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• Part I. Introduction
• Chapter 1. Southern Baltic Coastal Systems Analysis: Questions, Conceptions and Red Threads
• Chapter 2. Coastal Ecosystems from a Social-Ecological Perspective
• Part II. Ecological Structures and Functions of the German Baltic Sea Coast
• Chapter 3. The Abiotic Background: Climatic, Hydrological and Geological Conditions of the Southern Baltic
• Chapter 4. Geological and Sedimentary Conditions
• Chapter 5. Environmental Conditions at the Coast: The Terrestrial Ecosystems
• Chapter 6. Environmental Conditions at the Coast: Shoreline Ecosystems
• Chapter 7. Ecosystem and Landscape Functions of the Coast: Recent Research Results
• Chapter 8: Benthic Habitats and Their Inhabitants
• Part III. Ecological Structures and Functions of Coastal Water and Offshore Ecosystems
• Chapter 9. Introducing the Ecological Aspects
• Chapter 10. Baltic Sea Aquatic Ecosystems in a Gradient from Land to Open Sea
• Chapter 11. Comparison of Abiotic Parameters and Dominant Primary Producers Between the Two Main Investigation Areas
• Chapter 12. Short-Term Variability, Long-Term Trends and Seasonal Aspects in the Dar-Zingst Bodden Chain
• Chapter 13. Carbon Fluxes/Food-Webs: Effect of Macrophytes on Food Web Characteristics in Coastal Lagoons
• Chapter 14. Ecological Structure in Benthic Habitats of Offshore Waters
• Chapter 15. Patterns of Bioturbation and Associated Matter Fluxes
• Chapter 16. Seasonal Aspects and Short-Term Variability of the Pelagic Offshore Ecosystems
• Chapter 17. Long-Term Trends of the Offshore Ecosystems
• Chapter 18. Nutrient and Limitation Regimes in Coastal Water Ecosystems
• Part IV. Combining the Aspects: Ecosystem Service Assessment
• Chapter 19. The Human Factor: Coastal Social-Ecological Systems
• Chapter 20. Introduction: The Concept of Ecosystem Service Assessment Applied to Coastal Systems
• Chapter 21. The Missing Links in Ecosystem Service Research
• Chapter 22. Eudaimonic Valuation of Cultural Ecosystem Services
• Chapter 23. Economic Valuation of Cultural Ecosystem Services
• Chapter 24. Spatial Ecosystem Service Assessment Across the Land-Sea-Interface
• Chapter 25. Temporal Changes in Aquatic Ecosystem Services Provision: Approach and Examples
• Chapter 26. Assessing Temporal Changes in Ecosystem Service Provisions: Conceiving Future Pathways
• Part V. Synthesis: Assessment as a Tool for Managing Coastal Ecosystems?
• Chapter 27. Applying the Integrated Approach
• Chapter 28. Mechanisms of Ecosystem Service Production: An Outcome of Ecosystem Functions and Ecological Integrity in Coastal Lagoons
• Chapter 29. Ecosystem Service Assessment in European Coastal and Marine Policies
• Chapter 30. Ecosystem Services and Sustainable Development: The Case for Strong Sustainability
• Chapter 31. Concluding Remarks.

This book gives an overall analysis of the current knowledge status about structures, functions, utilization for German Baltic coast ecosystems. The main focus of this book is on the aquatic area, but land/sea interactions as well as river outfalls are included as well. Characteristic for this book is the inclusion of social science aspects. Approximately one third of its extent will be about the ecosystem services. In this segment the results of the last 6 years are presented in which a comprehensive quantification of the social relevance of ecosystems was carried out covering the entire area of the German Baltic Sea. This part builds directly on the results of scientific investigations and are in relation to social ideals. The assessment will not only be economically and ethically but also the mechanisms that are used for the valorisation of the ecosystem services will be evaluated. Both sub-areas, the classic natural science part as well as the part of social science aspects, deal with the changes caused by increasing anthropogenic influence and social (including demographic) changes. This will be among others in the sense of an exemplary historical outline. The final chapter of the synthesis therefore not only presents a summary of the level of knowledge gained and a deduction of the research needs. It further contains a presentation of the application aspects resulting from the analysis of the social relevance gained from basic scientific research. The book is aimed at scientists (and students) of natural, life and social sciences, analysing functioning and structures of coastal ecosystems with regard to sustainable use and nature protection, including aspects of coastal protection. Besides, it is thought to become a reference for all levels of decision makers and stakeholders in coastal and marine management of the Baltic and North Sea region, providing also a blueprint for system analysis respecting for societal as well as biological aspects world-wide.

• Part I. Introduction and Description of Study Area
• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Chapter 2. Climate Changes Along the German Coast
• Chapter 3. Coastal Landscapes of the North Sea and the Baltic Sea
• Chapter 4. Geography and Study Sites
• Chapter 5. Climate and Weather Conditions Along the German Shores
• Chapter 6
• Inundation Regimes of the German Coasts and the Impact of the Rising Sea Level
• Chapter 7. The Surface Salinity of the North Sea and Baltic Sea Area
• Chapter 8. Soils
• Part II. Historical and Future Changes of the Dune and Salt Marsh Fauna
• Chapter 9. General Aspects of Coastal Vegetation at the North Sea and the Baltic Sea
• Chapter 10. Predicting Plant Distribution Shifts
• Chapter 11. General Aspects of Coastal Carabid Beetle and Spider Fauna at the North Sea and the Baltic Sea
• Chapter 12. Changes of the Fauna of Digger Wasps and Bees (Hymenoptera, Aculeata) of the North Frisian Island of Sylt Effects of Climate Change?
• Chapter 13. Historical Changes in the Carabid Beetle Fauna of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
• Chapter 14. Distribution of Spiders and Carabid Beetles Along a Geographical Gradient
• Chapter 15. Predicting Carabid Beetle Distribution Shifts
• Part III. Experimental Assessments of the Effects of Climate Change on Habitats and Their Organisms
• Chapter 16. Field Experiment: Effects of Increased Temperature on a Tidalic Fluvisol
• Chapter 17. Field Experiment: Effects of Microclimate Modification on Soil Organisms and Aggregate Formation in Dune Sand
• Chapter 18. Expected Vegetation Dynamics in Salt Marshes at the North Sea Coast Under Changed Inundation Conditions as an Effect of Climate Change
• Chapter 19. Effects of Sedimentation and Erosion on the Development of Vegetation
• Chapter 20. Tide Simulation Experiment
• Chapter 21. Storm Surges as Natural Experiments
• Part IV. De-Embankments and Its Effects on the Vegetation and Fauna
• Chapter 22. De-embankments at the North Sea and the Baltic Sea Coasts
• Chapter 23. Salt Marsh Restoration in a Summer Polder at the Wursten Coast
• Chapter 24. Estimated Future Effects of the Sea Level Rise Exemplified by the Wursten Coast
• Chapter 25. Restoration of Salt Meadows at the Baltic Sea Coast: The De-Embankment Experiment at Karrendorf Meadows
• Part V. Synthesis and Conclusions
• Chapter 26. Expert System: Plants
• Chapter 27. Expert System: Spiders and Carabid Beetles. Chapter 28. Consequences of Climate Change for Biota of the Coastal Salt Marshes and Dunes: Synthesis, Final Conclusions, and Ideas of Compensation.

Climate change is one of the most severe dangers for mankind worldwide. Beside the temperature increase, the sea level will rise and flood wide coastal areas, which is already remarkable today. The effects will be dramatic, in particular, at coasts with low elevation gradients such as at the German coasts of the North and Baltic Sea. The impact will be not only severe for coastal people, but still more for the unique coastal ecosystems, which harbors many plant and animal species that are already endangered today. This book focuses on the coastal terrestrial ecosystems of the German North and Baltic Sea. It describes the reactions of plants and animals (i.e. spiders, carabid beetles, bees and nematodes) on the future temperature and sea level increase. The combination of field and experimental studies is unique for Europe and for many parts of the world. It not only studies the actual elevation gradients and the climatic and saline gradients from West to East, but also the historical changes to document processes at coastal ecosystems that were already passed. In contrast to many books that studied the marine processes with similar backgrounds, this book concerns the terrestrial coastal ecosystems that were overall rarely studied and, in particular, never studied under this specific viewpoint.

• 1. Multivariant linear regression
• 2. Reduced-rank regression model
• 3. Reduced-rank regression modes with two sets of regressors
• 4. Reduced-rank regression model with autoregressive errors
• 5. Multiple time series modeling with reduced ranks
• 6. The growth curve model and reduced-rank regression methods
• 7. Seemingly unrelated regressions models with reduced ranks
• 8. Applications of reduced-rank regression in financial economics
• 9. Partially reduced-rank regression with grouped responses
• 10. High-dimensional reduced-rank regression
• 11. Unbiased risk estimation in reduced-rank regression
• 12. Generalized reduced-rank regression
• 13. Sparse reduced-rank regression
• Appendix.

This book provides an account of multivariate reduced-rank regression, a tool of multivariate analysis that enjoys a broad array of applications. In addition to a historical review of the topic, its connection to other widely used statistical methods, such as multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA), discriminant analysis, principal components, canonical correlation analysis, and errors-in-variables models, is also discussed. This new edition incorporates Big Data methodology and its applications, as well as high-dimensional reduced-rank regression, generalized reduced-rank regression with complex data, and sparse and low-rank regression methods. Each chapter contains developments of basic theoretical results, as well as details on computational procedures, illustrated with numerical examples drawn from disciplines such as biochemistry, genetics, marketing, and finance. This book is designed for advanced students, practitioners, and researchers, who may deal with moderate and high-dimensional multivariate data. Because regression is one of the most popular statistical methods, the multivariate regression analysis tools described should provide a natural way of looking at large (both cross-sectional and chronological) data sets. This book can be assigned in seminar-type courses taken by advanced graduate students in statistics, machine learning, econometrics, business, and engineering.

"This textbook explores two distinct stochastic processes that evolve at random: weakly stationary processes and discrete parameter Markov processes. Building from simple examples, the authors focus on developing context and intuition before formalizing the theory of each topic. This inviting approach illuminates the key ideas and computations in the proofs, forming an ideal basis for further study. After recapping the essentials from Fourier analysis, the book begins with an introduction to the spectral representation of a stationary process. Topics in ergodic theory follow, including Birkhoff's Ergodic Theorem and an introduction to dynamical systems. From here, the Markov property is assumed and the theory of discrete parameter Markov processes is explored on a general state space. Chapters cover a variety of topics, including birth-death chains, hitting probabilities and absorption, the representation of Markov processes as iterates of random maps, and large deviation theory for Markov processes. A chapter on geometric rates of convergence to equilibrium includes a splitting condition that captures the recurrence structure of certain iterated maps in a novel way. A selection of special topics concludes the book, including applications of large deviation theory, the FKG inequalities, coupling methods, and the Kalman filter. Featuring many short chapters and a modular design, this textbook offers an in-depth study of stationary and discrete-time Markov processes. Students and instructors alike will appreciate the accessible, example-driven approach and engaging exercises throughout. A single, graduate-level course in probability is assumed."--Provided by publisher.

Endeavors to explain Einstein's general theory of relativity, beginning with the equivalence principle and covering the necessary mathematics of Riemannian spaces and tensor calculus, offering readers a deeper understanding of the universe's real structure.

• Endless possibilities
• Life, the universe and everything
• The perfect circle
• Rock of ages
• A brief history of time
• Live free
• The magic orchid
• Does my dog love me?
• The universe through a keyhole

"The complete story of the universe and absolutely everything in it (minus the boring parts). Despite our clever linguistic abilities, humans are spectacularly ill-equipped to comprehend what's happening in the universe. Our senses and intuition routinely mislead us. "The Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything (Abridged)" tells the story of how we came to suppress our monkey minds and perceive the true nature of reality. Written with wit and humor, this brief book tells the story of science -- tales of fumbles and missteps, errors and egos, hard work, accidents, and some really bad decisions -- all of which have created the sum total of human knowledge. Geneticist Adam Rutherford and mathematician Hannah Fry guide readers through time and space, through our bodies and brains, showing how emotions shape our view of reality, how our minds tell us lies, and why a mostly bald and curious ape decided to begin poking at the fabric of the universe. Rutherford and Fry shine as science sleuths, wrestling with some truly head-scratching questions: Where did time come from? Do we have free will? Does my dog love me? Hilarious sidebars present memorable scientific oddities: for example, hypnotized snails, human-sized ants, and the average time it takes most animals to evacuate their bladders. (A surprisingly consistent twenty-one seconds, if you must know.) Both rigorous and playful, this book is a celebration of the weirdness of the cosmos, the strangeness of humans, and the joys and follies of scientific discovery"-- Provided by publisher

• Part I. Introduction to the Cell
• Chapter 1. Cells, genomes, and the diversity of life
• Chapter 2. Cell chemistry and bioenergetics
• Chapter 3. Proteins
• Part II. Basic Genetic Mechanisms
• Chapter 4. DNA, chromosomes, and genomes
• Chapter 5. DNA replication, repair, and recombination
• Chapter 6. How cells read the genome : From DNA to protein
• Chapter 7. Control of gene expression
• Part III. Ways of Working with Cells
• Chapter 8. Analyzing cells, molecules, and systems
• Chapter 9. Visualizing cells and their molecules
• Part IV. Internal Organization of the Cell
• Chapter 10. Membrane structure
• Chapter 11. Small-molecule transport and electrical properties of membranes
• Chapter 12. Intracellular organization and protein sorting
• Chapter 13. Intracellular membrane traffic
• Chapter 14. Energy conversion and metabolic compartmentation : Mitochondria and chloroplasts
• Chapter 15. Cell signaling
• Chapter 16. The cytoskeleton
• Chapter 17. The cell cycle
• Chapter 18. Cell death
• Part V. Cells in Their Social Context
• Chapter 19. Cell junctions and the extracellular matrix
• Chapter 20. Cancer
• Chapter 21. Development of multicellular organisms
• Chapter 22. Stem cells in tissue homeostasis and regeneration
• Chapter 23. Pathogens and infection
• Chapter 24. The innate and adaptive immune systems
• Glossary
• Index

For more than four decades, Molecular Biology of the Cell has distilled the vast amount of scientific knowledge to illuminate basic principles, enduring concepts, and cutting-edge research. The Seventh Edition has been extensively revised and updated with the latest research, and has been thoroughly vetted by experts and instructors. The classic companion text, The Problems Book, has been reimagined as the Digital Problems Book in Smartwork, an interactive digital assessment course with a wide selection of questions and automatic-grading functionality. The digital format with embedded animations and dynamic question types makes the Digital Problems Book in Smartwork easier to assign than ever before-for both in-person and online classes. .
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• Rings and coefficients
• Moduli stacks of φ [phi]-modules and (φ [phi], Γ [Gamma])-modules
• Crystalline and semistable moduli stacks
• Families of extensions
• Crystalline lifts and the finer structure of Xd,red
• The rank one case
• A geometric Breuil-Mézard conjecture

"Motivated by the p-adic Langlands program, this book constructs stacks that algebraize Mazur's formal deformation rings of local Galois representations. More precisely, it constructs Noetherian formal algebraic stacks over Spf Zp that parameterize étale (φ [phi], Γ [Gamma])-modules; the formal completions of these stacks at points in their special fibres recover the universal deformation rings of local Galois representations. Matthew Emerton and Toby Gee use these stacks to show that all mod p representations of the absolute Galois group of a p-adic local field lift to characteristic zero, and indeed admit crystalline lifts. They explicitly describe the irreducible components of the underlying reduced substacks and discuss the relationship between the geometry of these stacks and the Breuil-Mézard conjecture. Along the way, they prove a number of foundational results in p-adic Hodge theory that may be of independent interest"-- Provided by publisher

• 1. The Study of Behavioral Endocrinology
• 2. The Endocrine System
• 3. Sex Differences in Behavior: Sex Determination and Differentiation
• 4. Sex Differences in Behavior: Animal Models and Humans
• 5. Male Reproductive Behavior
• 6. Female Reproductive Behavior
• 7. Parental Behavior
• 8. Hormones and Social Behavior
• 9. Homeostasis and Behavior
• 10. Biological Rhythms
• 11. Stress
• 12. Learning and Memory
• 13. Hormones and Affective Disorders Glossary Illustration Credits References Index.
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The market-leading text, An Introduction to Behavioral Endocrinology, Sixth Edition provides an updated, integrated presentation of the study of hormone-behavior-brain interactions. Maintaining a comparative approach, the text explores the endocrine mechanisms that have evolved in both human and nonhuman animals to solve common problems in survival and reproduction. The text describes interactions among hormones, brain, and behavior from a historical perspective, emphasizing connections among key theories and tracing the emergence of important hypotheses. The book is organized around the conceptual theme that hormones affect behavior by influencing one or more of three "components" of behaving animals-input mechanisms (such as sensory or perceptual processes), the central processing mechanisms of the nervous system (either directly, or by affecting its development or structure), and output mechanisms (such as effectors or peripheral structures). Despite increased coverage of molecular and cellular approaches, the book strives for accessibility for non-biological science students. An Introduction to Behavioral Endocrinology, Sixth Edition, is appropriate for upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses in psychology, biology, anthropology, or zoology. It contains several important pedagogical features: *Learning objectives are set out at the beginning of each chapter and now include 3 multiple choice questions per objective in the enhanced ebook. *Learning Activity in each chapter (new to this edition) *Key terms are defined in the margins throughout the text. *The text is richly illustrated with color photographs and drawings. *Chapter-end summaries restate important points. *Discussion questions and suggested further readings are also included in each chapter. *The text contains nearly 2,400 references to the literature in behavioral endocrinology. RESOURCES For Students As with previous editions, the book is accompanied by animations, video, web links, sound files, a complete glossary, and graphics-accessible via Oxford Learning Link-to aid in understanding the material in the text. This edition will also include an enhanced ebook. For Instructors -The Instructor's Resource Library includes electronic versions of all the textbook's figures and tables. All images are provided as both high- and low-resolution JPEGs, formatted and optimized for excellent legibility when projected. All figures and tables are also provided in ready-to-use PowerPoint presentations. -The Test Bank includes multiple-choice, short-answer, and essay questions for each chapter of the textbook. Prepared by the author, these questions are a helpful resource that can greatly speed the process of preparing exams and quizzes for the course.
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• Part I. Measure Theory.-
• Chapter 1. Measurable Spaces.-
• Chapter 2. Integration of Measurable Functions.-
• Chapter 3. Construction of Measures.-
• Chapter 4. Lp Spaces.-
• Chapter 5. Product Measure.-
• Chapter 6. Signed Measures.-
• Chapter 7. Change of Variables.- Part II. Probability Theory.-
• Chapter 8. Foundations of Probability Theory.-
• Chapter 9. Independence.-
• Chapter 10. Convergence of Random Variables.-
• Chapter 11. Conditioning.- Part III. Stochastic Processes.-
• Chapter 12. Theory of Martingales.-
• Chapter 13. Markov Chains.-
• Chapter 14. Brownian Motion. .
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This textbook introduces readers to the fundamental notions of modern probability theory. The only prerequisite is a working knowledge in real analysis. Highlighting the connections between martingales and Markov chains on one hand, and Brownian motion and harmonic functions on the other, this book provides an introduction to the rich interplay between probability and other areas of analysis. Arranged into three parts, the book begins with a rigorous treatment of measure theory, with applications to probability in mind. The second part of the book focuses on the basic concepts of probability theory such as random variables, independence, conditional expectation, and the different types of convergence of random variables. In the third part, in which all chapters can be read independently, the reader will encounter three important classes of stochastic processes: discrete-time martingales, countable state-space Markov chains, and Brownian motion. Each chapter ends with a selection of illuminating exercises of varying difficulty. Some basic facts from functional analysis, in particular on Hilbert and Banach spaces, are included in the appendix. Measure Theory, Probability, and Stochastic Processes is an ideal text for readers seeking a thorough understanding of basic probability theory. Students interested in learning more about Brownian motion, and other continuous-time stochastic processes, may continue reading the author's more advanced textbook in the same series (GTM 274).
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• A story to tell The hotel The hairy ball Let's make a deal The barber The Hilbert curve The prime shop The Wierstrass function A ham sandwich Monty Hall redux The salesman Hilbert hotel redux On principle Ellie The mountain On the surface A journey A random reunion An apology The mathemagician The sphere The hypothesis The cipher Appendices: More on
• Chapter 1 A story to tell More on
• Chapter 2 The hotel More on
• Chapter 3 The hairy ball More on
• Chapter 4 Let's make a deal More on
• Chapter 5 The barber shop More on
• Chapter 6 The Hilbert curve More on
• Chapter 7 The prime shop More on
• Chapter 8 The Wierstrass function More on
• Chapter 9 A ham sandwich More on
• Chapter 10 The Monty Hall redux More on
• Chapter 11 The salesman More on
• Chapter 12 The Hilbert hotel redux More on
• Chapter 13 On principle More on
• Chapter 14 Ellie More on
• Chapter 15 The mountain More on
• Chapter 16 on the surface More on
• Chapter 17 A journey More on
• Chapter 18 A random reunion More on
• Chapter 19 An apology More on
• Chapter 20 The mathemagician More on
• Chapter 21 The sphere More on
• Chapter 22 The hypothesis More on
• Chapter 23 The cipher Index.
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But when I turned the handle on the door, suddenly the buzzing went crazy. I slapped my hands over my ears, when I should have jerked the door shut. It flew open, and I was face-to-face with the Weierstrass function. It was the ugliest function I could imagine, with kinks, and kinks on kinks and kinks on those. And it was shrieking in its buzz-like way, vibrating all over like a plucked string. I stood there, frozen for just a second, and then I was sprinting after the others, with the wild frantic buzzing right behind me.'' From the twisted imagination of best-selling author Colin Adams (Zombies & Calculus, The Knot Book) comes this tale of sixteen-year-old Kallie trying to escape death at the hands of the exhibits in a mathematics museum. Kallie crosses paths with Carl Gauss, Bertrand Russell, Sophie Germain, G. H. Hardy, and John von Neumann, as she tries to save herself, her dad, and his colleague Maria from the deadly Hairy Ball theorem, the harrowing Hilbert Hotel, the bisecting Ham Sandwich machine, and a variety of other mathematical menaces. It's a wild romp through a mathematical bestiary featuring the bizarre, the exotic, and the counterintuitive. You'll never think of math the same way again.
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• Introduction Integrability and symmetries of nonlinear differential and difference equations in two independent variables Symmetries as integrability criteria Construction of lattice equations and their Lax pair Transformation groups for quad lattice equations Algebraic entropy of the nonautonomous Boll equations Translation from Russian of R. I. Yamilov, ''On the classification of discrete eqautions'', reference [841] No quad-graph equation can have a generalized symmetry given by the narita-Itoh-Bogoyavlensky equation Bibliography Subject Index.
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This book on integrable systems and symmetries presents new results on applications of symmetries and integrability techniques to the case of equations defined on the lattice. This relatively new field has many applications, for example, in describing the evolution of crystals and molecular systems defined on lattices, and in finding numerical approximations for differential equations preserving their symmetries. The book contains three chapters and five appendices. The first chapter is an introduction to the general ideas about symmetries, lattices, differential difference and partial difference equations and Lie point symmetries defined on them. Chapter 2 deals with integrable and linearizable systems in two dimensions. The authors start from the prototype of integrable and linearizable partial differential equations, the Korteweg de Vries and the Burgers equations. Then they consider the best known integrable differential difference and partial difference equations. Chapter 3 considers generalized symmetries and conserved densities as integrability criteria. The appendices provide details which may help the readers' understanding of the subjects presented in Chapters 2 and 3. This book is written for PhD students and early researchers, both in theoretical physics and in applied mathematics, who are interested in the study of symmetries and integrability of difference equations.
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'A must read for all wildlife lovers' Dominic Dyer Foxes, buzzards, crows, badgers, weasels, seals, kites - Britain and Ireland's predators are impressive and diverse and they capture our collective imagination. But many consider them to our competition, even our enemies. The problem is that predators eat what we farm or use for sport. From foxes and ravens attacking new-born lambs to weasels eating game-bird chicks, predators compete with us, putting them directly into the firing line. Farming, fishing, sport and leisure industries want to see numbers of predators reduced, and conservation organisations also worry that predators are threatening some endangered species. Other people, though, will go to great lengths to protect them from any harm. This clashing of worlds can be intense. So, what do we do? One of the greatest challenges facing conservation today is how, when and where to control predators. It is a highly charged debate. Mary Colwell travels across the UK and Ireland to encounter the predators face to face. She watches their lives in the wild and discovers how they fit into the landscape. She talks to the scientists studying them and the wildlife lovers who want to protect them. She also meets the people who want to control them to protect their livelihoods or sporting interests. In this even-handed exploration of the issues, Mary provides a thoughtful and reasoned analysis of the debates surrounding our bittersweet relationship with predators.
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• Foreword / by Costa Georgiadis
• My foraging journey
• Introduction
• Backyard
• Urban streets and parklands
• Sea
• River
• Forest
• Resources
• Notes

"A guide to finding, identifying, and eating wild plants. An essential for anyone interested in reviving the lost art of foraging."-- Publisher description

Drawing on the author's 35 years of experience in teaching freshman biology, fish biology, shark biology, ichthyology, physiology, and oceanography, as well as over 40 years as a researcher of shark biology, this book brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to bear on the topic of the biology of fishes. Written with an emphasis on clarity, the book contains almost 300 high-quality photographs, figures, and diagrams, as well as over 450 primary literature sources. It reflects the most recent research and trends in fish biology, and will be a welcome addition to any introductory fish biology class.
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• 1 Introduction.- 2 Resolution of Surface Singularities.- 3 The Link.- 4 Coverings.- 5 Examples.- 6 Invariants Associated With a Resolution.- 7 The Artin-Laufer Program.- 8 Multivariable Divisorial Filtration.- 9 Topological Invariants. The Seiberg-Witten Invariant.- 10 Ehrhart Theory and the Seiberg-Witten Invariant.- 11 Lattice Cohomology.- 12 Appendix. Complex Analytic Spaces.- References.- Index.
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This monograph provides a comprehensive introduction to the theory of complex normal surface singularities, with a special emphasis on connections to low-dimensional topology. In this way, it unites the analytic approach with the more recent topological one, combining their tools and methods. In the first chapters, the book sets out the foundations of the theory of normal surface singularities. This includes a comprehensive presentation of the properties of the link (as an oriented 3-manifold) and of the invariants associated with a resolution, combined with the structure and special properties of the line bundles defined on a resolution. A recurring theme is the comparison of analytic and topological invariants. For example, the Poincare series of the divisorial filtration is compared to a topological zeta function associated with the resolution graph, and the sheaf cohomologies of the line bundles are compared to the Seiberg-Witten invariants of the link. Equivariant Ehrhart theory is introduced to establish surgery-additivity formulae of these invariants, as well as for the regularization procedures of multivariable series. In addition to recent research, the book also provides expositions of more classical subjects such as the classification of plane and cuspidal curves, Milnor fibrations and smoothing invariants, the local divisor class group, and the Hilbert-Samuel function. It contains a large number of examples of key families of germs: rational, elliptic, weighted homogeneous, superisolated and splice-quotient. It provides concrete computations of the topological invariants of their links (Casson(-Walker) and Seiberg-Witten invariants, Turaev torsion) and of the analytic invariants (geometric genus, Hilbert function of the divisorial filtration, and the analytic semigroup associated with the resolution). The book culminates in a discussion of the topological and analytic lattice cohomologies (as categorifications of the Seiberg-Witten invariant and of the geometric genus respectively) and of the graded roots. Several open problems and conjectures are also formulated. Normal Surface Singularities provides researchers in algebraic and differential geometry, singularity theory, complex analysis, and low-dimensional topology with an invaluable reference on this rich topic, offering a unified presentation of the major results and approaches.
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It's time to shun our perfectionist society and discover the beauty in everything! Ugly-Cute is an adorkable compilation of misunderstood, underappreciated species including well-known lovable uggos, like sun bears and pugs, as well as obscure weirdos, like the star-nosed mole and the aye-aye. Each chapter is dedicated to a different ugly-cute animal and the ways in which we can learn from them. Featuring: 1. Pink Fairy Armadillo 2. Aye Aye 3. Star-nosed Mole 4. Wombat 5. Sucker-footed Bat 6. Sun Bear 7. Tapir 8. Anteater 9. White-faced Saki Monkey 10. Yeti Crab 11. Pug 12. Axolotl Salamander 13. Proboscis Monkey 14. Aquatic Scrotum Frog 15. Emu 16. Blobfish 17. Hairless Cat and more!.
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