Book Description
Trata-se de uma coletânea de artigos focalizando os principais avanços conceituais que fundametam o desenvolvimento de novas metodologias de avaliação e monitoramento da biodiversidade nos ecossistemas tropicais.
Author : Irene Garay
Publisher :
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 48,54 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Biodiversity conservation
ISBN : 9788532625298
Trata-se de uma coletânea de artigos focalizando os principais avanços conceituais que fundametam o desenvolvimento de novas metodologias de avaliação e monitoramento da biodiversidade nos ecossistemas tropicais.
Author : Edward O. Wilson
Publisher : Editora Companhia das Letras
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 11,15 MB
Release : 2012-12-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 8580865085
O papa da biodiversidade traça um abrangente e apaixonado painel da alarmante situação da ecologia no mundo de hoje, propondo soluções. Reconhecido no mundo todo como o papa da biodiversidade, Wilson analisa aqui os processos adaptativos responsáveis pela criação de novas espécies e descreve os cataclismos que interromperam a evolução e empobreceram a diversidade nos últimos seiscentos milhões de anos. Os cinco primeiros desastres ecológicos (tais como meteoritos e mudanças climáticas) custaram à evolução entre dez e cem milhões de anos de reparação. Já o sexto grande espasmo de extinção na Terra, desta vez inteiramente causado pelo homem, pode não ter conserto. Wilson aponta fortes indícios de que o planeta caminha para um grave e talvez irreversível processo de degradação ambiental: declínio da população de pássaros nos Estados Unidos, extinção de espécies de peixes de água doce na África e na Ásia, drástica redução de flora e fauna nas regiões tropicais desmatadas. As saídas que o autor propõe são complexas, à altura do problema, mas factíveis, e passam por conciliar produção, lucro e proteção ambiental. Desafiadoras, elas permitem que a consciência ecológica e as práticas sociais alcancem novo patamar, tanto nos estudos quanto nas atitudes individuais e políticas de preservação do meio ambiente.
Author :
Publisher : unipampa
Page : 1163 pages
File Size : 37,79 MB
Release :
Category :
ISBN : 856333722X
Author : David L. Hawksworth
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 517 pages
File Size : 26,3 MB
Release : 2007-01-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 1402052049
This collection of more than 30 peer-reviewed papers focuses on the diversity and conservation of arthropods, whose species inhabit virtually every recess and plane – and feature in virtually every food web – on the planet. Highlighting issues ranging from large-scale disturbance to local management, from spatial heterogeneity to temporal patterns, these papers reflect exciting new research – and take the reader to some of the most biodiverse corners of the planet.
Author :
Publisher : Seven Editora
Page : 2850 pages
File Size : 48,80 MB
Release :
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 6584976394
Author : Ricardo Ribeiro Rodrigues
Publisher : Nova Publishers
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 38,66 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781600214219
The discussion of ideas, methods, scientific results, empirical practices and perspectives on the restoration of high diversity tropical and subtropical forest formations is the objective of this book; however, principles here proposed may be used in other less complex forest formations. Special attention is given to the role of the ecological processes on the restoration of functional forest communities, once the composition and structure of these natural or even restored communities change in space and time.
Author : Elisabete A. Silva
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 764 pages
File Size : 13,55 MB
Release : 2014-08-21
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1317917022
The Routledge Handbook of Planning Research Methods is an expansive look at the traditions, methods, and challenges of research design and research projects in contemporary urban planning. Through case studies, an international group of researchers, planning practitioners, and planning academics and educators, all recognized authorities in the field, provide accounts of designing and implementing research projects from different approaches and venues. This book shows how to apply quantitative and qualitative methods to projects, and how to take your research from the classroom to the real world. The book is structured into sections focusing on Beginning planning research Research design and development Rediscovering qualitative methods New advances in quantitative methods Turning research into action With chapters written by leading scholars in spatial planning, The Routledge Handbook of Planning Research Methods is the most authoritative and comprehensive handbook on the topic, providing both established and ground breaking coverage of spatial planning research methods. The book is an invaluable resource for undergraduate and graduate level students, young professionals and practitioners in urban, regional, and spatial planning.
Author : C. Elliott
Publisher :
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 11,2 MB
Release : 1991
Category :
ISBN :
A importância das florestas tropicais. O valor dos produtos não derivados da madeira. O custo do desmatamento. Áreas existentes e índices de destruição. Ameaças às florestas tropicais. A posição do WWF. Áreas protegidas. Gestão florestal ecologicamente sustentável. Encaminhamento para a sustentabilidade. Populações indígenas e comunidades locais. Iniciativas para salvar as florestas tropicais. Programa de Ação para as Florestas Tropicais (TFAP). A nova política florestal do Banco Mundial. A ITTO (Organização Internacional para a Madeira Tropical). Regulamentação do comércio de madeira tropical. Convenção global da floresta. Convenção sobre a biodiversidade. Convenções sobre o clima. Subsídios agrícolas. O GATT. Florestas temperadas.
Author : Gordon H. Orians
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 12,23 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 3642797555
Although biologists have directed much attention to estimating the extent and causes of species losses, the consequences for ecosystem functioning have been little studied. This book examines the impact of biodiversity on ecosystem processes in tropical forests - one of the most species-rich and at the same time most endangered ecosystems on earth. It covers the relationships between biodiversity and primary production, secondary production, biogeochemical cycles, soil processes, plant life forms, responses to disturbance, and resistance to invasion. The analyses focus on the key ecological interfaces where the loss of keystone species is most likely to influence the rate and stability of ecosystem processes.
Author : Geraldo Wilson Fernandes
Publisher : Springer
Page : 547 pages
File Size : 43,33 MB
Release : 2014-06-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9401787832
The book brings to light the most recent findings on the biogeography, biodiversity, host plant induction and natural history of gall inducing insects in the Neotropical region. We attempt to summarize the work done so far in the region, promote several syntheses on many aspects such as host induction, host specialization, distribution among the several vegetation types and zones, the origin of super hosts and the mechanisms leading to geographical patterns in their distribution. Furthermore, the book constructs new perspectives for deeper understanding of galling insect evolutionary ecology and biogeopgraphy in the region.