Biodiversity

Moose können ebenso gefährdet sein wie Blütenpflanzen oder andere Organismen.

In Nordostdeutschland wurden in den letzten 15 Jahren große Anstrengungen unternommen, die Ökosystemleistungen der Flusstalmoore neu zu beleben.

Gene flow is a natural process that occurs spontaneously and enables the evolution of life.

Nematodes are small multicellular organisms that have been used as biological models since the 1960s.

Nematodes are small multicellular organisms that have been used as biological models since the 1960s.

Gene flow is a natural process that occurs spontaneously and enables the evolution of life.

There are many books on aspects of plant invasions, but none that focus on the key role of species interactions in mediating invasions.

There are many books on aspects of plant invasions, but none that focus on the key role of species interactions in mediating invasions.

Examining globally invasive alien birds, the first part of this book provides an account of 32 global avian invasive species (as listed by the Invasive Species Specialist Group, ISSG).

Examining globally invasive alien birds, the first part of this book provides an account of 32 global avian invasive species (as listed by the Invasive Species Specialist Group, ISSG).

Today, 55% of the world's human population lives in urban areas.

Today, 55% of the world's human population lives in urban areas.

Insect Conservation: A Global Synthesis is a landmark, field-defining work written by Professor Michael Samways, one of the founding fathers of this burgeoning discipline of conservation science.

Insect Conservation: A Global Synthesis is a landmark, field-defining work written by Professor Michael Samways, one of the founding fathers of this burgeoning discipline of conservation science.

This textbook introduces the basic concepts of mathematical modelling when applied to natural systems.

This short textbook introduces students to the concept of describing natural systems using mathematical models.

Results of regular monitoring of the species diversity and structure of plant communities is used by conservation biologists to help understand impacts of perturbations caused by humans and other environmental factors on ecosystems worldwide.

Results of regular monitoring of the species diversity and structure of plant communities is used by conservation biologists to help understand impacts of perturbations caused by humans and other environmental factors on ecosystems worldwide.

From the time he was old enough to focus on an object, Tim Faulkner has had his eyes glued on things that slither, climb, claw, wrap, shake, hop and burrow.

What should the average person know about science?

A comprehensive guide to the proactive management of alien plants, synthesising the most current global theory and best management practice.

A comprehensive guide to the proactive management of alien plants, synthesising the most current global theory and best management practice.

Taking a multidisciplinary approach, this book explores how new technologies are facilitating more effective collection and dissemination of taxonomic data.

Taking a multidisciplinary approach, this book explores how new technologies are facilitating more effective collection and dissemination of taxonomic data.

An important, interdisciplinary study of the many dimensions of human-driven biodiversity change.

An important, interdisciplinary study of the many dimensions of human-driven biodiversity change.

This book reviews state-of-the-art research into trait-based effects and their importance in community and ecosystem ecology.

Landslides are dangerous, fascinating phenomena: understanding their biological and ecological aspects is essential for achieving slope stability and habitat restoration.

A compact overview of the process, theory and practice of conservation and its central place in environmental issues.

A compact overview of the process, theory and practice of conservation and its central place in environmental issues.

Landslides are dangerous, fascinating phenomena: understanding their biological and ecological aspects is essential for achieving slope stability and habitat restoration.

A comprehensive overview of wood-inhabiting fungi, insects and vertebrates, discussing habitat requirements along with strategies for maintaining biodiversity.

A comprehensive overview of wood-inhabiting fungi, insects and vertebrates, discussing habitat requirements along with strategies for maintaining biodiversity.

Brings together research from a range of fields to address key questions relating to agriculture: its origins and long-term sustainability.

Brings together research from a range of fields to address key questions relating to agriculture: its origins and long-term sustainability.

Offers a global perspective on freshwater systems, highlighting how the conservation of crayfish will help protect ecosystem quality.

Offers a global perspective on freshwater systems, highlighting how the conservation of crayfish will help protect ecosystem quality.

Presents the latest advances in source-sink theory, methods and applications for sustaining natural resources and biodiversity.

Discover the mathematical riches of ''what is diversity?

Extinction of quagga zebras left behind historical records, art, literature, and DNA whose information led to their rebreeding.

Extinction of quagga zebras left behind historical records, art, literature, and DNA whose information led to their rebreeding.

Mass extinctions, the fossil record, and whether we can avoid a disastrous human-made mass extinction event.

Mass extinctions, the fossil record, and whether we can avoid a disastrous human-made mass extinction event.

Fresh waters are disproportionately rich in species, and represent global hotspots of biodiversity.

Fresh waters are disproportionately rich in species, and represent global hotspots of biodiversity.

A concise environmental history of the near-extinction of the bison from the mid-eighteenth century to the present.

Provides a comprehensive synthesis of a fundamental phenomenon, the species–area relationship, addressing theory, evidence and application.

Questions why species are becoming extinct, and how we can protect the natural world on which we all depend.

Brings scientists, policy makers, land and water managers and citizen stakeholders together to resolve natural resource and environmental problems.

Discusses the benefits and risks, as well as the economic and socio-political realities, of rewilding as a novel conservation tool.