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Arthropod Diversity and Conservation
Av David L. Hawksworth, Alan T. Bull
Inbunden, 2006
2188 kr
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Despite their enormous bulk and complexity of architecture, plants make up only around a quarter of a million of the 8 million or so species on Earth. The major components of biodiversity, instead, are the smaller, largely unseen, silent majority of invertebrates – most of which are arthropods. …
Forest Diversity and Management
Av David L. Hawksworth, Alan T. Bull
Inbunden, 2006
3279 kr
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Natural forests with thousands of years of ecological continuity are unrivalled as the treasure store of terrestrial biodiversity on Earth. And while there is currently no fully comprehensive inventory of the biota associated with any given forest, it is reasonable to assume that in conserving …
Human Exploitation and Biodiversity Conservation
Av David L. Hawksworth, Alan T. Bull
Inbunden, 2006
2188 kr
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This book gathers together a wide range of contributions addressing diverse aspects of front-line human involvement in biodiversity exploitation and conservation. As such they collectively provide a snap-shot of on-going action and state-of-the-art research, rather than a series of necessarily more …
Marine, Freshwater, and Wetlands Biodiversity Conservation
Av David L. Hawksworth, Alan T. Bull
Inbunden, 2007
2188 kr
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Marine, coastal and wetland habitats are threatened, not only through exploitation, but also by the prospect of climate change – as ocean currents change course, sea levels rise, and rainfall patterns change. Even the once-common cod is now under threat from the combined effects of over-fishing and …
Vertebrate Conservation and Biodiversity
Av David L. Hawksworth, Alan T. Bull
Inbunden, 2007
2188 kr
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The structure and function of grasslands worldwide have been disrupted by habitat fragmentation, the removal of native grazers and altered ?re frequency (Samson and Knopf 1994). Such changes threaten the integrity of native grassland communities of plants and animals in many ways and at many levels …
Plant Conservation and Biodiversity
Av David L. Hawksworth, Alan T. Bull
Inbunden, 2007
2188 kr
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Non-timber forest products (NTFP) hold economic and cultural signi?cance for millions of people across the globe. For instance, hundreds of millions of rural peoples currently derive a signi?cant portion of both their subsistence needs and cash income from gathered plant and animal products (Iqbal …
Biodiversity and Conservation in Europe
Av David L. Hawksworth, Alan T. Bull
Inbunden, 2007
2188 kr
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This book brings together a selection of original studies submitted to Biodiversity and Conservation that address biodiversity and conservation in Europe. Europe is certainly the most intensively inventoried region of the world; detailed maps are available for species distributions while action …
GMOs
Implications for Biodiversity Conservation and Ecological Processes
Av Anurag Chaurasia, David L. Hawksworth m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
1861 kr
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This book covers a broad spectrum of topics related to GMOs and allied new gene-based technologies, biodiversity, and ecosystem processes, bringing together the contributions of researchers and regulators from around the world. The aim is to offer a clear view of the benefits and effects of …
GMOs
Implications for Biodiversity Conservation and Ecological Processes
Av Anurag Chaurasia, David L. Hawksworth m. fl.
Häftad, 2021
1861 kr
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This book covers a broad spectrum of topics related to GMOs and allied new gene-based technologies, biodiversity, and ecosystem processes, bringing together the contributions of researchers and regulators from around the world. The aim is to offer a clear view of the benefits and effects of …
Biodiversity Islands: Strategies for Conservation in Human-Dominated Environments
Inbunden, 2022
2515 kr
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This book is intended to provide an overview for the identification and establishment of biodiversity islands. It presents examples and case studies where the biodiversity islands approach is being used in a variety of locations and contexts worldwide. It will contribute to design parameters on …
Biodiversity Islands: Strategies for Conservation in Human-Dominated Environments
Strategies for Conservation in Human-Dominated Environments
Häftad, 2023
1806 kr
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This book is intended to provide an overview for the identification and establishment of biodiversity islands. It presents examples and case studies where the biodiversity islands approach is being used in a variety of locations and contexts worldwide. It will contribute to design parameters on …
Plant Diversity and Conservation Strategies of the Himalayan Biodiversity Hotspot
Av Dipayan Das, Payel Paul m. fl.
Inbunden, 2026
2188 kr
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The Himalayas, also known as the Roof of the World, is a vital biodiversity hotspot, encompassing steep slopes, snow-capped peaks, and glaciers. Despite its richness in montane flora, it ranks fourth among the world's most threatened biodiversity hotspots due to urbanization, industrialization, and …
Biodiversity Conservation and Phylogenetic Systematics
Preserving our evolutionary heritage in an extinction crisis
Av Roseli Pellens, Philippe Grandcolas
Inbunden, 2016
551 kr
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This book is about phylogenetic diversity as an approach to reduce biodiversity losses in this period of mass extinction. Chapters in the first section deal with questions such as the way we value phylogenetic diversity among other criteria for biodiversity conservation; the choice of measures; the …
Naturalists, Explorers and Field Scientists in South-East Asia and Australasia
Av Indraneil Das, Andrew Alek Tuen
Inbunden, 2016
1098 kr
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"Alfred Russel Wallace- His Predecessors and Successors. Naturalists, Explorers and Field Scientists in South-east Asia and Australasia. An International Conference" will be the premier forum for the presentation of new advances and research results in the fields of studies on Alfred Russel …
Bioprospecting
Success, Potential and Constraints
Av Russell Paterson, Nelson Lima
Inbunden, 2016
1500 kr
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This book considers all aspects of bioprospecting in 14 succinct chapters and a forward by David Hawksworth. The organisms addressed include plants, insects, fungi, bacteria and phages. Bioprospecting has never been more relevant and is of renewed interest, because of the extremely worrying rise in …
Exploring Studbooks for Wildlife Management and Conservation
Inbunden, 2016
1861 kr
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Many endangered species of wild animals are managed in captivity through studbooks. In this book these data-rich resources are mined in innovative, integrated and statistically tested ways to maximise information gain for conservation practice – whether for captive or released/reintroduced or …
Biodiversity Conservation and Phylogenetic Systematics
Preserving our evolutionary heritage in an extinction crisis
Av Roseli Pellens, Philippe Grandcolas
Häftad, 2018
551 kr
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This book is about phylogenetic diversity as an approach to reduce biodiversity losses in this period of mass extinction. Chapters in the first section deal with questions such as the way we value phylogenetic diversity among other criteria for biodiversity conservation; the choice of measures; the …
Naturalists, Explorers and Field Scientists in South-East Asia and Australasia
Av Indraneil Das, Andrew Alek Tuen
Häftad, 2018
1098 kr
Lägg i varukorg
"Alfred Russel Wallace- His Predecessors and Successors. Naturalists, Explorers and Field Scientists in South-east Asia and Australasia. An International Conference" will be the premier forum for the presentation of new advances and research results in the fields of studies on Alfred Russel …
Bioprospecting
Success, Potential and Constraints
Av Russell Paterson, Nelson Lima
Häftad, 2018
1500 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book considers all aspects of bioprospecting in 14 succinct chapters and a forward by David Hawksworth. The organisms addressed include plants, insects, fungi, bacteria and phages. Bioprospecting has never been more relevant and is of renewed interest, because of the extremely worrying rise in …
Exploring Studbooks for Wildlife Management and Conservation
Häftad, 2018
1861 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Many endangered species of wild animals are managed in captivity through studbooks. In this book these data-rich resources are mined in innovative, integrated and statistically tested ways to maximise information gain for conservation practice – whether for captive or released/reintroduced or …
Protist Diversity and Geographical Distribution
Av W. Foissner, David Leslie Hawksworth
Inbunden, 2009
2515 kr
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Conservation and biodiversity of protists The conservation of biodiversity is not just an issue of plants and vertebrates. It is the scarcely visible invertebrates and myriads of other microscopic organisms that are crucial to the maintenance of ecological processes on which all larger organisms …
Plantation Forests and Biodiversity: Oxymoron or Opportunity?
Av Eckehard G. Brockerhoff, Hervé Jactel m. fl.
Inbunden, 2009
1643 kr
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1 Plantation forests and biodiversity: Oxymoron or opportunity? Forests form the natural vegetation over much of the Earth’s land, and they are critical for the survival of innumerable organisms. The ongoing loss of natural forests, which in some regions may have taken many millennia to develop, is …
Management and the Conservation of Biodiversity
Inbunden, 2009
1643 kr
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This book brings together a selection of 21 original studies submitted to Biodiversity and Conservation that address aspects of management for the conservation of biodiversity. The topics addressed include: lessons from the Northern spotted owl saga, hidden costs of implementing the EU Habitats …
Methods and Practice in Biodiversity Conservation
Inbunden, 2009
2188 kr
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This book brings together a selection of 22 original studies submitted to Biodiversity and Conservation that address aspects of methods and practice in biodiversity conservation. The contributions deal with a wide variety of approaches to site selection and management, especially the use of …
Arthropod Diversity and Conservation
Av David L. Hawksworth, Alan T. Bull
Häftad, 2010
2188 kr
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Despite their enormous bulk and complexity of architecture, plants make up only around a quarter of a million of the 8 million or so species on Earth. The major components of biodiversity, instead, are the smaller, largely unseen, silent majority of invertebrates – most of which are arthropods. …
Forest Diversity and Management
Av David L. Hawksworth, Alan T. Bull
Häftad, 2010
3279 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Natural forests with thousands of years of ecological continuity are unrivalled as the treasure store of terrestrial biodiversity on Earth. And while there is currently no fully comprehensive inventory of the biota associated with any given forest, it is reasonable to assume that in conserving …
Human Exploitation and Biodiversity Conservation
Av David L. Hawksworth, Alan T. Bull
Häftad, 2010
2188 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book gathers together a wide range of contributions addressing diverse aspects of front-line human involvement in biodiversity exploitation and conservation. As such they collectively provide a snap-shot of on-going action and state-of-the-art research, rather than a series of necessarily more …
Marine, Freshwater, and Wetlands Biodiversity Conservation
Av David L. Hawksworth, Alan T. Bull
Häftad, 2010
2188 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Marine, coastal and wetland habitats are threatened, not only through exploitation, but also by the prospect of climate change – as ocean currents change course, sea levels rise, and rainfall patterns change. Even the once-common cod is now under threat from the combined effects of over-fishing and …
Vertebrate Conservation and Biodiversity
Av David L. Hawksworth, Alan T. Bull
Häftad, 2010
2188 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The structure and function of grasslands worldwide have been disrupted by habitat fragmentation, the removal of native grazers and altered ?re frequency (Samson and Knopf 1994). Such changes threaten the integrity of native grassland communities of plants and animals in many ways and at many levels …
Plant Conservation and Biodiversity
Av David L. Hawksworth, Alan T. Bull
Häftad, 2010
2188 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Non-timber forest products (NTFP) hold economic and cultural signi?cance for millions of people across the globe. For instance, hundreds of millions of rural peoples currently derive a signi?cant portion of both their subsistence needs and cash income from gathered plant and animal products (Iqbal …
