Elsevier, 2020. — 386 p. — ISBN: 978-0-12-816134-0. This book provides valuable guidance for anyone involved with ecosystem service potential monitoring, use and management — from landscape ecologists and environmental managers, to policymakers and environmental economists. The book highlights effective measurement tools for evaluating the overall potential of ecosystem...
Chelsea House, 2006. - 254 p. Introduction: What is a desert? Geography of Deserts Geology of Deserts Desert Climates Life in Deserts History and the Desert Desert Exploration Desert Industries Threats to Deserts Managing the Desert Bibliography and further reading
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. - 357 p. Why do Australian rainforests occur as islands within the vast tracts of Eucalyptus? Why is fire a critical ecological factor in every Australian landscape? What were the consequences of the use of fire by the Ice Age colonists? In this original and challenging book, David Bowman critically examines all hypotheses that have...
Springer-Verlag Mailand, 2015. — 447 p. — ISBN: 9788847052253, 9788847052260 "Landscape Bionomics, or Bio-integrated Landscape Ecology, radically transforms the main principles of traditional Landscape Ecology by recognizing the landscape as a living entity rather than merely the spatial distribution of species and communities on the territory, often analysed in separate themes...
CRC Press, 2013. — 304 p. — ISBN: 143988126X, 9781439881262 Invasion of non-native plant species, which has a significant impact on the earth’s ecosystems, has greatly increased in recent years due to expanding trade and transport among different countries. Understanding the ecological principles underlying the invasive process as well as the characteristics of the invasive...
ASTM International, 2004. — 330 p. — ISBN: 0803134762, 9780803134768 Eighteen peer-reviewed papers explore the latest information on theoretical and applied ecology, especially as it relates to characterizing environmental risks to wildlife and the requirements of environmental managers. Until recently, many areas which have low to moderate levels of chemical contamination were...
Austin: The University of Texas Press, 2005. – 235 p. During the first round of copyediting of this manuscript we tried to regularize the terminology used to refer to groups of people when described by ethnicity, race, and class. We were acutely aware that these categories are socially constructed –that is imagined, created, negotiated, and used — by people with regard to...
Pustiměř: Český svaz ochránců přírody, 2009. - 46 s. Květnice se nachází nad severozápadním okrajem města Tišnova v rámci Pernštejnské vrchoviny a je tvořena víceméně zcela zalesněným kopcem s nejvyšším bodem 470 m n.m. a s prudkými až skalnatými svahy. Květnice vystupuje jako ostrovní hora z ploché Tišnovské kotliny o více než 200 metrů. Přírodní památka Květnice rozkládající...
Pustiměř: Český svaz ochránců přírody, 2009. - 48 s. Květnice se nachází nad severozápadním okrajem města Tišnova v rámci Pernštejnské vrchoviny a je tvořena víceméně zcela zalesněným kopcem s nejvyšším bodem 470 m n.m. a s prudkými až skalnatými svahy. Květnice vystupuje jako ostrovní hora z ploché Tišnovské kotliny o více než 200 metrů. Přírodní památka Květnice rozkládající...
Pustiměř: Český svaz ochránců přírody, 2009. - 49 s. Květnice se nachází nad severozápadním okrajem města Tišnova v rámci Pernštejnské vrchoviny a je tvořena víceméně zcela zalesněným kopcem s nejvyšším bodem 470 m n.m. a s prudkými až skalnatými svahy. Květnice vystupuje jako ostrovní hora z ploché Tišnovské kotliny o více než 200 metrů. Přírodní památka Květnice rozkládající...
Pustiměř: Český svaz ochránců přírody, 2009. - 54 s. Květnice se nachází nad severozápadním okrajem města Tišnova v rámci Pernštejnské vrchoviny a je tvořena víceméně zcela zalesněným kopcem s nejvyšším bodem 470 m n.m. a s prudkými až skalnatými svahy. Květnice vystupuje jako ostrovní hora z ploché Tišnovské kotliny o více než 200 metrů. Přírodní památka Květnice rozkládající...
Pustiměř: Český svaz ochránců přírody, 2009. - 68 s. Květnice se nachází nad severozápadním okrajem města Tišnova v rámci Pernštejnské vrchoviny a je tvořena víceméně zcela zalesněným kopcem s nejvyšším bodem 470 m n.m. a s prudkými až skalnatými svahy. Květnice vystupuje jako ostrovní hora z ploché Tišnovské kotliny o více než 200 metrů. Přírodní památka Květnice rozkládající...
Cambridge University Press, 2005. — 309 p. Through a series of personal essays, this book addresses a wide array of past, current, and future issues in landscape ecology. The essays have been contributed by leading landscape ecologists from North America, Europe, and Australia, and provide an overview of the rich tapestry of viewpoints and perspectives that make landscape...
Springer, Japan, 2014. — 353 p., — ISBN: 4431548181 This book focuses on three major means of achieving a low carbon society: conservation of the ecosystem complex, changes of arrangement of landscapes, and creation of biodiversity. There are specific countermeasures to be taken for carbon absorption in the three types of landscapes — urban, cultural, and natural — because...
Springer International Publishing, 2015. —169 p. — ISBN: 978-3-319-13793-3, 978-3-319-13794-0 GeoPlanet: Earth and Planetary Sciences Water and wastewater management in urbanized areas has been resolved, although sewage sludge created in the course of sewage treatment causes problems. Against this background rural areas, particularly in areas characterized by dispersed...
Springer International Publishing, 2015 - 227 p. Some European lands have been progressively alleviated of human pressures, particularly traditional agriculture in remote areas. This book proposes that this land abandonment can be seen as an opportunity to restore natural ecosystems via rewilding. We define rewilding as the passive management of ecological successions having in...
Missoula, MT: Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, 2002. — 96 p. Over the past decade, the Blackfoot River Restoration Initiative has expanded from simple riparian restoration projects to a watershed-level conservation program. Despite increased demand, scope and complexity of the program, the initiative continues to operate with limited funds and chronic shortages of field...
Springer, 2010. – 301 p. – ISBN: 9048130670, 9789048130689 Coastal areas face increasing pressures from land use change, developmental activities, shoreline erosion, biodiversity losses and natural calamities. This volume addresses these issues facilitating the integrated analysis of the sustainability of coastal zones. The contributors have tried to focus their respective...
Springer, 2018. — 166 p. The book investigates the relationship between ecosystem services (ES) and spatial planning, and explores potential means of integrating the two concepts to support the decision-making process. In addition, it presents case studies demonstrating the outcomes, limitations, opportunities and further new developments in ES assessment/mapping for planning...
US EPA/625/R-97/ 009. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1997 - 122 p. Wood preserving has been an industry in North America for more than 100 years. During this time, wood preserving facilities have utilized a variety of compounds, including pentachlorophenol (PCP), creosote, and certain metals to extend the useful life of wood products. Past operations and waste management...
2nd ed. — Springer, 2015. — 498 p. — ISBN: 1493927930, 9781493927937, 9781493927944 This work provides in-depth analysis of the origins of landscape ecology and its close alignment with the understanding of scale, the causes of landscape pattern, and the interactions of spatial pattern with a variety of ecological processes. The text covers the quantitative approaches that are...
New York: Springer-Verlag, 2001. — 416 p. — ISBN: 0387951229, 9780387951225, 9780387216942. An ideal text for students taking a course in landscape ecology. The book has been written by very well-known practitioners and pioneers in the new field of ecological analysis. Landscape ecology has emerged during the past two decades as a new and exciting level of ecological study....
Blackwell Science Ltd, 2005. — 395 p. Vegetation Ecology is a comprehensive account of plant communities and their environments. Written by leading experts in their field from four continents, this up–to–date, innovative text: covers the composition, structure, ecology, diversity, distribution and dynamics of plant communities, with an emphasis on functional adaptations to the...
Elsevier Science, 2002. — 343 p Conventional wisdom considers deserts stark, harsh regions that support few living things. Most people also believe that water alone makes the desert bloom. Ecology of Desert Systems challenges these conventional views. This volume explores a broad range of topics of interest to ecosystem, population, community, and physiological ecologists....
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