Ecology category: 3266 books
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Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Agroecology not only encompasses aspects of ecology, but the ecology of sustainable food production systems, and related societal and cultural values. To provide effective communication regarding status and advances in this field, connections must be established with many disciplines such as sociology,...
by Kirk Holst
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2017
We live in extraordinary times. The world is fast becoming hot, flat and crowded.We need a new model for living that gives us hope, purpose and direction. This book briefly yet deeply gives a fundamental understanding of the Ecology of Life - the Truth that can set us Free from our fears and...
Learning Landscape Ecology
A Practical Guide to Concepts and Techniques
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2006
Filled with numerous exercises this practical guide provides a real hands-on approach to learning the essential concepts and techniques of landscape ecology. The knowledge gained enables students to usefully address landscape- level ecological and management issues. A variety of approaches are presented,...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 25, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 25, 2010
Cultural landscapes are a product of the interactions between humans and natural settings. They are landscapes and seascapes that are shaped by human history and land use. Socioeconomic processes especially, but also environmental changes and natural disturbances, are some of the forces that make...
by Ricardo D Lopez, Robert C Frohn
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2017
This book provides the practical basis for the use of remote sensing to accomplish landscape ecological projects, through the merging of theory and practice, with examples. This is a specialized application and both these topics have evolved rapidly in the past decade. This evolution is not in the...
Ecological Masculinities
Theoretical Foundations and Practical Guidance
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2018
Around the globe, unfettered industrialisation has marched forth in unison with massive social inequities. Making matters worse, anthropogenic pressures on Earth’s living systems are causing alarming rates of thermal expansion, sea-level rise, biodiversity losses in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems...
by Timothy Allen, Thomas Hoekstra
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2015
The first edition of Toward a Unified Ecology was ahead of its time. For the second edition, the authors present a new synthesis of their core ideas on evaluating communities, organisms, populations, biomes, models, and management. The book now places greater emphasis on post-normal critiques, cognizant...
A New Ecology
Systems Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2011
A New Ecology presents an ecosystem theory based on the following ecosystem properties: physical openness, ontic openness, directionality, connectivity, a complex dynamic for growth and development, and a complex dynamic response to disturbances. Each of these properties is developed in detail to...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
In this collection of essays, some of the leading ecologists and philosophers discuss the foundations of ecology and evolutionary biology. While large scale philosophical convictions and attitudes often direct the theorist's line of concrete action in data collection and in theory information, the...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2018
Ecology and Conservation of Forest Birds is a unique review of current understanding of the relationships between forest birds and their changing environments. Large ecological changes are being driven by forest management, climate change, introduced pests and pathogens, abiotic disturbances, and...
The Trophic Spectrum Revisited
The Influence of Trophic State on the Assembly of Phytoplankton Communities Proceedings of the 11th Workshop of the International Association of Phytoplankton Taxonomy and Ecology (IAP), held at Shrewsbury, U.K., 15–23 August 1998
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
These proceedings of a workshop of the International Association for Phytoplankton Taxonomy and Ecology are directed specifically at the relationship between phytoplankton ecology and the trophic status of water bodies. Contributions address the fact that distinctive assemblages of phytoplankton species...
by Thomas A. Jefferson, Barbara E. Curry
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2016
Humpback Dolphins (Sousa spp.): Current Status and Conservation, Part 2 is part of Advances in Marine Biology, a series that has been providing in-depth and up-to-date reviews on all aspects of marine biology since 1963 — more than 50 years of outstanding coverage from a reference that is well known...
Urban Ecologies
City Space, Material Agency, and Environmental Politics in Contemporary Culture
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2014
The term “urban ecology” has become a buzzword in various disciplines, including the social and natural sciences as well as urban planning and architecture. The environmental humanities have been slow to adapt to current theoretical debates, often excluding human-built environments from their...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2017
The Political Ecology of Oil and Gas Activities in the Nigerian Aquatic Ecosystem reviews the current status of the ecosystems and economic implications of oil and gas development in Nigeria, a key oil-producing state. The ecological and economic impacts of oil and gas development, particularly in...