Описание: This volume provides an assessment of the biodiversity and ecosystem services in one of the "hottest" biodiversity hotspots of the world, the south-eastern Andes of Ecuador. The presented results can also be applied to other forested tropical mountain areas.
Автор: Martin Drechsler Название: Ecological-Economic Modelling for Biodiversity Conservation ISBN: 1108725511 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108725514 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 6811.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Essential reading for researchers and graduate students from the fields of ecology, economics or mathematical modeling who are interested in biodiversity conservation and wish to learn about the respective other discipline(s) to build integrated ecological-economic models. This book takes an intermediate level between concepts and mathematics.
Описание: Arthropods are invertebrates that constitute over 90% of the animal kingdom, and their bio-ecology is closely linked with global functioning and survival. Arthropods play an important role in maintaining the health of ecosystems, provide livelihoods and nutrition to human communities, and are important indicators of environmental change. Yet the population trends of several arthropods species show them to be in decline. Arthropods constitute a dominant group with 1.2 million species influencing earth’s biodiversity. Among arthropods, insects are predominant, with ca. 1 million species and having evolved some 350 million years ago. Arthropods are closely associated with living and non-living entities alike, making the ecosystem services they provide crucially important. In order to be effective, plans for the conservation of arthropods and ecosystems should include a mixture of strategies like protecting key habitats and genomic studies to formulate relevant policies for in situ and ex situ conservation. This two-volume book focuses on capturing the essentials of arthropod inventories, biology, and conservation. Further, it seeks to identify the mechanisms by which arthropod populations can be sustained in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, and by means of which certain problematic species be managed without producing harmful environmental side-effects. This edited compilation includes chapters contributed by over 80 biologists on a wide range of topics embracing the diversity, distribution, utility and conservation of arthropods and select groups of insect taxa. More importantly, it describes in detail the mechanisms of sustaining arthropod ecosystems, services and populations. It addresses the contribution of modern biological tools such as molecular and genetic techniques regulating gene expression, as well as conventional, indigenous practices in arthropod conservation. The contributors reiterate the importance of documenting and understanding the biology of arthropods from a holistic perspective before addressing conservation issues at large. This book offers a valuable resource for all zoologists, entomologists, ecologists, conservation biologists, policy makers, teachers and students interested in the conservation of biological resources.
Автор: Unuigbe, Ngozi Finette Название: Traditional ecological knowledge and global pandemics ISBN: 0367692945 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367692940 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 7961.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: This book demonstrates the importance and potential role of Traditional Ecological Knowledge in foreseeing and curbing future global pandemics.
Автор: Steward Pickett; Richard S. Ostfeld; Moshe Shachak Название: The Ecological Basis of Conservation ISBN: 0412098512 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780412098512 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 34799.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Conservation policy is shifting away from the preservation of single endangered species toward conservation and management of the interactive networks and large-scale ecosystems on which species depend. This text offers a scientific framework for this approach.
Автор: Bartkowski Название: Economic Valuation of Biodiversity ISBN: 036715238X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367152383 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 7042.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание:
While biodiversity loss is an ecological phenomenon, it also has further dimensions - political, social and, last but not least, economic. From the economic perspective, the rapid loss of biological diversity can be viewed in two ways. First, the consequence of this deterioration process is a loss of options and an increase in scarcity of the environmental 'good', biodiversity. Second, economic activity and the structure of global and local economic institutions have frequently been identified as the major drivers of biodiversity loss. In economic terms, this constitutes a market failure - market-based economic activities lead to processes which undermine the long-term stability of these very activities.
This book provides an ecological economic perspective on the value of diversity in ecosystems. Combining insights from various sub-disciplines of ecology and environmental/ecological economics, the author constructs a conceptual framework which identifies the ways in which biodiversity influences human well-being and offers a novel, unifying perspective on the economic value of biodiversity.
This framework demonstrates that biodiversity's economic value mainly results from uncertainty about the future, regarding both supply of and demand for ecosystem services, and interconnections between ecosystems. The book goes on to identify suitable methods for economic valuation of biodiversity and discusses the currently underdeveloped and underused approach of deliberative monetary valuation.
Combining a strong theoretical framework with practical examples, this book will be of great interest to students and researchers of ecological economics, ecosystem services, environmental values and environmental and resource economics.
Автор: Martin Drechsler Название: Ecological-Economic Modelling for Biodiversity Conservation ISBN: 1108493769 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108493765 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 17266.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Essential reading for researchers and graduate students from the fields of ecology, economics or mathematical modeling who are interested in biodiversity conservation and wish to learn about the respective other discipline(s) to build integrated ecological-economic models. This book takes an intermediate level between concepts and mathematics.
Автор: Johnson Название: A Biogeoscience Approach to Ecosystems ISBN: 110704670X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107046702 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 12670.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Building our understanding of ecosystems with a synthesized biogeoscience approach, this volume focuses on the couplings between ecological processes and the geosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere. It is ideal for researchers and students in both ecology and the physical sciences.
Автор: W.D. Newmark Название: Conserving Biodiversity in East African Forests ISBN: 3642076297 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783642076299 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 23058.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Finally, shortly before arriving at the Indian Ocean, one encounters the Eastern Arc Mountains, a series of isolated and geologically ancient mountains, which due to their height and proximity to the Indian Ocean intercept sufficient precipitation to support, in many areas, moist tropical forest.
Автор: Ninan Название: The Economics of Biodiversity Conservation ISBN: 1138968285 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138968288 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 7042.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Economic valuation of biodiversity and ecosystem services is possibly the most powerful tool for halting the loss of biodiversity while maintaining incomes and livelihoods. Yet rarely have such approaches been applied to tropical forest 'hotspots', which house the vast majority of the planets plant and animal species. This ground-breaking work is the most comprehensive and detailed examination of the economics of environmental valuation and biodiversity conservation to date. Focusing on the Western Ghats of India, one of the top biodiversity hotspots in the world, this volume looks at a cross-section of local communities living within or near sanctuaries and reserve forests such as coffee growers, indigenous people and farmers-cum-pastoralists to assess the use and non-use values that people derive from tropical forests. It also looks at the extent of their dependence on forests for various goods and services, and examines their perceptions and attitudes towards biodiversity conservation and wildlife protection. The book concludes with an assessment of the institutional alternatives and policies for promoting biodiversity conservation through economic valuation methods.
Описание: This multidisciplinary book presents recent research to demonstrate the interconnected nature of the environmental challenges facing the The Great Lakes Basin in North America, and where threats to habitats and biodiversity have economic, political, national security, and cultural implications and ramifications that cross the US-Canadian border.
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