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Der vierte Parameter, Kurtosis und die logarithmische Varianz: Mathematisches Konstrukt Und Die Anwendungen In Den Naturwissenschaften (Essentials)
by Marcus HellwigMarcus Hellwig zeigt auf, wie Asymmetrie die Natur und deren Gesetze beherrscht. Er diskutiert, dass nichts, das zu beobachten und zu messen ist, mit vollständig symmetrischen Eigenschaften erscheint. Die logarithmische Equibalancedistribution Eqbl als Variante der Eqb soll dort Abhilfe schaffen, wo die allgegenwärtige Gauß`sche Normalverteilung vom Grundsatz her nicht anwendbar ist. Im Gegensatz zur Log-Normalverteilung haben aber alle Parameterwerte Bestand und erhalten zusätzlich Parameter für Schiefe und Kurtosis. Der Autor belegt die Ausführungen anhand praktischer Beispiele für Anwender.Der Autor Dipl.-Ing. Marcus Hellwig war Projektleiter bei einem deutschen, international agierenden Ingenieurbüro und ist Autor einiger Bücher.
Der Weg zu einem gesünderen Planeten: Wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse und konkrete Schritte für eine nachhaltige Zukunft
by Erlijn van GenuchtenDieses Buch ist eine Brücke zwischen wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnissen und alltäglichem Handeln für einen gesünderen Planeten. Von der Bewältigung des Klimawandels bis zur Reduzierung von Umweltverschmutzung und dem Schutz der Artenvielfalt bietet dieses Buch leicht verständliche, faszinierende Fakten und praxisnahe Lösungen für jeden, der einen positiven Beitrag für die Umwelt leisten möchte. Basierend auf Erlijn van Genuchten‘s beliebten Artikeln auf medium.com/@ErlijnG werden in diesem Buch zusätzliche Inhalte präsentiert. Alle Kapitel dieses Buches sind auf frei zugänglichen, wissenschaftlichen Veröffentlichungen zu verschiedenen Umweltthemen und Lösungen aufgebaut, die oft nicht in den Medien diskutiert werden. Das Ziel der Autorin ist es, nicht-wissenschaftlichen Zielgruppen diese wichtigen Informationen zugänglich zu machen und das Bewusstsein für drängende Umweltthemen zu schärfen. Durch die Verwendung von leicht verständlicher Sprache und ansprechenden Beispielen aus dem täglichen Leben ermöglicht sie es, das breite Spektrum an Konzepten und Problemen zu erkunden und die weitreichenden Folgen zu verstehen. Darüber hinaus bieten alle Kapitel konkrete Handlungsideen, wie man im täglichen Leben einen positiven Beitrag leistet und die jeder umsetzen kann. Das Buch ist ein multimodales Werk, das nicht nur Text enthält, sondern auch Bilder und Videos, um die Informationen zu veranschaulichen und zu vertiefen. Und um zu ermutigen, aktiv zu werden und die vorgeschlagenen Maßnahmen umzusetzen.
Deregulated Electricity Structures and Smart Grids
by Baseem KhanThe goals of restructuring of the power sector are competition and operating efficiency in the power industry that result in reliable, economical, and quality power supply to consumers. This comprehensive reference text provides an in-depth insight into these topics. Deregulated Electricity Structures and Smart Grids discusses issues including renewable energy integration, reliability assessment, stability analysis, reactive power compensation in smart grids, and harmonic mitigation, in the context of the deregulated smart electricity market. It covers important concepts including AC and DC grid modelling, harmonics mitigation and reactive power compensation in the deregulated smart grid, and extraction of energy from renewable energy sources under the deregulated electricity market with the smart grid. The text will be useful for graduate students and professionals in the fields of electrical engineering, electronics and communication engineering, renewable energy, and clean technologies.
Derelict Mines: Environmental Risk Assessment and Management
by Ravi NaiduMine areas left behind by companies that no longer exist are defined as derelict mines – those that were operated and closed at a time when most countries did not have adequate regulations requiring rehabilitation of the impacted mine areas. This book provides unique information on the extent and severity of derelict mines’ impact on environmental degradation and human and environmental health. It examines the nature of derelict mines, short-term and long-term risks to sensitive receptors, tools for monitoring and prioritizing risks, and technological advances for rehabilitation. This book considers a risk-based approach to managing derelict mines, which is reliable and cost-effective.FEATURES Provides fundamental information on derelict mines and their inventory in different countries Explains risk-based management of derelict mines and the importance of community perspectives as a reliable and cost-effective method Identifies ownership and liability issues through many case studies in Australia and other countries that must deal with the remediation of derelict mines Presents remediation, assessment, and predictive tools for managing pit lakes Helps readers set standards, regulatory measures, and policies related to mine closures This book is for engineers and professionals who work in mining, geology, chemistry, mineralogy, geotechnics, and hydrogeology and deal with industrial site management, waste management, mine closures, mine site reclamation, derelict mine remediation, and mine revegetation. It is also an insightful resource for graduate students, academics, and researchers focused on these courses.
Derivation and Use of Environmental Quality and Human Health Standards for Chemical Substances in Water and Soil
by Mark Crane Peter Matthiessen Dawn Stretton Maycock Graham Merrington Paul WhitehouseA balanced, comprehensive overview of Environmental Quality Standards (EQS), Derivation and Use of Environmental Quality and Human Health Standards for Chemical Substances in Water and Soil addresses the selection and prioritization of substances for standard derivation. With integrated content and up-to-date information on assessment of regulation
Dermoscopy Image Analysis (Digital Imaging and Computer Vision)
by M. Emre Celebi Teresa Mendonga Jorge S. MarquesDermoscopy is a noninvasive skin imaging technique that uses optical magnification and either liquid immersion or cross-polarized lighting to make subsurface structures more easily visible when compared to conventional clinical images. It allows for the identification of dozens of morphological features that are particularly important in identifyin
Des Canadiens à l'épreuve: Histoires d'échecs qui ont mené à la réussite
by Alex BenayAvec des chapitres rédigés par : Robert Thirsk, astronaute Erica Wiebe, championne de lutte olympique Tom Jenkins, président de la société OpenText et du Conseil national de recherches du Canada Andy Nulman, cofondateur du Festival Juste pour rire … ainsi que d’autres Canadiens au sommet de leur secteur d’activité. Que signifie « échouer »? Pour certains Canadiens ayant brillamment réussi, il s’agit d’un rite de passage, d’un tremplin vers de plus grandes réalisations, voire une belle source d’inspiration. Le parcours de ces Canadiens qui ont obtenu la médaille d’or olympique, bâti des entreprises florissantes, fait avancer la médecine est jalonné de faux pas, de nombreuses tentatives infructueuses et parfois d’échecs. Des Canadiens à l’épreuve réunit le récit de dix experts issus des secteurs privé, public, à but non lucratif et universitaire qui, tout au long de leur vie, ont vécu des échecs et lutté pour réussir. Dans cet ouvrage, ils font valoir l’argument de poids suivant : la clé de la réussite pour le Canada et les Canadiens réside dans les leçons tirées d’échecs.
Desalination and Water Security (Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management)
by Chris AnastasiDesalination is to the water industry what renewables are to the electricity sector. However, unlike renewables, the former is being deployed in a quiet revolution away from public glare. This book provides a holistic view of desalination, highlighting the important role this technology can play in providing safe access to water across the globe. It describes the context for this technology to flourish in the coming decades. It discusses the pressures on freshwater resources and the key role the desalination industry plays as it moves from a good-to-have provider today to a must-have mainstream water solution in the future. The book explores the vital elements of the desalination industry, including the winning technologies and how further technological developments will reduce costs and increase deployment into new areas. It also addresses the energy used and the key environmental issues of carbon dioxide emissions and brine waste production. Using a series of country case studies, the book illustrates how desalination can supplement natural water resources in different environments and for different purposes, and how it is supporting domestic and economic activity. Providing a forward-thinking assessment, the book considers developments over the next 30 years as climate change impacts become even more apparent. This book will be of great interest to those working to alleviate water scarcity and improve water security. It will also be of interest to those in water resource management, water policy and regulation, water science, and environmental engineering.
Desalination Concentrate Management
by Benjamin Asquith Bradley LadewigThis book examines five methods used for concentrate management, namely; disposal to surface water, disposal to sewerage, deep well injection, land applications and evaporation ponds. In particular, the book focuses on the design, siting, cost, and environmental impacts of these methods. While these methods are widely practiced in a variety of settings already, there are many limitations that restrict the use of certain disposal options in particular locations.
Desalination Project Cost Estimating and Management
by Nikolay VoutchkovDesalination Project Cost Estimating and Management examines the key issues associated with the estimation of costs for desalination plants. It covers all aspects of desalination project cost estimating and management: direct and indirect capital costs, fixed and variable operation and maintenance costs, and total costs for water production. In addition, it provides a detailed overview of the factors that influence project costs and discusses the technological and project delivery methods to control and optimize project costs. The book includes cost curves for the most commonly used seawater desalination facilities and numeric examples illustrating how to prepare a budgetary cost estimate for a typical desalination project. <P><P>Features: <li>Presents a comprehensive engineering overview of key issues associated with desalination project cost estimating. <li>Includes cost curves which can be used for budgetary level estimates of capital, and operation and maintenance (O&M) expenditures. <li>Contains easy to use cost-estimating rules of thumb derived from actual desalination projects. <li>Includes several numeric examples illustrating the cost estimating process.
Descartes's Secret Notebook: A True Tale of Mathematics, Mysticism , and the Quest to Understand the Universe
by Amir D. AczelRené Descartes (1596–1650) is one of the towering and central figures in Western philosophy and mathematics. His apothegm “Cogito, ergo sum” marked the birth of the mind-body problem, while his creation of so-called Cartesian coordinates have made our physical and intellectual conquest of physical space possible. But Descartes had a mysterious and mystical side, as well. Almost certainly a member of the occult brotherhood of the Rosicrucians, he kept a secret notebook, now lost, most of which was written in code. After Descartes’s death, Gottfried Leibniz, inventor of calculus and one of the greatest mathematicians in history, moved to Paris in search of this notebook—and eventually found it in the possession of Claude Clerselier, a friend of Descartes. Leibniz called on Clerselier and was allowed to copy only a couple of pages—which, though written in code, he amazingly deciphered there on the spot. Leibniz’s hastily scribbled notes are all we have today of Descartes’s notebook, which has disappeared. Why did Descartes keep a secret notebook, and what were its contents? The answers to these questions lead Amir Aczel and the reader on an exciting, swashbuckling journey, and offer a fascinating look at one of the great figures of Western culture.
Descent from Xanadu
by Harold RobbinsA decadent billionaire pursues immortality in this raucous, raunchy, globe-hopping novel by “the dirty old man of American letters” (Hollywood Reporter).The wealthiest man in the world, Judd Crane is also ruthless, sexually irresistible, and determined to conquer man's last frontier—eternal life. A man who always gets what he wants, Judd pursues his dream on a dangerous, obsessive journey from Yugoslavia to China, from his lush private island to a secret atomic city in the Brazilian jungle. Crane is willing to spend billions, risk death, outwit foreign agents, lose his entire empire and the woman he loves . . . until, at the moment of victory, he discovers the most important secret of all.
Describing Construction: Industries, Projects and Firms
by Rick Best Jim MeikleThis third book from editors Rick Best and Jim Meikle brings together and presents insights into a number of key concepts in the study of construction firms, projects and the group of activities that loosely define the construction industry. The value for readers comes from the collection of a variety of topics in a single volume, which provide a basic understanding of the complexities of construction as more than a set of practical concerns such as labour management and materials handling. Instead, the focus is on analysis of the industry and its component parts from the viewpoints of construction economists and others seeking to understand the drivers and challenges that shape an area of economic activity that is a major contributor in all economies. The aim of this book is to provide an overview and discussion of several aspects of what makes construction tick. It is unlike other industry sectors in many ways, being project-based with often intense competition for work. Where the first book, Measuring Construction, focused on particular areas associated with quantifying various aspects of construction activity and the second, Accounting for Construction, looked more at how we record and report on construction activity, Describing Construction gives readers the views of experts in the field of how the construction industry is described, what its make-up is, it even asks the question: is construction a single industry? This book will change the way most readers understand the ‘construction industry’, whatever that may be, not from the point of view of visible on-site activities, but through a scientific approach to analysis and understanding of how projects, firms and various sectors of the industry work and how things are changing and may continue to change in future. It is essential reading for students and researchers in construction management, quantity surveying, architecture and engineering.
Description and Sampling of Contaminated Soils: A Field Guide
by J. Russell BouldingThis second edition of EPA's bestselling book, Description and Sampling of Contaminated Soils: A Field Guide, Second Edition, has been revised and significantly expanded over the original edition. An ideal reference for anyone involved in site investigations, this guide describes how to determine the amount and extent of soil contamination and potential for movement of contaminants in the soil and groundwater. It contains checklists, tables, and step-by-step descriptions of methods and procedures for:Cost-effective, detailed site investigations for evaluating the potential for contaminant transportField collection of information on soil engineering properties required for remediation selection and designThis guide also features an adaptation of soil description procedures used by the U.S. Soil Conservation Service (SCS) for investigating contaminated sites. The SCS soil description and classification procedures, when used in combination with the Unified Soil Classification System currently used by geologists and engineers, greatly improves contaminated site assessments.
Description Approaches and Automated Generalization Algorithms for Groups of Map Objects
by Haowen YanThis book focuses on the generalization of map features, providing descriptions and classifying groups of map objects into six categories: point clusters, groups of contours, road networks, river networks, continuous areal features and discrete areal features. Discussing the methods and algorithms in map generalization in equal measure, it also describes the approaches for describing map features. The book is a valuable reference for graduates and researchers who are interested in cartography and geographic information science/systems, especially those in automated map generalization and spatial databases construction.
Descriptive Analysis in Sensory Evaluation
by Sarah E. Kemp Joanne Hort Tracey HollowoodA comprehensive review of the techniques and applications of descriptive analysis Sensory evaluation is a scientific discipline used to evoke, measure, analyse and interpret responses to products perceived through the senses of sight, smell, touch, taste and hearing. It is used to reveal insights into the ways in which sensory properties drive consumer acceptance and behaviour, and to design products that best deliver what the consumer wants. Descriptive analysis is one of the most sophisticated, flexible and widely used tools in the field of sensory analysis. It enables objective description of the nature and magnitude of sensory characteristics for use in consumer-driven product design, manufacture and communication. Descriptive Analysis in Sensory Evaluation provides a comprehensive overview of a wide range of traditional and recently-developed descriptive techniques, including history, theory, practical considerations, statistical analysis, applications, case studies and future directions. This important reference, written by academic and industrial sensory scientist, traces the evolution of descriptive analysis, and addresses general considerations, including panel set-up, training, monitoring and performance; psychological factors relevant to assessment; and statistical analysis. Descriptive Analysis in Sensory Evaluation is a valuable resource for sensory professionals working in academia and industry, including sensory scientists, practitioners, trainers and students, and industry-based researchers in quality assurance, research and development, and marketing.
Descriptive Statistics for Scientists and Engineers: Applications in R (Synthesis Lectures on Mathematics & Statistics)
by Rajan Chattamvelli Ramalingam ShanmugamThis book introduces descriptive statistics and covers a broad range of topics of interest to students and researchers in various applied science disciplines. This includes measures of location, spread, skewness, and kurtosis; absolute and relative measures; and classification of spread, skewness, and kurtosis measures, L-moment based measures, van Zwet ordering of kurtosis, and multivariate kurtosis. Several novel topics are discussed including the recursive algorithm for sample variance; simplification of complicated summation expressions; updating formulas for sample geometric, harmonic and weighted means; divide-and-conquer algorithms for sample variance and covariance; L-skewness; spectral kurtosis, etc. A large number of exercises are included in each chapter that are drawn from various engineering fields along with examples that are illustrated using the R programming language. Basic concepts are introduced before moving on to computational aspects. Some applications in bioinformatics, finance, metallurgy, pharmacokinetics (PK), solid mechanics, and signal processing are briefly discussed. Every analyst who works with numeric data will find the discussion very illuminating and easy to follow.
Descriptor Systems of Integer and Fractional Orders (Studies in Systems, Decision and Control #367)
by Tadeusz Kaczorek Kamil BorawskiThis book covers some selected problems of the descriptor integer and fractional order positive continuous-time and discrete-time systems. The book consists of 3 chapters, 4 appendices and the list of references. Chapter 1 is devoted to descriptor integer order continuous-time and discrete-time linear systems. In Chapter 2, descriptor fractional order continuous-time and discrete-time linear systems are considered. Chapter 3 is devoted to the stability of descriptor continuous-time and discrete-time systems of integer and fractional orders. In Appendix A, extensions of the Cayley–Hamilton theorem for descriptor linear systems are given. Some methods for computation of the Drazin inverse are presented in Appendix B. In Appendix C, some basic definitions and theorems on Laplace transforms and Z-transforms are given. Some properties of the nilpotent matrices are given in Appendix D.
Descubra A Sua Marca: um livro para os escritores criarem a sua marca
by Emlyn Chand Gabriel Martimiano PiresDescubra a Sua Marca: um livro para os escritores criarem a sua marca Descubra a sua marca e como comunicar isso aos leitores com conselhos testados que você pode colocar em prática hoje. Está com dificuldade para resumir tudo que representa o que você escreve em um pacote organizado, arrumado e de fácil explicação? Talvez esteja tentando imaginar o que a marca significa quando aplicada a uma pessoa, talvez já tenha diluído tanto a sua marca que os leitores não têm ideia do que esperar quando eles pegam um dos seus livros. Descubra a Sua Marca está aqui para lhe ajudar! Em algumas horas, você vai descobrir um caminho bem novo para o que você escreve e adicionar mais certeza à sua jornada existente, você vai aprender como os seus leitores ideais enxergam, pensam e como animar esses leitores. Com esse guia, você vai... · Participar de exercícios guiados para criar a marca · Juntar Ideias & pegar emprestado 8 ideias para histórias · Como é o seu leitor ideal · Determinar se precisa de pseudônimo · Saber quais as regras de marketing ou escrita que pode quebrar às vezes · Descobrir o seu gênero (usando esse estilo: "escolha a sua aventura") · Defina a sua marca em 3 palavras · Cria uma biografia de escritor e um slogan · Faça um plano com interesses e habilidades · Baixe 5 brindes exclusivos para leitores desse livro Esse livro foi finalista na categoria de não ficção nas premiações Eric Hoffer em 2015. A Nossa Garantia: Está cansado de livros para fazer marketing de livros que focam mais na história de vida do escritor do que em conselhos que você pode usar na sua carreira? Ou, pior ainda, guias de conselhos que são direcionados para escrit
Descubre tu marca - Hazlo tú mismo: Un manual de Branding para autores
by Emlyn Chand Alma Edith GarciaDescubre tu marca y cómo comunicarla a los lectores con consejos comprobados que puedes poner en marcha hoy mismo. ¿Te está costando trabajo condensar todo lo que representa tu escritura en un paquete limpio, ordenado y que esté explicado fácilmente? Quizá todavía estés tratando de averiguar qué significa cuando una marca aplica a una persona. O tal vez ya has diluido tanto tu marca que los lectores no tienen idea de qué esperar cuando ven uno de tus libros. ¡Descubre tu marca está aquí para ayudarte! En tan sólo unas horas puedes descubrir un camino completamente nuevo para tu escritura o darle más certeza a tu camino existente. Aprenderás cómo son y cómo piensan tus lectores ideales y cómo hacer que se emocionen. Con esta guía podrás: Participar en un ejercicio guiado de branding Hacer una lluvia de ideas y tomar prestadas ocho Ponerle cara a tu lector ideal Determinar si necesitas un seudónimo Aprender cuáles son las reglas de escritura y comercialización que pueden romperse de vez en cuando Encontrar tu género (¡al estilo de "elige tu propia aventura"!) Definir tu marca en tres palabras Crear una biografía y un lema de autor Establecer un plan para tus intereses y habilidades en evolución Descargar cinco regalos exclusivos para los lectores de este libro Nuestra garantía: ¿Estás cansado de examinar meticulosamente las guías de marketing que se centran más en la experiencia de vida del autor que en consejos que puedas aplicar a tu carrera? ¿O peor aún, de las guías de consejos que en realidad son para autores de no ficción y tienen muy poca información valiosa para novelistas? ¿Qué pasa cuando un libro entero parece ser una mera presentación de los servicios del autor o de otros libros de su serie? Nosotros también estamos hartos de eso. Cada guía de Novel Publicity para escribir y comercializar la ficción se centra en ti. Si eres es un aspirante a novel
Desert Edens: Colonial Climate Engineering in the Age of Anxiety (Histories of Economic Life #9)
by Philipp LehmannHow technological advances and colonial fears inspired utopian geoengineering projects during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries From the 1870s to the mid-twentieth century, European explorers, climatologists, colonial officials, and planners were avidly interested in large-scale projects that might actively alter the climate. Uncovering this history, Desert Edens looks at how arid environments and an increasing anxiety about climate in the colonial world shaped this upsurge in ideas about climate engineering. From notions about the transformation of deserts into forests to Nazi plans to influence the climates of war-torn areas, Philipp Lehmann puts the early climate change debate in its environmental, intellectual, and political context, and considers the ways this legacy reverberates in the present climate crisis.Lehmann examines some of the most ambitious climate-engineering projects to emerge in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Confronted with the Sahara in the 1870s, the French developed concepts for a flooding project that would lead to the creation of a man-made Sahara Sea. In the 1920s, German architect Herman Sörgel proposed damming the Mediterranean in order to geoengineer an Afro-European continent called &“Atlantropa,&” which would fit the needs of European settlers. Nazi designs were formulated to counteract the desertification of Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Despite ideological and technical differences, these projects all incorporated and developed climate change theories and vocabulary. They also combined expressions of an extreme environmental pessimism with a powerful technological optimism that continue to shape the contemporary moment.Focusing on the intellectual roots, intended effects, and impact of early measures to modify the climate, Desert Edens investigates how the technological imagination can be inspired by pressing fears about the environment and civilization.
Desert Energy: A Guide to the Technology, Impacts and Opportunities
by Alasdair CameronFirst published in 2013. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Desert or Paradise
by Sepp HolzerSepp Holzer farms steep mountainsides in Austria 5,000 feet above sea level. His farm is an intricate network of terraces, raised beds, ponds, and waterways, well covered with productive fruit trees and other vegetation, in dramatic contrast to his neighbors' spruce monocultures. Fans of Sepp Holzer have come from all over the world to see the productivity of his farm, a veritable permaculture paradise. His first book,Sepp Holzer's Permaculture, offers a detailed guide to what Holzer has achieved on his farm. Many readers might have wondered-but how can we achieve this on a global scale? Luckily, his newest book,Desert or Paradise, examines Holzer's core philosophy for increasing food production, earth health, and reconnecting mankind with nature, applied to reforestation and water conservation across the world. Through years of consultation with other countries, Holzer has developed a core philosophy for reconnecting mankind with nature even in arid or otherwise "lost-cause" regions. He details a process he calls "Grundierung," a term from painting meaning "base coat," which goes into great detail the importance of water, andDesert or Paradiseoffers his concept and guide to construction of large water reservoirs in arid, rainfall-dependent regions with examples from Greece, Turkey, Spain, and Portugal. Holzer describes the ecological and economic benefits of these changes, as well as the use of a variety of plant and animal species for further integration and regeneration of the surrounding areas, including reasons for reforestation and the cause and use of forest fires. Holzer also outlines his ten points of sustainable self-reliance and how these methods can help feed the world, such as the need to regulate the water budget, eliminate factory livestock farming, bring more fallow or unused areas into production, enlarge crop areas by using terracing and Holzer-style raised beds, regionalize instead of globalize, fight for land reform and engage in community building, go back to the ancient farming wisdom, and change the educational system. Also included are Holzer's ideas on beekeeping, humane slaughtering, nature spirits, the loss of roots in our society in general, and in politics especially.
Desert Plants
by Kishan Gopal RamawatVast areas of Earth's landmass exist as deserts, representing quite distinct ecosystems. Desert plants and animals have evolved specialised survival strategies to cope with the harsh environment of high temperatures and scarce water resources. The life-supporting vegetation of deserts is characterised by its unique reproductive biology, metabolism and adaptive characters. Plants like Prosopis cineraria and date palm form the basis of the rural economy in many countries, and are of great cultural importance; Jojoba and Jatropha have attracted interest as non-conventional sources of industrial oil and biodiesel. This book includes chapters on the seed biology, reproduction, mycorrhizae, stress physiology, and metabolism of desert plants, and describes current biotechnological approaches to their cultivation. It will be useful to researchers, teachers and students in the fields of plant sciences, agriculture, and forestry, and those involved in the management and conservation of desert ecosystems.
Desert Truffles
by Varda Kagan-Zur Nurit Roth-Bejerano Yaron Sitrit Asunción MorteDesert truffles are found in every known desert, irrespective of the habitat - cool or hot, loamy or acidic, sandy or heavy soil - the only common condition seems to be a limited supply of water. In contrast to 'true' truffles, desert truffles have evolved over time in different families, mainly within the order Pezizales. While in some arid areas, desert truffles have been traditionally used as food, in most regions interest has only recently been increasing, and truffles are now treasured for their nutritional value, as an income source and for research. This volume gives a comprehensive overview of the phylogeny, biology, mycorrhizal association, and distribution of desert truffles, their use, biochemical and medicinal properties, as well as their domestication and cultivation.