Pubbl/distr/stampa	Oxford ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell Science, 2003
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (366 p.)
Disciplina	633.8/5396 633.853996
Altri autori (Persone)	AlfordD. V
Soggetto topico	Rape (Plant) - Diseases and pests - Biological control Insect pests - Biological control
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-280-28478-1 9786610284788 0-470-70853-0 1-4051-7156-1 0-470-75098-7 1-4051-2828-3
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Biocontrol of Oilseed Rape Pests; Contents; Preface; 1 The Oilseed Rape Crop; 2 Insect Pests of Oilseed Rape Crops; 3 Management of Oilseed Rape Pests; 4 Parasitoids of Pollen Beetles; 5 Parasitoids of Ceutorhynchid Stem Weevils; 6 Parasitoids of Cabbage Seed Weevil; 7 Parasitoids of Brassica Pod Midge; 8 Parasitoids of Flea Beetles; 9 Parasitoids of Miscellaneous Pests; 10 Sampling, Trapping and Rearing Oilseed Rape Pests and Their Parasitoids; 11 Identification of Hymenopterous Parasitoids Associated with Oilseed Rape Pests; 12 Predators of Oilseed Rape Pests 13 Taxonomy and Identification of Predators14 Sampling, Trapping and Rearing of Predators; 15 Impact of On-Farm Landscape Structures and Farming Systems on Predators; 16 Predators as Biocontrol Agents of Oilseed Rape Pests; 17 Pathogens of Oilseed Rape Pests; Glossary; Author Index; General Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910143440303321

Autore	Perlman Dan L.
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Malden, Massachusetts : , : Blackwell Science, , 1997
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (202 p.)
Disciplina	333.95 333.95/11
Soggetto topico	Biodiversity Biodiversity conservation
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-282-23716-0 9786612237164 1-4443-1355-X 1-4443-1354-1
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	BIODIVERSITY EXPLORING VALUES AND PRIORITIES IN CONSERVATION; Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; 1: Legacies; 2: Conceptual Problems with Biodiversity; 3: The Role of Values; 4: Diversity; 5: Mapping the Patterns of Biodiversity; 6: Ambiguities; 7: Inventories; 8: Articulating Goals and Setting Priorities; 9: Future Directions; Afterword; Bibliography; Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910139943903321

Autore	Harris D. A (David A.)
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Oxford ; ; Cambridge, MA : , : Blackwell Science, , 1995
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (116 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina	574.19/121 574.19121
Collana	At a Glance
Soggetto topico	Bioenergetics Energy metabolism
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-4443-1377-0
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Bioenergetics at a Glance; Preface; 1: Life, energy and metabolism; 2: Energy, entropy and the universe; 3: Energy, entropy and the living cell; 4: Gibbs free energy-measurement and applications; 5: Chemical and electrochemical potential; 6: Oxidation/reduction (redox) potentials; 7: ATP and ion gradients: 'intermediate' energy stores; 8: Substrate level phosphorylations; 9: Free oxygen: its benefits and dangers; 10: Co-factors in oxidation/reduction reactions; 11: The mitochondrial respiratory chain: 1 Path of electron flow; 12: The mitochondrial respiratory chain: 2 Organization of peptides 13: Electron transfer mechanisms14: Respiratory chains in bacteria; 15: Photosynthesis in green plants: 1 Path of electrons; 16: Photosynthesis in green plants: 2 Structure of the reaction centre; 17: Photosynthesis in green plants: 3 Organization of membranes; 18: Photosynthesis in bacteria; 19: Energy transduction; 20: Energy transfer via a H+ gradient-testing the model; 21: Stoichiometries in ATP synthesis; 22: Measurement of the H+/P ratio: 1 Kinetic approaches; 23: Measurement of the H+/P ratio: 2 Thermodynamic approaches 24: Generation of a proton gradient: 1 Mechanisms involving organic hydrogen carriers 25: Generation of a proton gradient: 2 'Direct' proton pumping; 26: The ATP synthase complex; 27: F1-structure and function relationships; 28: Mechanism of ATP synthesis: 1 Energetics; 29: Mechanism of ATP synthesis: 2 Enzyme mechanism; 30: Fo-structure and function relationships; 31: Integration of mitochondria and cytoplasm; 32: Control of ATP synthesis: 1 Thermodynamic aspects; 33: Control of ATP synthesis: 2 Kinetic aspects; 34: Uncoupling electron transfer from phosphorylation 35: Human mitochondrial defects and disease 36: Integration of chloroplast and cytoplasm; 37: Alternative uses of the proton gradient: 1 Heat generation; 38: Alternative uses of the proton gradient: 2 Transport systems; 39: Alternative uses of the proton gradient: 3 Bacterial motion; 40: Alternative methods of gradient generation: 1 Bacteriorhodopsin; 41: Alternative methods of gradient generation: 2 Primary sodium pumps; 42: ATP-driven ion pumps: an overview; 43: P-type ATPases: 1 Structural aspects; 44: P-type ATPases: 2 Energetic aspects; 45: Evolution of bioenergetic systems; Reading list Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910455267003321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	Oxford [England] ; ; Cambridge, MA, USA, : Blackwell Science, 1995
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (408 p.)
Disciplina	574.5 574.5/222 574.5222
Altri autori (Persone)	MatsonP. A (Pamela A.) HarrissRobert C
Collana	Methods in ecology
Soggetto topico	Atmospheric chemistry - Technique Bioclimatology - Technique Biogeochemistry - Technique Agricultural ecology - Technique
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-282-18904-2 9786612189043 1-4443-1381-9
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	""Biogenic Trace Gases: Measuring Emissions from Soil and Water""; ""Contents""; ""List of contributors""; ""The Methods in Ecology Series""; ""Preface""; ""CHAPTER 1: Trace gas exchange in an ecosystem context: multiple approaches to measurement and analysis""; ""CHAPTER 2: Enclosure-based measurement of trace gas exchange: applications and sources of error""; ""CHAPTER 3: Trace gas exchange across the air-water interface in freshwater and coastal marine environments""; ""CHAPTER 4: Trace gas exchange in freshwater and coastal marine environments: ebullition and transport by plants"" ""CHAPTER 5: Micrometeorological techniques for measuring biosphere-atmosphere trace gas exchange""""CHAPTER 6: Standard analytical methods for measuring trace gases in the environment""; ""CHAPTER 7: Measurement of chemically reactive trace gases at ambient concentrations""; ""CHAPTER 8: Recent advances in spectroscopic instrumentation for measuring stable gases in the natural environment""; ""CHAPTER 9: Use of isotopes and tracers in the study of emission and consumption of trace gases in terrestrial environments"" ""CHAPTER 10: Microbial processes of production and consumption of nitric oxide, nitrous oxide and methane""""CHAPTER 11: Process modelling and spatial extrapolation""; ""Index""
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910455630203321