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Ecosystem Management
Adaptive, Community-Based Conservation
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2012
Today's natural resource managers must be able to navigate among the complicated interactions and conflicting interests of diverse stakeholders and decisionmakers. Technical and scientific knowledge, though necessary, are not sufficient. Science is merely one componin a multifaceted world of decision...
Cork Oak Woodlands on the Edge
Ecology, Adaptive Management, and Restoration
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
Cork oak has historically been an important species in the western Mediterranean—ecologically as a canopy or “framework” tree in natural woodlands, and culturally as an economically valuable resource that underpins local economies. Both the natural woodlands and the derived cultural systems...
Restoring Natural Capital
Science, Business, and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
How can environmental degradation be stopped? How can it be reversed? And how can the damage already done be repaired? The authors of this volume argue that a two-pronged approach is needed: reducing demand for ecosystem goods and services and better managemof them, coupled with an increase in supply...
Wildlife Restoration
Techniques for Habitat Analysis and Animal Monitoring
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2013
Wildlife Restoration links restoration ecology and wildlife managemin an accessible and comprehensive guide to restoring wildlife and the habitats upon which they depend. It offers readers a thorough overview of the types of information needed in planning a wildlife-habitat restoration project and...
Coexisting with Large Carnivores
Lessons From Greater Yellowstone
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
As in the rest of the United States, grizzly bears, wolves, and mountain lions in and around Yellowstone National Park were eliminated or reduced decades ago to very low numbers. In recyears, however, populations have begun to recover, leading to encounters between animals and people and, more significantly,...
Habitat Fragmentation and Landscape Change
An Ecological and Conservation Synthesis
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2013
Habitat loss and degradation that comes as a result of human activity is the single biggest threat to biodiversity in the world today. Habitat Fragmentation and Landscape Change is a groundbreaking work that brings together a wealth of information from a wide range of sources to define the ecological...
Climate and Conservation
Landscape and Seascape Science, Planning, and Action
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2012
Climate and Conservation presents case studies from around the world of leading-edge projects focused on climate change adaptation-regional-scale endeavors where scientists, managers, and practitioners are working to protect biodiversity by protecting landscapes and seascapes in response to threats...
Corridor Ecology, Second Edition
Linking Landscapes for Biodiversity Conservation and Climate Adaptation
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2019
Migrating wildlife species across the globe face a dire predicament as their traditional migratory routes are cut off by human encroachment. Forced into smaller and smaller patches of habitat, they must compete more aggressively for dwindling food resources and territory. This is more than just an...
Assessment of Climate Change in the Southwest United States
A Report Prepared for the National Climate Assessment
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2013
Prepared for the 2013 National Climate Assessment and a landmark study in terms of its breadth and depth of coverage, this report blends the contributions of 120 experts in climate science, economics, ecology, engineering, geography, hydrology, planning, resources management, and other disciplines to...
Ex Situ Plant Conservation
Supporting Species Survival In The Wild
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2013
Faced with widespread and devastating loss of biodiversity in wild habitats, scientists have developed innovative strategies for studying and protecting targeted plant and animal species in "off-site" facilities such as botanic gardens and zoos. Such ex situ work is an increasingly important componof...
by Donald A. Falk
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2013
As the practical application of ecological restoration continues to grow, there is an increasing need to connect restoration practice to areas of underlying ecological theory. Foundations of Restoration Ecology is an important milestone in the field, bringing together leading ecologists to bridge...
Collected Papers of Michael E. Soulé
Early Years in Modern Conservation Biology
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2014
In the early 1970s, the environmental movemwas underway. Overpopulation was recognized as a threat to human well-being, and scientists like Michael Soulé believed there was a connection between anthropogenic pressures on natural resources and the loss of the planet’s biodiversity. Soulé—thinker,...
by Dennis Ojima, Jean Steiner, Shannon McNeeley
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2015
Prepared for the 2013 National Climate Assessment and a landmark study in terms of its breadth and depth of coverage, Great Plains Regional Technical Input Report is the result of a collaboration among numerous local, state, federal, and nongovernmental agencies to develop a comprehensive, state of...
by Steven I. Apfelbaum, Alan W. Haney
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2012
Restoring Ecological Health to Your Land is the first practical guidebook to give restorationists and would-be restorationists with little or no scientific training or background the “how to” information and knowledge they need to plan and implemecological restoration activities. The book sets...