Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function write by Ernst-Detlef Schulze. This book was released on 2012-12-06. Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The biota of the earth is being altered at an unprecedented rate. We are witnessing wholesale exchanges of organisms among geographic areas that were once totally biologically isolated. We are seeing massive changes in landscape use that are creating even more abundant succes sional patches, reductions in population sizes, and in the worst cases, losses of species. There are many reasons for concern about these trends. One is that we unfortunately do not know in detail the conse quences of these massive alterations in terms of how the biosphere as a whole operates or even, for that matter, the functioning of localized ecosystems. We do know that the biosphere interacts strongly with the atmospheric composition, contributing to potential climate change. We also know that changes in vegetative cover greatly influence the hydrology and biochemistry ofa site or region. Our knowledge is weak in important details, however. How are the many services that ecosystems provide to humanity altered by modifications of ecosystem composition? Stated in another way, what is the role of individual species in ecosystem function? We are observing the selective as well as wholesale alteration in the composition of ecosystems. Do these alterations matter in respect to how ecosystems operate and provide services? This book represents the initial probing of this central ques tion. It will be followed by other volumes in this series examining in depth the functional role of biodiversity in various ecosystems of the world.
Insects and Ecosystem Function
Insects and Ecosystem Function - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Insects and Ecosystem Function write by W.W. Weisser. This book was released on 2013-06-05. Insects and Ecosystem Function available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Insects are a dominant component of biodiversity in terrestrial ecosystems and play a key role in mediating the relationship between plants and ecosystem processes. This volume examines their effects on ecosystem functioning, focusing mainly, but not exclusively, on herbivorous insects. Renowned authors with extensive experience in the field of plant-insect interactions, contribute to the volume using examples from their own work.
Conservation Biology for All
Conservation Biology for All - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Conservation Biology for All write by Navjot S. Sodhi. This book was released on 2010-01-08. Conservation Biology for All available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Conservation Biology for All provides cutting-edge but basic conservation science to a global readership. A series of authoritative chapters have been written by the top names in conservation biology with the principal aim of disseminating cutting-edge conservation knowledge as widely as possible. Important topics such as balancing conversion and human needs, climate change, conservation planning, designing and analyzing conservation research, ecosystem services, endangered species management, extinctions, fire, habitat loss, and invasive species are covered. Numerous textboxes describing additional relevant material or case studies are also included. The global biodiversity crisis is now unstoppable; what can be saved in the developing world will require an educated constituency in both the developing and developed world. Habitat loss is particularly acute in developing countries, which is of special concern because it tends to be these locations where the greatest species diversity and richest centres of endemism are to be found. Sadly, developing world conservation scientists have found it difficult to access an authoritative textbook, which is particularly ironic since it is these countries where the potential benefits of knowledge application are greatest. There is now an urgent need to educate the next generation of scientists in developing countries, so that they are in a better position to protect their natural resources.
Biodiversity Loss
Biodiversity Loss - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Biodiversity Loss write by Charles Perrings. This book was released on 1997-01-28. Biodiversity Loss available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This volume reports key findings of the Biodiversity Program of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences' Beijer Institute. The program brought together a number of eminent ecologists and economists to consider the nature and significance of the biodiversity problem. In encouraging collaborative work between these closely related disciplines it sought to shed new light on the concept of diversity; the implications of biological diversity for the functioning of ecosystems; the driving forces behind biodiversity loss; and the options for promoting biodiversity conservation. The results of the program are surprising. It is shown that the core of the biodiversity problem is a loss of ecosystem resilience and the insurance it provides against the uncertain environmental effects of economic and population growth. This is as much a local as a global problem, implying that biodiversity conservation offers benefits that are as much local as global. The solutions as well as the causes of biodiversity loss lie in incentives to local users.
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning write by Michel Loreau. This book was released on 2002. Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Increasing domination of ecosystems by humans is steadily transforming them into depauperate systems. How will this loss of biodiversity affect the functioning and stability of natural and managed ecosystems? This work provides comprehensive coverage of empirical and theoretical research.
