Photographs, plates, and drawings supplement a natural history of the frogs and toads found in North America

This open access book describes the serious threat of invasive species to native ecosystems. Invasive species have caused and will continue to cause enormous ecological and economic damage with ever increasing world trade.

Introduces readers to key case studies that illustrate how theory and data can be integrated to understand wildlife disease ecology.

... bullfrogs, deer, butterflies, and mosquitoes they encounter as they lounge ... Holt, 1993. An energetic frog hops into a small pond and swims with tadpoles ... FL: Harcourt, 2008. Babies from around the world unite in this book to share ...

This book aims to cover: 1) the historical characterization and geographic variation of the biome; 2) the distribution of the diversity of some relevant taxa; 3) the main threats to biodiversity, and 4) possible opportunities to ensure the ...

The Second Edition of this definitive reference focuses more closely on the causes of wildlife issues.

Co-edited by two prominent community ecologists and featuring contributions from top researchers in the field, this book provides a survey of the state-of-the-art in both the theory and applications of the discipline.

New Directions of Conservation Medicine: Applied Cases of Ecological Health addresses these issues with relevant case studies and detailed applied examples.

Table of contents Chemical Modeling for Air Resources describes fundamental topics in chemical modeling and its scientific and regulatory applications in air pollution problems such as the ozone hole, acid rain, climate change, particulate ...