Issues, Cases, and Methods in Biodiversity Conservation – serie
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16 produkter
Remote Sensing Imagery for Natural Resource Monitoring
A Guide for First-Time Users
Häftad, 1996
308 kr
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-- Ecoscience
Conserving Wildlife
International Education and Communication Approaches
Häftad, 1995
847 kr
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This volume documents 25 programmes that have contributed, through education and widening channels of communication, to the conservation of wildlife and natural resources. Case studies range from a national park programme in Borneo to water quality improvement in the Michigan River.
Tropical Deforestation
Small Farmers and Land Clearing in the Ecudorian Amazon
Av Thomas Rudel, Bruce Horowitz m. fl.
Häftad, 1993
308 kr
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Addressing decades of rain forest destruction, concerned scientists, often in concert with various environmental movements, have amassed an impressive amount of information on deforestation in areas throughout the world. In Tropical Forests, Rudel draws upon hundreds of these studies to develop a …
Bison
Mating and Conservation in Small Populations
Av Carol Cunningham, Joel Berger
Inbunden, 1994
1256 kr
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This examination of a depopulated species, the North American bison, provides insights into the past and present behaviour and ecology of what was once the continent's largest terrestrial mammal. The authors' research, conducted over a five-year period, attempts to resolve such questions as: what …
Population Management for Survival and Recovery
Analytical Methods and Strategies in Small Population Conservation
Av Jonathan Ballou, Michael Gilpin m. fl.
Inbunden, 1995
1381 kr
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Places the converging disciplines of wildlife management and captive management in the context of the developing field of population and habitat viability analysis. The contributors explore the science of the demographic management of small populations, both in zoos and in the wild.
At the End of the Rainbow?
Gold, Land, and People in the Brazilian Amazon
Inbunden, 1995
1920 kr
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Throughout the 1980s, a combination of widespread poverty and favorable gold prices encouraged hoards of wildcat miners to penetrate some of the Amazon's rainforest headwaters in search of new deposits. Now, hundreds of makeshift camps threaten the future of both the rainforest and the indigenous …
At the End of the Rainbow?
Gold, Land, and People in the Brazilian Amazon
Häftad, 1995
617 kr
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Throughout the 1980s, a combination of widespread poverty and favorable gold prices encouraged hoards of wildcat miners to penetrate some of the Amazon's rainforest headwaters in search of new deposits. Now, hundreds of makeshift camps threaten the future of both the rainforest and the indigenous …
Research Techniques in Animal Ecology
Controversies and Consequences
Häftad, 2000
522 kr
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The present biodiversity crisis is rife with opportunities to make important conservation decisions; however, the misuse or misapplication of the methods and techniques of animal ecology can have serious consequences for the survival of species. Still, there have been relatively few critical …
Applying Nature's Design
Corridors as a Strategy for Biodiversity Conservation
Av Anthony Anderson, Clinton Jenkins
Inbunden, 2006
1209 kr
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The fragmenting of habitats is endangering animal populations and degrading or destroying many plant populations throughout the world. To address this problem, conservationists have increasingly turned to biological corridors, areas of land set aside to facilitate the movement of species and …
Applying Nature's Design
Corridors as a Strategy for Biodiversity Conservation
Av Anthony Anderson, Clinton Jenkins
Häftad, 2006
847 kr
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The fragmenting of habitats is endangering animal populations and degrading or destroying many plant populations throughout the world. To address this problem, conservationists have increasingly turned to biological corridors, areas of land set aside to facilitate the movement of species and …
Remote Sensing Imagery for Natural Resource Monitoring
A Guide for First-Time Users
Inbunden, 1996
1127 kr
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-- Ecoscience
Exploring Agrodiversity
Inbunden, 2001
1208 kr
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Small farmers are often viewed as engaging in wasteful practices that wreak ecological havoc. Exploring Agrodiversity sets the record straight: Small farmers are in fact ingenious and inventive and engage in a diverse range of land-management strategies, many of them resourcefully geared toward …
Exploring Agrodiversity
Häftad, 2001
524 kr
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Small farmers are often viewed as engaging in wasteful practices that wreak ecological havoc. Exploring Agrodiversity sets the record straight: Small farmers are in fact ingenious and inventive and engage in a diverse range of land-management strategies, many of them resourcefully geared toward …
Natural Resource Valuation and Policy in Brazil
Methods and Cases
Av Peter H. May
Inbunden, 1999
979 kr
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-- Emma L. Tompkins, Environmental Politics
Natural Resource Valuation and Policy in Brazil
Av Peter May
Häftad, 2000
428 kr
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Brazil's environmental problems, especially Amazon deforestation, have attracted considerable attention, particularly in the developed world. Peter May brings a sharper and more critical focus to bear on this topic by offering a general overview and seven microeconomic case studies on particular …
