A Global Overview of the Conservation of Freshwater Decapod Crustaceans [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Tadashi Kawai, Neil Cumberlidge |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XVII, 430 p. 95 illus., 74 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 577 |
Soggetto topico |
Biodiversity
Aquatic ecology Conservation biology Ecology Invertebrates Evolutionary biology Nature conservation Freshwater & Marine Ecology Conservation Biology/Ecology Evolutionary Biology Nature Conservation |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Global diversity and conservation of freshwater crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) -- 2. A Remarkable Anomuran: The taxon Aegla Leach, 1820. Taxonomic remarks, distribution, biology, diversity and conservation -- 3. Global diversity and conservation of freshwater crayfish (Crustacea: Decapoda: Astacoidea) -- 4. A brief history of freshwater crab research -- 5. Adaptation to life in fresh water by decapod crustaceans: evolutionary challenges in the early life-history stages -- 6. Direct development and posthatching brood care as key features of the evolution of freshwater Decapoda and challenges for conservation -- 7. Freshwater shrimps (Atyidae, Palaemonidae, Typhlocarididae) in the broader Mediterranean region: distribution, life strategies, threats, conservation challenges and taxonomic issues -- 8. Freshwater decapod diversity and conservation in Mexico -- 9. Freshwater decapod diversity and conservation in Central America and the Caribbean -- 10. Diversity, distribution and conservation of freshwater crabs and shrimps in South America -- 11. Biotechnology, biocontrol and conservation: potential approaches – harnessing RNAi-based sex-differentiation manipulations in decapods -- 12. Quantitative habitat models for the conservation of the endangered European crayfish Austropotamobius pallipes complex (Astacoidea: Astacidae) -- 13. Conservation First: Strategic planning to save the critically endangered Singapore freshwater crab, Johora singaporensis (Crustacea: Brachyura: Decapoda: Potamidae) -- 14. Biodiversity assessment of freshwater shrimps and crabs in the Nee Soon Swamp Forest, Singapore -- 15. Concluding remarks about freshwater decapod conservation. |
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GNSS Environmental Sensing [[electronic resource] ] : Revolutionizing Environmental Monitoring / / by Joseph Awange |
Autore | Awange Joseph |
Edizione | [2nd ed. 2018.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XXII, 452 p. 190 illus., 180 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 333.7 |
Collana | Environmental Science |
Soggetto topico |
Environmental management
Water pollution Nature conservation Environmental Management Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution Nature Conservation |
ISBN | 3-319-58418-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Environmental monitoring -- Modernization of GNSS -- The Global Positioning System.-Mathematical modelling -- Environmental surveying and surveillance -- Data processing and adjustment -- Basics of Galileo satellites -- GNSS maps in environmental monitoring -- GNSS remote sensing of the environment -- GNSS Reflectometry and Applications -- Climate change and weather related impacts -- GNSS Sensing of Climate Variability -- GNSS Sensing of the Tropopause -- Water resources -- Coastal resources -- Land management -- Disaster management -- Environmental pollution.-Animals and vegetation protection and conservation -- Environmental impact assessment -- Applications to Unmanned Aircraft Vehicles/Drones (UAV). . |
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Awange Joseph | ||
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Green Growth That Works [[electronic resource] ] : Natural Capital Policy and Finance Mechanisms from Around the World / / edited by Lisa Mandle, Zhiyun Ouyang, James E. Salzman, Gretchen Daily |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2019.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC : , : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : , : Imprint : Island Press, , 2019 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (334 pages) |
Disciplina | 333.72 |
Soggetto topico |
Environmental economics
Climate change Nature Environment Nature conservation Environmental Economics Climate Change Management and Policy Popular Science in Nature and Environment Nature Conservation |
ISBN | 1-64283-004-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | PART I. Introduction and Background -- The Case and Movement for Securing People and Nature -- Scaling Pathways for Inclusive Green Growth -- Amplifying Small Solutions for System-Wide Change -- Collaborative Approaches to Biosphere Stewardship -- The “Five Ps”: Policy Instrument Choice for Inclusive Green Growth -- PART II. Policy and Finance Mechanisms for Natural Capital, Ecosystem Services, and Livelihoods -- Government Payments -- Regulatory Mechanisms -- Voluntary Mechanisms -- Water Funds -- Market-Based Mechanisms -- Box 10-1. The Forest Resilience Bond: Connecting Private Capital to Restoration Projects that Reduce Fire Risk and Provide Ecosystem Service Co-Benefits -- Bilateral and Multilateral Mechanisms -- PART III. Successful Experience in Inclusive Green Growth around the World -- China: Designing Policies to Enhance Ecosystem Services -- Costa Rica: Bringing Natural Capital Values into the Mainstream -- United States: Blending Finance Mechanisms for Coastal Resilience and Climate Adaptation -- United Kingdom: Paying for Ecosystem Services in the Public and Private Sectors -- Caribbean: Implementing Successful Development Planning and Investment Strategies -- Box 16-1. Valuing Nature in Myanmar as the Basis of Economic Development and Decision-Making -- Cities: Incorporating Natural Capital into Urban Planning -- Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- About the Editors -- Index. |
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Green Heroes [[electronic resource] ] : From Buddha to Leonardo DiCaprio / / by László Erdős |
Autore | Erdős László |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2019.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XI, 223 p. 1 illus.) |
Disciplina | 333.72 |
Soggetto topico |
Conservation biology
Ecology Nature Environment Nature conservation Animal welfare Environmental sciences—Philosophy Conservation Biology/Ecology Popular Science in Nature and Environment Nature Conservation Animal Welfare/Animal Ethics Environmental Philosophy Ecologisme |
Soggetto genere / forma | Llibres electrònics |
ISBN | 3-030-31806-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Charles Darwin and the implications of evolution St Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals -- Environmentalism gaining momentum: Rachel Carson and ’Silent spring’ Denis Hayes and Earth Day -- Planting trees with Wangari Maathai -- In defense of rain forests: Chico Mendes and Bruno Manser Al Gore’s fight for the environment -- The strong men of environmentalism: Arnold Schwarzenegger and Steven Seagal Movie stars and activism -- Arne Naess and ’Deep ecology’ -- Vandana Shiva and traditional agriculture -- Ian Kiernan, Rossano Ercolini, and Bea Johnson Pioneers of ecological economics -- The Greenpeace story Forerunners of animal advocacy Spokesmen for animals: Peter Singer, Richard Ryder, and Tom Regan -- Henry Spira, the hero of animal advocacy -- Animal advocates from Central Europe -- Albert Schweitzer: The man who loved all living beings Talking animals: The capacity of animal minds -- Primatologists Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey and Biruté Galdikas Ingrid -- Newkirk, Alex Pacheco, and PETA -- John Muir and Yosemite -- Aldo Leopold, the founding father of nature conservation -- James Lovelock and the Gaia-hypothesis -- Their symbol: The giant panda -- Scientists involved in conservation and environmentalism -- Gerald Durrell: How an amateur naturalist developed into a great conservationist Farley Mowat never cried wolf -- David Attenborough, the grand old man of natural history films Jacques-Yves Cousteau: Under the spell of the sea -- Paul Watson, the daredevil of conservation -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgements List of illustrations. |
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Erdős László | ||
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Handbook of Operations Research in Natural Resources [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Andres Weintraub, Carlos Romero, Trond Bjørndal, Rafael Epstein |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2007.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : Springer US : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (632 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.95/01/5118 |
Collana | International Series in Operations Research & Management Science |
Soggetto topico |
Environmental monitoring
Agricultural economics Nature conservation Operations research Decision making Environmental economics Ecotoxicology Monitoring/Environmental Analysis Agricultural Economics Nature Conservation Operations Research/Decision Theory Environmental Economics |
ISBN |
1-281-33772-2
9786611337728 0-387-71815-X |
Classificazione | 85.03 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Agriculture -- Importance of Whole-Farm Risk Management in Agriculture -- Dealing with Multiple Objectives in Agriculture -- Modeling Multifunctional Agroforestry Systems with Environmental Values: Dehesa in Spain and Woodland Ranches in California -- Environmental Criteria in Pig Diet Formulation with Multi-Objective Fractional Programming -- Modeling the Interactions Between Agriculture and the Environment -- MCDM Farm System Analysis for Public Management of Irrigated Agriculture -- Water Public Agencies Agreeing to A Covenant for Water Transfers: How to Arbitrate Price–Quantity Clauses -- Positive Mathematical Programming for Agricultural and Environmental Policy Analysis: Review and Practice -- Fisheries -- Fisheries Management -- Shared Fish Stocks and High Seas Issues -- Game Theoretic Applications to Fisheries -- Uncertainty in Bioeconomic Modelling -- Planning in Fisheries-Related Systems -- Capacity and Technical Efficiency Estimation in Fisheries: Parametric and Non-Parametric Techniques -- Studies in the Demand Structure for Fish and Seafood Products -- Forestry -- Models for Strategic Forest Management -- Tactical-Level Forest Management Models -- Harvest Operational Models in Forestry -- Log Merchandizing Model Used in Mechanical Harvesting -- Forest Transportation -- Optimization of Forest Wildlife Objectives -- Spatial Environmental Concerns -- Heuristics in Forest Planning -- Forestry Economics: Historical Background and Current Issues -- Multiple Criteria Decision-Making in Forest Planning: Recent Results and Current Challenges -- Forest Fire Management -- A Model for the Space–Time Spread of Pine Shoot Moth -- Adaptive Optimization of Forest Management in A Stochastic World -- Mining -- Application of Optimisation Techniques in Open Pit Mining -- Optimisation in Underground Mining -- Long- and Short-Term Production Scheduling at Lkab's Kiruna Mine -- An Integrated Approach to the Long-Term Planning Process in the Copper Mining Industry. |
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Handbook of Operations Research in Natural Resources [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Andres Weintraub, Carlos Romero, Trond Bjørndal, Rafael Epstein |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2007.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : Springer US : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (632 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.95/01/5118 |
Collana | International Series in Operations Research & Management Science |
Soggetto topico |
Environmental monitoring
Agricultural economics Nature conservation Operations research Decision making Environmental economics Ecotoxicology Monitoring/Environmental Analysis Agricultural Economics Nature Conservation Operations Research/Decision Theory Environmental Economics |
ISBN |
1-281-33772-2
9786611337728 0-387-71815-X |
Classificazione | 85.03 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Agriculture -- Importance of Whole-Farm Risk Management in Agriculture -- Dealing with Multiple Objectives in Agriculture -- Modeling Multifunctional Agroforestry Systems with Environmental Values: Dehesa in Spain and Woodland Ranches in California -- Environmental Criteria in Pig Diet Formulation with Multi-Objective Fractional Programming -- Modeling the Interactions Between Agriculture and the Environment -- MCDM Farm System Analysis for Public Management of Irrigated Agriculture -- Water Public Agencies Agreeing to A Covenant for Water Transfers: How to Arbitrate Price–Quantity Clauses -- Positive Mathematical Programming for Agricultural and Environmental Policy Analysis: Review and Practice -- Fisheries -- Fisheries Management -- Shared Fish Stocks and High Seas Issues -- Game Theoretic Applications to Fisheries -- Uncertainty in Bioeconomic Modelling -- Planning in Fisheries-Related Systems -- Capacity and Technical Efficiency Estimation in Fisheries: Parametric and Non-Parametric Techniques -- Studies in the Demand Structure for Fish and Seafood Products -- Forestry -- Models for Strategic Forest Management -- Tactical-Level Forest Management Models -- Harvest Operational Models in Forestry -- Log Merchandizing Model Used in Mechanical Harvesting -- Forest Transportation -- Optimization of Forest Wildlife Objectives -- Spatial Environmental Concerns -- Heuristics in Forest Planning -- Forestry Economics: Historical Background and Current Issues -- Multiple Criteria Decision-Making in Forest Planning: Recent Results and Current Challenges -- Forest Fire Management -- A Model for the Space–Time Spread of Pine Shoot Moth -- Adaptive Optimization of Forest Management in A Stochastic World -- Mining -- Application of Optimisation Techniques in Open Pit Mining -- Optimisation in Underground Mining -- Long- and Short-Term Production Scheduling at Lkab's Kiruna Mine -- An Integrated Approach to the Long-Term Planning Process in the Copper Mining Industry. |
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Helping Young Refugees and Immigrants Succeed [[electronic resource] ] : Public Policy, Aid, and Education / / by G. Holton |
Autore | Holton G |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2010.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (328 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.87/5610973 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
SonnertGerhard <1957->
HoltonGerald James |
Soggetto topico |
Childhood
Adolescence International education Comparative education Educational sociology Astronomy Astrophysics Nature conservation Educational policy Education and state Childhood, Adolescence and Society International and Comparative Education Sociology of Education Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology Nature Conservation Educational Policy and Politics |
ISBN |
1-282-99272-4
9786612992728 0-230-11296-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Setting the stage : the historical framework -- pt. 2. Looking into the past : some lessons from the "second wave" -- pt. 3. Recent and current waves of young immigrants and refugees -- pt. 4. Educating immigrants -- pt. 5. Institutions providing aid to young immigrants and refugees -- pt. 6. Looking into the future. |
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Holton G | ||
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Helping Young Refugees and Immigrants Succeed [[electronic resource] ] : Public Policy, Aid, and Education / / by G. Holton |
Autore | Holton G |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2010.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (328 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.87/5610973 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
SonnertGerhard <1957->
HoltonGerald James |
Soggetto topico |
Childhood
Adolescence International education Comparative education Educational sociology Astronomy Astrophysics Nature conservation Educational policy Education and state Childhood, Adolescence and Society International and Comparative Education Sociology of Education Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology Nature Conservation Educational Policy and Politics |
ISBN |
1-282-99272-4
9786612992728 0-230-11296-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Setting the stage : the historical framework -- pt. 2. Looking into the past : some lessons from the "second wave" -- pt. 3. Recent and current waves of young immigrants and refugees -- pt. 4. Educating immigrants -- pt. 5. Institutions providing aid to young immigrants and refugees -- pt. 6. Looking into the future. |
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Holton G | ||
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High Mountain Conservation in a Changing World [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Jordi Catalan, Josep M Ninot, M. Mercè Aniz |
Autore | Catalan Jordi |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, : Springer Nature, 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XIV, 413 p. 114 illus., 86 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 333.72 |
Collana | Advances in Global Change Research |
Soggetto topico |
Nature conservation
Climate change Conservation biology Ecology Ecosystems Environmental geography Nature Conservation Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts Conservation Biology/Ecology Environmental Geography |
Soggetto non controllato |
Pyrenees
nature conservation species distribution lakes forests |
ISBN | 3-319-55982-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- 1. Trade-offs in the high-mountain conservation -- 2. Present phylogeorgraphic patterns in European mountains resulting from past large climatic oscillations -- 3. The early human occupation of the high mountain -- 4. Millenial socio-ecological trajectories in high mountain and land use -- 5. Non-equilibrium in alpine plan assemblages, current shifts in summit floras -- 6. Diversity assembly in alpine plant communities -- 7. Regional forest idiosyncrasy and the response to global change -- 8. Life-history responses to the altitudinal gradient in mountain fauna -- 9. Towards a microbial conservation perspective in high-mountain lakes -- 10. On defence of fishless high mountain lakes -- 11. Atmospheric chemical loadings in the high mountain: current forcing and legacy pollution -- 12. High soil carbon stocks in mountain grasslands may be compromised by land use changes -- 13. Why recovering large carnivore populations in high mountains? -- 14. The role of environmental history in high mountain landscape conservation -- 15. Conservation lessons from long-term studies of the bearded vulture -- 16. Monitoring global change in the high mountain -- 17. Evaluating global change effects on high mountain snow and the impact on water resources -- 18. A modelling approach to the understanding of past, present and future shifts in vegetation -- 19. Challenges for conservation in a changing world, perspective from the high mountains. |
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Catalan Jordi | ||
Cham, : Springer Nature, 2017 | ||
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Histories of Bioinvasions in the Mediterranean [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Ana Isabel Queiroz, Simon Pooley |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2018.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XI, 260 p.) |
Disciplina | 577.18 |
Collana | Environmental History |
Soggetto topico |
Conservation biology
Ecology World history Environmental law Environmental policy Nature conservation Conservation Biology/Ecology World History, Global and Transnational History Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice Nature Conservation |
ISBN | 3-319-74986-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction; Ana Isabel Queiroz, Simon Pooley -- 1. Mare Nostrum, Mare quod invaditur – the history of bioinvasions in the Mediterranean Sea; Bella S. Galil et al -- 2. The apparently relentless spread of the major stomatopod and decapod alien species in the Mediterranean basin; Chiara Manfrin et al -- 3. Scourge in the Mediterranean. The Argentine ant invasion and the phytosanitary policies imposed in the 1920s; Ana Isabel Queiroz -- 4. Balearic Islands herpetological history: when aliens conquered these islands and what to do next; Iolanda Silva-Rocha et al -- 5. The Xenopus laevis invasion in Portugal: an improbable connection of science, Mediterranean climate and river neglect; Mónica Sousa et al -- 6. Ecologically benign invasions: The invasion and adaptation of common waxbills (Estrilda astrild) in Iberia; Gonçalo C. Cardoso, Luís Reino -- 7. Long term mammal introductions in Ionian and Aegeus Islands; Marco Massetti -- 8. Spartina invasors in Mediterranean marshes: past, present and future; Bernardo Duarte et al -- 9. The Akrotiri peninsula and its forest: Impacts and perceptions of a colonial legacy; J.M. Peyton et al -- 10. The entangled history of humans and introduced plants on South Africa’s Cape Peninsula; Simon Pooley -- Indexes. . |
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