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Aldo Leopold and an ecological conscience / / edited by Richard L. Knight and Suzanne Riedel
| Aldo Leopold and an ecological conscience / / edited by Richard L. Knight and Suzanne Riedel |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxii, 190 pages) : illustrations, portraits |
| Disciplina | 333.7/2 |
| Collana | Oxford scholarship online |
| Soggetto topico |
Conservation biology
Nature conservation |
| ISBN |
0-19-770015-2
1-280-48200-1 9786610482009 1-4237-6313-0 0-19-534883-4 1-60256-776-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Moving mountains : Aldo Leopold and A Sand County Almanac / Curt D. Meine -- Aldo Leopold : blending conversations about public and private lands / Richard L. Knight -- Aldo Leopold's wilderness, Sand County, and my garden / John Seidensticker -- Then and now / James A. Estes -- Great possessions : Leopold's good oak / Mary Anne Bishop -- From the balance of nature to the flux of nature : the land ethic in a time of change / J. Baird Callicott -- Aldo Leopold was a conservation biologist / Reed Noss -- Professor Leopold, what is education for? / Winifred B. Kessler and Annie L. Booth -- Aldo Leopold and the value of nature / Stephen R. Kellert -- Leopold's land ethic : a vision for today / Jamie Rappaport Clark -- Aldo Leopold : conservationist and hunter / L. David Mech -- The A-B dichotomy and the future / Edwin P. Pister -- What would Aldo have done? : a personal story / Jack Ward Thomas. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808650903321 |
| New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023 | ||
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Aldo Leopold and the ecological conscience / / edited by Richard L. Knight and Suzanne Riedel
| Aldo Leopold and the ecological conscience / / edited by Richard L. Knight and Suzanne Riedel |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxii, 190 p. ) : ill., ports |
| Disciplina | 333.7/2 |
| Soggetto topico | Nature conservation |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-48200-1
9786610482009 1-4237-6313-0 0-19-534883-4 1-60256-776-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Moving mountains : Aldo Leopold and A Sand County Almanac / Curt D. Meine -- Aldo Leopold : blending conversations about public and private lands / Richard L. Knight -- Aldo Leopold's wilderness, Sand County, and my garden / John Seidensticker -- Then and now / James A. Estes -- Great possessions : Leopold's good oak / Mary Anne Bishop -- From the balance of nature to the flux of nature : the land ethic in a time of change / J. Baird Callicott -- Aldo Leopold was a conservation biologist / Reed Noss -- Professor Leopold, what is education for? / Winifred B. Kessler and Annie L. Booth -- Aldo Leopold and the value of nature / Stephen R. Kellert -- Leopold's land ethic : a vision for today / Jamie Rappaport Clark -- Aldo Leopold : conservationist and hunter / L. David Mech -- The A-B dichotomy and the future / Edwin P. Pister -- What would Aldo have done? : a personal story / Jack Ward Thomas. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458250503321 |
| New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2002 | ||
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Aldo Leopold and the ecological conscience / / edited by Richard L. Knight and Suzanne Riedel
| Aldo Leopold and the ecological conscience / / edited by Richard L. Knight and Suzanne Riedel |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxii, 190 p. ) : ill., ports |
| Disciplina | 333.7/2 |
| Soggetto topico | Nature conservation |
| ISBN |
0-19-770015-2
1-280-48200-1 9786610482009 1-4237-6313-0 0-19-534883-4 1-60256-776-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Moving mountains : Aldo Leopold and A Sand County Almanac / Curt D. Meine -- Aldo Leopold : blending conversations about public and private lands / Richard L. Knight -- Aldo Leopold's wilderness, Sand County, and my garden / John Seidensticker -- Then and now / James A. Estes -- Great possessions : Leopold's good oak / Mary Anne Bishop -- From the balance of nature to the flux of nature : the land ethic in a time of change / J. Baird Callicott -- Aldo Leopold was a conservation biologist / Reed Noss -- Professor Leopold, what is education for? / Winifred B. Kessler and Annie L. Booth -- Aldo Leopold and the value of nature / Stephen R. Kellert -- Leopold's land ethic : a vision for today / Jamie Rappaport Clark -- Aldo Leopold : conservationist and hunter / L. David Mech -- The A-B dichotomy and the future / Edwin P. Pister -- What would Aldo have done? : a personal story / Jack Ward Thomas. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784666003321 |
| New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2002 | ||
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Beyond Earth Day [[electronic resource] ] : fulfilling the promise / / Gaylord Nelson with Susan Campbell and Paul Wozniak; with a foreword by Robert Kennedy, Jr
| Beyond Earth Day [[electronic resource] ] : fulfilling the promise / / Gaylord Nelson with Susan Campbell and Paul Wozniak; with a foreword by Robert Kennedy, Jr |
| Autore | Nelson Gaylord <1916-2005.> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Madison, : University of Wisconsin Press, c2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (222 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.7/2 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
CampbellSusan <1965->
WozniakPaul R |
| Soggetto topico |
Earth Day
Environmentalism |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-55539-1
9786612555398 0-299-18043-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: List of Illustrations -- Foreword by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. -- Introduction --Part 1. The Earth and Its Day -- Chapter 1. Earth Day: When the People Spoke -- Chapter 2. Report Card on the Earth -- Part 2. Imperiled Planet -- Chapter 3. Windows on the World -- Chapter 4. Vanishing Resources -- Chapter 5. An Invisible Threat -- Part 3. Environmentalism: Then and Now -- Chapter 6. Complacent Planet? -- Part 4. An Environmental Agenda for the Twenty-first Century -- Chapter 7. Achieving Sustainability -- An Appeal --Appendix 1: Letter to John F Kennedy -- Appendix 2: Introduction to "Environmental -- Agenda for Earth Day 1970" -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458307803321 |
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Beyond Earth Day [[electronic resource] ] : fulfilling the promise / / Gaylord Nelson with Susan Campbell and Paul Wozniak; with a foreword by Robert Kennedy, Jr
| Beyond Earth Day [[electronic resource] ] : fulfilling the promise / / Gaylord Nelson with Susan Campbell and Paul Wozniak; with a foreword by Robert Kennedy, Jr |
| Autore | Nelson Gaylord <1916-2005.> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Madison, : University of Wisconsin Press, c2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (222 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.7/2 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
CampbellSusan <1965->
WozniakPaul R |
| Soggetto topico |
Earth Day
Environmentalism |
| ISBN |
1-282-55539-1
9786612555398 0-299-18043-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: List of Illustrations -- Foreword by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. -- Introduction --Part 1. The Earth and Its Day -- Chapter 1. Earth Day: When the People Spoke -- Chapter 2. Report Card on the Earth -- Part 2. Imperiled Planet -- Chapter 3. Windows on the World -- Chapter 4. Vanishing Resources -- Chapter 5. An Invisible Threat -- Part 3. Environmentalism: Then and Now -- Chapter 6. Complacent Planet? -- Part 4. An Environmental Agenda for the Twenty-first Century -- Chapter 7. Achieving Sustainability -- An Appeal --Appendix 1: Letter to John F Kennedy -- Appendix 2: Introduction to "Environmental -- Agenda for Earth Day 1970" -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index. |
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Beyond Earth Day : fulfilling the promise / / Gaylord Nelson with Susan Campbell and Paul Wozniak; with a foreword by Robert Kennedy, Jr
| Beyond Earth Day : fulfilling the promise / / Gaylord Nelson with Susan Campbell and Paul Wozniak; with a foreword by Robert Kennedy, Jr |
| Autore | Nelson Gaylord <1916-2005.> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Madison, : University of Wisconsin Press, c2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (222 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.7/2 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
CampbellSusan <1965->
WozniakPaul R |
| Soggetto topico |
Earth Day
Environmentalism |
| ISBN |
1-282-55539-1
9786612555398 0-299-18043-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: List of Illustrations -- Foreword by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. -- Introduction --Part 1. The Earth and Its Day -- Chapter 1. Earth Day: When the People Spoke -- Chapter 2. Report Card on the Earth -- Part 2. Imperiled Planet -- Chapter 3. Windows on the World -- Chapter 4. Vanishing Resources -- Chapter 5. An Invisible Threat -- Part 3. Environmentalism: Then and Now -- Chapter 6. Complacent Planet? -- Part 4. An Environmental Agenda for the Twenty-first Century -- Chapter 7. Achieving Sustainability -- An Appeal --Appendix 1: Letter to John F Kennedy -- Appendix 2: Introduction to "Environmental -- Agenda for Earth Day 1970" -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index. |
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Beyond the age of waste : a report to the Club of Rome / D. Gabor, U. Colombo
| Beyond the age of waste : a report to the Club of Rome / D. Gabor, U. Colombo |
| Autore | Gabor, Dennis |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford : Pergamon, 1978 |
| Descrizione fisica | XVIII, 237 p. : ill. ; 22 cm |
| Disciplina | 333.7/2 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | Colombo, Umberto |
| ISBN | 0080218350 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-990009174300403321 |
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| Oxford : Pergamon, 1978 | ||
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Biodiversity / / National Forum on BioDiversity ; editors, Edward O. Wilson and Frances M. Peter
| Biodiversity / / National Forum on BioDiversity ; editors, Edward O. Wilson and Frances M. Peter |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington : , : National Academies Press, , 1999 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (535 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.7/2 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | WilsonEdward O |
| Soggetto topico |
Biodiversity conservation
Biodiversity |
| ISBN |
1-280-22151-8
9780309567367 9786610221516 0-309-56736-X 0-585-04722-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778781503321 |
| Washington : , : National Academies Press, , 1999 | ||
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Biodiversity [[electronic resource]]
| Biodiversity [[electronic resource]] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, : National Academies Press, 1988 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (535 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.7/2 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | WilsonEdward O |
| Soggetto topico |
Biodiversity conservation
Biodiversity Earth & Environmental Sciences Ecology |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-22151-8
9786610221516 0-309-56736-X 0-585-04722-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Biodiversity""; ""Copyright""; ""EDITOR'S FOREWORD""; ""Contents""; ""Chapter 1 The Current State of Biological Diversity ""; ""THE AMOUNT OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY""; ""THE NATURAL LONGEVITY OF SPECIES""; ""RAIN FORESTS AS CENTERS OF DIVERSITY""; ""HOW MUCH DIVERSITY IS BEING LOST?""; ""HOW FAST IS DIVERSITY DECLINING?""; ""WHAT CAN BE DONE?""; ""References""; ""PART 1 CHALLENGES TO THE PRESERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY ""; ""Chapter 2 The Loss of Diversity Causes and Consequences ""; ""References""; ""Chapter 3 Tropical Forests and Their Species Going, Going � ? ""; ""TROPICAL FORESTS""
""EXTINCTION RATES: FUTURE""""TROPICAL FOREST AND CLIMATIC CHANGE""; ""REPERCUSSIONS FOR THE FUTURE OF EVOLUTION""; ""References""; ""Chapter 4 Ecological Diversity in Coastal Zones and Oceans ""; ""COASTS AND OCEANS�A WORLD VIEW""; ""LIFE ACCORDING TO THE BOOK OF TAXONOMY""; ""ECOLOGICAL DIVERSITY""; ""CONCLUSIONS IN PROSPECT""; ""References""; ""Chapter 5 Diversity Crises in the Geological Past ""; ""THE PHANEROZOIC RECORD OF EXTINCTION""; ""EXTINCTION RATES IN DEEP TIME""; ""EVOLUTIONARY CONSEQUENCES OF PAST EXTINCTIONS""; ""EXTINCTION IN SHALLOW TIME: THE PLEISTOCENE EXPERIENCE"" ""RESEARCH FOR THE FUTURE""""References""; ""Chapter 6 Estimating Reductions in the Diversity of Tropical Forest Species ""; ""THE ACCEPTED VIEW""; ""NUMBER OF SPECIES IN THE TROPICS""; ""RATE OF CHANGE IN TROPICAL FOREST AREAS""; ""DIVERSITY OF FOREST TYPES IN THE TROPICS""; ""RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DEFORESTATION RATE AND LOSS OF SPECIES""; ""SEEKING A BETTER ESTIMATE""; ""CALLING ATTENTION TO THE POSITIVE TERMS IN THE SPECIES EXTINCTION ISSUE""; ""NEED FOR BETTER LAND AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""References"" ""Chapter 7 Challenges to Biological Diversity in Urban Areas """"References""; ""PART 2 HUMAN DEPENDANCE ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY ""; ""Chapter 8 Deep Ecology Meets the Developing World ""; ""References""; ""Chapter 9 Screening Plants for New Medicines ""; ""THE GLOBAL IMPORTANCE OF PLANT-DERIVED DRUGS""; ""THE IMPORTANCE OF HERBAL DRUGS""; ""In Hong Kong""; ""In Japan""; ""In the People's Republic of China""; ""THE SEARCH FOR NEW PLANT DRUGS""; ""Use of the NAPRALERT Data Base""; ""PHARMACOLOGICAL INTEREST IN NATURAL PRODUCTS""; ""APPROACHES TO DRUG DISCOVERY FROM PLANTS"" ""LACK OF INTEREST IN NEW DRUG DISCOVERY PROGRAMS FROM PLANTS""""SUMMARY""; ""References""; ""Chapter 10 Serendipity in the Exploration of Biodiversity What Good are Weedy Tomatoes? ""; ""THE DISCOVERY OF A NEW TOMATO""; ""HOW MUCH IS A WILD TOMATO WORTH?""; ""A NEW SPECIES OF WILD MAIZE""; ""THE CONTINUING IMPORTANCE OF BOTANICAL EXPLORATION""; ""References""; ""Chapter 11 The Outlook for new Agricultural and Industrial Products from the Tropics ""; ""AGRICULTURE""; ""NEW CROPS""; ""IMPROVEMENT OF CROP SPECIES THROUGH CROSS-BREEDING""; ""NATURAL PESTICIDES""; ""INDUSTRY""; ""FATS AND OILS"" ""FIBERS"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455786203321 |
| Washington, : National Academies Press, 1988 | ||
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Biodiversity / / E. O. Wilson, editor, Frances M. Peter, associate editor
| Biodiversity / / E. O. Wilson, editor, Frances M. Peter, associate editor |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1988 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (535 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.7/2 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
WilsonEdward O
PeterFrances M |
| Soggetto topico |
Biodiversity conservation
Biodiversity |
| ISBN |
1-280-22151-8
9786610221516 0-309-56736-X 0-585-04722-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Biodiversity -- Copyright -- EDITOR'S FOREWORD -- Contents -- Chapter 1 The Current State of Biological Diversity -- THE AMOUNT OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY -- THE NATURAL LONGEVITY OF SPECIES -- RAIN FORESTS AS CENTERS OF DIVERSITY -- HOW MUCH DIVERSITY IS BEING LOST? -- HOW FAST IS DIVERSITY DECLINING? -- WHAT CAN BE DONE? -- References -- PART 1 CHALLENGES TO THE PRESERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY -- Chapter 2 The Loss of Diversity Causes and Consequences -- References -- Chapter 3 Tropical Forests and Their Species Going, Going … ? -- TROPICAL FORESTS -- EXTINCTION RATES: FUTURE -- TROPICAL FOREST AND CLIMATIC CHANGE -- REPERCUSSIONS FOR THE FUTURE OF EVOLUTION -- References -- Chapter 4 Ecological Diversity in Coastal Zones and Oceans -- COASTS AND OCEANS-A WORLD VIEW -- LIFE ACCORDING TO THE BOOK OF TAXONOMY -- ECOLOGICAL DIVERSITY -- CONCLUSIONS IN PROSPECT -- References -- Chapter 5 Diversity Crises in the Geological Past -- THE PHANEROZOIC RECORD OF EXTINCTION -- EXTINCTION RATES IN DEEP TIME -- EVOLUTIONARY CONSEQUENCES OF PAST EXTINCTIONS -- EXTINCTION IN SHALLOW TIME: THE PLEISTOCENE EXPERIENCE -- RESEARCH FOR THE FUTURE -- References -- Chapter 6 Estimating Reductions in the Diversity of Tropical Forest Species -- THE ACCEPTED VIEW -- NUMBER OF SPECIES IN THE TROPICS -- RATE OF CHANGE IN TROPICAL FOREST AREAS -- DIVERSITY OF FOREST TYPES IN THE TROPICS -- RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DEFORESTATION RATE AND LOSS OF SPECIES -- SEEKING A BETTER ESTIMATE -- CALLING ATTENTION TO THE POSITIVE TERMS IN THE SPECIES EXTINCTION ISSUE -- NEED FOR BETTER LAND AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- References -- Chapter 7 Challenges to Biological Diversity in Urban Areas -- References -- PART 2 HUMAN DEPENDANCE ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY -- Chapter 8 Deep Ecology Meets the Developing World -- References -- Chapter 9 Screening Plants for New Medicines.
THE GLOBAL IMPORTANCE OF PLANT-DERIVED DRUGS -- THE IMPORTANCE OF HERBAL DRUGS -- In Hong Kong -- In Japan -- In the People's Republic of China -- THE SEARCH FOR NEW PLANT DRUGS -- Use of the NAPRALERT Data Base -- PHARMACOLOGICAL INTEREST IN NATURAL PRODUCTS -- APPROACHES TO DRUG DISCOVERY FROM PLANTS -- LACK OF INTEREST IN NEW DRUG DISCOVERY PROGRAMS FROM PLANTS -- SUMMARY -- References -- Chapter 10 Serendipity in the Exploration of Biodiversity What Good are Weedy Tomatoes? -- THE DISCOVERY OF A NEW TOMATO -- HOW MUCH IS A WILD TOMATO WORTH? -- A NEW SPECIES OF WILD MAIZE -- THE CONTINUING IMPORTANCE OF BOTANICAL EXPLORATION -- References -- Chapter 11 The Outlook for new Agricultural and Industrial Products from the Tropics -- AGRICULTURE -- NEW CROPS -- IMPROVEMENT OF CROP SPECIES THROUGH CROSS-BREEDING -- NATURAL PESTICIDES -- INDUSTRY -- FATS AND OILS -- FIBERS -- THE ROLE OF THE ETHNOBOTANIST -- References -- PART 3 DIVERSITY AT RISK: TROPICAL FORESTS -- Chapter 12 Our Diminishing Tropical Forests -- Chapter 13 The Tropical Forest Canopy The Heart of Biotic Diversity -- THE PROBLEM -- THE HISTORY -- References -- Chapter 14 Tropical Dry Forests The Most Endangered Major Tropical Ecosystem -- DIVERSITY IN THE DRY FOREST -- A MANY-FACED THREAT -- FUTURE PROSPECTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- References -- Chapter 15 Deforestation and Indians in Brazilian Amazonia -- THE YANOMAMI OF NORTHERN BRAZIL -- THE KAYAPO OF CENTRAL BRAZIL -- THE RIGHTS AND WRONGS OF SHIFTING CULTIVATION -- INDIAN PRODUCTIVITY IN THE TROPICAL FOREST -- THE IMPACT OF DEFORESTATION ON INDIAN LIFE -- INDIAN MANAGERS OF THE RAIN FORESTS -- References -- Chapter 16 Primate Diversity and the Tropical Forest Case Studies from Brazil and Madagascar and Importance of the… -- References -- PART 4 DIVERSITY AT RISK: THE GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE. Chapter 17 Lessons from Mediterranean-Climate Regions -- COMMUNITY DIVERSITY IN TROPICAL AND TEMPERATE REGIONS -- MEDITERRANEAN-CLIMATE FLORISTIC DIVERSITY -- South Africa -- California -- The Mediterranean Basin -- INCREASING BIOTIC DIVERSITY-THE INVADERS -- References -- Chapter 18 Structural and Functional Diversity in Temperate Forests -- MAINTAINING SUCCESSIONAL STATES -- MAINTAINING STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY -- PROTECTING AQUATIC DIVERSITY -- DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE STEWARDSHIP PROGRAMS -- INCORPORATING BIODIVERSITY OBJECTIVES INTO MANAGEMENT -- References -- Chapter 19 Diversity in and Among Grasslands -- GRAZING AND AGRICULTURE CONVERSIONS -- MORE SUBTLE IMPACTS -- References -- Chapter 20 Diversity and Biological Invasions of Oceanic Islands -- SCOPE OF THE PROBLEM -- WHY ARE ISLANDS SUSCEPTIBLE? -- WHAT CAN BE DONE? -- IDENTIFICATION OF PROBLEM SPECIES -- Herbivorous Mammals -- Predators -- Ecosystem-Level Effects -- Invasion of Intact Native Ecosystems -- IDENTIFICATION OF CRITICAL HABITATS -- HABITAT DESTRUCTION -- ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH ON ISLANDS -- References -- PART 5 THE VALUE OF BIODIVERSITY -- Chapter 21 Economics and the Preservation of Biodiversity -- References -- Chapter 22 Commodity, Amenity, and Morality The Limits of Quantification in Valuing Biodiversity -- References -- Chapter 23 The Rise of the Global Exchange Economy and the Loss of Biological Diversity -- References -- Chapter 24 Why Put a Value on Biodiversity? -- References -- Chapter 25 What Mainstream Economists Have to Say About the Value Biodiversity -- WELFARE CHANGE MEASUREMENT IMPLEMENTS AN EXPLICIT ETHICAL FRAMEWORK -- THE ECONOMIC APPROACH IS NOT LIMITED TO THE COMMERCIAL DOMAIN -- THERE IS AN (ALMOST) ADEQUATE CONCEPTUAL BASIS FOR ECONOMIC VALUATION OF BIODIVERSITY. TECHNIQUES FOR EMPIRICAL VALUATION EXIST AND ARE APPLICABLE TO MANY BIODIVERSITY ISSUES, BUT LACK OFINFORMATION CAN BE… -- POLICY DECISION CRITERIA HAVE BEEN PROPOSED -- THE EMPIRICAL CUPBOARD IS NOT BARE -- FURTHER COMMENTS ON THE MAINSTREAM ECONOMICS APPROACH -- References -- PART 6 HOW IS BIODIVERSITY MONITORED AND PROTECTED -- Chapter 26 Monitoring Biological Diversity for Setting Priorities in Conservation -- THE GAP ANALYSIS CONCEPT -- AN UNDERLYING CONCEPT -- References -- Chapter 27 Information Management for the Conservation of Biodiversity -- NATURAL HERITAGE DATA CENTERS -- NETWORKING AND CENTRAL DATA BASES -- APPLICATIONS OF THE DATA -- INTERACTIONS WITH SCIENTISTS AND THE PUBLIC -- References -- Chapter 28 Identifying and Protecting the Origins of Our Food Plants -- THE INTERNATIONAL BOARD FOR PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES PROGRAM -- CROP ORIGINS AND GERMPLASM USE -- EVALUATION OF THE RESOURCES -- SCIENTIFIC SUPPORT FOR GENETIC RESOURCES WORK -- EX SITU AND IN SITU PRESERVATION -- References -- Chapter 29 Conserving and Monitoring Biotic Diversity Some African Examples -- BIOGEOGRAPHIC SETTING -- PATTERNS OF SPECIES RICHNESS AND ENDEMISM -- APPROACHES TO THE CONSERVATION OF BIOTIC DIVERSITY IN AFRICA -- BIOTIC CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS -- ASSESSING THE ADEQUACY OF CURRENT PROTECTED AREA COVER -- IDENTIFYING GAPS IN THE NETWORK -- MONITORING THE SYSTEM -- LESSONS LEARNED -- References -- PART 7 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: HOW CAN THEY HELP -- Chapter 30 Can Technology Aid Species Preservation? -- FOUR OBSTACLES TO SPECIES SURVIVAL -- PROBLEM AND APPLICATION -- LIMITATIONS OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY -- NUMBERS VERSUS TECHNOLOGY -- TECHNOLOGY IS EXPENSIVE -- BUYING TIME -- References -- Chapter 31 Conservation of Biological Diversity in Botanical Gardens -- METHODS OF EX SITU CONSERVATION -- THE GENETIC CONSEQUENCES OF EX SITU CONSERVATION. SOME PRACTICAL ISSUES -- WHAT THEN IS THE SPECIFIC ROLE FOR BOTANICAL GARDENS IN CONSERVATION? -- References -- Chapter 32 Using Science and Technology to Reestablish Species Lost in Nature -- REINTRODUCTIONS -- CAPTIVE BREEDING IN WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT -- References -- Chapter 33 Intensive Technology in the Care of Ex Situ Populations of Vanishing Species -- SCOPE OF EX SITU MANAGEMENT PROBLEM -- NUTRITION -- ANIMAL RESTRAINT AND CAPTURE -- BIOMEDICAL RESOURCES -- IDENTIFICATION AND DATA COLLECTION -- REPRODUCTION -- POPULATION BIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR GENETICS -- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY -- COMPUTER SOFTWARE AND ISIS -- IN SITU AND EX SITU METHODS -- ETHICS AND VALUE SYSTEMS -- References -- Chapter 34 Cryobiology, Embryo Transfer, and Artificial Insemination in Ex Situ Animal Conservation Programs -- EMBRYO TRANSFER -- CRYOPRESERVATION OF EMBRYOS -- ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION -- SEMEN CRYOPRESERVATION -- FUTURE PROSPECTS -- References -- PART 8 RESTORATION ECOLOGY: CAN WE RECOVER LOST GROUND? -- Chapter 35 Ecological Restoration Reflections on a Half-Century of Experience at the University of Wisconsin-Madison… -- PIONEERING RESTORATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON ARBORETUM -- TECHNICAL, ECOLOGICAL FEASIBILITY -- SOCIAL, ECONOMIC FACTORS -- References -- Chapter 36 Restoring Diversity in Salt Marshes Can We Do It? -- RESTORATION PLANS -- Projects that Show Losses in Wetland Area -- Projects That Replace Functional Wetland Habitat with Modified Wetland Habitat -- CONCLUSIONS CONCERNING RESTORATION PLANNING -- IMPLEMENTATION OF RESTORATION PROJECTS -- Assessing Success -- Summary of Trials -- Conclusions Concerning Implementation -- PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- References -- Chapter 37 Restoration of Degraded Lands in the Amazon Basin -- NATURAL DISTURBANCES IN AMAZONIA -- DISTURBANCE BY HUMANS IN AMAZONIA. A ROLE FOR RESTORATION ECOLOGY. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813253303321 |
| Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1988 | ||
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