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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453588603321

Titolo

Biodiversity and environmental change : monitoring, challenges and direction / / editors, David Lindenmayer [and three others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Collingwood : , : CSIRO Publishing, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

0-643-10857-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (624 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LindenmayerDavid

Soggetti

Environmental monitoring - Australia

Environmental management - Australia

Biodiversity conservation - Australia

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

part I. Introductory chapters -- part II. Data chapters -- part III. Synopsis.

Sommario/riassunto

This data-rich book demonstrates the value of existing national long-term ecological research in Australia for monitoring environmental change and biodiversity.Long-term ecological data are critical for informing trends in biodiversity and environmental change. The Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) is a major initiative of the Australian Government and one of its key areas of investment is to provide funding for a network of long-term ecological research plots around Australia (LTERN). LTERN researchers and other authors in this book have maintained monitoring sites, often for one