Environmental risk assessment and management from a landscape perspective [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Lawrence A. Kapustka, Wayne G. Landis

• Autore: Kapustka Lawrence
• Pubblicazione: Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley, c2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (431 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.71/4
• Soggetto topico: Environmental risk assessment; Ecological assessment (Biology); Environmental management; Landscape protection
• Altri autori: KapustkaLawrence LandisWayne G
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT FROM A LANDSCAPE PERSPECTIVE; CONTENTS; PREFACE; CONTRIBUTORS; PROLOGUE; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT TOWARD A LANDSCAPE PERSPECTIVE; 3 POPULATIONS, HABITAT, AND ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS: ELUSIVE BUT ESSENTIAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR A LANDSCAPE PERSPECTIVE; 4 RELEVANCE OF SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL SCALES TO ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT; 5 QUANTITATIVE MEASURES AND ECOLOGICAL HIERARCHY; 6 BAYESIAN MODELS IN ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT; 7 LINKING REGIONAL AND LOCAL RISK ASSESSMENT; 8 INTEGRATING HEALTH IN ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENTS ; 9 VALUING WILDLANDS10 PREDICTING CLIMATE CHANGE RISKS TO RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEMS IN ARID WATERSHEDS: THE UPPER SAN PEDRO AS A CASE STUDY; 11 INVASIVE SPECIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT; 12 LANDSCAPE NONINDIGENOUS SPECIES RISK ASSESSMENT: ASIAN OYSTER AND NUN MOTH CASE STUDIES; 13 ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT OF THE INVASIVE SARGASSUM MUTICUM FOR THE CHERRY POINT REACH, WASHINGTON; 14 INTEGRATED LABORATORY AND FIELD INVESTIGATIONS: ASSESSING CONTAMINANT RISK TO AMERICAN BADGERS; 15 ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT OF PHARMACEUTICALS; 16 ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF ECOLOGICAL GOODS AND SERVICES ; 17 ECOSYSTEM SERVICE VALUATION CONCEPTS AND METHODS18 METRICS AND INDICES FOR SUSTAINABLE SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL LANDSCAPES; EPILOGUE; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: An important guide to assessing and managing the environment from a landscape perspective Ecological relationships are nested within the landscape. Identifying the relevant spatial and temporal scales is critical for an effective understanding of ecological functions that human societies depend upon. Moreover, human encroachment into natural areas, or changes in climate, can alter spatial relationships, which in turn can negatively affect vital plant and wildlife patterns-and weaken economic structures needed to sustain human societies. This book is the first to combine multiple disci
• Titolo autorizzato: Environmental risk assessment and management from a landscape perspective
• ISBN: 1-282-75593-5; 9786612755934; 0-470-59302-4; 0-470-59301-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910140843203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II