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Agents and Implications of Landscape Pattern : Working Models for Landscape Ecology / / by Dean L Urban
| Agents and Implications of Landscape Pattern : Working Models for Landscape Ecology / / by Dean L Urban |
| Autore | Urban Dean L |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2023.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (340 pages) |
| Disciplina | 577 |
| Soggetto topico |
Landscape ecology
Ecology Environmental education Conservation biology Environmental monitoring Landscape Ecology Environmental Sciences Environmental and Sustainability Education Conservation Biology Environmental Monitoring |
| ISBN |
9783031402548
9783031402531 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The Physical Template of Landscapes -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Gradient Analysis -- 1.2.1. Gradient Complexes -- 1.3. The Water Balance -- 1.3.1. A Simple Model: PET = AET + Deficit -- 1.4. Estimating Elements of the Template -- 1.4.1. Temperature -- 1.4.2. Radiation -- 1.4.3. Precipitation -- 1.4.4. Soils -- 1.5. Case Study: the Sierra Nevada -- 1.5.1. The Physical Template of the Sierra Nevada -- 1.6. Summary and Conclusions -- References -- Biotic Processes as Agents of Pattern -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. The “Pattern and Process” Paradigm -- 2.3. Coupling of Demographic Processes -- 2.4. Interaction with the Physical Template -- 2.4.1. Coupling Demography and the Physical Template -- 2.4.2. Competition along Environmental Gradients -- 2.4.3. Illustration: Gradient Response in the Sierra Nevada -- 2.4.4. The Unit Pattern Revisited -- 2.5. Dispersal as an Agent of Pattern -- 2.6. Animals, Pests, and Pathogens -- 2.6.1. Animals, Pests and Pathogens as Subtle Agents -- 2.6.2. Animals as Dramatic Agents -- 2.7. Summary and Conclusions -- References -- Disturbances and Disturbance Regimes -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.1.1 Context and Definitions -- 3.2. Perspectives and Lessons -- 3.2.1. Are Disturbances “Part of the System”? -- 3.2.2. Interactions, Synergies, and Indirect Effects -- 3.2.3. Disturbances and Positive Feedbacks -- 3.2.4. Overlapping Disturbances and Legacies -- 3.2.5. Heterogeneity in Disturbance and Response -- 3.3. Disaggregating Disturbance toward Generality. 3.3.1 A Not-too-General Model -- 3.3.2. The Fire Regime in the Sierra Nevada -- 3.4. Characteristic Dynamics -- 3.5. Humans and Disturbance Regimes -- 3.5.1. Human Impacts on Natural Disturbances - 3.5.2. Novel Disturbance Regimes -- 3.5.3 Human Perception and Landscape Change -- 3.6.Agents of Pattern: Reprise -- 3.7. Summary and Conclusions -- References 78 -- 4. Scale and Scaling - 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. The Importance of Scale in Ecology -- 4.2.1. Observational Scale as a Filter on Nature -- 4.2.2. Characteristic Scaling -- 4.2.3. Sampling Grain and Extent, and Statistical Behavior -- 4.3. Scaling Techniques -- 4.3.1. Scaling Techniques for Geostatistical Data -- 4.3.2. Illustration: Scaling of the Sierran Physical Template -- 4.4. Tactical Scaling -- 4.4.1. Tactical Targeting of Sampling Scale(s) -- 4.4.2. Avoid or Embrace Space? -- 4.5. Summary and Conclusions -- References -- 5. Inferences on Landscape Pattern -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Patchiness and Patches -- 5.2.1. Patch Definition -- 5.3. Landscape Pattern Metrics -- 5.3.1. Levels of Analysis -- 5.3.2. Components of Pattern -- 5.3.2 Correlation and Redundancy -- 5.3.4. Alternative Framings for Landscape Pattern -- 5.4. Interpreting Landscape Metrics -- 5.4.1. Neutral Models and Neutral Landscapes -- 5.4.2. Neutral Templates for Landscape Processes -- 5.4.3. Extending Neutral Models: Agents of Pattern -- 5.5. Explanatory Models and Inferences -- 5.5.1. Approaches to Inferences on Pattern -- 5.5.2. Illustrations -- 5.5. Explanatory Models and Inferences -- -- 5.5.1. Approaches to Inferences on Pattern -- 5.5.2. Illustrations -- 5.5.3. Inferences on Pattern: Area versus Configuration -- 5.5.4 Inferences on Pattern: the State-of-the-Art -- 5.6. Summary and Conclusions. References -- Implications of Pattern: Metapopulations -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Metapopulations in Theory -- 6.2.1. The Levins Model -- 6.2.2. The Spreading-of-Risk Model -- 6.2.3. The Source-Sink Model -- 6.2.4. The Incidence Function Model -- 6.2.5. Commonalities among Metapopulation Models -- 6.2.6. Characteristic Behaviors of (Model) Metapopulations -- 6.3. Metapopulations in Practice -- 6.3.1. Are there Real Metapopulations in Nature? -- 6.3.2. Macroscopic Approaches to Metapopulations -- 6.4. Network Models of Metapopulations -- 6.4.1. Graphs and Metapopulations -- 6.5. Metapopulations and Connectivity Conservation -- 6.5.1. Structural and Functional Connectivity -- 6.5.2. Metapopulations and Landscape Genetics -- 6.6. A Model Template for Applications -- 6.7. Summary and Conclusions -- References -- Supplement 6.1. Details on the Metapopulation Models -- S6.1.1. The Levins Model -- S6.1.2. The Spreading-of-Risk Model -- S6.2.3. The Source-Sink Model -- S6.2.4. The Incidence Function Model -- S6.2.5. Notes on the Individual-based Simulators Metapop1 -- Communities and Patterns of Biodiversity -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. Island Biogeography and Landscapes -- 7.2.1. Area and Isolation Effects -- 7.2.2. Island Biogeographic Theory and the SLOSS Debate -- 7.2.3. A Diversity of Diversities -- 7.3. Perspectives on Metacommunities -- 7.3.1. A General Framing -- 7.3.2. Inferences and Limits to Inference -- 7.4. Approaches and Lines of Evidence -- 7.4.1. The Incidence Matrix and Community Assembly -- 7.4.2. Metacommunity Models: Variations on a Theme -- 7.4.3. Species Distribution Models -- 7.4.4. Multvariate Approaches to Partitioning Beta-diversity -- 7.4.5. Lines of Evidence and Complementary Analyses -- 7.5. Illustration: Sierran Forests -- 7.5.1. The Perspective of Ordination and Gradient Analysis -- 7.5.2. Partitioning Beta-diversity -- 7.6. Managing Metacommunities -- 7.7. Summary and Conclusions -- References -- Supplement 7.1. Disciplinary Approaches (Details) -- S7.1.1. Incidence Matrices and Community Assembly -- S7.1.2. Metacommunity Models: Variations -- S7.1.3. Species Distribution Models -- S7.1.4. Ordination Techniques -- IImplications of Pattern for Ecosystems -- 8.1. Introduction -- 8.2. Spatial Heterogeneity and Ecosystems -- 8.2.1. Spatial Heterogeneity in the Physical Template -- 8.2.2. Lateral Fluxes on Landscapes -- 8.2.3. Landform and Landscape Processes -- 8.2.4. Ecosystem Processes and Positive Feedbacks -- 8.2.5. Ecosystems are both Fast and Slow -- 8.3. Ecosystems and Landscape Legacies -- 8.4. Patch Juxtaposition and Edge Effects -- 8.4.1. Edge Effects, Revisited -- 8.4.2. Edges and Ecosystem Processes: Forest Carbon -- 8.5. Ecosystems and Meta-ecosystems -- 8.5.1. Couplings between Systems -- 8.5.2. Meta-ecosystems, Revisited -- 8.5.3. Implications of Meta-ecosystem Structure -- 8.6. Summary and Conclusions -- References -- Urban Landscapes -- 9.1. Introduction -- 9.2. Social-Environmental Systems -- 9.2.1. Approaches to Studying Cities -- 9.3. Agents and Implications of Pattern -- 9.3.1. Agents of Pattern -- 9.3.2. Scale and Pattern -- 9.3.3. Implications of Pattern -- 9.3.4. Revisiting the Agents-and-Implications Framing -- 9.4. Urban Landscapes as Laboratories -- 9.4.1. The Urban Stream Syndrome -- 9.4.2. Cities as Mesocosms for Global Change -- 9.5. Summary and Conclusions -- References -- 10. Climate Change: Adapting for Resilience -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2. Framing Adaptation -- 10.2.1. Components of Climate Change -- 10.2.2. The Perspective of Risk Management -- 10.2.3. Options for Response and Adaptation -- 10.2.4. Resilience Planning: the Tasks at Hand -- 10.3. Approaches to Adaptation Planning -- 10.3.1. Levels of Activity and Currency of Assessments -- 10.3.2. Elements of Adaptation -- 10.3.3. A Template for Applications -- 10.4. Illustrations of Approaches -- 10.4.1. NatureServe’s HCCVI -- 10.4.2. Species Range Shifts implied by Climate Change -- 10.4.3. TNC’s Resilient Landscapes Initiative -- 10.4.4. The ACT Framework -- 10.4.5. Complementarity of Approaches -- 10.5. CollateralBenefits and Leverage -- 10.5.1. Adaptation Planning and Conservation Practice -- 10.5.2. Collateral Benefits -- 10.5.3. Adaptation and Mitigation -- 10.6. Summary and Conclusions -- References -- Index.. . |
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Aldo Leopold's Odyssey, Tenth Anniversary Edition : Rediscovering the Author of A Sand County Almanac / / by Julianne Lutz Warren
| Aldo Leopold's Odyssey, Tenth Anniversary Edition : Rediscovering the Author of A Sand County Almanac / / by Julianne Lutz Warren |
| Autore | Warren Julianne Lutz |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC : , : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : , : Imprint : Island Press, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XXXIX, 483 p. 2 illus.) |
| Disciplina | 333.72 |
| Soggetto topico |
Conservation biology
Ecology Landscape ecology Sustainability Conservation Biology Landscape Ecology |
| ISBN | 1-61091-754-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Seed Plots -- 2. Written on the Hills -- 3. The Middle Border Chapter -- 4. Interpreting Pharaoh's Dream -- 5. An American System -- 6. A Common Concept of Land -- 7. Ecological Poetry -- 8. The Germ and the Juggernaut -- 9. Wildlife and the New Man -- 10. Knowing Nature -- 11. A New Kind of Conservation -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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Warren Julianne Lutz
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Aspects of Brazilian Floristic Diversity : From Botany to Traditional Communities / / edited by Maria Franco Trindade Medeiros, Bárbara de Sá Haiad
| Aspects of Brazilian Floristic Diversity : From Botany to Traditional Communities / / edited by Maria Franco Trindade Medeiros, Bárbara de Sá Haiad |
| Autore | Medeiros Maria Franco Trindade |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2022.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (282 pages) |
| Disciplina |
581.5290981
581.981 |
| Collana | Biomedical and Life Sciences Series |
| Soggetto topico |
Botany
Biodiversity Plant ecology Conservation biology Ecology Plant Science Plant Ecology Conservation Biology |
| ISBN | 3-031-07453-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Flowering phenology in a restinga community: seven years of study -- Dioecy: the dimorphic sexual system and pollination in restinga vegetation -- Male and female sterility in flowering plants -- Broad-scale variation of phytoplankton richness in Brazilian inland waters -- The Importance of Palynology to Taxonomy -- Ecological Palynology -- Scientific Exploration Commission (1859-1861): Freire Allemão and the invisible network of collaborators -- The former Imperial Plant Nursery of Quinta da Boa Vista -- Medicinal plants used in Quilombola communities in Piranga, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil -- From mulungu to mamulengo”: The sharing of knowledge among teachers, academic researchers and mamulengueiros (traditional puppeteers) in a participatory workshop -- Biocultural heritage through museological narrative as a way of return on research in historical ethnobotany -- Conclusion of the reflections on Aspects of Brazilian Floristic Diversity:From Botany to Traditional Communities. |
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Medeiros Maria Franco Trindade
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Atlas of Rangeland Plants in Hulun Buir / / by Xiaohui Yang, Yuanjun Zhu, Baizhu Wang, Yanshu Liu
| Atlas of Rangeland Plants in Hulun Buir / / by Xiaohui Yang, Yuanjun Zhu, Baizhu Wang, Yanshu Liu |
| Autore | Yang Xiaohui |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2022.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (964 pages) |
| Disciplina |
581.9
581.951770222 |
| Collana | Biomedical and Life Sciences Series |
| Soggetto topico |
Botany
Plant anatomy Plant ecology Biodiversity Conservation biology Ecology Plant Science Plant Anatomy and Morphology Plant Ecology Conservation Biology |
| ISBN | 3-031-07277-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1. Hulun Buir Steppe floristic features and vegetation classification -- Chapter 2. The atlas of main communities on the Hulun Buir Steppe -- Chapter 3. The atlas of main rangeland plants on the Hulun Buir Steppe. |
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Yang Xiaohui
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Australian Caves and Karst Systems / / edited by John Webb, Susan White, Garry K. Smith
| Australian Caves and Karst Systems / / edited by John Webb, Susan White, Garry K. Smith |
| Autore | Webb John <1611-1672, > |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2023.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (395 pages) |
| Disciplina | 551.4470994 |
| Collana | Cave and Karst Systems of the World |
| Soggetto topico |
Earth sciences
Physical geography Conservation biology Ecology Archaeology Paleontology Earth Sciences Physical Geography Conservation Biology |
| ISBN | 3-031-24267-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Part 1- People and Caves in Australia -- Part 2 - ‘Hard’ rock karst developed in Neoproterozoic and Palaeozoic carbonates -- Part 3 - ‘Soft’ rock karst developed in Tertiary and Quaternary limestones -- Part 4 – Pseudokarst -- Part 5 – Cave contents. |
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Webb John <1611-1672, >
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Bacterial Diversity in Sustainable Agriculture / / edited by Dinesh K. Maheshwari
| Bacterial Diversity in Sustainable Agriculture / / edited by Dinesh K. Maheshwari |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (381 p.) |
| Disciplina | 589.9 |
| Collana | Sustainable Development and Biodiversity |
| Soggetto topico |
Biodiversity
Conservation biology Ecology Microbial ecology Plants - Evolution Microbial genetics Conservation Biology Microbial Ecology Plant Evolution Microbial Genetics |
| ISBN | 3-319-05936-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface -- 1. Trends and Prospects of Microbial Diversity in Rhizosphere; Dinesh Kumar Maheshwari, Shrivardhan Dheeman -- 2. Diversity Utility and Potential of Actinobacteria in the Agro-Ecosystem; Govindan Selvakumar et al -- 3. Diversity of plant associated Actinobacteria; Bouizgarne Brahim, Ait Ben Aouamar -- 4. Root Nodules of Legumes Growing in Arid to Semi-Arid African Soils and other Areas of the World; Flora Pule-Meulenberg -- 5. Genetic Diversity of Soybean Root Nodulating Bacteria; David Biate et al -- 6. Diversity and Function of Bacterial Assemblages in Savanna Vegetation Soils; Elisa Catão Caldeira Pires et al -- 7. Diversity of Plant-Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria Associated with Maize (Zea mays L.); Letícia Arruda et al -- 8. Transgenic Cotton and its Impact on Microbial Diversity; Kulandaivelu Velmourougane, D. Blaise -- 9. Microbial and Functional Diversity of Vermicompost Bacteria; Jayakumar Pathma, Natarajan Sakthivel.-10. Diversity of Cold Tolerant Phosphate Solubilizing Microorganisms from North Western Himalayas; Piyush Joshi et al -- 11. Osmotolerant Microbial Resources of Saline Ecologies of India: Dynamics and Potential; Jayashree Rath, T.K. Dangar -- 12. Culture Independent Diversity Analysis of Soil Microbial Community and Their Significance; Bidisha Sharma et al -- 13. The Importance and Application of Bacterial Diversity in Sustainable Agricultural Crop Production Ecosystems; Noah Rosenzweig -- Index. |
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The Behavioral Biology and Conservation of Goitered Gazelles (Gazella subgutturosa) / / by David Blank
| The Behavioral Biology and Conservation of Goitered Gazelles (Gazella subgutturosa) / / by David Blank |
| Autore | Blank David |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2025.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2025 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XXVII, 750 p. 230 illus., 176 illus. in color.) |
| Disciplina | 590 |
| Soggetto topico |
Zoology
Ecology Animal behavior Physiology Conservation biology Animal migration Biodiversity Behavioral Ecology Animal Physiology Conservation Biology Animal Migration |
| ISBN |
9783031835049
3031835042 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1: Basic knowledge on goitered gazelle biology -- Chapter 2: Feeding ecology and behavior -- Chapter 3: Rutting season: Morphological and physiological changes -- Chapter 4: Rutting behavior -- Chapter 5: Territoriality and marking behavior -- Chapter 6: Agonistic behavior of adult and sub-adult males -- Chapter 7: Birthing and related behavior -- Chapter 8: Suckling behavior -- Chapter 9: Young behavior -- Chapter 10: Mother-young interactions -- Chapter 11: Group size and social composition -- Chapter 12: Impact of population density on group size -- Chapter 13: Sexual segregation -- Chapter 14: Sex ratio -- Chapter 15: Evolution of social behavior -- Chapter 16: Defensive behavior -- Chapter 17: Play behavior -- Chapter 18: Comfort behavior -- Chapter 19: Main causes of mortality and mass death -- Chapter 20: Conservation efforts -- Chapter 21: Unexplored phenomena -- Chapter 22: Instead of conclusion. |
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Białowieża Primeval Forest: Nature and Culture in the Nineteenth Century / / by Tomasz Samojlik, Anastasia Fedotova, Piotr Daszkiewicz, Ian D. Rotherham
| Białowieża Primeval Forest: Nature and Culture in the Nineteenth Century / / by Tomasz Samojlik, Anastasia Fedotova, Piotr Daszkiewicz, Ian D. Rotherham |
| Autore | Samojlik Tomasz |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2020.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XV, 223 p. 40 illus., 33 illus. in color.) |
| Disciplina | 634.92 |
| Collana | Environmental History |
| Soggetto topico |
Forests and forestry
Conservation biology Ecology Agriculture Cultural property Forestry Conservation Biology Cultural Heritage |
| ISBN | 3-030-33479-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction -- 2. Sources and methods -- 2.1. Written sources - archival and literature surveys -- 2.2. Maps and graphical depictions -- 2.3. Field surveys -- 2.4. Oral sources -- 2.5. Palaeoecological studies by other authors -- 3. Traditions of a royal forest (until 1795) -- 3.1. The historical background: BPF as a royal hunting ground, access rights, types of use (haymaking, beekeeping), shifts in management in the 18th century, fall of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth -- 3.2. Material imprints – the environmental impact of the period: system of conservation, creation of cultural landscapes due to centuries-long traditional use of forest resources (landscape of access area, landscape of a hunting garden), evolution of pure-pine stands as a result of centuries of fire use, establishment of the European bison protection and support system -- 3.3. Cultural heritage – role of BPF among royal forests, traditional knowledge – variety of uses for Scots pine and lime trees -- 3.4. View from outside: the recognition of the forest (BPF in the works of naturalists, artists, travellers until the end of the 18th century) -- Boxes: 1. Biographical box: J. E. Gilibert’s studies of BPF’s animals -- 2. Art/literature box: J.H. Muntz’s depiction of an arboreal apiary -- 3. Species/processes/types of forest box: Cultural landscapes -- 4. The beginning of the imperial period (1796-1831) -- 4.1. The historical background: BPF devoid of protection until 1802, return to the Polish system of management and its fall after the Polish national uprising of 1831 -- 4.2. Material imprints – the environmental impact of the period: continuation of the 18th century trends with first attempts at drawing new, “scientifically” based management plans -- 4.3. Cultural heritage – BPF as a source of imperial gifts, Białowieża’s foresters role in the national uprising, traditional knowledge of the forest (local names of forest habitats that became the source of 20th century nomenclature) -- 4.4. View from outside: the recognition of the forest (BPF in the works of naturalists, artists, travellers until 1831) -- Boxes: 1. Biographical box: Julius Brincken’s visits to BPF -- 2. Art/literature box: Jakub Sokolowski’s depictions of the forest and its dwellers -- 3. Species/processes/types of forest box: European bison –primeval beast unintentionally supported by traditional use -- 5. Mixed management goals (1832-1863) -- 5.1. The historical background: continuous attempts of the Russian administration at forest taxation, failed commercial timber production attempts, the first tsar’s hunt in BPF -- 5.2. Material imprints – wasted timber or remnants of past traditional forest use – culturally modified trees in BPF -- 5.3. Cultural heritage – the first Russian taxation of BPF, the first known management plan; world’s first successful experiments with creating bison-cattle hybrids conducted by Leopold Walicki; official and unofficial views on the first tsar’s hunt -- 5.4. View from outside: the recognition of the forest (BPF in the works of naturalists, artists, travellers until 1863) -- Boxes: 1. Biographical box: Dmitrii Dolmatov’s futuristic plans of BPF’s management -- 2. Art/literature box: Michaly Zichy in the imperial forest -- 3. Species/processes/types of forest box: Bison-cattle hybrids -- 6: The restoration period (1864-1888) -- 6.1. The historical background: shift in the management towards creation of a large game reserve connected with prohibition of several traditional ways of forest use -- 6.2. Material imprints – European bison from BPF in the collections of museums, universities and curiosity chambers around the world -- 6.3. Cultural heritage – beekeepers of BPF -- 6.4. View from outside: the recognition of the forest (BPF in the works of naturalists, artists, travellers until 1888) -- Boxes: 1. Biographical box: Nobel prize winner Henryk Sienkiewicz in BPF -- 2. Art/literature box: Excursions to BPF in the literature of the second half of the 19th century -- 3. Species/processes/types of forest box: Pine tree as a living archive of historical events -- 7: Tsars’ private hunting ground (1888-1915) -- 7.1. The historical background: BPF as tsars’ private property -- 7.2. Material imprints – promoting ungulates and exterminating carnivores – unnatural selection; imperial palace in Białowieża -- 7.3. Cultural heritage – local peasants’ legal fight with the administration of the forest -- 7.4. View from outside: the recognition of the forest (BPF in the works of naturalists, artists, travellers until 1915) -- Boxes: 1. Biographical box: Józef Neverly – the last great game manager of the imperial forest -- 2. Art/literature box: E. P. Wishniakov’s photographical journey through BPF -- 3. Species/processes/types of forest box: impact of cattle pasturing inside BPF -- 8. The end of the long 19th century -- 8.1. State of the forest on the brink of WWI -- 8.2. Long-lasting impact of BPF management, protection and exploitation in the long 19th century -- 8.3. Cultural heritage of the Russian Imperial Forest -- 8.4. BPF in the international perspective – already established as a pristine forest (efforts to preserve the central part of the forest during massive German exploitation of WWI) -- 9. Conclusions - learning the past to understand the future of BPF -- 9.1. Primeval, natural, ancient – what does it mean in the context of BPF’s history -- 9.2. Research needs and conservation goals -- 9.3. Lessons from Europe’s best preserved lowland forest. |
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Big Game of Botswana : The Tragic History of a Once Great Southern African Fauna / / by Clive Spinage
| Big Game of Botswana : The Tragic History of a Once Great Southern African Fauna / / by Clive Spinage |
| Autore | Spinage Clive |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2024.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2024 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (178 pages) |
| Disciplina | 333.9516 |
| Soggetto topico |
Conservation biology
Ecology Zoology Animal migration Biodiversity Vertebrates Applied ecology Conservation Biology Animal Migration Vertebrate Zoology Applied Ecology |
| ISBN |
9783031600333
9783031600326 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Background to Big Game -- Impressions Good and Bad -- The Hunting Holocaust -- Requiem for the Rhino -- The Elephant in Botswana -- Demise of the Kalahari’s Great Herds -- Disease and Death -- The Expiring Kalahari -- They Had in Mind their Children -- Vanished are these Glories -- Appendices. |
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Biodiversity and Business : Bio Prospecting and Benefit Sharing / / edited by Laladhas Krishna Panicker, Prakash Nelliyat, Oommen V. Oommen
| Biodiversity and Business : Bio Prospecting and Benefit Sharing / / edited by Laladhas Krishna Panicker, Prakash Nelliyat, Oommen V. Oommen |
| Autore | Krishna Panicker Laladhas |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2024.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2024 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (589 pages) |
| Disciplina | 333.95 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
NelliyatPrakash
OommenOommen V |
| Soggetto topico |
Biodiversity
Conservation biology Ecology Environmental education Social sciences Green chemistry Conservation Biology Environmental and Sustainability Education Society Green Chemistry |
| ISBN |
9783031716744
3031716744 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Biodiversity and Business reciprocity -- Chapter 2. Assessing Biodiversity Stock for Sustainable Use -- Chapter 3. Corporate/Business Responsibilities in the Application of Life Sciences -- Chapter 4. Fostering Bio-partnerships in Bio Prospecting -- Chapter 5. IPR in the Context of CBD -- Conclusions. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910917189303321 |
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