An "out of the blue" inheritance from an aunt he didn't even know existed takes aspiring novelist and English teacher, Bob Hazzard to the idyllic resort of Xenothenia on Greece's Mani Peninsula, where he resolves to put down roots, set up a writers' retreat and write the perfect holiday novel. Leaving behind his life in Fletcherford in northern England, his friends from Fletcherford Writers' group and Sally, his foul-mouthed, best friend, colleague and confidante from Fletcherford Community College, he embarks on an adventure that will transform his life forever. As the larger than life,...

Biogeography involves dealing with the study of varied life forms present on the face of the Earth. This book is a compilation of research works of more than 30 scientific experts on biogeography from across the globe. It intends to elaborate on spatial and temporal variation of biological assemblages in relation to landscape intricacy and environmental changes. This book adopts four major themes: bio-geographic theory and tests of ideas and concepts; the territorial biogeography of individual taxa, biogeography of complex landscapes, and the deep-time evolutionary biogeography of macro-taxa....

Biodiversity is a diverse and dynamic area of study. Motivated by the growing requirement to classify the biological diversity frame of extensive, endemic and endangered species, as well as by the increasing chances to describe new species, the research of the evaluative and spatial dynamics is in constant execution. Logical overviews, biographic and phylogenic backgrounds, species composition and allocation in controlled areas are focal subjects of the various appealing chapters collected in this book. The researches presented within the book have been chosen to offer the reader an insight...

The book broadly covers agricultural aspects, socio-economic impacts and genetics. The complexity of the association has been approached from various angles, taking into account the interventions at various stages. A scientific approach has been adopted in this book which exhibits the inter-connectivity of all the three levels, emphasizing the need for conservation and protection of the systems if human existence is to continually benefit from it. This book is a valuable reference for researchers and students interested in biodiversity.

This book provides an overview of current knowledge and discusses some of the unanswered questions at the forefront of research in biodiversity. Every ecosystem is an intricate organization of cautiously mixed life forms; a dynamic and primarily sensible system. Hence, their progressive decline may speed up climate change and vice versa, influencing flora and fauna composition and distribution, resulting in the loss of biodiversity. The effects of climate change are the primary issues covered in this book. It presents varied case studies focused on biodiversity evaluations and necessities in...

Conservation biology is an essential element for sustaining the biodiversity of this planet. Conservation biology is also known as "crisis discipline." In today's scenario, the world is undergoing some rapid transformation, and science instructs us about research, management practices, technologies and policies that can help protect the environment's naturally-occurring biological diversity. Certain chapters of this book present well-researched analysis dealing with guarded regions (Middle East), safeguarding biochemical and genetic diversity of carob tree, wild pear, shaping the health...

This book presents a comprehensive study regarding biodiversity, its conservation and utilization. It discusses the regulation and consumption of resources to meet human demands in different spheres varying from agriculture to wildlife and exhaustible to inexhaustible resources. The objective is to fulfill human necessities and the range of life is assessed according to the variety of the species that exist. Diversity is an essential feature of environment. But a few factors have led environmentalists into a dilemma where they are bound to allow a variety of species to grow and flourish...