Ecology of plants

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Н. Березина ◽  
N. Berezina ◽  
Наталья Афанасьева ◽  
Natal'ya Afanas'eva
Keyword(s):  
Biological Sciences ◽  
Earth Sciences ◽  
Environmental Heterogeneity ◽  
Soil Science ◽  
Nature Management ◽  
Environmental Organizations ◽  
Teaching Materials ◽  
Master's Programs ◽  
Supplementary Education ◽  
Plant Life

The textbook covers the issues of interaction of plants, their populations and communities with the environment, as well as the factors which influence these processes. It reviews the foundations of the resistance of vegetation and the types of environmental heterogeneity of plants. The textbook is aimed at students studying ecology as part of various Bachelor’s programs (05.03.06 Ecology and Nature Management, 05.03.02 Geography, 06.03.01 Biology, 06.03.02 Soil Science) and Master’s programs (05.04.06 Ecology and Nature Management, 05.03.02 Geography, 06.04.01 Biology, 06.04.02 Soil Science). The textbook may be included in the set of teaching materials for the following postgraduate programs: 05.06.01 Earth Sciences and 06.06.01 Biological Sciences. The textbook may also be recommended for those working within the system of supplementary education, teachers, employees of environmental organizations and practitioners specializing in various fields who use the information about the plant life and the autotrophic ecosystems in their work.

Introduction to the Biogeochemistry of Soils

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald Amundson
Keyword(s):  
Earth Sciences ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Environmental Science ◽  
Numerical Data ◽  
Biogeochemical Cycles ◽  
Soil Science ◽  
Original Research ◽  
Form And Function ◽  
And Function ◽  
Theoretical Foundations

The first process-based textbook on how soils form and function in biogeochemical cycles, offering a self-contained and integrated overview of the field as it now stands for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in soil science, environmental science, and the wider Earth sciences. The jargon-free approach quickly familiarises students with the field's theoretical foundations before moving on to analyse chemical and other numerical data, building the necessary skills to develop questions and strategies for original research by the end of a single semester course. The field-based framework equips students with the essential tools for accessing and interpreting the vast USDA soil dataset, allowing them to establish a working knowledge of the most important modern developments in soil research. Complete with numerous end-of-chapter questions, figures and examples, students will find this textbook a multidisciplinary toolkit invaluable to their future careers.

Professionalising Natural Science Education and Multipronged Open Distance Learning

2012 ◽  
pp. 306-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. PanduRanga Narasimharao
Keyword(s):  
Biological Sciences ◽  
Public Policy ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
Natural Science ◽  
The Other ◽  
Science Journalism ◽  
Physical Sciences ◽  
Master's Programs ◽  
Natural Science Education ◽  
And Training

Tobias et al. (1995) postulated in their book on “Rethinking Science as a Career” that Master’s programs could produce graduates who provide the same level of expertise and leadership as professionals do in other fields. They say that they would do so by having the ability to use the products of scholarship in their work and by being familiar with the practical aspects of emerging problem areas. If we consider natural science consisting of physical sciences, biological sciences, mathematics, geosciences, and computer science, degrees in computer science and geosciences served as credentials for practice, whereas physics, chemistry, and biological sciences served as classical graduate education. Robbins-Roth (2006) collected 22 career descriptions for science graduates ranging from public policy to investment banking, and from patent examining to broadcast science journalism. There are several sectors of the society where the principles and knowledge of these science disciplines are used. On the other hand, there are many of the graduates in these disciplines who either are working in areas completely unrelated to their education and training or are unemployable. The need for preparing the science graduates professionally is well recognized (Schuster, 2011; Vanderford, 2010; Narasimharao, Shashidhara Prasad and Nair, 2011; Chuck, 2011).

Professionalising Natural Science Education and Multipronged Open Distance Learning

2015 ◽  
pp. 138-152
Author(s):  
B. PanduRanga Narasimharao
Keyword(s):  
Biological Sciences ◽  
Public Policy ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
Natural Science ◽  
The Other ◽  
Science Journalism ◽  
Physical Sciences ◽  
Master's Programs ◽  
Natural Science Education ◽  
And Training

Tobias et al. (1995) postulated in their book on “Rethinking Science as a Career” that Master's programs could produce graduates who provide the same level of expertise and leadership as professionals do in other fields. They say that they would do so by having the ability to use the products of scholarship in their work and by being familiar with the practical aspects of emerging problem areas. If we consider natural science consisting of physical sciences, biological sciences, mathematics, geosciences, and computer science, degrees in computer science and geosciences served as credentials for practice, whereas physics, chemistry, and biological sciences served as classical graduate education. Robbins-Roth (2006) collected 22 career descriptions for science graduates ranging from public policy to investment banking, and from patent examining to broadcast science journalism. There are several sectors of the society where the principles and knowledge of these science disciplines are used. On the other hand, there are many of the graduates in these disciplines who either are working in areas completely unrelated to their education and training or are unemployable. The need for preparing the science graduates professionally is well recognized (Schuster, 2011; Vanderford, 2010; Narasimharao, Shashidhara Prasad and Nair, 2011; Chuck, 2011).

scholarly journals Environmental Heterogeneity and Phenotypic Divergence: Can Heritable Epigenetic Variation Aid Speciation?

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth Flatscher ◽  
Božo Frajman ◽  
Peter Schönswetter ◽  
Ovidiu Paun
Keyword(s):  
Biological Sciences ◽  
Environmental Heterogeneity ◽  
Phenotypic Diversity ◽  
Adaptive Strategies ◽  
Epigenetic Variation ◽  
Adaptive Responses ◽  
Adaptive Traits ◽  
Phenotypic Differentiation ◽  
Genome Wide

The dualism of genetic predisposition and environmental influences, their interactions, and respective roles in shaping the phenotype have been a hot topic in biological sciences for more than two centuries. Heritable epigenetic variation mediates between relatively slowly accumulating mutations in the DNA sequence and ephemeral adaptive responses to stress, thereby providing mechanisms for achieving stable, but potentially rapidly evolving phenotypic diversity as a response to environmental stimuli. This suggests that heritable epigenetic signals can play an important role in evolutionary processes, but so far this hypothesis has not been rigorously tested. A promising new area of research focuses on the interaction between the different molecular levels that produce phenotypic variation in wild, closely-related taxa that lack genome-wide genetic differentiation. By pinpointing specific adaptive traits and investigating the mechanisms responsible for phenotypic differentiation, such study systems could allow profound insights into the role of epigenetics in the evolution and stabilization of phenotypic discontinuities, and could add to our understanding of adaptive strategies to diverse environmental conditions and their dynamics.

Earth science

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
В. Дьяченко ◽  
Vladimir Dyachenko ◽  
Лариса Дьяченко ◽  
Larisa D'yachenko
Keyword(s):  
Earth Science ◽  
Modern Science ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Soil Science ◽  
Nature Management ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Short Course ◽  
History Of ◽  
Development Structure ◽  
The Impact

The textbook describes the features of the origin, development, structure and functioning of the earth's shells and the impact on them of the most common types of environmental management. From the standpoint of modern science shows the history of the formation of the biosphere, analyzed the causes and consequences of natural hazards associated with the lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere and technogenic transformation of the biosphere. The complex of disciplines that make up the textbook is chosen to present the essence of the main natural science subjects required for students studying in the framework of a larger group of specialties and areas of training 20.00.00 "Technosphere safety and environmental engineering" in accordance with the requirements of the GEF in the last generation. For students of higher educational institutions studying in the directions 20.03.01 "Technosphere safety", 20.03.02"nature management and water use". The textbook can be used in the educational process for educational programs of the enlarged group of specialties 05.00.00 "earth Sciences", as well as areas 06.03.01 "Biology", 06.03.02 "soil science". The content of the textbook also allows you to use it as a short course in Geology, hydrology, hydrogeology, climatology and meteorology, soil science, landscape Geochemistry for training bachelors in related areas and specialties.

scholarly journals The 80-th anniversary of the Doctor of Biological Ssciences Anatoly Alekseevich Tanasienko, leading specialist in soil erosion studies in Siberia

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Svetlana Ya. Kudryashova ◽  
Alexander S. Chumbaev
Keyword(s):  
Biological Sciences ◽  
Soil Erosion ◽  
Deputy Director ◽  
Soil Science ◽  
Physical Processes ◽  
Siberian Branch ◽  
Russian Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

The article gives biographical background and a brief outline of the research carried out by the Doctor of Biological Sciences A.A. Tanasienko, who for more than 10 years worked as Deputy Director for Research in the Institute of Soil Science and Agrochemistry of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. For more than 15 years he worked as the Head of the Laboratory of soil-physical processes in the Institute and became one of the leading experts in soil erosion studies in Siberia.

Introduction to Systematics

2021 ◽  
pp. 3-34
Author(s):  
Andrew V. Z. Brower ◽  
Randall T. Schuh
Keyword(s):  
Biological Sciences ◽  
Earth Sciences ◽  
Evolutionary Process ◽  
Historical Aspects ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Comparative Framework ◽  
Historical Geology ◽  
Patterns And Processes ◽  
Evolutionary Taxonomy

This introductory chapter provides an overview of systematics, which is the science of biological classification. It embodies the study of organic diversity and provides the comparative framework to study the historical aspects of the evolutionary process. The chapter then explores the nature of systematics as an independent discipline and briefly surveys the literature sources most frequently used by systematists. It differentiates between evolutionary taxonomy, phenetics, and phylogenetics (cladistics). Ultimately, systematics is the most strongly comparative of all of the biological sciences, and its methods and principles transcend the differences between botany and zoology. It is also the most strongly historical field within biology, and as such provides the basis for nearly all inferences concerning historical patterns and processes. Among the earth sciences, systematics is directly comparable to historical geology, and indeed the two fields find integration in paleontology.

scholarly journals Towards the 90th anniversary of Victor Petrovich Panfilov

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Svetlana Ya. Kudryashova ◽  
Nina A. Shaporina
Keyword(s):  
Biological Sciences ◽  
Soil Science ◽  
Soil Physics ◽  
Research Activity ◽  
Biographical Data ◽  
Siberian Branch ◽  
Russian Academy Of Sciences ◽  
90Th Anniversary ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

The article presents some biographical data and brief description of research activity of Professor, Doctor of Biological Sciences Victor Petrovich Panfilov, an organizer and the first head of the laboratory of soil physics of the Institute of Soil Science and Agrochemistry of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, who significantly contributed into fundamental and applied studies of soil physical and meliorative properties and regimes in Siberia.

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