Delborne • Ellen M. Dotson • Matthew P. Edgington • Guido Favia • Adam P. Forshaw • Alexander W.E. Franz • Marisa L. Guido • Monika Gulia-Nuss • Daniella An Haber • Alfred M. Handler • Keith R. Hayes • Ivy Hurwitz • Anthony A. James • Thomas P. Kelly • Ana Kormos • Lee Benjamin Lamdan • David J. Lampe • Rosemary S. Lees • Maria Vittoria Mancini • Aditi Mankad • Andrew Nuss • David A. O’Brochta • Riccardo Papa • Philippos Aris Papathanos • Michael Pham • Megan Quinlan • Robyn Raban • Jason L. Rasgon • Yasha Rohwer • Nathan Rose • Marc F. Schetelig • Kristof De Schutter • Hideki Sezutsu • Gregory S. Simmons • Toshiki Tamura • Delphine Thizy • Lea Pare Toe • Ernst A. Wimmer • Liu YangTechnology for modifying the genotypes and phenotypes of insects and other arthropods has steadily progressed with the development of more precise and powerful methods, most prominently transgenic modification. For many insect pests, there is now almost unlimited ability to modify phenotypes to bene... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022