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Chapters within the book consider current research on the biology of parasites, and new strategies in the transmission and control of parasitic diseases. This book represents an invaluable resource for all parasitologists. Not only is it an up- to-date summary of research, but it is also a thought provoking look at the future.

This book focuses on recent progress in our understanding of the genetics and molecular biology of soybean and provides a broad review of the subject, from genome diversity to transformation and integration of desired genes using current technologies.

The present volume was commissioned by the Group and is intended to help scientists and regulators to conceptualize the major issues underlying biological safety as well as to understand how these affect policies to regulate biotechnology.

This book, a collection of refereed papers from the First International Congress of the European Society for Soil Conservation, covers the assessment, prediction and modelling of soil degradation, and the strategies used to combat the problem.

This directory aims to address the problems of isolation and awareness that mycologists can experience by bringing together basic information on the various pertinent organizations already in existence, the services they provide, serial publications, living genetic resource collections, and biosystematic reference collections.

This volume focuses on the use of tropical browse, pasture and grain legumes in animal nutrition. It is written by leading authorities from the UK, Australia, India and Malaysia.

This book reviews research on the development of brain and behaviour in the chick and juxtaposes this with similar work on other avian and, to a lesser extent, mammalian species.

This book, the first of its kind, is based on empirical and science-based evidence from the design and implementation of corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities in rural areas. It covers emerging policies and their implications in India, using eight specially written case studies based on actual practices.

Islands are special places; they can be havens for unique plants and animals and refuges for wildlife. This book investigates the biogeography of butterfly species over the British islands, particularly the factors that influence their presence on the islands and that have made each island's butterfly fauna distinctive.

With its questions on the extent to which tourism brings women empowerment, this book is an engaging and thought-provoking read. It critiques how the industry has allowed women to renegotiate gender norms and the work still needed to be done, with real life stories from women working in tourism.

Travellers face many challenging manifestations in the form of terrorism, risk and safety issues. This book focuses on the risk and safety atrocities being faced by holy visitors, critically examining these issues and providing a valuable reference for those studying within the area of religion and events.

Contemporary and challenging, this thought-provoking book outlines a number of the key dilemmas in animal welfare today and tomorrow. A range of global key opinion leaders provide their views on major animal welfare challenges affecting policy through text and video.

Contemporary and challenging, this thought-provoking book outlines a number of the key dilemmas in animal welfare today and tomorrow. A range of global key opinion leaders provide their views on major animal welfare challenges affecting policy through text and video.

This new, full colour edition covers the rapid advances made in our understanding of the pathogen and disease. It explores the causative organism, its ecosystem, disease epidemiology, host-Borrelia interactions, diagnostic testing, clinical manifestations, therapeutic options, host immunity and pathogenesis, and prognosis.

The demand for electricity has never been higher and is growing rapidly. This book examines all of the main forms of electricity generation in terms of their ecological impacts and effects on climate change, arguing that the only way to minimise impacts will be to minimise our consumption and transmission.

Presented by senior researchers and from the fields of tourism and animal welfare, this is the first major text addressing the crossover of tourism and animal welfare. It includes contributions from major worldwide organisations.

The science of nanotechnology - the manipulation, design and engineering of devices at the atomic and molecular scale - is starting to be applied to many disciplines including aspects of agriculture and crop science. This edited volume reviews the current state of knowledge and explores potential applications.

Down to earth and intensely practical, this book and video package describes in a step by step way the essential clinical skills that veterinary students need to acquire before they face clinical situations in the real world of the busy veterinary clinic.

This informative text thoroughly covers the influence of the environment on grapevine health and productivity, and informs the reader on how grapes are grown and factors affecting grape quality.

Stimulating and thought-provoking, this book looks at the welfare problems and philosophical and ethical issues that are caused by changes made to animals, both positive and negative, to make them more productive or adapted for human uses.

Fully revised and in full colour, this third edition reflects on the impact of nematodes on food security and climate change interactions and includes a new chapter on nematode soil biodiversity in health. It covers major food and cash crops and provides guidance on extraction methods, processing and diagnosis of plant and soil nematodes, and IPM.

Today thousands travel to religious sites for worship, initiatory and leisure purposes. This book provides a holistic approach to the study of these journeys, with case studies drawn from around the world. It covers conceptual themes including local development, regional economic development, heritage identity and management and environment.

This approachable and down to earth text describes the internal and external influences on feline behaviour. It provides practical advice on how the welfare of cats in our care may be protected and how behaviour problems should be addressed as well as how to avoid them.

There are many hypotheses describing the interactions involved in biological invasions, but it is largely unknown whether they are backed up by empirical evidence. This book fills that gap by assessing research hypotheses and applying it to a number of invasion hypotheses, using the hierarchy-of-hypotheses (HoH) approach.

This volume is a comprehensive compilation of all scientific names introduced at all taxonomic levels within the culicid family, offering insight into the history of mosquito classification as well as providing a bibliographic reference source. It is ideal for students, entomologists and taxonomists interested in culicid nomenclature and etymology.

This book aims to provide a broad overview of the issues surrounding air pollution and how to control and monitor pollution levels. Beginning with a brief background on the subject, the book moves on to discuss global emissions, with an emphasis on megacities and their effects.

While the "Green Revolution" was a major success, many issues with food production and increasing population and climate change mean that countries such as India face major challenges. Paroda argues for choosing the best technologies and blending them with rich traditional knowledge to attain sustainable development goals.

The "bioeconomy" is the idea of economic activity involving the sustainable exploitation of biological resources. This book illustrates state of the art perspectives in the development of the bioeconomy across the world, taking an economic and policy perspective, and identifies potential future pathways and issues.

This is a hands-on, practical guide covering seedling screening for disease response in oil palm for pathology, breeding and genetics. Oil palm is the top oil crop in the world and Ganoderma is the most devastating disease of oil palm.

Oil palm is the top oil crop and the only major crop and only oil crop not to have been improved by plant mutation breeding. This manual is hands-on, providing step-by-step illustrated methods in a range of key activities in mutation induction, mutation detection and mutant line development in oil palm.