Riparian Research And Management Past Present Future Volume 1

Author : U.S. Department of Agriculture
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2019-04-06
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780359573776

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Riparian Research and Management: Past, Present, Future: Volume 1 by U.S. Department of Agriculture Pdf

Fifty years ago, riparian habitats were not recognized for their extensive and critical contributions to wildlife and the ecosystem function of watersheds. This changed as riparian values were identified and documented, and the science of riparian ecology developed steadily. Papers in this volume range from the more mesic northwestern United States to the arid Southwest and Mexico. More than two dozen authors?most with decades of experience?review the origins of riparian science in the western United States, document what is currently known about riparian ecosystems, and project future needs. Topics are widespread and include: interactions with fire, climate change, and declining water; impacts from exotic species; unintended consequences of biological control; the role of small mammals; watershed response to beavers; watershed and riparian changes; changes below large dams; water birds of the Colorado River Delta; and terrestrial vertebrates of mesquite bosques.

Author : Joan L. Florsheim,Alison P. O’Dowd,Anne Chin
Publisher : Geological Society of America
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780813725628

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Biogeomorphic Responses to Wildfire in Fluvial Ecosystems by Joan L. Florsheim,Alison P. O’Dowd,Anne Chin Pdf

Author : Jean-Luc E. Cartron,Jennifer K. Frey
Publisher : University of New Mexico Press
Page : 1145 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2024-02-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780826351531

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Wild Carnivores of New Mexico by Jean-Luc E. Cartron,Jennifer K. Frey Pdf

In this first-ever landmark study of New Mexico's wild carnivores, Jean-Luc E. Cartron and Jennifer K. Frey have assembled a team of leading southwestern biologists to explore the animals and the major issues that shape their continued presence in the state and region. The book includes discussions on habitat, evolving or altered ecosystems, and new discoveries about animal behavior and range, and it also provides details on the distribution, habitat associations, life history, population status, management, and conservation needs of individual carnivore species in New Mexico. Like Cartron's award-winning Raptors of New Mexico, Wild Carnivores of New Mexico shares the same emphasis on scientific rigor and thoroughness, high readability, and visual appeal. Each chapter is illustrated with numerous color photographs to help readers visualize unique morphological or life-history traits, habitat, research techniques, and management and conservation issues.

Author : Riikka Linnakoski,Risto Kasanen,Aikaterini Dounavi,Kristian Forbes
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2020-01-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9782889633074

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Forest Health Under Climate Change: Effects on Tree Resilience, and Pest and Pathogen Dynamics by Riikka Linnakoski,Risto Kasanen,Aikaterini Dounavi,Kristian Forbes Pdf

Author : Daniel Laughlin
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2023-07-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780192867940

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Plant Strategies by Daniel Laughlin Pdf

How do plants make a living? Some plants are gamblers, others are swindlers. Some plants are habitual spenders while others are strugglers and miserly savers. Plants have evolved a spectacular array of solutions to the existential problems of survival and reproduction in a world where resources are scarce, disturbances can be deadly, and competition is cut-throat. Few topics have both captured the imagination and furrowed the brows of plant ecologists, yet no topic is more important for understanding the assembly of plant communities, predicting plant responses to global change, and enhancing the restoration of our rapidly degrading biosphere. The vast array of plant strategy models that characterize the discipline now require synthesis. These models tend to emphasize either life history strategies based on demography, or functional strategies based on ecophysiology. Indeed, this disciplinary divide between demography and physiology runs deep and continues to this today. The goal of this accessible book is to articulate a coherent framework that unifies life history theory with comparative functional ecology to advance prediction in plant ecology. Armed with a deeper understanding of the dimensionality of life history and functional traits, we are now equipped to quantitively link phenotypes to population growth rates across gradients of resource availability and disturbance regimes. Predicting how species respond to global change is perhaps the most important challenge of our time. A robust framework for plant strategy theory will advance this research agenda by testing the generality of traits for predicting population dynamics.

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee on Riparian Zone Functioning and Strategies for Management
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2002-10-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309082952

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Riparian Areas by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee on Riparian Zone Functioning and Strategies for Management Pdf

The Clean Water Act (CWA) requires that wetlands be protected from degradation because of their important ecological functions including maintenance of high water quality and provision of fish and wildlife habitat. However, this protection generally does not encompass riparian areasâ€"the lands bordering rivers and lakesâ€"even though they often provide the same functions as wetlands. Growing recognition of the similarities in wetland and riparian area functioning and the differences in their legal protection led the NRC in 1999 to undertake a study of riparian areas, which has culminated in Riparian Areas: Functioning and Strategies for Management. The report is intended to heighten awareness of riparian areas commensurate with their ecological and societal values. The primary conclusion is that, because riparian areas perform a disproportionate number of biological and physical functions on a unit area basis, restoration of riparian functions along America's waterbodies should be a national goal.

Author : Timothy Quinn,George F. Wilhere,Kirk L. Krueger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Marine ecological regions
ISBN : OCLC:1382486891

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Riparian Ecosystems, Volume 1 by Timothy Quinn,George F. Wilhere,Kirk L. Krueger Pdf

Author : Nova J. Silvy
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 1133 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781421401591

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The Wildlife Techniques Manual by Nova J. Silvy Pdf

A standard text in a variety of courses, the Techniques Manual, as it is commonly called, covers every aspect of modern wildlife management and provides practical information for applying the hundreds of methods described in its pages. To effectively incorporate the explosion of new information in the wildlife profession, this latest edition is logically organized into a two-volume set: Volume 1 is devoted to research techniques and Volume 2 focuses on management methodologies.

Author : William S. Platts
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Riparian ecology
ISBN : UCR:31210020137160

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Methods for Evaluating Riparian Habitats with Applications to Management by William S. Platts Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35556031228133

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Paradise-Denio Livestock Grazing Management by Anonim Pdf

Author : M. Ibrahim Khan,M. Rafiqul Islam
Publisher : Nova Publishers
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1600212034

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True Sustainability in Technological Development and Natural Resource Management by M. Ibrahim Khan,M. Rafiqul Islam Pdf

The word 'sustainability' is frequently misunderstood because there are numerous definitions of sustainability and not even two definitions have converging meanings. Instead of achieving 'sustainability', some of the sustainable development projects aggravate ecological and other problems, as painfully evidenced in numerous experimental projects. This book attempts to improve our understanding of what it means to be sustainable by exploring several different sustainability projects and techniques.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Forests and forestry
ISBN : UOM:39015014925203

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General Technical Report RM. by Anonim Pdf

Author : Cathy W. Dahms
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Forest ecology
ISBN : MINN:31951D03001157T

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An Assessment of Forest Ecosystem Health in the Southwest by Cathy W. Dahms Pdf

This report documents an ecological assessment of forest ecosystem health in the Southwest. The assessment focuses at the regional level and mostly pertains to lands administered by the National Forest System. Information is presented for use by forest and district resource managers as well as collaborative partners in the stewardship of Southwestern forests. The report establishes a scientific basis for conducting forest health projects, provides a context for planning ecosystem restoration, and contributes to the understanding of the physical, biological, and human dimensions of these ecosystems. Chapters describe Southwestern forest ecosystems of the past, changes since the Colonial Period, and the implications of those changes for the health of current and future forests. Opportunities, tools, and research needs for improving ecosystem sustainability are also identified.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : National Technical Info Svc
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : MINN:31951D01965537O

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Stream Corridor Restoration by Anonim Pdf

This document is a cooperative effort among fifteen Federal agencies and partners to produce a common reference on stream corridor restoration. It responds to a growing national and international interest in restoring stream corridors.

Author : M. Bonell,L. A. Bruijnzeel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 970 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2009-12-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 1139443844

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Forests, Water and People in the Humid Tropics by M. Bonell,L. A. Bruijnzeel Pdf

Forests, Water and People in the Humid Tropics is a comprehensive review of the hydrological and physiological functioning of tropical rain forests, the environmental impacts of their disturbance and conversion to other land uses, and optimum strategies for managing them. The book brings together leading specialists in such diverse fields as tropical anthropology and human geography, environmental economics, climatology and meteorology, hydrology, geomorphology, plant and aquatic ecology, forestry and conservation agronomy. The editors have supplemented the individual contributions with invaluable overviews of the main sections and provide key pointers for future research. Specialists will find authenticated detail in chapters written by experts on a whole range of people-water-land use issues, managers and practitioners will learn more about the implications of ongoing and planned forest conversion, while scientists and students will appreciate a unique review of the literature.