Author : Paulo Estefano Bobrowiec
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 25,1 MB
Release : 2024-01-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 2832543030
Author : Christian C. Voigt
Publisher : Springer
Page : 601 pages
File Size : 37,71 MB
Release : 2015-12-07
Category : Nature
ISBN : 3319252208
This book focuses on central themes related to the conservation of bats. It details their response to land-use change and management practices, intensified urbanization and roost disturbance and loss. Increasing interactions between humans and bats as a result of hunting, disease relationships, occupation of human dwellings, and conflict over fruit crops are explored in depth. Finally, contributors highlight the roles that taxonomy, conservation networks and conservation psychology have to play in conserving this imperilled but vital taxon. With over 1300 species, bats are the second largest order of mammals, yet as the Anthropocene dawns, bat populations around the world are in decline. Greater understanding of the anthropogenic drivers of this decline and exploration of possible mitigation measures are urgently needed if we are to retain global bat diversity in the coming decades. This book brings together teams of international experts to provide a global review of current understanding and recommend directions for future research and mitigation.
Author : Crescentia Y. Dakubo
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 45,18 MB
Release : 2010-11-16
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1441902066
Ecosystems and Human Health introduces Ecohealth as an emerging field of study, traces its evolution, and explains its applications in cross-disciplinary and holistic programs. Its integrative approach not only focuses on managing the environment to improve health, but also analyzes underlying social and economic determinants of health to develop innovative, people-centered interventions.
Author : Anthony Michael Hutson
Publisher : IUCN
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 26,70 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Bats
ISBN : 9782831705958
Author : Thomas H. Kunz
Publisher :
Page : 930 pages
File Size : 38,71 MB
Release : 2009-11-09
Category : Nature
ISBN :
Thomas H. Kunz is a professor of biology and director of the Center for Ecology and Conservation Biology at Boston University. He is the editor of Bat Biology and Conservation and Bat Ecology. Stuart Parsons is a senior lecturer in biological sciences at the University of Auckland, New Zealand -- Jacket.
Author : Kent H. Redford
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 13,59 MB
Release : 2021-06-22
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0300230974
A groundbreaking examination of the implications of synthetic biology for biodiversity conservation Nature almost everywhere survives on human terms. The distinction between what is natural and what is human-made, which has informed conservation for centuries, has become blurred. When scientists can reshape genes more or less at will, what does it mean to conserve nature? The tools of synthetic biology are changing the way we answer that question. Gene editing technology is already transforming the agriculture and biotechnology industries. What happens if synthetic biology is also used in conservation to control invasive species, fight wildlife disease, or even bring extinct species back from the dead? Conservation scientist Kent Redford and geographer Bill Adams turn to synthetic biology, ecological restoration, political ecology, and de-extinction studies and propose a thoroughly innovative vision for protecting nature.
Author : Rick A. Adams
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 549 pages
File Size : 20,98 MB
Release : 2013-09-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 1461473977
Recent advances in the study of bats have changed the way we understand this illusive group of mammals. This volume consist of 25 chapters and 57 authors from around the globe all writing on the most recent finding on the evolution, ecology and conservation of bats. The chapters in this book are not intended to be exhaustive literature reviews, but instead extended manuscripts that bring new and fresh perspectives. Many chapters consist of previously unpublished data and are repetitive of new insights and understanding in bat evolution, ecology and conservation. All chapters were peer-reviewed and revised by the authors. Many of the chapters are multi-authored to provide comprehensive and authoritative coverage of the topics.
Author : Carlos Corvalán
Publisher : World Health Organization
Page : 65 pages
File Size : 33,26 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9241563095
Approximately 60% of the benefits that the global ecosystem provides to support life on Earth (such as fresh water, clean air and a relatively stable climate) are being degraded or used unsustainably. In the report, scientists warn that harmful consequences of this degradation to human health are already being felt and could grow significantly worse over the next 50 years.
Author : International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
Publisher : Iucn-World Conservation Union
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 17,37 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Nature
ISBN :
Author : Pia Katila
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 653 pages
File Size : 37,51 MB
Release : 2019-12-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1108486991
A global assessment of potential and anticipated impacts of efforts to achieve the SDGs on forests and related socio-economic systems. This title is available as Open Access via Cambridge Core.
