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Library of Congress Cataloging‐in‐Publication Data
Names: Prasad, M. N. V. (Majeti Narasimha Vara), 1953– editor.
Title: Handbook of ecological and ecosystem engineering / M.N.V. Prasad, University of Hyderabad, School of Life Sciences
Description: First edition. | Hoboken : Wiley, 2021. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020051312 (print) | LCCN 2020051313 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119678533 (hardback) | ISBN 9781119678502 (adobe pdf) | ISBN 9781119678601 (epub)
Subjects: LCSH: Ecological engineering. | Sustainable engineering.
Classification: LCC GE350 .P73 2021 (print) | LCC GE350 (ebook) | DDC 628–dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020051312 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020051313
Cover Design: Wiley
Cover Image: Courtesy of Maibam Meiti Dhanaraj
List of Contributors
Nadeesh M. Adassooriya Department of Food Science & Technology, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, Makandura, Sri Lanka
Madhoolika Agrawal Department of Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
S.B. Agrawal Department of Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
Jitendra Ahirwal Restoration Ecology Laboratory, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India
J.R.B. Alfred Nature Environment & Wildlife Society (NEWS), Kolkata, West Bengal, India
H.A.D.B. Amarasiri Department of Pharmacy, The Open University of Sri Lanka, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
Luís P. Azevedo Materials Engineering Department, Federal University of Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Bruno Barbosa MEtRICS, Departamento de Ciências e Tecnologia da Biomassa, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, FCT, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal; Universidade Feevale, Novo Hamburgo – RS, Brazil
S.P. Biswas Department of Life Sciences, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh, Assam, India
E. Bocharnikova Department of Functional Ecology, Institute Basic Biological Problems, Pushchino, Russia
Cláudia Cseko Nolasco de Carvalho Department of Biology, State University of Alagoas, Santana do Ipanema, Alagoas, Brazil
Udo Censkowsky Bluesensus – Sustainability & Seafood Consulting, Weilheim, Germany
S.B. Chaphekar Homi Bhabha State University, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Smita Chaudhry Institute of Environmental Studies, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana, India
Biswajit Roy Chowdhury Nature Environment & Wildlife Society (NEWS), Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Ronan Courtney Department of Biological Science, Faculty of Science & Engineering, Bernal Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
Sijagurumayum Geetanjali Devi Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, Manipur University, Imphal, Manipur, India
Ajanta Dey Nature Environment & Wildlife Society (NEWS), Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Bhupinder Dhir School of Sciences, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, India
Denise C.R. Espinosa Polytechnic School of University of São Paulo, Chemical Engineering Department, São Paulo, Brazil
Mihail Eva Department of Geography, Faculty of Geography and Geology, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University, Iasi, Romania
Ana Luísa Fernando MEtRICS, Departamento de Ciências e Tecnologia da Biomassa, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, FCT, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal
Seemaa S. Ghate Women Scientist ‘B’, Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, India; Knowhow Foundation, Pune, Maharashtra, India
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