Tag: Organisms

Free Download Andrea Altobrando, "Natural Born Monads: On the Metaphysics of Organisms and Human Individuals"
English | ISBN: 3110602784 | 2020 | 343 pages | PDF | 2 MB
We are still looking for a satisfactory definition of what makes an individual being a human individual. The understanding of human beings in terms of organism does not seem to be satisfactory, because of its reductionistic flavor. It satisfies our need for autonomy and benefits our lives thanks to its medical applications, but it disappoints our needs for conscious and free, self-determination. For similar reasons, i.e. because of its anti-libertarian tone, an organicistic understanding of the relationship between individual and society has also been rejected, although no truly satisfactory alternative for harmonizing individual and social wellness has been put forth. Thus, a reassessment of the very concepts of individual and organism is needed.

Free Download Wetland Techniques: Volume 2: Organisms By Steven N. Francoeur, Steven T. Rier, Sarah B. Whorley (auth.), James T. Anderson, Craig A. Davis (eds.)
2013 | 332 Pages | ISBN: 940076930X | PDF | 6 MB
Wetlands serve many important functions and provide numerous ecological services such as clean water, wildlife habitat, nutrient reduction, and flood control. Wetland science is a relatively young discipline but is a rapidly growing field due to an enhanced understanding of the importance of wetlands and the numerous laws and policies that have been developed to protect these areas. This growth is demonstrated by the creation and growth of the Society of Wetland Scientists which was formed in 1980 and now has a membership of 3,500 people. It is also illustrated by the existence of 2 journals (Wetlands and Wetlands Ecology and Management) devoted entirely to wetlands.To date there has been no practical, comprehensive techniques book centered on wetlands, and written for wetland researchers, students, and managers. This techniques book aims to fill that gap. It is designed to provide an overview of the various methods that have been used or developed by researchers and practitioners to study, monitor, manage, or create wetlands. Including many methods usually found only in the peer-reviewed or gray literature, this 3-volume set fills a major niche for all professionals dealing with wetlands.

Free Download Soil Organisms: Deciphering the Life Beneath Our Feet by Moonisa Aslam Dervash , Abrar Yousuf , Mohammad Amin Bhat , Munir Ozturk
English | PDF EPUB (True) | 2024 | 136 Pages | ISBN : 303166292X | 5.4 MB
Soil biota is an important and fundamental part of terrestrial ecology. The soil organisms include all those life forms which pass significant proportion of their life within a soil profile. The range of organisms may vary from microscopic entities to a macro level organisms. These organisms are the hidden beauties which take up the task of food chain regulation, organic matter decomposition, and nutrient enrichment of soil. Soil organisms can be grouped into three classes viz; chemical engineers (bacteria,fungi and protozoans), biological regulators (small soil invertebrates like nematodes and mesofauna) and ecosystem engineers (large soil invertebrates and small mammals). These creatures are mainly regulated by certain physical and biological factors. The physicochemical characteristics of soil can determine its biological diversity which influences the regulatory services in an ecosystem.

Free Download Microbiomes and their Functions; Why Organisms Need Microbes
by Vasu D. Appanna
English | 2023 | ISBN: 0367749890 | 257 pages | True PDF | 59.33 MB

Free Download Life, Organisms, and Human Nature: New Perspectives on Classical German Philosophy by Luca Corti, Johannes-Georg Schülein
English | PDF (True) | 2023 | 372 Pages | ISBN : 3031415574 | 9.2 MB
This collection of essays investigates the notions of life, living organisms, and human nature in Classical German Philosophy from a historical and conceptual perspective. Its 19 chapters move from the peculiarities of organic life to the peculiarities of the distinctly human life form and discuss the strengths and weaknesses of naturalistic accounts of life. In light of the growing interest in nature within current philosophical debates, the book provides an overview of what the philosophical epoch of Kant, Fichte, Schelling, Humboldt, the Romantics, Hegel, and others can contribute to our understanding of life today. The collection of essays represents a plurality of approaches that reflects the pluralism of the tradition itself – highlighting the liveliness and polyphonic nature of the issues at stake and the ways in which they were approached in post-Kantian thought.

Free Download Evolution of Fungi and Fungal-Like Organisms by Stefanie Pöggeler, Timothy James
English | PDF EPUB (True) | 2023 | 331 Pages | ISBN : 3031291980 | 42.7 MB
Sequence analyses of numerous fungal genomes over the past two decades have provided us with extensive insights into the phylogenetic relationships of fungi and the distribution of genes and their inferred functions, across the fungal kingdom. It is now possible to answer questions about the origin of the fungal kingdom and fungal evolution with an analytical precision that was not possible before.