Valuing Chaparral

Author : Emma C. Underwood,Hugh D. Safford,Nicole A. Molinari,Jon E. Keeley
Publisher : Springer
Page : 467 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2018-04-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319683034

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Valuing Chaparral by Emma C. Underwood,Hugh D. Safford,Nicole A. Molinari,Jon E. Keeley Pdf

Chaparral shrubland ecosystems are an iconic feature of the California landscape, and a highly biodiverse yet highly flammable backdrop to some of the fastest growing urban areas in the United States. Chaparral-type ecosystems are a common element of all of the world’s Mediterranean-type climate regions – of which California is one – yet there is little public appreciation of the intrinsic value and the ecosystem services that these landscapes provide. Valuing Chaparral is a compendium of contributions from experts in chaparral ecology and management, with a focus on the human relationship with chaparral ecosystems. Chapters cover a wide variety of subjects, ranging from biodiversity to ecosystem services like water provision, erosion control, carbon sequestration and recreation; from the history of human interactions with chaparral to current education and conservation efforts; and from chaparral restoration and management to scenarios of the future under changing climate, land use, and human population. Valuing Chaparral will be of interest to resource managers, the research community, policy makers, and the public who live and work in the chaparral dominated landscapes of California and other Mediterranean-type climate regions.

Author : George Bebis,Bo Li,Angela Yao,Yang Liu,Ye Duan,Manfred Lau,Rajiv Khadka,Ana Crisan,Remco Chang
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2022-12-10
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783031207136

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Advances in Visual Computing by George Bebis,Bo Li,Angela Yao,Yang Liu,Ye Duan,Manfred Lau,Rajiv Khadka,Ana Crisan,Remco Chang Pdf

This two-volume set of LNCS 13598 and 13599 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th International Symposium on Visual Computing, ISVC 2022, which was held in October 2022. The 61 papers presented in these volumes were carefully reviewed and selected from 110 submissions. They are organized in the following topical sections: Part I: ​deep learning I; visualization; object detection and recognition; deep learning II; video analysis and event recognition; computer graphics; ST: biomedical imaging techniques for cancer detection, diagnosis and management. Part II: ​ST: neuro-inspired artificia intelligence; applications; segmentation and tracking; virtual reality; poster.

Author : Anil K. Sharma,Raj K. Keservani,Surya Prakash Gautam
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-24
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781000754193

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Herbal Product Development by Anil K. Sharma,Raj K. Keservani,Surya Prakash Gautam Pdf

This new volume, Herbal Product Development: Formulation and Applications, addresses some of the challenges that hinder the path of successful natural products from laboratory to market. Highly skilled, experienced, and renowned scientists and researchers from around the globe offer up-to-date information that describes characteristics of herbs and herbal products, applications, evaluation techniques, and more. There is also a section dedicated to alternative medicinal strategies for the treatment and cure of diverse diseases. Also considered, of course, is the efficacy and safety of herbal products, which are of major concern. This valuable volume will be an important addition to the library of those involved in herbal product development and testing, including researchers, scientists, academicians, industry professionals, and students in this area.

Author : Adina Merenlender
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780520976450

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Climate Stewardship by Adina Merenlender Pdf

As climate disruption intensifies the world over, Californians are finding solutions across a diversity of communities and landscapes. Though climate change is a global existential threat, we cannot wait for nation-states to solve the problem when there are actions we can take now to protect our own communities. In Climate Stewardship: Taking Collective Action to Protect California, readers are invited on a journey to discover that all life is interconnected and shaped by climate and to learn how communities can help tackle climate change. Climate Stewardship shares stories from everyday people and shows how their actions enhance the resilience of communities and ecosystems across ten distinct bioregions. Climate science that justifies these actions is woven throughout, making it easy to learn about Earth's complex systems. The authors interpret and communicate these stories in a way that is enjoyable, inspiring, and even amusing. California is uniquely positioned to develop and implement novel solutions to widespread climate challenges, owing to the state's remarkable biogeographic diversity and robust public science programs. Produced in collaboration with the UC California Naturalist Program, Climate Stewardship focuses on regenerative approaches to energy, agriculture, and land and water use across forested, agricultural, and urban landscapes. The authors' hopeful and encouraging tone aims to help readers develop a sense that they, too, can act now to make meaningful change in their communities.

Author : Lance B. McNew,David K. Dahlgren,Jeffrey L. Beck
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 1017 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2023-09-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783031340376

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Rangeland Wildlife Ecology and Conservation by Lance B. McNew,David K. Dahlgren,Jeffrey L. Beck Pdf

This open access book reviews the importance of ecological functioning within rangelands considering the complex inter-relationships of production agriculture, ecosystem services, biodiversity, and wildlife habitat. More than half of all lands worldwide, and up to 70% of the western USA, are classified as rangelands—uncultivated lands that often support grazing by domestic livestock. The rangelands of North America provide a vast array of goods and services, including significant economic benefit to local communities, while providing critical habitat for hundreds of species of fish and wildlife. This book provides compendium of recent data and synthesis from more than 100 experts in wildlife and rangeland ecology in Western North America. It provides a current and in-depth synthesis of knowledge related to wildlife ecology in rangeland ecosystems, and the tools used to manage them, to serve current and future wildlife biologists and rangeland managers in the working landscapes of the West. The book also identifies information gaps and serves as a jumping-off point for future research of wildlife in rangeland ecosystems. While the content focuses on wildlife ecology and management in rangelands of Western North America, the material has important implications for rangeland ecosystems worldwide.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 3542 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780128160978

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Encyclopedia of the World’s Biomes by Anonim Pdf

Encyclopedia of the World’s Biomes is a unique, five volume reference that provides a global synthesis of biomes, including the latest science. All of the book's chapters follow a common thematic order that spans biodiversity importance, principal anthropogenic stressors and trends, changing climatic conditions, and conservation strategies for maintaining biomes in an increasingly human-dominated world. This work is a one-stop shop that gives users access to up-to-date, informative articles that go deeper in content than any currently available publication. Offers students and researchers a one-stop shop for information currently only available in scattered or non-technical sources Authored and edited by top scientists in the field Concisely written to guide the reader though the topic Includes meaningful illustrations and suggests further reading for those needing more specific information

Author : Natalie Mizik,Dominique M. Hanssens
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 712 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781784716752

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Handbook of Marketing Analytics by Natalie Mizik,Dominique M. Hanssens Pdf

Marketing Science contributes significantly to the development and validation of analytical tools with a wide range of applications in business, public policy and litigation support. The Handbook of Marketing Analytics showcases the analytical methods used in marketing and their high-impact real-life applications. Fourteen chapters provide an overview of specific marketing analytic methods in some technical detail and 22 case studies present thorough examples of the use of each method in marketing management, public policy, and litigation support. All contributing authors are recognized authorities in their area of specialty.

Author : International Institute for Environment and Development
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Arid regions
ISBN : OCLC:1383659550

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Valuing Variability by International Institute for Environment and Development Pdf

Author : Gidi Ne'eman,Yagil Osem
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 744 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030636258

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Pines and Their Mixed Forest Ecosystems in the Mediterranean Basin by Gidi Ne'eman,Yagil Osem Pdf

Almost 20 years after the first MEDPINE book "Ecology, biogeography and management of Pinus halepensis and P. brutia forest ecosystems in the Mediterranean basin "(Ne'eman and Trabaud, 2000) was published, this new book presents up-to-date and state of the art information, covering a wide range of topics concerning Mediterranean pine trees growing in native and planted forests, their ecosystems and management. This will be an essential source of scientific information for learning, exploring planning and managing mediterranean pine and mixed forests. We focus on: genetics, adaptation, distribution and evolution; ecophysiology and drought resistance; pine and mixed forest ecosystems; forest dynamics biodiversity and biotic interactions; fire ecology; ecosystem services and policy; afforestation and management; all under the effect of global climate change. While forests are studied mainly in temperate and tropical zones, in the light of current climate change, focusing on Mediterranean forests growing in semi-humid to semi-arid zones is more important than ever. This book will include mostly review chapters (and two outstanding case studies) contributed by leading scientists, foresters and managers, and will serve as a scientific textbook for students of biology, agriculture and forestry, researchers of ecology forestry and related fields, forest managers, policy and decision makers.

Author : Douglas Kent
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2024-04-09
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781003857624

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Regenerating Essential Goods and Services in Urban Landscapes by Douglas Kent Pdf

How do we provide for and nurture millions of people without destroying the planet in the process? Author Doug Kent, an environmental specialist, believes a vital element in the solution is recognizing that urban landscapes are an essential partner in everyone’s wellbeing. He argues that urban landscapes can and must work harder. Urban landscapes can provide part of our energy needs, help cool our buildings and public spaces, help us make the most of our precious water. They can also help combat air pollution and reduce the likelihood of allergies and asthma. They can provide landscape materials and even contribute to our timber supply. Doug also advocates turning landscapes into a food source, and/or a perfumery, pharmacy, soap shop, or craft store. Doug has over 12 years of research in this book. He has spent years doing literature reviews, and many more years concocting, consuming, crafting, distilling, propagating, retting, sawing, sowing, and weaving its many recommendations. He has also travelled the length and width of California many times to interview the people and businesses already doing this incredible work. Regenerating Essential Goods and Services is not a manifesto. It is a user’s manual. You are the creative and energetic force that will ultimately drive sustainability and regeneration. Let’s go.

Author : Cathryn H. Greenberg,Beverly Collins
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030732677

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Fire Ecology and Management: Past, Present, and Future of US Forested Ecosystems by Cathryn H. Greenberg,Beverly Collins Pdf

This edited volume presents original scientific research and knowledge synthesis covering the past, present, and potential future fire ecology of major US forest types, with implications for forest management in a changing climate. The editors and authors highlight broad patterns among ecoregions and forest types, as well as detailed information for individual ecoregions, for fire frequencies and severities, fire effects on tree mortality and regeneration, and levels of fire-dependency by plant and animal communities. The foreword addresses emerging ecological and fire management challenges for forests, in relation to sustainable development goals as highlighted in recent government reports. An introductory chapter highlights patterns of variation in frequencies, severities, scales, and spatial patterns of fire across ecoregions and among forested ecosystems across the US in relation to climate, fuels, topography and soils, ignition sources (lightning or anthropogenic), and vegetation. Separate chapters by respected experts delve into the fire ecology of major forest types within US ecoregions, with a focus on the level of plant and animal fire-dependency, and the role of fire in maintaining forest composition and structure. The regional chapters also include discussion of historic natural (lightning-ignited) and anthropogenic (Native American; settlers) fire regimes, current fire regimes as influenced by recent decades of fire suppression and land use history, and fire management in relation to ecosystem integrity and restoration, wildfire threat, and climate change. The summary chapter combines the major points of each chapter, in a synthesis of US-wide fire ecology and forest management into the future. This book provides current, organized, readily accessible information for the conservation community, land managers, scientists, students and educators, and others interested in how fire behavior and effects on structure and composition differ among ecoregions and forest types, and what that means for forest management today and in the future.

Author : Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station (Fort Collins, Colo.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 744 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Electronic
ISBN : CHI:37073651

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U.S. Forest Service Research Paper RM. by Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station (Fort Collins, Colo.) Pdf

Author : Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station (Fort Collins, Colo.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 646 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Forests and forestry
ISBN : UCBK:C031907673

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USDA Forest Service Research Paper RM. by Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station (Fort Collins, Colo.) Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35556030114078

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SR-87 Upgrading, Saguaro Lake Rd. to Gila County Line, Maricopa County by Anonim Pdf

Author : James R. Heffelfinger,Paul R. Krausman
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 537 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2023-04-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781000851557

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Ecology and Management of Black-tailed and Mule Deer of North America by James R. Heffelfinger,Paul R. Krausman Pdf

Black-tailed and mule deer represent one of the largest distributions of mammals in North America and are symbols of the wide-open American West. Each chapter in this book was authored by the world’s leading experts on that topic. Both editors, James R. Heffelfinger and Paul R. Krausman, are widely published in the popular and scientific press and recipients of the O. C. Wallmo Award, given every two years to a leading black-tailed and mule deer expert who has made significant contributions to the conservation of this species. In addition, Heffelfinger has chaired the Mule Deer Working Group sponsored by the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies for more than 15 years. This working group consists of the leading black-tailed and mule deer experts from each of 24 states, provinces, and territories in western North America, putting them at the forefront of all conservation and much of the research on this species. The book represents all current knowledge available on these deer, including how changing conditions such as fires, habitat alteration and loss, disease, climate change, socio-economic forces, energy development, and other aspects are influencing their distribution and abundance now and into the future. It takes a completely fresh look at all chapter topics. The revisions of distribution, taxonomy, evolution, behavior, and new and exciting work being done in deer nutrition, migration and movements, diseases, predation, and human dimensions are all assembled in this volume. This book will instantly become the foundation for the latest information and management strategies to be implemented on the ground by practitioners and to inform the public. Although this book is about deer, the topics discussed influence most terrestrial wildlife worldwide, and the basic concepts in many of the chapters are applicable to other species.