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"Stress can have a deleterious effect on people's health, but a growing body of evidence suggests animals can have a positive effect on people's stress levels. This book showcases a rich collection of papers from Human-Animal Interactions, highlighting research pertaining to pets, and to animal assisted therapy in school and professional settings"--

Demand-led breeding has the potential to combine the best of institutional and commercial approaches to produce plant varieties that are really needed. This book shows how the approach works in practice with case studies and analysis.

The zebrafish is fast becoming the vertebrate model of choice in biomedical research. This book is written by facility managers and researchers, with daily hands-on experience of husbandry and experimental implementation of this species.

This book is a study and revision guide for students following programmes of study in which mammalogy is an important component. It contains 600 multiple-choice questions (and annotated answers) set at three levels - foundation, intermediate and advanced.

"Diving into the evolution of Customer Experience this text offers an insightful exploration of the paradigm shift from customer service to Customer Experience (CX) within the Caribbean context. Unveiling the dynamics of CX's influence on satisfaction, loyalty, and business profitability, this book delves into strategic planning, employee development, data-driven decisions, and emerging technological trends, and it fills a crucial gap in the literature with: - An array of Caribbean case studies; - Enhanced theoretical concepts and a deep appreciation of customer experience management in the Caribbean; - References of best practices to address critical issues affecting the delivery of a quality customer experience. Scholars and practitioners within customer service, services marketing, customer experience management and customer relationship marketing in the retail hospitality and tourism, financial, health care and education sectors will find this a valuable resource on CX's transformative power in this region and beyond"--

Potential pulses include adzuki bean, rice bean, faba bean, cow pea, etc. and have potential to become climate-smart crops for a sustainable future. These underutilized crops offer numerous benefits, including mitigating the effects of climate change and improving nutritional security.

The superfamily Chalcidoidea are part of the order Hymenoptera and comprise some 22,500 known species, most of which are parasitoids, attacking the egg or larval stage of their host. This book is an historic milestone, and presents a reclassification of this important group for generations to come.

"Lack of clean water, inadequate sanitation, and insufficient infection prevention and control promotes the spread of parasites. The discovery of anti-parasitic drugs was considered a milestone in the veterinary and medical sciences, but their use has subsequently become limited due to the emergence of resistance. While plenty of attention has been given in human and animal health communities to the global threat of antimicrobial drug resistance, specific antiparasitic advice is less available. This book provides an in-depth view of the issue for parasitologists, pharmacologists and veterinary scientists. Specifically discussing anti-parasitic drug resistance mechanisms and factors responsible for the problem, it covers: The physiological basis of parasitism; Resistance across protozoa, helminths, insects, mites and ticks; Molecular and phenotypic diagnostic methods; Practical strategies for mitigating resistance development. While it is clear that the veterinary field urgently requires the development of new anti-parasitic drugs, of equal or even increased importance is the evaluation of alternative therapies and formulation of stringent policies to ensure appropriate drug use in veterinary practice. Highlighting the importance and development of resistance across different parasite groups, this book covers factors responsible for resistance development and advises strategies for effective stewardship and resistance mitigation"--

Taking a One Health approach, this book provides clear, accurate and comprehensive coverage of the zoonotic diseases of goats. Including information on aetiology, the epidemiology and transmission cycle, clinical symptoms, diagnosis, and prevention and control strategies it covers bacterial, viral, parasitic, rickettsial, and fungal diseases.

This book describes how plant conservation projects benefit from working with local communities and stakeholders and the use of ethnobotanical knowledge. It has been written by two very experienced conservation scientists with very different backgrounds; Alan Hamilton from the West and Pei Shengji from China.

Dragonflies are variouslysensitive to both the health of freshwater systems and the quality ofvegetation along rivers and around ponds. Their wide range of sensitivitiesenables us to measure the extent to which freshwater ecosystems are eitherdeteriorating or are improving when we undertake restoration. After discussingdragonfly functional morphology and their diversity and distribution, the booklooks at a trait perspective on dragonfly conservation. It then examinesstressors on freshwater ecosystems and dragonflies, conservation action, andassessment and monitoring using dragonflies. It concludes with methods forfuture-proofing freshwaters and their dragonfly sentinels.

The book considers micro-data of innovations and agricultural changes in a long-term perspective from revisited farmers, together with national and global agricultural development for food sovereignty for all by 2050. Governments and transnational corporation will be key players in a revolutionary process towards future sustainable agriculture.

Parasite identification is fundamental for treatment, prevention and management of parasitic disease, as well as surveillance of invasive parasites and endemic species' spread. With 600 annotated photos as a quick reference resource, this book illustrates how to identify common parasites of dogs, cats and horses using simple morphological features.

Genetic engineering is a wonderful technology for developing improved cultivars which are resistant to biotic and abiotic stresses, have enhanced nutritional value, and improved shelf life. This book discusses the progress made in genetic improvement of a number of different vegetable crops.

Disease vector control is rapidly changing, and this book provides a practical review of conventional control methods, and new and underused techniques. Also considering issues such as resistance, mosquito behaviour change, cost and climate change, it concludes with the politics and practicalities of method choice and implementation.

Provides a thorough review of entomopathogenic nematodes as biocontrol agents, including their biology, ecology, and application in various cropping systems and other arenas. It also covers commercialization, including mass production, formulation and marketing; and ecological considerations.

Based on the career of Roger Leakey, former Director of Research at the International Centre for Research in Agroforestry, this accessible and engaging book presents real life situations in rural villages that demonstrate how agroforestry can offer hope from the doom and gloom often emanating from the tropics.

"Dragon fruit (pitaya) is gaining consumer interest as a new, healthy exotic fruit. It has high nutritional value, health benefits, and undemanding cultivation requirements. This book reviews the current state of knowledge concerning the growing and cultivation, production technology, postharvest management and processing of dragon fruit"--

Is it possible to identify the positive and negative effects of globalization on religious tourism or to estimate the transformation of the internal and external constructs of pilgrimage by these effects? In order to address these questions, this book highlights the importance of the search for identity and transformative experience during religious tourism. It also looks at how, recently, globalization has played a part in the changes of the concept of personal and social identity and the transformative experience of pilgrimage. The chapters, consisting of carefully selected case studies, analyze possible effects including the adoption of different new rituals, new pilgrims' values, changes of tradition, acceptance of technologic innovations, development of new business models, and other environmental and sociocultural changes. The book provides: a conceptual framework for understanding the impacts of globalization;integrated cross-disciplinary approaches; andan insight into major religious travel practices in the age of identity challenges and worldwide transformations.It will be suitable for researchers and students of religious tourism, pilgrimage, identity tourism, as well as related subjects such as sociology, anthropology, psychology, theology, history and cultural studies.

Provides a broad introduction to plant -parasitic nematodes,, including biological and chemical control. This 3rd edition updated to include molecular aspects, the application of genomics, and nematode ecology.

"The years 2021 to 2030 have been designated "The United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration". Ecological restoration and biodiversity conservation efforts face unprecedented challenges, especially in developing countries and areas, such as the Hindu Kush-Himalayan (HKH) region. The huge HKH region is a biodiversity hotspot with a vast array of ecosystems, landscapes, peoples and cultures. It is known as one of "the pulses of the world". However, the HKH is also the world's largest and poorest mountain region, where landscapes and environments have been severely eroded as a result of climate change and human activity. The HKH region includes areas in eight separate countries (Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, India, China, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Bhutan). Coordinating conservation and restoration policies, sharing knowledge, funds and maintaining livelihoods are major challenges and are in urgent need of improvement. This book details the past and current ecological problems in the HKH region, and the threats and challenges that ecosystems and local people face. It pays special attention to developments of transformative adaptations and gives examples of sustainable conservation and ecological restoration management practices. Three primary questions are addressed: (1) Do the existing conservation strategies of international organizations and government policies really protect ecosystems and solve biodiversity problems? (2) Can these management measures be one-time solutions? and (3) What is the strategic framework and scenario prognosis for the future based on the historical trajectory of ecological conservation and restoration in the region? This book will be essential reading for ecologists and conservation biologists involved in large-scale ecological restoration projects, along with practitioners, graduate students, policy makers and international development workers"--

"This new edition provides a substantially updated, authoritative, critical and yet accessible perspective on public health aspects of climate change, including chapters on "cross-cutting" issues (e.g. mental health) and the impacts on several regions, including China, Africa and South Asia"--

The relationship between tourism and communication is intricate and is demonstrated in the cultural context of the Western world. This book unveils the synergy between these two domains, highlighting how communication taps into humanity's innate desire for movement, ultimately catalysing consciousness expansion and cultural evolution.

"This book presents the current state of knowledge on plant salt tolerance acquired through meticulous analysis of the processes operating across the Central Dogma with particular focus on the modulation of gene expression, and its implications for improving salt tolerance"--