Monitoring Biodiversity
Author : William Lee Gaines
Publisher :
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 28,16 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Biodiversity
ISBN :
Author : William Lee Gaines
Publisher :
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 28,16 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Biodiversity
ISBN :
Author : Alfonso Alonso
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
Page : 769 pages
File Size : 46,48 MB
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 1935623397
The book compiles case studies regarding the biodiversity research and monitoring program of Andean species and habitats carefully chosen as indicators to assess the short- and long-term effects of a linear disturbance: the PERU LNG pipeline. Set in a scientifically unexplored region of the Andes, Monitoring Biodiversity clearly articulates the Smithsonian-led conceptual framework for the implementation in the field by scientists. It addresses scientific and conservation questions addressed by the research protocols, the experimental design, and data gathering. Moreover, the book covers a gap on how to integrate biodiversity research, monitoring, and conservation into sustainable development projects of national and international interest. The text is presented in both English and Spanish.
Author : David Lindenmayer
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 45,49 MB
Release : 2012-04-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 0643103597
Ecological and biodiversity-based monitoring has been marked by an appalling lack of effectiveness and lack of success in Australia for more than 40 years, despite the billions of dollars that are invested in biodiversity conservation annually. What can be done to rectify this situation? This book tackles many aspects of the problem of biodiversity monitoring. It arose from a major workshop held at The Australian National University in February 2011, attended by leaders in the science, policy-making and management arenas of biodiversity conservation. The diversity of participants was deliberate – successful biodiversity monitoring is dependent on partnerships among people with different kinds of expertise. Chapter contributors examine what has led to successful monitoring, the key problems with biodiversity monitoring and practical solutions to those problems. By capturing critical insights into successes, failures and solutions, the authors provide high-level guidance for important initiatives such as the National Biodiversity Strategy, similar kinds of conservation initiatives in state government agencies, as well as non-government organisations that aim to improve conservation outcomes in Australia. Ultimately, the authors hope to considerably improve the quality and effectiveness of biodiversity monitoring in Australia, and to arrest the decline of biodiversity.
Author : David Arnold Hill
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 598 pages
File Size : 21,5 MB
Release : 2005-08-04
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780521823685
This Handbook, first published in 2005, provides standard procedures for planning and conducting a survey of any species or habitat and for evaluating the data.
Author : Pierre Taberlet
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 25,62 MB
Release : 2018-02-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 0191079995
Environmental DNA (eDNA) refers to DNA that can be extracted from environmental samples (such as soil, water, feces, or air) without the prior isolation of any target organism. The analysis of environmental DNA has the potential of providing high-throughput information on taxa and functional genes in a given environment, and is easily amenable to the study of both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. It can provide an understanding of past or present biological communities as well as their trophic relationships, and can thus offer useful insights into ecosystem functioning. There is now a rapidly-growing interest amongst biologists in applying analysis of environmental DNA to their own research. However, good practices and protocols dealing with environmental DNA are currently widely dispersed across numerous papers, with many of them presenting only preliminary results and using a diversity of methods. In this context, the principal objective of this practical handbook is to provide biologists (both students and researchers) with the scientific background necessary to assist with the understanding and implementation of best practices and analyses based on environmental DNA.
Author : Toby Gardner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 23,44 MB
Release : 2012-01-09
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0415507154
First Published in 2012. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : Ronald Heyer
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
Page : 537 pages
File Size : 48,44 MB
Release : 2014-12-16
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1588344371
Measuring and Monitoring Biological Diversity is the first book to provide comprehensive coverage of standard methods for biodiversity sampling of amphibians, with information on analyzing and using data that will interest biologists in general. In this manual, nearly fifty herpetologists recommend ten standard sampling procedures for measuring and monitoring amphibian and many other populations. The contributors discuss each procedure, along with the circumstances for its appropriate use. In addition, they provide a detailed protocol for each procedure's implementation, a list of necessary equipment and personnel, and suggestions for analyzing the data. The data obtained using these standard methods are comparable across sites and through time and, as a result, are extremely useful for making decisions about habitat protection, sustained use, and restoration—decisions that are particularly relevant for threatened amphibian populations.
Author : Abid A Ansari
Publisher : CABI
Page : 630 pages
File Size : 26,8 MB
Release : 2016-12-23
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1780646941
Results of regular monitoring of the species diversity and structure of plant communities is used by conservation biologists to help understand impacts of perturbations caused by humans and other environmental factors on ecosystems worldwide. Changes in plant communities can, for example, be a reflection of increased levels of pollution, a response to long-term climate change, or the result of shifts in land-use practices by the human population. This book presents a series of essays on the application of plant biodiversity monitoring and assessment to help prevent species extinction, ecosystem collapse, and solve problems in biodiversity conservation. It has been written by a large international team of researchers and uses case studies and examples from all over the world, and from a broad range of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. The book is aimed at any graduate students and researchers with a strong interest in plant biodiversity monitoring and assessment, plant community ecology, biodiversity conservation, and the environmental impacts of human activities on ecosystems.
Author : William Lee Gaines
Publisher :
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 43,50 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Biodiversity
ISBN :
Author : Roy W. McDiarmid
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 43,2 MB
Release : 2012-01-10
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0520266714
“Authoritative and comprehensive—provides an up-to-date description of the tool box of methods for inventorying and monitoring the diverse spectrum of reptiles. All biodiversity scientists will want to have it during project planning and as study progresses. A must for field biologists, conservation planners, and biodiversity managers.”—Jay M. Savage, San Diego State University “Kudos to the editors and contributors to this book. From the perspective of a non-ecologist such as myself, who only occasionally needs to intensively sample a particular site or habitat, the quality and clarity of this book has been well worth the wait.”—Jack W. Sites, Jr.