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Grazing and Conservation Management
Grazing animals enjoy an ambiguous reputation in the field of nature conservation. Livestock are often treated as a scourge, yet native large herbivores form the prime attraction of many a reserve. This book gives the first comprehensive overview of the use of grazing as a tool in conservation management. Considering in turn the ecological and historical background, the impact of grazing on community structure, management applications and future prospects, this book examines issues such as the role of herbivores as keystone species, the assessment of habitat quality and the function of scientific models in advancing grazing management. Large herbivores are shown to be potentially powerful allies in the management of nature reserves, particularly in the maintenance, enhancement or restoration of biodiversity. Grazing and Conservation Management will appeal to conservation biologists and rangeland managers, providing them with a clearer understanding of grazing and conservation management.
The Soil Seed Banks of North West Europe
Buried viable seed banks are a fundamental aspect of seed plant biology. They play a key role in the conservation and restoration of plant communities and the response of plants to changing land use and climate. There is almost no area of plant ecology in which seed banks are not implicated. Despite several recent reviews of the ecology of seed banks, there has previously been no single source of data on seed persistence in individual species. This volume, which compiles the available data from the nineteenth century up to the end of 1993, provides this source for the 1189 members of the northwest European flora. The text describes the criteria for inclusion of data and discusses seed classification systems, the relative representation of different habitats, methods and taxa, and challenges for future research. Includes PC disc with database in searchable format.
Brinkman's catalogus van boeken en tijdschriften
With 1901/1910-1956/1960 Repertoium is bound: Brinkman's Titel-catalohus van de gedurende 1901/1910-1956/1960 (Title varies slightly).
Nature and National Identity After Communism
In this groundbreaking book, Katrina Schwartz examines the intersection of environmental politics, globalization, and national identity in a small East European country: modern-day Latvia. Based on extensive ethnographic research and lively discourse analysis, it explores that country's post-Soviet responses to European assistance and political pressure in nature management, biodiversity conservation, and rural development. These responses were shaped by hotly contested notions of national identity articulated as contrasting visions of the "ideal" rural landscape.The players in this story include Latvian farmers and other traditional rural dwellers, environmental advocates, and professionals...
Held tegen wil en dank
Jarenlang hing zijn foto aan de muur van alle huiskamers bij de familie Kompagne: oom Henk, in politie-uniform. Oom Henk, die de oorlog niet had overleefd. Maar waarom niet? Door welk noodlot was het leven van deze Haagse agent, vader van zes kinderen, plotseling afgebroken? Zijn neef Jan Kompagnie, een vooraanstaand archivaris en onderzoeker bij het Nationaal Archief, ging op onderzoek uit. Vele dossiers en onderzoeksreizen later was het beeld compleet: de dood van Henk Kompagne was het resultaat van een keten van gebeurtenissen, die begon met het verlenen van onderdak, voor enkele dagen maar, aan een onderduiker. En vervolgens speelde een ongeruste moeder die haar dochter wilde beschermen een tragische rol in het drama. Daarmee is de dood van Henk Kompagne een typisch verhaal uit de Tweede Wereldoorlog: hoe de verhouding tussen oorzaak en gevolg soms totaal zoek lijkt te zijn.
