It’s an award-winning reference; the first edition was well-recognized and this edition updates many government standards and guidelines. GlobalSpec Standards +1 It’s quite comprehensive, useful for occupational health practitioners, industrial hygienists, safety professionals, researchers, etc. The breadth makes it good as a reference source rather than a textbook for beginners (t…
A dictionary containing over 3,000 terms, abbreviations, acronyms, and concepts used in environmental and public health. Useful as a desktop reference for students and practitioners. Provides support for terminology not always covered in general reference books.
This book examines the impact of toxicants on populations rather than just individuals, providing theoretical and practical frameworks for linking individual-level effects to population-level consequences. Topics include population dynamics, epidemiology of noninfectious disease, toxicant-related genetic effects, and models for predicting ecological risks. It is part of the Hierarchical Ecotoxi…
This volume edited by Dr. T. V. Ramachandra—affiliated with the Centre for Ecological Sciences, IISc Bangalore—advocates integrating environmental education into all levels of formal schooling to foster ecological literacy and sustainable resource stewardship. It emphasizes ecosystem-based education through interdisciplinary frameworks, real-world case studies, and community engagement.…
This volume focuses on how environmental pollutants—such as pesticides and industrial chemicals—affect animal behavior and subsequently ecological fitness. It uses experimental methods from behavioural psychology, pharmacology, and neurotoxicology to detect and characterize behavioural changes in both aquatic and terrestrial organisms. These changes are interpreted ecologically at individua…
This volume focuses on the scientific evaluation of potential environmental effects following the release of invertebrate biological control agents in agriculture and forestry Waterstones +5 ResearchGate +5 Princeton University Library Catalog +5 . It includes methodologies for evaluating post-release impacts such as dispersal, displacement, establishment, and non-target effects, usi…