Nature

Esta publicación sintetiza los resultados de tres décadas de investigación apoyada por el IDRC sobre abastecimiento de agua. Demuestra que algunas de las respuestas de mayor peso a la problemática de la escasez de agua se han implementado a nivel local —en hogares, campos agrícolas, aldeas y vecindarios urbanos. Centrándose no sólo en los resultados de la investigación sino también en sus carencias, este libro presenta propuestas con fundamento sólido a las personas que deben tomar decisiones y a los investigadores; ofrece una serie de recomendaciones claras y pertinentes para la formulación de políticas y los esfuerzos futuros de la investigación. Concluye ofreciendo una perspectiva sobre el futuro del abastecimiento de agua y algunos de los recursos clave en este campo. more...

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Air Breathing Fishes: Evolution, Diversity, and Adaptation is unique in its coverage of the evolution of air-breathing, incongruously because it focuses exclusively on fish. This important and fascinating book, containing nine chapters that present the life history, ecology, and physiology of many air-breathing fishes, provides an exceptional overview of air-breathing biology.Each chapter provides a historical background, details the present status of knowledge in the field, and defines the questions needing attention in future research. Thoroughly referenced, containing more than 1,000 citations, and well documented with figures and tables, Air-Breathing Fishes is comprehensive in its coverage and will certainly have wide appeal. Researchers in vertebrate biology, paleontology, ichthyology, vertebrate evolution, natural history, comparative physiology, anatomy and many other fields will find something new and intriguing in Air-Breathing Fishes. more...

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Do you know. . . whether penguins feel the cold?. which animal "sees" with its nose?. why the Arctic fox changes colour with the seasons?. where you would find a grasshopper’s ears?. All the questions you could ever think to ask about the animal kingdom. are answered here. Stuffed with eye-popping pictures and far-out facts. about the natural world, Amazing Animals takes you on. a weird and wonderful walk on the wild side!. The Structure. Amazing Animals is divided into five fascinating chapters –. Senses, Fight or Flight, Camouflage and Colour, Extreme Living, and On the Move –. and features a diverse range of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, insects, and fish. From bugs that build homes from mud to lizards that run on water, and from spiders with. eight eyes to mammals that play dead, the book is crammed with fascinating facts about the. animal kingdom. more...

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American Bison combines the latest scientific information and one man's personal experience in an homage to one of the most magnificent animals to have roamed America's vast, vanished grasslands. Dale F. Lott, a distinguished behavioral ecologist who was born on the National Bison Range and has studied the buffalo for many years, relates what is known about this iconic animal's life in the wild and its troubled history with humans. more...

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''An excellent study of U.S. policy on creating and maintaining a state of energy security.''--Hafeez Malik, Villanova University The United States is the world's largest oil consumer and importer. Here Gawdat Bahgat examines the nation's growing dependence on fossil fuels--particularly oil--and the main challenges it faces in securing supplies from two energy-rich regions, the Persian Gulf and the Caspian Sea. more...

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