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Fossils document the existence of trees and wood-associated organisms from almost 400 million years ago, and today there are between 400,000 and 1 million wood-inhabiting species in the world. This is the first book to synthesise the natural history and conservation needs of wood-inhabiting organisms. Presenting a thorough introduction to biodiversity in decaying wood, the book studies the rich diversity of fungi, insects and vertebrates that depend upon dead wood. It describes the functional diversity of these organisms and their specific habitat requirements in terms of host trees, decay phases, tree dimensions, microhabitats and the surrounding environment. Recognising the threats posed by timber extraction and forest management, the authors also present management options for protecting and maintaining the diversity of these species in forests as well as in agricultural landscapes and urban parks

"Fossils document the existence of trees and wood-associated organisms from almost 400 million years ago, and today there are between 400,000 and 1 million wood-inhabiting species in the world. This is the first book to synthesise the natural history and conservation needs of wood-inhabiting organisms. Presenting a thorough introduction to biodiversity in decaying wood, the book studies the rich diversity of fungi, insects and vertebrates that depend upon dead wood. It describes the functional diversity of these organisms and their specific habitat requirements in terms of host trees, decay phases, tree dimensions, microhabitats and the surrounding environment. Recognising the threats posed by timber extraction and forest management, the authors also present management options for protecting and maintaining the diversity of these species in forests as well as in agricultural landscapes and urban parks"--

Argues for the importance of advancing conditions that foster solidarity, cooperation, egalitarianism, and mutual respect as an alternative to capitalism; 15 articles.

The starting point of the article is the crisis that has beset modern secularism. Mindful of the threat from religious fundamentalism, it is committed to a postsecular reconfiguration of the relationship between the secular & the religious, where the strengths & weaknesses of both elements are acknowledged. It seeks to do this by an examination of Marx's critique of religion, & the response to the Marxist project exemplified by Derrida & Bloch. It argues that Marx's approach to the dead, as developed in the Eighteenth Brumaire (150 years old in 2002), provides a context for his hostility towards religion, & that Derrida & Bloch in their greater openness to the claims of the past, generate both a critique of Marx's strictures on religion, & a recognizably postsecular reworking of positive elements in Marx's project. 43 References. Adapted from the source document.

Introduction -- The sublime language of my century -- Capitalism; or worse? -- The forces of production -- The class location blues -- A time machine theory of history -- Nature as extrapolation and inertia -- Four cheers for vulgarity!!!! -- Conclusion: a night at the movies.