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Author : R. J. Scholes,D. A. B. Parsons
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Biogeochemical cycles
ISBN : UIUC:30112032288752
Author : R. J. Scholes,D. A. B. Parsons
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Biogeochemical cycles
ISBN : STANFORD:36105020677675
Author : Ignacio Rodríguez-Iturbe,Amilcare Porporato
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2007-02-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781139441957
This book addresses the connections between the hydrologic cycle and plant ecosystems. It will appeal to advanced students and researchers from a large range of disciplines, including environmental science, hydrology, ecology, earth science, civil and environmental engineering, agriculture, and atmospheric science.
Author : Herman Shugart,Peter White,Sassan Saatchi,Jérôme Chave
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2022-09-20
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780691226743
A marvelously illustrated look at the world’s diverse forests and their ecosystems The earth’s forests are havens of nature supporting a diversity of life. Shaped by climate and geography, these vast and dynamic wooded spaces offer unique ecosystems that shelter complex and interdependent webs of flora, fungi, and animals. The World Atlas of Trees and Forests offers a beautiful introduction to what forests are, how they work, how they grow, and how we map, assess, and conserve them. Provides the most wide-ranging coverage of the world’s forests availableTakes readers beneath the breathtaking variety of wooded canopies that span the globeProfiles a wealth of tree species, with enlightening and entertaining natural-history highlights along the wayFeatures stunning color photos, maps, and graphicsDraws on the latest cutting-edge research and technology, including satellite imagery
Author : Brian Walker,Will Steffen,Josep Canadell,John Ingram
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1999-03-25
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0521624800
Summarises understanding of global change interactions with terrestrial ecosystems.
Author : Pinki Mondal,Sonali Shukla McDermid
Publisher : MDPI
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783036505022
Global ecosystem changes are influenced by a combination of natural and anthropogenic factors. Ongoing changes in rainfall, temperature, and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere can affect natural or managed vegetation, such as forest, grassland, or farmland. Moreover, anthropogenic pressures, such as forest clearing, cattle grazing, increasing infrastructural development, intensive management, and expansion of cropland, can contribute to ecosystem degradation. This collection presents a wide range of studies examining natural and anthropogenic drivers in diverse ecosystems in Africa, Asia, and North America.
Author : Paolo D'Odorico,Amilcare Porporato
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2006-03-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781402042607
By combining the analysis of biotic and abiotic components of terrestrial ecosystems, this volume provides a synthesis of material on arid and semiarid landscapes, which is currently scattered in a number of books and journal articles. The focus on water-limited ecosystems is motivated by their high sensitivity to daily, seasonal, and decadal perturbations in water availability, and by the ecologic, climatic, and economic significance of most of the world's drylands. Conceived as a tool for scientists working in the area of the earth and environmental sciences, this book presents the basic principles of eco-hydrology as well as a broad spectrum of topics and advances in this research field. The chapters have been contributed by authors with different expertise, who work in several arid areas around the world. They describe the various interactions among the biological and physical dynamics in dryland ecosystems, starting from basic processes in the soil-vegetation-climate system, to landscape-scale hydrologic and geomorphic processes, ecohydrologic controls on soil nutrient dynamics, and multiscale analyses of disturbances and patterns.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Artificial satellites in earth sciences
ISBN : UCSD:31822009148255
Author : A. C. Davison,Yadolah Dodge,N. Wermuth
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2005-09-22
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780191524219
Sir David Cox is among the most important statisticians of the past half-century. He has made pioneering and highly influential contributions to a uniquely wide range of topics in statistics and applied probability. His teaching has inspired generations of students, and many well-known researchers have begun as his graduate students or have worked with him at early stages of their careers. Legions of others have been stimulated and enlightened by the clear, concise, and direct exposition exemplified by his many books, papers, and lectures. This book presents a collection of chapters by major statistical researchers who attended a conference held at the University of Neuchatel in July 2004 to celebrate David Cox's 80th birthday. Each chapter is carefully crafted and collectively present current developments across a wide range of research areas from epidemiology, environmental science, finance, computing and medicine. Edited by Anthony Davison, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland; Yadolah Dodge, University of Neuchatel, Switzerland; and N. Wermuth, Goteborg University, Sweden, with chapters by Ole E. Barndorff-Nielsen, Sarah C. Darby, Christina Davies, Peter J. Diggle, David Firth, Peter Hall, Valerie S. Isham, Kung-Yee Liang, Peter McCullagh, Paul McGale, Amilcare Porporato, Nancy Reid, Brian D. Ripley, Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe, Andrea Rotnitzky, Neil Shephard, Scott L. Zeger, and including a brief biography of David Cox, this book is suitable for students of statistics, epidemiology, environmental science, finance, computing and medicine, and academic and practising statisticians.
Author : Christina Skarpe,Johan T. du Toit,Stein R. Moe
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781118858585
During the nineteenth century, ivory hunting caused a substantial decrease of elephant numbers in southern Africa. Soon after that, populations of many other large and medium-sized herbivores went into steep decline due to the rinderpest pandemic in the 1890s. These two events provided an opportunity for woodland establishment in areas previously intensively utilized by elephants and other herbivores. The return of elephants to currently protected areas of their former range has greatly influenced vegetation locally and the resulting potential negative effects on biodiversity are causing concern among stakeholders, managers, and scientists. This book focuses on the ecological effects of the increasing elephant population in northern Botswana, presenting the importance of the elephants for the heterogeneity of the system, and showing that elephant ecology involves much wider spatiotemporal scales than was previously thought. Drawing on the results of their research, the authors discuss elephant-caused effects on vegetation in nutrient-rich and nutrient-poor savannas, and the potential competition between elephants on the one hand and browsers and mixed feeders on the other. Ultimately this text provides a comprehensive review of ecological processes in African savannas, covering long-term ecosystem changes and human-wildlife conflicts. It summarises new knowledge on the ecology of the sub-humid African savanna ecosystems to advance the general functional understanding of savanna ecosystems across moisture and nutrient gradients.
Author : Alan Terry
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317047896
Using case studies from Africa, South America, Asia and the Caribbean, this book examines the progress made in uniting national aspirations of sustainable development strategies with their local implementation. Comparing the situation on the ground with formal national environmental action plans, the book compares progress, or the lack of progress, between different sectors, cultures, regions and resources throughout the developing world. It examines whether local knowledge and actions are undermining national aspirations or whether they are being ignored at the national level with detrimental consequences to sustainable development. The measurement of sustainable development, the role of formal and informal education in sustainable development and the significance of diverse voices in the practice of sustainable development are considered. The book draws lessons from those cases which appear to be experiencing positive moves towards sustainability and examines whether common frameworks exist which suggest that good practice may be transferable from one milieu to another.
Author : Stephen Young,Steven Silvern
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 491 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2012-02-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789533078151
Environmental change is increasingly considered a critical topic for researchers across multiple disciplines, as well as policy makers throughout the world. Mounting evidence shows that environments in every part of the globe are undergoing tremendous human-induced change. Population growth, urbanization and the expansion of the global economy are putting increasing pressure on ecosystems around the planet. To understand the causes and consequences of environmental change, the contributors to this book employ spatial and non-spatial data, diverse theoretical perspectives and cutting edge research tools such as GIS, remote sensing and other relevant technologies. International Perspectives on Global Environmental Change brings together research from around the world to explore the complexities of contemporary, and historical environmental change. As an InTech open source publication current and cutting edge research methodologies and research results are quickly published for the academic policy-making communities. Dimensions of environmental change explored in this volume include: Climate change Historical environmental change Biological responses to environmental change Land use and land cover change Policy and management for environmental change
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Kalahari Desert
ISBN : STANFORD:36105110659203
Author : Marion Potschin,Roy Haines-Young,Robert Fish,R. Kerry Turner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 929 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2016-01-22
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781317687030
The idea that nature provides services to people is one of the most powerful concepts to have emerged over the last two decades. It is shaping our understanding of the role that biodiverse ecosystems play in the environment and their benefits for humankind. As a result, there is a growing interest in operational and methodological issues surrounding ecosystem services amongst environmental managers, and many institutions are now developing teaching programmes to equip the next generation with the skills needed to apply the concepts more effectively. This handbook provides a comprehensive reference text on ecosystem services, integrating natural and social science (including economics). Collectively the chapters, written by the world's leading authorities, demonstrate the importance of biodiversity for people, policy and practice. They also show how the value of ecosystems to society can be expressed in monetary and non-monetary terms, so that the environment can be better taken into account in decision making. The significance of the ecosystem service paradigm is that it helps us redefine and better communicate the relationships between people and nature. It is shown how these are essential to resolving challenges such as sustainable development and poverty reduction, and the creation of a green economy in developing and developed world contexts.
Author : Jacques Roy,Bernard Saugier,Harold A. Mooney
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0125052901
Trophic levels.