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xviii, 479 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 27 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents: Machine generated contents note: Research and Review Studies -- Ch. 1 Variability and Ecological Significances of Secondary Metabolites in Terrestrial Biosystems / Said Nouira / Muhammad Farman / Nabil Semmar -- Ch. 2 Protecting, Restoring and Conserving Renewable Resources: The Role of the Social Sciences / Aaron J. Douglas -- Ch. 3 Threats to Forest Genetic Resources and their Conservation Strategies / Jaya R. Soneji / Madhugiri Nageswara Rao -- Ch. 4 Islands Biodiversity: Conservation Strategies Based on Knowledge of Endemic Plant Species from Cape Verde Islands / Maria Salome Pais / Maria Manuel Romeiras / Maria Cristina Duarte -- Ch. 5 Supply-side Policies to Conserve Biodiversity and Save the Orangutan from Oil Palm Expansion: An Economic Assessment / Hemanath Swarna Nantha / Clem Tisdell -- Ch. 6 Genetic Analyses of Noninvasively Collected Feathers Can Provide Insights into Avian Demography and Behavior / Todd E. Katzner / Jamie A. Rudnick / J. Andrew DeWoody |
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Contents: Note continued: Ch. 7 Global Property Rights in Genetic Resources: Do They Involve Sound Economics? Will They Conserve Nature and Biodiversity? / Clem Tisdell -- Ch. 8 The Economics of Threatened Species Conservation: A Review and Analysis / Ray T. Sterner -- Ch. 9 The Mutual Dependency of Cultural Diversity and Biological Diversity: A Key Towards Ensuring Sustainability in Social and Ecological Systems / Maria Costanza Torri / Thora Martina Herrmann -- Ch. 10 The Assessment of Ecosystem Services Provided by Biodiversity: Re-thinking concepts and research needs / Carlos Montes / Pedro L. Lomas / Jose A. Gonzales / Erik Gomez-Baggethun / Berta Martin-Lopez -- Ch. 11 The declines of the wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) and the Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) in Spain: Redirecting conservation efforts / Jorge Lozano / Sara Cabezas-Diaz / Emilio Virgos |
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Contents: Note continued: Ch. 12 Effects of Oil Pollution on Nickel and Vanadium Concentrations in Soil and in the Tissues of the Desert Lizard Acanthodactylus Scutellatus at Kuwait's Greater Al-Burgan Oil Field / A. M. Al-Hashem / P. F. Brain -- Ch. 13 Building Resilience to Sea Level Rise in England's Estuaries: Implications for Nature Conservation and Coastal Communities within the Southern North Sea Basin / Roger Morris -- Ch. 14 Intrinsic Value as the Nodal Point of the Hegemonic Environmentalist Representation of Nature: Implication for Nature Conservation and Environmental Education / Tasos Hovardas -- Ch. 15 The Impact of Tidal Energy Barrages on Estuarine Geomorphology / Roger K. A. Morris -- Ch. 16 Wetlands Are Refuge Areas that Delay Global Warming-Induced Range Shift of Lepidoptera / Manuela Russo / Stefano Scalercio / Leonardo Dapporto |
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Contents: Note continued: Ch. 17 Assessing the Role of the Host Immune System in Emerging Viral Infectious Diseases in Amphibian Populations Using Laboratory Animal Models / Heidi D. Morales Diaz / Jacques Robert -- Short Communications -- "Nature Feeling", Nature Walk with Challenged People in Japan / Yoshiko Toriyama -- Conserving a Forgotten Endowment: Use of Manihot Species Genetic Resources in the Betterment of Cassava at a Time of Global Climate Change / Nagib M. Nassar / Rodomiro Ortiz. |
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Summary, Etc. Note: |
Abstract: Nature conservation includes under its umbrella disciplines, such as landscape ecology, restoration ecology, theoretical ecology, ecological modelling, ecological economics, conservation biology, wildlife management, environmental planning, policy making, and environmental education.This handbook presents the latest research from around the globe across a wide variety of fields. |
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Additional Physical Forms: |
Online version: Handbook of nature conservation. New York : Nova Science Publishers, ©2009 (OCoLC)625063979 |