1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910586635303321

Autore

Poinar George

Titolo

Flowers in Amber / / by George Poinar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022

ISBN

9783031090448

9783031090431

Edizione

[1st ed. 2022.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 pages)

Collana

Fascinating Life Sciences, , 2509-6753

Disciplina

561.2

561

Soggetti

Botany

Paleontology

Plant ecology

Plants - Evolution

Plant Science

Plant Ecology

Plant Evolution

Ambre

Fòssils

Angiospermes

Llibres electrònics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- The miracle of amber -- Floral characteristics -- Chapter1. Burmese amber flowers -- Chapter2. Baltic amber flowers -- Chapter3. Dominican amber flowers -- Chapter4. Mexican amber flowers -- General conclusions -- References.

Sommario/riassunto

While much attention has been given to animal life in amber, the remains of a variety of plants, including angiosperm flowers, also exist in fossilized resin. Presented here is a pictorial synopsis of 94 flowers that occur in four major amber deposits around the world. These deposits are from Burma (Myanmar), the Baltic area, the Dominican Republic and Mexico, and range in age from the mid-Cretaceous to the



mid-Tertiary. The basic features of these flowers are presented and their relationship with existing plant lineages discussed. This work will be of interest to amber enthusiasts, plant taxonomists, plant morphologists, plant ecologists, plant evolutionists and plant paleontologists.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910337864203321

Autore

Grabska Katarzyna

Titolo

Adolescent Girls' Migration in The Global South : Transitions into Adulthood / / by Katarzyna Grabska, Marina de Regt, Nicoletta Del Franco

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2019

ISBN

9783030000936

3030000931

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (282 pages)

Collana

Palgrave Studies on Children and Development, , 2947-5732

Disciplina

304.8091724

305.235091724

Soggetti

Economic development

Emigration and immigration

Regionalism

Development Studies

Human Migration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Girls, Transitions and Migration -- 2. Doing Research among Migrant and Refugee Girls -- 3. 3. Situating Girls' Migration in Three Contexts -- 4. Becoming a Migrant, Becoming a Refugee -- 5. Life in the Cities -- 6. Risks, Threats and Set-backs -- 7. Being Protected and Protecting Yourself -- 8. Surviving, Resisting and Moving Forward -- 9. Beyond Survival: The Wider Impact of Girls' Migration -- 10. Transitions and Transformations.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides a nuanced, complex, comparative analysis of



adolescent girls' migration and mobility in the Global South. The stories and the narratives of migrant girls collected in Bangladesh, Ethiopia and Sudan guide the readers in drawing the contours of their lives on the move, a complex, fluid scenario of choices, constraints, setbacks, risks, aspirations and experiences in which internal or international migration plays a pivotal role. The main argument of the book is that migration of adolescent girls intersects with other important transitions in their lives, such as those related to education, work, marriage and childbearing, and that this affects their transition into adulthood in various ways. While migration is sometimes negative, it can also offer girls new and better opportunities with positive implications for their future lives. The book explores also how concepts of adolescence and adulthood for girls are being transformed in the context of migration.