Millions of natural and synthetic organic chemical substances are present in both soil and
aquatic environments. Toxicity and/or persistence determine the polluting principle of these …

Many different experimental approaches have been applied to elaborate and study the
beneficial interactions between soil bacteria and plants. Some of these methods focus on …

The genetic enhancement of wild animals and plants for characteristics that benefit human
populations has been practiced for thousands of years, resulting in impressive …

This book provides a first synthetic view of an emerging area of ecology and biogeography,
linking individual-and population-level processes to geographic distributions and …

In the past 15–20 years, there has been increasing interest throughout the world in studies
involving plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB) and their positive interactions with plants …

Written by a world-respected scientist on the subject of the book, this is an advanced text for
students of ecology, population biology and evolution, as well as professional ecologists …

In this major 1993 work, Lloyd Evans provides an integrated view of the domestication,
adaptation and improvement of crop plants, bringing together genetic diversity, plant …

This preface introduces a document that is unprecedented in its scope and objectives. In
August 1988 the Ecological Society of America initiated an effort to define research priorities …

Discussions of the environmental risks and benefits of adopting genetically engineered
organisms are highly polarized between pro-and anti-biotechnology groups, but the current …

The farming of salmon and other marine finfish in open net pens continues to increase along
the world's coastlines as the aquaculture industry expands to meet human demand. Farm …