African Biodiversity: Molecules, Organisms, Ecosystems by Bernhard A. Huber,Bradley J. Sinclair,Karl-Heinz Lampe

Assembly Rules and Restoration Ecology: Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Practice (The Science and Practice of Ecological Restoration Series)

Knowing how ecosystems are assembled -- how the species that make up a selected organic neighborhood arrive in a space, live to tell the tale, and engage with different species -- is vital to effectively restoring degraded ecosystems. but little cognizance has been paid to the belief of meeting ideas in ecological recovery, in either the clinical literature and in on-the-ground recovery efforts.

Ecosystem Management: Adaptive, Community-Based Conservation

Brand new traditional source managers has to be in a position to navigate one of the complex interactions and conflicting pursuits of numerous stakeholders and decisionmakers. Technical and medical wisdom, even though helpful, aren't adequate. technology is basically one part in a multifaceted global of choice making.

Design for Human Ecosystems: Landscape, Land Use, and Natural Resources

For greater than 30 years, John Tillman Lyle (1934-1998) used to be one of many prime thinkers within the box of ecological layout. layout for Human Ecosystems, initially released in 1985, is his vintage textual content that explores equipment of designing landscapes that functionality within the sustainable methods of normal ecosystems.

Ecology and Conservation of Tropical Marine Faunal Communities

This ebook offers insights into a number of features of marine faunal groups in India, that are tremendous various because of the geomorphologic and climatic adaptations alongside the Indian coasts. which include 30 chapters by means of specialists of their respective fields, it truly is divided into parts:·       half I: Tropical Marine Faunal Communities·       half II: Ecology and ConservationPart I highlights the variety and distribution of Foraminifera; sponges linked to seagrass; Polychaeta; Opisthobranchia; oysters; copepods; horseshoe and brachyuran crabs; echinoderms; ascidians; fishes; fish parasites; and sea mammals.