Biodiversity

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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 Conservation of Violence explores the governance of protected forests in Zimbabwe, highlighting the structural and operational mechanism through which violent tactics are produced, employed, and sustained to promote nature conservation.

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.

Eco-toxicology, an offshoot of toxicology, is a multidisciplinary science that integrates toxicology and ecology by drawing knowledge and procedures from both fields.

Today global changes and human activities affect plants within each of the world's ecosystems.

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.

This book provides a review of the multitude of conservation concepts, both from a scientific, philosophical, and social science perspective, asking how we want to shape our relationships with nature as humans, and providing guidance on which conservation approaches can help us to do this.

Conventional tillage and burning crop residues has degraded the soil resource base and intensified soil degradation with concomitant decrease in crop production capacity.

Conventional tillage and burning crop residues has degraded the soil resource base and intensified soil degradation with concomitant decrease in crop production capacity.

This reference book provides advanced knowledge on sustainable biogenic waste management.

This reference book provides advanced knowledge on sustainable biogenic waste management.

Anyone who attempts to study crustaceans soon realizes that there are many science fields involved.

Anyone who attempts to study crustaceans soon realizes that there are many science fields involved.

This book focuses on the regional political ecologies (RPEs) of environmental conflicts in India.

This book focuses on the regional political ecologies (RPEs) of environmental conflicts in India.

This is the first textbook to adopt an integrated perspective of climate change in Australia, drawing on research from the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2021, 2022) Sixth Assessment Reports to make it the most up-to-date resource available.