Applied ecology

The grim history of Nauru Island, a small speck in the Pacific Ocean halfway between Hawaii and Australia, represents a larger story of environmental degradation and economic dysfunction.

In the late 1800s American entrepreneurs became participants in the 400-year history of European economic and ecological hegemony in the tropics.

The Caribbean is a global biodiversity hotspot; half its resident bird species are found nowhere else, yet, a quarter are threatened with extinction.

The drive to own the natural world in twentieth-century America seems virtually limitless.

Each year, the concentration of dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) in the mixed layer at Station S in the Sargasso Sea decreases from winter to summer by about 30 umol/kg.

It is not the purpose of this work to propose a specific format for the settlement of the citys current difficulties with the valley, to resolve the environmental questions associated with Los Angeless proposed groundwater pumping program, or to promote any cause associated with the developing situation in the Owens Valley.

Intended for undergraduate and graduate students in conservation biology, natural resource management, and ecology, this book compiles compelling case histories in molecular ecology.

Compiles the issues involved in successful ecosystem-based fisheries management to foster its implementation and further scientific research into the area.

Ecology is one of the most challenging of sciences, with unambiguous knowledge much harder to achieve than it might seem.

A much revised and greatly extended compilation of the expanding uses of diatoms in the environmental and earth sciences.

An overview of ecosystem-based management of fisheries, with contributions from some of the world''s leading fisheries scientists, managers and conservationists.

An overview of ecosystem-based management of fisheries, with contributions from some of the world''s leading fisheries scientists, managers and conservationists.

The Northern Spotted Owl, a threatened species that occurs in coniferous forests in the western United States, has become a well-known environmental symbol.

Intended for undergraduate and graduate students in conservation biology, natural resource management, and ecology, this book compiles compelling case histories in molecular ecology.

A much revised and greatly extended compilation of the expanding uses of diatoms in the environmental and earth sciences.

Focuses on how the theories underlying sustainability can be translated into practice and the challenges involved in achieving this.

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.

A groundbreaking work explaining our ecological predicament in the context of the first scientific theory of humankind''s development.

Compiles the issues involved in successful ecosystem-based fisheries management to foster its implementation and further scientific research into the area.

An account of the catastrophic decline and remarkable recovery of a fox species inhabiting only the California Channel Islands.

This book bridges natural, physical and social sciences to show how ecosystem ecology can inform the ecosystem services approach to environmental management.

The lessons learned from studies of the dry valleys of Antarctica applied to the search for life on other planets.

Synthesis of remarkable long-term and well-known study of the population dynamics of soay sheep on St Kilda.

California and the Western States are rich in abundant and diverse species of mushrooms.

Evolutionary biology has long sought to explain how new traits and new species arise.

An account of the catastrophic decline and remarkable recovery of a fox species inhabiting only the California Channel Islands.

Focuses on how the theories underlying sustainability can be translated into practice and the challenges involved in achieving this.

This book bridges natural, physical and social sciences to show how ecosystem ecology can inform the ecosystem services approach to environmental management.

Describes biological rhythms and clocks evolved by marine organisms in relation to tidal, daily, lunar and seasonal life cycle events.

An interdisciplinary analysis of the ecological impact of industrial pollution, from causes and effects to monitoring techniques and ecosystem recovery.

Brings together viewpoints from leading ecologists and evolutionary biologists to discuss how speciation affects patterns of biological diversity.

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

The lessons learned from studies of the dry valleys of Antarctica applied to the search for life on other planets.

Assesses the current status, and future challenges and opportunities, of the ecological study, design and management of cities and towns.

A groundbreaking work explaining our ecological predicament in the context of the first scientific theory of humankind''s development.

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

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

An interdisciplinary analysis of the ecological impact of industrial pollution, from causes and effects to monitoring techniques and ecosystem recovery.

Describes biological rhythms and clocks evolved by marine organisms in relation to tidal, daily, lunar and seasonal life cycle events.

Assesses the current status, and future challenges and opportunities, of the ecological study, design and management of cities and towns.

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

Brings together viewpoints from leading ecologists and evolutionary biologists to discuss how speciation affects patterns of biological diversity.

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

This book identifies restoration strategies for beach and dune conservation and discusses ways to educate and involve stakeholders.

This book is bulging with promising land patterns for students, planners, conservationists and policy makers.

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

An expanded and improved edition of an established text reflecting recent developments in zooarchaeology.

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.