Biodiversity

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

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

Presents the state-of-the-art of model-based integration of ecology and economics in the field of biodiversity conservation.

Presents the state-of-the-art of model-based integration of ecology and economics in the field of biodiversity conservation.

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

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

Explains how satellite remote sensing informs and helps deliver successful conservation management through case studies, which highlight practitioner experience.

Provides a global analysis of policies to address deforestation, an important driver of climate change.

Leading researchers present current methodological approaches and future directions for a less anthropocentric study of animal cognition.

Leading researchers present current methodological approaches and future directions for a less anthropocentric study of animal cognition.

This interdisciplinary and accessible book will help environmentalists to make stronger arguments in favor of conserving biodiversity.

This interdisciplinary and accessible book will help environmentalists to make stronger arguments in favor of conserving biodiversity.

An introduction to chimpanzee behavior and conservation, synthesizing findings from long-term field studies in the African rainforest belt.

This book synthesises key insights from a century of ecological research and monitoring efforts in one of Africa''s oldest protected areas.

This book synthesises key insights from a century of ecological research and monitoring efforts in one of Africa''s oldest protected areas.

This study, first published in 2000, examines the cultural and ecological causes of the near-extinction of the bison.

This study, first published in 2000, examines the cultural and ecological causes of the near-extinction of the bison.

A fascinating analysis of the main patterns of distribution and evolution of the Australasian biota.

A fascinating analysis of the main patterns of distribution and evolution of the Australasian biota.

The first detailed collation of the evolution, ecology and conservation of some of South America''s least-known, and most endangered, primates.

The first detailed collation of the evolution, ecology and conservation of some of South America''s least-known, and most endangered, primates.

Explores equilibrium and non-equilibrium in undisturbed and disturbed ecological systems, examining how human activities affect the balance/imbalance of nature.

Explores equilibrium and non-equilibrium in undisturbed and disturbed ecological systems, examining how human activities affect the balance/imbalance of nature.

This book critically evaluates cryptic species - a growing trend in taxonomy - and their importance for evolutionary biology.

This book critically evaluates cryptic species - a growing trend in taxonomy - and their importance for evolutionary biology.

Critical examination of participatory biodiversity assessment focusing on lessons for policy makers and planners.

First of its kind and unique in its blend of theoretical and practical approaches for mainstreaming biodiversity in impact assessment.

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

First of its kind and unique in its blend of theoretical and practical approaches for mainstreaming biodiversity in impact assessment.

An examination and evaluation of the problem of various forms of biodiversity loss.

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

A study of the fate of plants during the ''great extinction'' 65 million years ago.

First published in 2007, this is a valuable reference book for graduate students, scientists and managers on the sustainable protection of the Malay Archipelago.

This book explores the epistemological and ethical issues at the foundations of environmental philosophy.

A new textbook that advocates a more ecological and process oriented approach to plant sciences.

This book discusses whether, and how, coexistence of people and endangered wildlife may be encouraged.

An introduction to ecological monitoring, providing both a rationale for monitoring and a practical guide to the techniques available.

This two-volume set provides a one-stop resource on invasive plants, animals, fungi, and microorganisms that are threatening native ecosystems, agriculture, economies, and human health in the United States.

The book examines the intersection of politics, economic development, and environmental sustainability of the coffee industry in Costa Rica.