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22 produkter
Science and Conservation in the Galapagos Islands
Frameworks & Perspectives
Av Stephen J. Walsh, Carlos F. Mena
Inbunden, 2012
1098 kr
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In this launch of the Galapagos series, this book provides a broad “framing” assessment of the current status of social and ecological systems in the Galapagos Islands, and the feedback that explicitly links people to the environment. It also highlights the challenges to conservation imposed by …
Evolution from the Galapagos
Two Centuries after Darwin
Av Gabriel Trueba, Carlos Montúfar
Inbunden, 2013
1098 kr
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This volume is a collection of the some of the most significant lectures that well-known experts presented at our two international “summits on evolution” (2005, 2009) as updated and revised chapters. The meetings took place on one of the large islands of the Galapagos archipelago (San Cristobal) …
Evolution from the Galapagos
Two Centuries after Darwin
Av Gabriel Trueba, Carlos Montúfar
Häftad, 2015
1098 kr
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This volume is a collection of the some of the most significant lectures that well-known experts presented at our two international “summits on evolution” (2005, 2009) as updated and revised chapters. The meetings took place on one of the large islands of the Galapagos archipelago (San Cristobal) …
Science and Conservation in the Galapagos Islands
Frameworks & Perspectives
Av Stephen J. Walsh, Carlos F. Mena
Häftad, 2015
1098 kr
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In this launch of the Galapagos series, this book provides a broad “framing” assessment of the current status of social and ecological systems in the Galapagos Islands, and the feedback that explicitly links people to the environment. It also highlights the challenges to conservation imposed by …
Land Cover and Land Use Change on Islands
Social & Ecological Threats to Sustainability
Av Stephen J. Walsh, Diego Riveros-Iregui m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
1098 kr
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Globalization is not a new phenomenon, but it is posing new challenges to humans and natural ecosystems in the 21st century. From climate change to increasingly mobile human populations to the global economy, the relationship between humans and their environment is being modified in ways that will …
Land Cover and Land Use Change on Islands
Social & Ecological Threats to Sustainability
Av Stephen J. Walsh, Diego Riveros-Iregui m. fl.
Häftad, 2021
1098 kr
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Globalization is not a new phenomenon, but it is posing new challenges to humans and natural ecosystems in the 21st century. From climate change to increasingly mobile human populations to the global economy, the relationship between humans and their environment is being modified in ways that will …
Water, Food and Human Health in the Galapagos, Ecuador
"A Little World Within Itself"
Av Amanda L. Thompson, Valeria Ochoa-Herrera m. fl.
Inbunden, 2022
1580 kr
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In this book, we bring together interdisciplinary scholars and clinicians in medicine, public health, anthropology, nutrition, environmental sciences, and geography from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, the Ministry of Health and the Hospital …
Water, Food and Human Health in the Galapagos, Ecuador
"A Little World Within Itself"
Av Amanda L. Thompson, Valeria Ochoa-Herrera m. fl.
Häftad, 2023
1128 kr
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In this book, we bring together interdisciplinary scholars and clinicians in medicine, public health, anthropology, nutrition, environmental sciences, and geography from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, the Ministry of Health and the Hospital …
Island Ecosystems
Challenges to Sustainability
Av Stephen J. Walsh, Carlos F. Mena m. fl.
Inbunden, 2023
1643 kr
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Sustainable development is a process to improve the quality of life of people, while maintaining the ability of social–ecological systems to continue to provide valuable ecological services that social systems require. In the Galapagos Islands, the maintenance of amenity resources to support …
Island Ecosystems
Challenges to Sustainability
Av Stephen J. Walsh, Carlos F. Mena m. fl.
Häftad, 2024
1643 kr
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Sustainable development is a process to improve the quality of life of people, while maintaining the ability of social–ecological systems to continue to provide valuable ecological services that social systems require. In the Galapagos Islands, the maintenance of amenity resources to support …
Human Galapagos
Boundaries, Territories and Places
Av John Dunn Insua, Ximena Córdova m. fl.
Inbunden, 2026
1752 kr
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The book takes a multidisciplinary approach to the spatial configuration of the Galapagos Islands from the human dimension and the socio-ecological interactions of the borders, territories, and places that build up the archipelago, using San Cristóbal Island as a case study. It does not limit …
Galapagos Marine Reserve
A Dynamic Social-Ecological System
Av Judith Denkinger, Luis Vinueza
Inbunden, 2014
1098 kr
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This book focuses on how marine systems respond to natural and anthropogenic perturbations (ENSO, overfishing, pollution, tourism, invasive species, climate-change). Authors explain in their chapters how this information can guide management and conservation actions to help orient and better …
Darwin, Darwinism and Conservation in the Galapagos Islands
The Legacy of Darwin and its New Applications
Inbunden, 2016
1316 kr
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The book explores how Darwin´s legendary and mythologized visit to the Galapagos affected the socioecosystems of the Islands, as well as the cultural and intellectual traditions of Ecuador and Latin America. It highlights in what way the connection between Darwin and the Galapagos has had real, …
Galapagos Marine Reserve
A Dynamic Social-Ecological System
Av Judith Denkinger, Luis Vinueza
Häftad, 2016
1098 kr
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This book focuses on how marine systems respond to natural and anthropogenic perturbations (ENSO, overfishing, pollution, tourism, invasive species, climate-change). Authors explain in their chapters how this information can guide management and conservation actions to help orient and better …
Disease Ecology
Galapagos Birds and their Parasites
Inbunden, 2017
1098 kr
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This book provides the first collection of chapters written by scientists who have contributed to the understanding of disease ecology in the Galapagos Islands, an iconic and historic natural site. The Galapagos Archipelago straddles the equator in the eastern Pacific Ocean, almost 1000 km off the …
Understanding Invasive Species in the Galapagos Islands
From the Molecular to the Landscape
Av María de Lourdes Torres, Carlos F. Mena
Inbunden, 2018
1098 kr
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This book investigates the introduction of invasive species and their behavior in oceanic islands. How can we define invasive species? What is their history? How did they come to dominate and transform ecosystems? These are relevant questions when trying to understand the behavior of invasive …
Sustainable Energy Mix in Fragile Environments
Frameworks and Perspectives
Inbunden, 2018
1098 kr
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The purpose of this book is to present a range of cases and comparison of the issues, insights and cases emerging from the Sustainable Energy Mix Summit in the Galapagos that offer a better understanding of energy mix in fragile environments from a variety of International locations and contexts …
Darwin, Darwinism and Conservation in the Galapagos Islands
The Legacy of Darwin and its New Applications
Häftad, 2018
1463 kr
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The book explores how Darwin´s legendary and mythologized visit to the Galapagos affected the socioecosystems of the Islands, as well as the cultural and intellectual traditions of Ecuador and Latin America. It highlights in what way the connection between Darwin and the Galapagos has had real, …
Disease Ecology
Galapagos Birds and their Parasites
Häftad, 2018
1098 kr
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This book provides the first collection of chapters written by scientists who have contributed to the understanding of disease ecology in the Galapagos Islands, an iconic and historic natural site. The Galapagos Archipelago straddles the equator in the eastern Pacific Ocean, almost 1000 km off the …
Understanding Invasive Species in the Galapagos Islands
From the Molecular to the Landscape
Av María de Lourdes Torres, Carlos F. Mena
Häftad, 2019
1098 kr
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This book investigates the introduction of invasive species and their behavior in oceanic islands. How can we define invasive species? What is their history? How did they come to dominate and transform ecosystems? These are relevant questions when trying to understand the behavior of invasive …
Sustainable Energy Mix in Fragile Environments
Frameworks and Perspectives
Häftad, 2019
1098 kr
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The purpose of this book is to present a range of cases and comparison of the issues, insights and cases emerging from the Sustainable Energy Mix Summit in the Galapagos that offer a better understanding of energy mix in fragile environments from a variety of International locations and contexts …
Urban Galapagos
Transition to Sustainability in Complex Adaptive Systems
Av Thomas Kvan, Justyna Karakiewicz
Inbunden, 2018
1098 kr
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This book addresses the future of urbanisation on the Galapagos Islands from a systems, governance and design perspective with the competing parameters of liveability, economic and ecological, using the Galapagos as a laboratory for the theoretical and postulative understanding of evolving …
