The Nature of Vegetation, Its Management and Mismanagement
Author: Frank Edwin Egler
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Published: 1977
Total Pages: 552
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Author: Frank Edwin Egler
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Published: 1977
Total Pages: 552
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: J. Bastow Wilson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2019-03-21
Total Pages: 373
ISBN-13: 110848221X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProvides a comprehensive review of the role of species interactions in the process of plant community assembly.
Author: Mark S. Boyce
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1997-01-01
Total Pages: 382
ISBN-13: 9780300078589
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUntil recently, natural resource management of such commodities as timber and wildlife was driven largely by the desire to exploit these resources. During the past three decades, however, ecologists have warned that this approach to natural resource management could have unforeseen consequences because it ignored how ecosystems function within the landscape. Federal agencies that oversee forest and wildlife resources have begun to implement different schemes of ecosystem management, schemes that vary enormously among agencies. Contributors to this volume--leading experts who are agency personnel as well as researchers--now clarify the key elements of sound ecosystem management and offer prescriptions for implementing them. The authors discuss definitions of ecosystem management, sustainability of ecological systems, landscape ecology, resource management at different scales and in an ecosystem context, new advances in computer technology that facilitate classification schemes for ecosystems, ecosystem restoration, biological diversity, and public concerns. Throughout, the experts agree that management practices must be sustainable: that production of commodities, such amenities as recreation and aesthetics, and biodiversity must not be allowed to decline over time.
Author: J. Miles
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-12-06
Total Pages: 81
ISBN-13: 940095798X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKVegetation dynamics is an important subject. A knowledge and under standing of it is central to the science of vegetation management-in grassland, range and nature reserve management, and in aspects of wildlife management, forestry and agricultural crop production. It is also a large and diffuse subject. In a small book such as this I had to be highly selective, and could not do equal justice to all aspects. I have had therefore to condense many examples, and more regrettably, many arguments. While I have tried to present a broad selection of topics and examples, the content inevitably reflects my own special interests and experience. The study of vegetation and its dynamics does not lend itselfto neat and tidy divisions, and the way of allotting material into different chapters here is arbitrary. I have used Chapter I to introduce a number of ideas, beginning with the nature of vegetation in space, then passing to an introduction to the nature of changes in vegetation with time, in particular those generally known as successions. The book also contains a number of asides to the text's central arguments; I hope the reader finds these interesting rather than disconcerting.
Author: James R. Troyer
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Published: 2014-02-01
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 146961121X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThrough the pioneering efforts of ecologist B. W. Wells (1884-1978), thousands of North Carolinians learned to appreciate and protect the state's diverse plant life long before ecology and conservation became popular causes. A keen observer of the natural landscape, Wells provided the first scientific descriptions in modern terms of the forces that shaped coastal communities, bogs and savannahs, the Carolina bays, pine forests, old fields, and mountain grassy balds. But the broader impact of his life lay in his championship and popularization of nature. Outside academic circles, he shared his knowledge through public lectures, articles, and lobbying efforts, and by teaching anyone who would listen. In 1932 he produced for his Tar Heel audience a revolutionary work on the plant ecology of the state, The Natural Gardens of North Carolina. Organized by habitat, this volume is still entertaining and instructive. Wells received his Ph.D. in botany from the University of Chicago in 1917 and served as chair of the North Carolina State College botany department for thirty years. He was a memorable teacher and a significant force in the development of his academic institution.
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Published: 1989
Total Pages: 192
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: David J. Rapport
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2002-10-29
Total Pages: 1548
ISBN-13: 1420032135
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOne of the critical issues of our time is the dwindling capacity of the planet to provide life support for a large and growing human population. Based on a symposium on ecosystem health, Managing for Healthy Ecosystems identifies key issues that must be resolved if there is to be progress in this complex area, such as: Evolving methods f
Author: Malcolm L. Hunter, Jr.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2009-03-12
Total Pages: 516
ISBN-13: 1444308971
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the new edition of this highly successful book, Malcolm Hunter and new co-author James Gibbs offer a thorough introduction to the fascinating and important field of conservation biology, focusing on what can be done to maintain biodiversity through management of ecosystems and populations. Starting with a succinct look at conservation and biodiversity, this book progresses to contend with some of the subject's most complex topics, such as mass extinctions, ecosystem degradation, and over exploitation. Discusses social, political, and economic aspects of conservation biology. Thoroughly revised with over six hundred new references and web links to many of the organizations involved in conservation biology, striking photographs and maps. Artwork from the book is available to instructors online at www.blackwellpublishing.com/hunter and by request on CD-ROM.
Author: Mary E. Kentula
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Published: 1989
Total Pages: 176
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Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-12-06
Total Pages: 285
ISBN-13: 9400979916
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSymposium of the Working Group for Succession Research on Permanent Plots, and Data-Processing of the International Society for Vegetation Sciences, Held at Montpellier, France, September 1980