The Summary of the Principle of Optimal Diversity of Biosystems

The Summary of the Principle of Optimal Diversity of Biosystems
Author: Elena Bukvareva
Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2014-09-30
Genre:
ISBN: 9783659598913

The paper summarizes the principle of optimum diversity of biosystems, which suggests that biodiversity is a parameter to be optimized. In fact, diversity is considered as a major adaptation of biosystems to environmental conditions. Paper discusses the diversity of two hierarchical levels - population (phenotypic diversity within a population) and coenotic (number of species in community). Nypotheses about mechanisms of diversity optimisation in the ecological, microevolutionary and evolutionary processes and findings for environmental management and biodiversity conservation are considered.

Current Trends in Landscape Research

Current Trends in Landscape Research
Author: Lothar Mueller
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 680
Release: 2019-11-13
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3030300692

This book presents definitions, key concepts and projects in landscape research and related areas, such as landscape science and landscape ecology, addressing and characterising the international role, status, challenges, future and tools of landscape research in the globalised world of the 21st century. The book brings together views on landscapes from leading international teams and emerging authors from different scientific disciplines and regions of the globe. It describes approaches for achieving sustainability and for handling the multifunctionality of landscapes and includes international case studies demonstrating the great potential of landscape research to provide partial sustainable solutions while developing cultural landscapes and protecting semi-natural landscapes. It is intended for scientists from various disciplines as well as informed readers dealing with landscape policies, planning, evolvement, management, stewardship and conservation.

Untangling Molecular Biodiversity: Explaining Unity And Diversity Principles Of Organization With Molecular Structure And Evolutionary Genomics

Untangling Molecular Biodiversity: Explaining Unity And Diversity Principles Of Organization With Molecular Structure And Evolutionary Genomics
Author: Gustavo Caetano-anolles
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 673
Release: 2020-11-20
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9814656631

Untangling Molecular Biodiversity presents a unique global framework to explain molecular and organismal biodiversity that is grounded in evolutionary genomics. This book will tackle important questions such as the origin of life, the emergence of biochemistry, the origin of viruses, the nature of the last universal common ancestor responsible for diversified life, the role of information and thermodynamics in evolution, the reason for having three cellular domains in life, and the centrality of modules in biology.This book will explore six themes: (1) Explanatory frameworks for biological organization; (2) Evolutionary patterns and biodiversity; (3) Molecular structure and evolutionary genomics; (4) A framework of persistence strategies that borrows from engineering and systems biology; (5) Use of this framework to explain diversity in the molecular world; and (6) Exploring the origin and evolution of cells and viruses.Consequently, this book represents a very unique collection of ideas that can attract the attention of a broad readership interested in life sciences/biology.

College of Engineering

College of Engineering
Author: University of Michigan. College of Engineering
Publisher: UM Libraries
Total Pages: 502
Release: 1995
Genre: Engineering schools
ISBN:

Quantitative Understanding of Biosystems

Quantitative Understanding of Biosystems
Author: Thomas M. Nordlund
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 578
Release: 2011-03-04
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1439891133

Quantitative Understanding of Biosystems: An Introduction to Biophysics focuses on the behavior and properties of microscopic structures that underlie living systems. It clearly describes the biological physics of macromolecules, subcellular structures, and whole cells, including interactions with light.Providing broad coverage of physics, chemistr

Systems Biology

Systems Biology
Author: Edda Klipp
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 504
Release: 2016-06-27
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3527336362

This advanced textbook is tailored for an introductory course in Systems Biology and is well-suited for biologists as well as engineers and computer scientists. It comes with student-friendly reading lists and a companion website featuring a short exam prep version of the book and educational modeling programs. The text is written in an easily accessible style and includes numerous worked examples and study questions in each chapter. For this edition, a section on medical systems biology has been included.

Agricultural, Biosystems, and Biological Engineering Education

Agricultural, Biosystems, and Biological Engineering Education
Author: Umezuruike Linus Opara
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 599
Release: 2024-09-30
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1439807728

Agricultural engineering, developed as an engineering discipline underpinned by physics, applies scientific principles, knowledge, and technological innovations in the agricultural and food industries. During the last century, there was exponential growth in engineering developments, which has improved human wellbeing and radically changed how humans interact with each other and our planet. Among these, “Agricultural Mechanization” is ranked among the top 10 in a list of 20 Top Engineering Achievements of the last century that have had the greatest impact on the quality of life. While many success stories abound, the problems of low appeal among students, identity crises, and limited job opportunities in many climes continue to trouble the discipline’s future in many parts of the world. Yet agriculture and agricultural engineering remain fundamental to assuring food and nutrition security for a growing global population. Agricultural, Biosystems, and Biological Engineering Education provides the first comprehensive global review and synthesis of different agricultural, biosystems, and biological engineering education approaches, including a detailed exposition of current practices from different regions. Key Features: Describes novel approaches to curriculum design and reform Outlines current and emerging epistemology and pedagogies in ABBE education Provides a framework to grow agricultural engineering in Africa and other developing regions Highlights the role of ABBE education in the context of the SDGs Presented in 3 parts and containing 42 chapters, this book covers the historical evolution of agricultural engineering education and discusses the emergence of biological and biosystems engineering education. It will appeal to engineers and other professionals, education planners and administrators, and policy makers in agriculture and other biological industries.

Bioenergetics

Bioenergetics
Author: Davor Juretic
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2021-12-23
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1351172751

Bioenergetics deals with the very first energy transformation steps performed by living cells. Increased dissipation is the primary effect of processing external energy packages. Enzyme-supported charge separation is the minor but essential outcome for maintaining life. This book explores the usefulness of dissecting the entropy production of enzymes involved in cellular defenses, fermentation, respiration, and photosynthesis, assuming that tightly regulated dissipation is the hallmark of life. Researchers, educators, and students of life sciences can find in this text many examples of how we can use the interdisciplinary approach to study cells' virtuoso ability to connect the microscopic to the macroscopic world. Each chapter is a self-contained unit with a glossary and selected references for further reading.