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Birds' eggs are true wonders of the natural world: they are strong enough to protect the embryo as it grows and to withstand incubation by the parent, yet sufficiently fragile to allow the chick to hatch. Little wonder that the enormous diversity of avian eggs? the amazing range of shapes, sizes, colours and patterns? has long fascinated us. This stunning new book presents remarkable images of birds' eggs by the well-known landscape photographer Colin Prior side by side with his dramatic photographs of the birds' natural habitats. At a time when many human influences are having an adverse impact on the environment, these habitats are equally fragile and vulnerable to change. Loss of habitat is, in turn, a major factor in the decline of wild bird populations. The featured eggs were collected legally during the late 19th and early 20th centuries and now belong to the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, which holds one of the world's largest collections of birds' eggs. Each photograph is a composite of between 40 and 80 separate exposures that were blended into a single image using specialist software. The result is an almost three-dimensional rendition of the egg, pin-sharp from the front to the back. The caption beneath each egg details the common and scientific name of the bird, the date the egg was collected, the size of the clutch, and the egg's dimensions. Each egg is shown in a diptych with a photograph of the bird's habitat, painstakingly captured at a time of year when the dominant colours of the landscape most closely resemble those of the egg.

"This book is intended as a study and revision guide for students following programmes of study in which ecology is an important component. It contains 500 multiple-choice questions (and answers) set at three levels - foundation, intermediate and advanced"-- Provided by publisher.

• Taxonomy
• Classification
• Waterfowl Groups
• Identification features
• Waterfowl Look-alikes
• Seasonal Status of Waterfowl in Point Pelee National Park
• Bird Profiles
• Vagrants and souther and coastal specialties
• What can I do to help waterfowl?
• Comparison pages
• A win for waterfowl: what can we learn from success?

"A well-illustrated field guide to the ducks, geese and shorebirds of Eastern North America. Includes well organized species comparison pages, male-female, seasonal and immature plumage, distinctive markings. Appropriate for novice or experienced birders. An indispensable field guide and reference for birders. The eastern Continental Divide from Florida to Ontario contains the world's largest network of freshwater lakes, rivers, wetlands and coastal waters. It is home to an astonishingly large variety of ducks, geese, and other waterfowl. Waterfowl of Eastern North America is a richly illustrated pocket-sized field guide for birders and naturalists. Full-color photographs show these birds in their natural habitats in each season. Comparison pages group similar-looking birds on a single spread for quick reference. Concise and accurate information on each species includes: Common name Biological classification Identifying features Seasonal changes to plumage color. The detailed information on each species is concisely organized and includes the differences between male and female, seasonal and immature plumage, morphs and distinctive markings. The coverage includes: Ducks and geese Swans and pelicans Loons, grebes and cormorants. Waterfowl of Eastern North America also features essential information for birders who want to support conservation groups that protect waterfowl and their quickly disappearing habitats."-- Provided by publisher.

• Preface / Keenan Crane
• Discrete Laplace operators / Max Wardetzky
• Discrete parametric surfaces / Johannes Wallner
• Discrete mappings / Yaron Lipman
• Conformal geometry of simplicial surfaces / Keenan Crane
• Optimal transport on discrete domains / Justin Solomon

Discrete Differential Geometry (DDG) is an emerging discipline at the boundary between mathematics and computer science. It aims to translate concepts from classical differential geometry into a language that is purely finite and discrete, and can hence be used by algorithms to reason about geometric data. In contrast to standard numerical approximation, the central philosophy of DDG is to faithfully and exactly preserve key invariants of geometric objects at the discrete level. This process of translation from smooth to discrete helps to both illuminate the fundamental meaning behind geometric ideas and provide useful algorithmic guarantees.--Provided by publisher

• What we're up against
• Fifty million dead
• Time and space
• Friends in far places
• Near the seed vault
• Keys to Karachi
• War and peace
• From the phages of history
• Sulfa and the war
• Mold juice
• Tablets from tears
• The new pandemic
• The man in the blue Mustang
• Honeymoon
• Mating bacteria
• S is for Soviet
• The Navy boys
• From animals to humans
• The Norwegian salmon
• Closer to Sydney than to Perth
• A classless problem
• The stubborn wounds of war
• Counting the dead
• Clues in the sewage
• X is for extensive
• Too much or too little?
• Visa not required
• The dry pipeline
• New ways to do old business
• A three-hundred-year-old idea
• Spoonful of sugar
• Conflict inside the cells
• Security or service?
• One world, one health
• Bankers, doctors, and diplomats

"Superbugs, born of antibiotic resistance, are a growing global health crisis. Award-winning educator and researcher at Boston University Muhammad Zaman, Ph.D. tells the story about how we got here and what we must do to combat this threat that connects us all"-- Provided by publisher

"Cascade Head, on the Oregon Coast between Lincoln City and Neskowin, offers stunning ocean views, good hiking, and habitat for a variety of species, including some that are endangered. In The View from Cascade Head, Bruce Byers is primarily interested in Cascade Head as Oregon's only UNESCO biosphere reserve. Part of a UN program, biospheres are laboratories for understanding the human-nature relationship, and teaching models for a sustainable and resilient relationship between humans and the earth. Byers argues that the biosphere concept and the international network of biosphere reserves that eventually grew from it are two important milestones in the history of ecology and nature conservation"-- Provided by publisher

The essential primer for physics students who want to build their physical intuition Presented in A. Zee's incomparably engaging style, this book introduces physics students to the practice of using physical reasoning and judicious guesses to get at the crux of a problem. An essential primer for advanced undergraduates and beyond, Fly by Night Physics reveals the simple and effective techniques that researchers use to think through a problem to its solution-or failing that, to smartly guess the answer-before starting any calculations. In typical physics classrooms, students seek to master an enormous toolbox of mathematical methods, which are necessary to do the precise calculations used in physics. Consequently, students often develop the unfortunate impression that physics consists of well-defined problems that can be solved with tightly reasoned and logical steps. Idealized textbook exercises and homework problems reinforce this erroneous impression. As a result, even the best students can find themselves completely unprepared for the challenges of doing actual research. In reality, physics is replete with back of the envelope estimates, order of magnitude guesses, and fly by night leaps of logic. Including exciting problems related to cutting-edge topics in physics, from Hawking radiation to gravity waves, this indispensable book will help students more deeply understand the equations they have learned and develop the confidence to start flying by night to arrive at the answers they seek. For instructors, a solutions manual is available upon request.
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• Foreword / Yuri I. Manin
• Feynman integrals in mathematics and physics / Spencer Bloch
• Feynman integrals and periods in configuration spaces / Özgür Ceyhan and Matilde Marcolli
• Introductory course on l-adic sheaves and their ramification theory on curves / Lars Kindler and Kay Rülling

This is the first volume of the lectures presented at the Clay Mathematics Institute 2014 Summer School, "Periods and Motives: Feynman amplitudes in the 21st century", which took place at the Instituto de Ciencias Matematicas-ICMAT (Institute of Mathematical Sciences) in Madrid, Spain. It covers the presentations by S. Bloch, by M. Marcolli and by L. Kindler and K. Rulling. The main topics of these lectures are Feynman integrals and ramification theory. On the Feynman integrals side, their relation with Hodge structures and heights as well as their monodromy are explained in Bloch's lectures. Two constructions of Feynman integrals on configuration spaces are presented in Ceyhan and Marcolli's notes. On the ramification theory side an introduction to the theory of l -adic sheaves with emphasis on their ramification theory is given. These notes will equip the reader with the necessary background knowledge to read current literature on these subjects.
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• A. Logunov and E. Malinnikova, Lecture notes on quantitative unique continuation for solutions of second order elliptic equations S. Jitomirskaya, W. Liu, and S. Zhang, Arithmetic spectral transitions: A competition between hyperbolicity and the arithmetics of small denominators Z. Shen, Quantitative homogenization of elliptic operators with periodic coefficients C. K. Smart, Stochastic homogenization of elliptic equations S. Bortz, S. Hofmann, and J. L. Luna, T1 and Tb theorems and applications G. David, Sliding almost minimal sets and the Plateau problem C. De Lellis, Almgren's center manifold in a simple setting A. Naber, Lecture notes on rectifiable Reifenberg for measures.
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The origins of the harmonic analysis go back to an ingenious idea of Fourier that any reasonable function can be represented as an infinite linear combination of sines and cosines. Today's harmonic analysis incorporates the elements of geometric measure theory, number theory, probability, and has countless applications from data analysis to image recognition and from the study of sound and vibrations to the cutting edge of contemporary physics. The present volume is based on lectures presented at the summer school on Harmonic Analysis. These notes give fresh, concise, and high-level introductions to recent developments in the field, often with new arguments not found elsewhere. The volume will be of use both to graduate students seeking to enter the field and to senior researchers wishing to keep up with current developments.
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"In this updated edition of their best-selling field guide, renowned bird experts Tom Aversa, Richard Cannings, and Hal Opperman illuminate the key identification traits, vocalizations, seasonal statuses, habitat preferences, and feeding behaviors of bird species from British Columbia to southern Oregon"--Amazon.com

• An Introduction to Ornithology
• General Traits of an Avian Flying Machine
• Flight
• Speciation and Radiation
• Constraints on Avian Diversity
• Systematics and Taxonomy: Classifying Birds
• Foraging Behavior
• Adaptations for Survival in Extreme Environments
• Migration
• Anatomy and Physiology of Reproduction
• General Patterns of Reproductive Behavior
• Adaptive Variation in Avian Reproduction
• Economic and Cultural Values of Birds

In Book of Birds: Introduction to Ornithology, John Faaborg, renowned expert on avian ecology and conservation, brings a fresh and accessible sensibility to the study of ornithology. In this beautifully illustrated volume, Faaborg's approachable writing style will engage students and birders alike while introducing them to the study of the evolution, taxonomy, anatomy, physiology, diversity, and behavior of birds. With its unique focus on ecology, the text emphasizes birds' relationships with the environment and other species while showing the amazing diversity of avian life. Faaborg pays special attention to the roles that competition, community structure, and reproductive behavior play in the astonishingly varied and interesting lives of birds seen around the world. He discusses variations in anatomy, morphology, and behavior; explains why such vast diversity exists; and explores the ways in which different birds can share the same spaces. Artist Claire Faaborg brings the science behind this diversity to life through her unique, hand-drawn artwork throughout the book. Combining vibrant visuals and knowledgeable insights, Book of Birds offers readers a firm foundation in the field of ornithology and an invaluable resource for understanding birds from an ecological and evolutionary perspective.
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"A clear, concise guide to more than 130 edible and medicinal plants and funghi that grow wild along the west coast of British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest states. The coastal Pacific Northwest of North America is home to a multitude of edible and medicinal plant species, marine plants, and edible mushrooms. This compact, full-colour forager's guide offers clear photography, descriptions, safety tips and warnings, and traditional culinary and medicinal uses for every type of wild-growing flora species in the region, including: Bigleaf Maple--used to make a delicious west-coast maple syrup; Yellow Morel Mushroom--a favourite of foragers but not to be confused with the false morel, which is poisonous; Sea Asparagus--perfect in a salad or as an accompaniment to seafood; and Evening Primrose--an introduced species to the region, used to treat a variety of ailments. Practical, user-friendly, and safe, Edible and Medicinal Flora of the West Coast is an indispensable guide for beginner and experienced foragers alike."-- Provided by publisher

"Meet the incredible animals that have disappeared due to competition, mass extinctions, hunting, and human activity"-- Provided by publisher

This volume is the proceedings of the international conference 'Various Aspects of Multiple Zeta Functions' in honor of Professor Kohji Matsumoto's 60th birthday held at Nagoya University, Japan, during August 21 to 25, 2017.The present volume consists of 15 research papers on various recent topics about multiple zeta-functions, which include not only actually multivariate cases but also single-variable cases, additive and multiplicative number theory, and poly-Bernoulli numbers and polynomials.The editors believe that this volume represents the major part of the contributions presented in the conference, and hope that the volume is useful for all researchers and students who are interested in this fruitful research field.Published by Mathematical Society of Japan and distributed by World Scientific Publishing Co. for all markets except North America.
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• I. ASTRONOMY AND THE UNIVERSE
• 1. Charting the Heavens: The Foundations of Astronomy
• 2. The Copernican Revolution: The Birth of Modern Science
• 3. Radiation: Information from the Cosmos
• 4. Spectroscopy: The Inner Workings of Atoms
• 5. Telescopes: The Tools of Astronomy
• II. OUR PLANETARY SYSTEM
• 6. The Solar System: An Introduction to Comparative Planetology
• 7. Earth: Our Home in Space
• 8. The Moon and Mercury: Scorched and Battered Worlds
• 9. Venus: Earth's Sister Planet
• 10. Mars: A Near Miss for Life?
• 11. Jupiter: Giant of the Solar System
• 12. Saturn: Spectacular Rings and Mysterious Moons
• 13. Uranus and Neptune: The Outer Worlds of the Solar System
• 14. Solar System Debris: Keys to Our Origin
• 15. The Formation of Planetary Systems: The Solar System and Beyond
• III. STARS AND STELLAR EVOLUTION
• 16. The Sun: Our Parent Star
• 17. The Stars: Giants, Dwarfs, and the Main Sequence
• 18. The Interstellar Medium: Gas and Dust among the Stars
• 19. Star Formation: A Traumatic Birth
• 20. Stellar Evolution: The Life and Death of a Star
• 21. Stellar Explosions: Novae, Supernovae, and the Formation of the Elements
• 22. Neutron Stars and Black Holes: Strange States of Matter
• IV. GALAXIES AND COSMOLOGY
• 23. The Milky Way Galaxy: A Spiral in Space
• 24. Galaxies: Building Blocks of the Universe
• 25. Galaxies and Dark Matter: The Large-Scale Structure of the Cosmos
• 26. Cosmology: The Big Bang and the Fate of the Universe
• 27. The Early Universe: Toward the Beginning of Time
• 28. Life in the Universe: Are We Alone?
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This print textbook is available for students to rent for their classes. The Pearson print rental program provides students with affordable access to learning materials, so they come to class ready to succeed. For courses in Introductory Astronomy. Connects introductory astronomy to a broad understanding of the universe In this Ninth Edition of Astronomy Today, authors Eric Chaisson and Steve McMillan communicate their excitement about astronomy, combining up-to-date science with insightful pedagogy. The text emphasizes visualization, focusing on the process of scientific discovery in order to teach readers "how we know what we know." Updated features in the 9th Edition, Big Pictures and Big Questions, help readers connect the content of each chapter with a broader understanding of the universe while piquing interest in current research. New features within Mastering (TM) Astronomy bring these features together and allow readers to interact with astronomy outside of the classroom. The 9th Edition has also been thoroughly updated and revised to reflect recent discoveries in the field of astronomy. Also available with Mastering Astronomy Mastering (TM) Astronomy is the leading online homework, tutorial, and assessment system, designed to improve results by engaging students with powerful, interactive content. Instructors ensure students arrive ready to learn by assigning new Interactive pre-lecture videos that give students exposure to key concepts before class and open classroom time for active learning or deeper discussions of topics. With Learning Catalytics (TM) instructors can expand on key concepts and encourage student engagement during lecture through questions answered individually or in pairs and groups. Students further master concepts through book-specific Mastering Astronomy assignments, which provide hints and answer-specific feedback that build problem-solving skills. Mastering Astronomy now features Virtual Astronomy Labs, providing assignable online laboratory activities that use Stellarium and Interactive Figures. Note: You are purchasing a standalone product; Mastering (TM) Astronomy does not come packaged with this content. Students, if interested in purchasing this title with Mastering Astronomy, ask your instructor for the correct package ISBN and Course ID. Instructors, contact your Pearson representative for more information. If you would like to purchase both the physical text and Mastering Astronomy, search for: 0321897617 / 9780321897619 Astronomy Today Plus Mastering Astronomy with eText -- Access Card Package Package consists of: 0321901673 / 9780321901675 Astronomy Today 0321909860 / 9780321909862 Mastering Astronomy with Pearson eText -- ValuePack Access Card -- for Astronomy Today Astronomy Today, 9th Edition is also available via Pearson eText, a simple-to-use, mobile, personalized reading experience that lets instructors connect with and motivate students - right in their eTextbook. Learn more.
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• Chapter 1. Phosphorus Solubilization and Mobilization: Mechanisms, Current Developments and Future Challenge.-
• Chapter 2. Potassium Solubilization and Mobilization: Functional Impact on Plant Growth for Sustainable Agriculture.-
• Chapter 3. Zinc Solubilization and Mobilization: A Promising Approach for Cereals Biofortification.-
• Chapter 4. Microbial ACC-deaminase attributes: perspectives and applications in stress agriculture.-
• Chapter 5. Plant Microbiomes with Phytohormones Attribute for Plant Growth and Adaptation under the Stress Conditions.-
• Chapter 6. Mechanisms of Plant Growth Promotion and Functional Annotation in Mitigation of Abiotic Stress.-
• Chapter 7. Microbiomes Associated with Plant Growing Under the Hypersaline Habitats and Mitigation of Salt Stress.-
• Chapter 8. Alleviation of Cold Stress by Psychrotrophic Microbes.-
• Chapter 9. Microbes-Mediated Mitigation of Drought Stress in Plants: Recent Trends and Future Challenges.-
• Chapter 10. Microbial Consortium with Multifunctional Plant Growth Promoting Attributes: Future Perspective in Agriculture.-
• Chapter 11. Cyanobacteria as Biofertilizers: Current Research, Commercial Aspects, and Future Challenges.
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Microbes are ubiquitous in nature, and plant-microbe interactions are a key strategy for colonizing diverse habitats. The plant microbiome (epiphytic, endophytic and rhizospheric) plays an important role in plant growth and development and soil health. Further, rhizospheric soil is a valuable natural resource, hosting hotspots of microbes, and is vital in the maintenance of global nutrient balance and ecosystem function. The term endophytic microbes refers to those microorganisms that colonize the interior the plants. The phyllosphere is a common niche for synergism between microbes and plants and includes the leaf surface. The diverse group of microbes are key components of soil-plant systems, and where they are engaged in an extensive network of interactions in the rhizosphere/endophytic/phyllospheric they have emerged as an important and promising tool for sustainable agriculture. Plant microbiomes help to directly or indirectly promote plant growth using plant growth promoting attributes, and could potentially be used as biofertilizers/bioinoculants in place of chemical fertilizers. This book allows readers to gain an understanding of microbial diversity associated with plant systems and their role in plant growth, and soil health. Offering an overview of the state of the art in plant microbiomes and their potential biotechnological applications in agriculture and allied sectors, it is a valuable resource for scientists, researchers and students in the field of microbiology, biotechnology, agriculture, molecular biology, environmental biology and related subjects.
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