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A Catalogue of the Livin...
by F.R. Bernard, Ying-Ya Cai, and Brian Morton
This is a comprehensive catalogue of the living marine Bivalvia of China. Over 1,140 species are arranged in systematic order reflecting the phylogenetic relationships of the supraspecific taxa, together with almost 3,500 binomina which fall into synonymy
(2010)
The Corals of Hong Kong
by P.J.B. Scott
The destruction of coral around Hong Kong shores has been considerable, as the countless dead colonies in proximity to spreading polution, reclamation and dumping sites confirm. Along with the corals, of course, die innumerable associates to whom they are
(2010)
The Marine Flora and Fau...
by Brian Morton
Following a three-yearly cycle, an international Workshop on the Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong was convened at Wu Kai Sha on the banks of Tolo Harbour in the New Territories of Hong Kong. From April 2-24, 1986, 46 scientists and post-graduate studen
(2010)
Partnerships in the Sea
Hong Kong's Marine Symbioses
by Brian Morton
Hong Kong's position on the southern coast of China provides her with a great diversity of animals living in association with each other in the surrounding seas. The many examples of association used in the book reflect this diversity and explore some of
(2010)
The Order of Man
A Biomathematical Anatomy of the Primates
This book describes a new view of the zoological Order, Primates, the Order to which we, ourselves, belong. In it, Professor Oxnard reviews, in both words and pictures, the conventional relationships of the primates as seen from centuries of anatomical st
(2010)
Education in Hong Kong, ...
Fact and Opinion
by Brian Morton
The molluscan fauna of Hong Kong is very diverse but poorly known. The principal aim of this Workshop was to further the study of Hong Kong's molluscan fauna and to demonstrate that, through international co-operation, real advances can be made in our un
(2010)
Asian Marine Biology 17 ...
This is the annual journal of the Marine Biological Association of Hong Kong. It contains papers on marine subjects of interest to all Asian biologists. Asian Marine Biology 17, contains topics on the flora and fauna in the Russian Far East Seas, the Ryuk
(2010)
Understanding the Brain:...
This book provides new insights about learning bysynthesising existing and emerging findings from cognitive and brain science and exploring how this new information might impact teaching, parenting, and educational policy making.It shows what the latest brain imaging technique...
(2007)
Genetic Testing: A Surve...
This report presents the results of a survey of over 800 genetic testing laboratory directors in 18 OECD countries. It provides the first detailed overview of the availability and extent of molecular genetic testing across OECD member countries. The survey allowed the OECD to ...
(2007)
Fats that Heal - Fats th...
by Udo Erasmus
"Fats that Heal Fats that Kill" presents the most current research on common and lesser known oils with therapeutic potential: flax, hemp, olive, fish, evening primrose, borage, black currant, and even the much maligned snake oil. Here the author exposes the manufacturing proc...
(1993)
Developing a scientific ...
Case studies from Myanmar
Myanmar is a country situated in continental Southeast Asia and most parts of the country are highlands forming as watersheds of country's drainage systems. These highland watersheds are usually clad with tropical forests of different types providing productive and protective ...
(2005)
The stability of tropica...
linking ecological, economic and social constraints of land use and conservation
by Daniel Stiet..., Wolfram Lorenz, Surya Tarigan, and Adam Malik
This international symposium featured three interconnected thematic foci of interdisciplinary research. They focussed on the changes in the extent and intensity of agricultural and forest land use in tropical forest margins and their implications for rural development and for ...
(2005)
Review of forests, wood ...
Part III
by Markus Euring, Alireza Khar..., Christian Sc..., and Cora Müller
In the year 2008 the research activities in the project “Deutsch-Arabisch/Iranischer Hochschuldialog” between the Research Institute for Forests and Rangelands, Teheran and the University of Göttingen were successfully continued. The project was financed by the Department of F...
(2009)
Review of Forests, Wood ...
by Ali Reza Kha..., Christian Sc..., and Cora Müller
The cooperation between Iranian and German scientists is one of the most important topics of the special program “German-Arabian/Iranian Education Dialogue” which is funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). Within the scope of this special program an exchange bet...
(2008)
Systematics. Programme a...
10th Annual Meeting of the Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik. 18th International Symposium "Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology" of the German Botanical Society
by Simone Klatt, Patrick Weigelt, S Robbert Gr..., Felix Normann, and Rainer Willm...
Tropical mountain forests are very rich in species and are generally considered as hotspots of biodiversity. They are also of great ecological importance as sources of water and other ecosystem services for millions of people living in the tropics. However, these valuable fore...
(2008)
The Tropical Mountain Fo...
Patterns and processes in a biodiversity hotspot
by Jürgen Homeier, Dirk Gansert, and S Robbert Gr...
Tropical mountain forests are very rich in species and are generally considered as hotspots of biodiversity. They are also of great ecological importance as sources of water and other ecosystem services for millions of people living in the tropics. However, these valuable fore...
(2008)
Wood production, wood te...
by Ursula Kües
In the year 2001, Prof. Dr. Ursula Kües was appointed at the Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology of the Georg-August-University Göttingen to the chair Molecular Wood Biotechnology endowed by the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU). Her group studies higher fungi in ...
(2008)
Global change issues in ...
Proceedings of the 2nd Göttingen GIS and Remote Sensing Days 2006, 4th to 6th October, Göttingen, Germany
by Martin Kappas, Christoph Klein, and Branislav Sl...
Remote sensing data and GIS methods provide powerful instruments for the assessment and modelling of environmental indicators of the earth system and its change at multiple scales. Change, in general, is a consequence of human activities and is apparent to us in terms of clima...
(2007)
