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Environmental Scenario for 21st Century
Festschrift volume to Prem Shanker Dubey, b. 1942, Indian botanist and chairman of Pollution Control Board, Bhopal; contributed articles.
Science and Ecosystem Management in the National Parks
Our national parks are more than mere recreational destinations. They are repositories of the nation's biological diversity and contain some of the last ecosystem remnants needed as standards to set reasonable goals for sustainable development throughout the land. Nevertheless, public pressure for recreation has largely precluded adequate research and resource monitoring in national parks, and ignorance of ecosystem structure and function in parks has led to costly mistakes--such as predator control and fire suppression--that continue to threaten parks today. This volume demonstrates the value of ecological knowledge in protecting parks and shows how modest investments in knowledge of park e...
Fisheries Review
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The Sunflower Forest
Ecological restoration, the attempt to guide damaged ecosystems back to a previous, usually healthier or more natural, condition, is rapidly gaining recognition as one of the most promising approaches to conservation. In this book, William R. Jordan III, who coined the term "restoration ecology," and who is widely respected as an intellectual leader in the field, outlines a vision for a restoration-based environmentalism that has emerged from his work over twenty-five years. Drawing on a provocative range of thinkers, from anthropologists Victor Turner, Roy Rappaport, and Mary Douglas to literary critics Frederick Turner, Leo Marx, and R.W.B. Lewis, Jordan explores the promise of restoration...
Savannas, Barrens, and Rock Outcrop Plant Communities of North America
A coherent, readable summary of the technical information available on savannas, barrens and rock outcrop plant communities.
Wildlife Review
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