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Habitat Fragmentation and Landscape Change
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 349

Habitat Fragmentation and Landscape Change

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2013-02-22
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  • Publisher: Island Press

Habitat loss and degradation that comes as a result of human activity is the single biggest threat to biodiversity in the world today. Habitat Fragmentation and Landscape Change is a groundbreaking work that brings together a wealth of information from a wide range of sources to define the ecological problems caused by landscape change and to highlight the relationships among landscape change, habitat fragmentation, and biodiversity conservation. The book: synthesizes a large body of information from the scientific literature considers key theoretical principles for examining and predicting effects examines the range of effects that can arise explores ways of mitigating impacts reviews approaches to studying the problem discusses knowledge gaps and future areas for research and management Habitat Fragmentation and Landscape Change offers a unique mix of theoretical and practical information, outlining general principles and approaches and illustrating those principles with case studies from around the world. It represents a definitive overview and synthesis on the full range of topics that fall under the widely used but often vaguely defined term "habitat fragmentation."

Tree Hollows and Wildlife Conservation in Australia
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 238

Tree Hollows and Wildlife Conservation in Australia

Examines the hollow-dependent fauna of Australia, looking at the development of hollows, selection by fauna, and pests and introduced species.

Gliders of Australia
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 192

Gliders of Australia

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2002
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  • Publisher: UNSW Press

This book deals with all six species of Australian gliders, which range in size from the tiny 12-gram Feathertail Glider to the 1.3-kg Greater Glider. It relates the story of this extraordinary group of animals, which possess a fascinating array of adaptations to their nocturnal and gliding existence.

Temperate Woodland Conservation and Management
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 400

Temperate Woodland Conservation and Management

This book summarizes the main discoveries, management insights and policy initiatives in the science, management and policy arenas associated with temperate woodlands in Australia. More than 60 of Australia's leading researchers, policy makers and natural resource managers have contributed to the volume. It features new perspectives on the integration of woodland management and agricultural production, including the latest thinking about whole of paddock restoration and carbon farming, as well as financial and social incentive schemes to promote woodland conservation and management. Temperate Woodland Conservation and Management will be a key supporting aid for farmers, natural resource managers, policy makers, and people involved in NGO landscape restoration and management. KEY FEATURES * High quality chapters from the nation's leading researchers, managers and policy makers in temperate woodlands * New perspectives on the integration of woodland management and agricultural production * Easy to follow format that distills key new insights and lessons for future conservation and management initiatives

Goethe Yearbook 22
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 332

Goethe Yearbook 22

Cutting-edge scholarly articles on diverse aspects of Goethe and the Goethezeit, featuring in this volume a special section on environmentalism.

Agricultural Resilience
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 407

Agricultural Resilience

Offers an interdisciplinary exploration of resilience in agriculture, and implications for producers seeking to adapt to change and uncertainty.

Global Forest Fragmentation
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 191

Global Forest Fragmentation

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2014-09-12
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  • Publisher: CABI

Forest fragmentation will inevitably continue over the coming years, especially in developing economies. This book provides a cutting edge review of the multi-disciplinary sciences related to studies of global forest fragmentation. It specifically addresses cross-cutting themes from both an ecological and a social sciences perspective. The ultimate goal of Global Forest Fragmentation is to provide a detailed scientific base to support future forest landscape management and planning to meet global environmental and societal needs.

Place-Based Sustainability
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 335

Place-Based Sustainability

Global challenges instigated by climate change and urbanisation are driving research seeking appropriate and effective strategies for social, economic, and environmental sustainability. While technical advancements are a major focus for sustainable development, there are important research avenues that explore the relationship of place and sustainability from a number of perspectives. Place-based sustainability research identifies activities and initiatives that need to be layered and integrated with technological advances, but also help drive them. This research can facilitate the well-considered steering of sustainable development and practices, the essence of stewardship of place. This vo...

Large-Scale Landscape Experiments
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 305

Large-Scale Landscape Experiments

An overview of relationships between landscape change, habitat fragmentation and biodiversity conservation, using key lessons from the Tumut Fragmentation Study.

Monitoring Forest Biodiversity
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 390

Monitoring Forest Biodiversity

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2012-01-09
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  • Publisher: Routledge

First Published in 2012. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.