Listing 1 - 8 of 8 |
Sort by
|
Choose an application
Les forêts tropicales, dont le rôle écologique est unanimement reconnu, subissent actuellement une dégradation massive et un bouleversement radical des modes de vie de leurs habitants. Ces milieux tropicaux ont été l’objet d’occupations humaines parfois très anciennes, donnant lieu en plusieurs régions du globe à des développements socioculturels complexes, témoignant d’adaptations durables. L’analyse sur le temps long des interactions entre les sociétés et leurs environnements tropicaux forestiers témoigne cependant de l’existence de périodes de crises et de ruptures dans l’histoire ancienne du peuplement. Issues d’une large palette de disciplines, les contributions réunies dans cet ouvrage présentent l’état des connaissances sur l’occupation des différentes régions tropicales et précisent l’importance relative des facteurs historiques et culturels par rapport aux déterminants écologiques dans cette histoire.
Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Forestry --- végétation --- paléoenvironnement --- forêt --- déforestation --- anthropisation --- paysages végétaux --- peuplement --- paléoclimat --- agroforesterie --- paléontologie
Choose an application
Natural disturbances such as lava flows, landslides and glacial moraines, and human-damaged sites such as pavement, road edges and mine wastes often leave little or no soil or biological legacy. This 2003 book provided the first comprehensive summary of how plant, animal and microbial communities develop under the harsh conditions following such dramatic disturbances. The authors examine the basic principles that determine ecosystem development and apply the general rules to the urgent practical need for promoting the reclamation of damaged lands. Written for ecologists concerned with disturbance, landscape dynamics, restoration, life histories, invasions, modeling, soil formation and community or population dynamics, this book will also serve as an authoritative text for graduate students and a valuable reference for professionals involved in land management.
Ecological succession. --- Ecosystem management. --- Biotic communities --- Ecosystems management --- Applied ecology --- Environmental management --- Nature conservation --- Biodiversity conservation --- Biotic succession --- Succession, Ecological --- Management --- Natural disasters --- Environmental impact --- Bioremediation. --- Bioremediation --- ecological succession --- vegetation. --- vegetation
Choose an application
The global spread of plant species by humans is both a fascinating large scale experiment and, in many cases, a major perturbation to native plant communities. Many of the most destructive weeds today have been intentionally introduced to new environments where they have had unexpected and detrimental impacts. This 2003 book considers the problem of invasive introduced plants from historical, ecological and sociological perspectives. We consider such questions as 'What makes a community invasible?', 'What makes a plant an invader?' and 'Can we restore plant communities after invasion?' Written with advanced students and land managers in mind, this book contains practical explanations, case studies and an introduction to basic techniques for evaluating the impacts of invasive plants. An underlying theme is that experimental and quantitative evaluation of potential problems is necessary, and solutions must consider the evolutionary and ecological constraints acting on species interactions in newly invaded communities.
Invasive plants. --- Invasive plants --- Plant invasions --- Plant conservation --- Agriculture --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Plant Sciences --- Ecology --- Plant invasions. --- Plant conservation. --- Ecology. --- Native vegetation conservation --- Plants --- Vegetation conservation --- Plant invaders --- Conservation --- Nature conservation --- Plants, Protection of --- Endangered plants --- Fungi conservation --- Rare plants --- Biological invasions --- Plant succession --- Alien plants --- Extinction --- Plant introduction --- population dynamics --- Dominant species --- Biological competition --- ecosystems --- Lutte
Choose an application
The book was written for three different purposes: (i) better understand the types of powers assigned to municipalities to this day, (ii) better understand the increasingly important role played by municipalities in forest management, (iii) analyze the opportunities that were created and the challenges faced by the decentralization processes in the region. The book compiles findings from in-depth studies conducted in 6 countries: Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras and Guatemala. It uncovers some significant forest management schemes initiated by municipalities on the regional, na
Community forests --- Forest management --- Management. --- Forest administration --- Forest plants --- Forest resource administration --- Forest resource management --- Forest stewardship --- Forest vegetation management --- Forestry management --- Forests and forestry --- Stewardship, Forest --- Vegetation management, Forest --- Communal forests --- Community-managed forests --- Forest commons --- Management --- Administration --- Ecosystem management --- Natural resources --- Forests and forestry, Cooperative --- Natural resources, Communal --- Control
Choose an application
Decision Methods for Forest Resource Management focuses on decision making for forests that are managed for both ecological and economic objectives. The essential modern decision methods used in the scientific management of forests are described using basic algebra, computer spreadsheets, and numerous examples and applications. Balanced treatment is given throughout the book to the ecological and economic impacts of alternative management decisions in both even-aged and uneven-aged forests.* In-depth coverage of both ecological and economic issues* Hands-on examples with Excel sp
Forest management --- Forests and forestry. --- Forest land --- Forest lands --- Forest planting --- Forest production --- Forest sciences --- Forestation --- Forested lands --- Forestland --- Forestlands --- Forestry --- Forestry industry --- Forestry sciences --- Land, Forest --- Lands, Forest --- Silviculture --- Sylviculture --- Woodlands --- Woods (Forests) --- Agriculture --- Natural resources --- Afforestation --- Arboriculture --- Logging --- Timber --- Tree crops --- Trees --- Forest administration --- Forest plants --- Forest resource administration --- Forest resource management --- Forest stewardship --- Forest vegetation management --- Forestry management --- Forests and forestry --- Stewardship, Forest --- Vegetation management, Forest --- Ecosystem management --- Decision making. --- Management --- Administration --- Control --- Forest resources --- Decision making --- computer applications --- Linear programming --- Management by objectives
Choose an application
Ecological restoration, the attempt to guide damaged ecosystems back to a previous, usually healthier or more natural, condition, is rapidly gaining recognition as one of the most promising approaches to conservation. In this book, William R. Jordan III, who coined the term "restoration ecology," and who is widely respected as an intellectual leader in the field, outlines a vision for a restoration-based environmentalism that has emerged from his work over twenty-five years. Drawing on a provocative range of thinkers, from anthropologists Victor Turner, Roy Rappaport, and Mary Douglas to literary critics Frederick Turner, Leo Marx, and R.W.B. Lewis, Jordan explores the promise of restoration, both as a way of reversing environmental damage and as a context for negotiating our relationship with nature. Exploring restoration not only as a technology but also as an experience and a performing art, Jordan claims that it is the indispensable key to conservation. At the same time, he argues, restoration is valuable because it provides a context for confronting the most troubling aspects of our relationship with nature. For this reason, it offers a way past the essentially sentimental idea of nature that environmental thinkers have taken for granted since the time of Emerson and Muir.
Restoration ecology. --- animal population. --- biological diversity. --- communion with nature. --- community. --- conservation. --- ecology. --- ecosystem. --- environment. --- environmentalism. --- flora and fauna. --- habitat. --- humans in nature. --- indigenous culture. --- indigenous people. --- invasive species. --- landscape. --- meditation. --- natural world. --- nature. --- nonfiction. --- plains. --- plants. --- prairies. --- reinhabitation. --- reintroduction. --- relationship with nature. --- relaxation. --- restoration ecology. --- restoration. --- science. --- spirituality. --- tidal marsh. --- vegetation. --- wetlands. --- wild animals. --- wilderness.
Choose an application
The book presents a wide range of techniques for extracting information from satellite remote sensing images in forest fire danger assessment. It covers the main concepts involved in fire danger rating, and analyses the inputs derived from remotely sensed data for mapping fire danger at both the local and global scale. The questions addressed concern the estimation of fuel moisture content, the description of fuel structural properties, the estimation of meteorological danger indices, the analysis of human factors associated with fire ignition, and the integration of different risk factors in
Fire risk assessment. --- Forest fire forecasting. --- Remote sensing. --- Vegetation mapping. --- Wildfires --- Remote-sensing imagery --- Remote sensing systems --- Remote terrain sensing --- Sensing, Remote --- Terrain sensing, Remote --- Aerial photogrammetry --- Aerospace telemetry --- Detectors --- Space optics --- Fire extinction --- Fire prevention --- Plant mapping --- Plants --- Cartography --- Fire hazard analysis --- Fire hazard assessment --- Fire risk analysis --- Fires --- Hazard analysis, Fire --- Hazard assessment, Fire --- Risk analysis, Fire --- Risk assessment --- Forecasting, Forest fire --- Forest fires --- Wildfire forecasting --- Prevention and control. --- Mapping --- Forecasting --- Prevention and control
Choose an application
rivieren --- Regional documentation --- Western Scheldt --- Verdronken Land van Saeftinghe --- Natuurreservaten --- Réserves naturelles --- Verdronken Land van Saaftinge --- Zeeuws-Vlaanderen ; natuur --- Walcheren ; natuur --- Zuid-Beveland ; natuur --- C3 --- Europese Katholieke Foyer (circa 1978) --- natuur --- fauna --- flora --- #A0403A --- 571 Natuurbescherming --- Verdonken Land van Saeftinge --- Westerschelde --- natuurgebieden --- Nederland --- eu-nede 570.6 --- 570.5 --- natuurbeheer (lt) --- natuurbescherming (lt) --- 502.7 natuurgebieden --- (493.13) oost-vlaanderen --- 985.2 --- Belgische kust --- Verdronken Land van Saeftinge --- 578.5 --- Kunst en cultuur --- natuurreservaten en -monumenten - Nederland --- NED The Netherlands --- Polders --- The Netherlands --- Westerschelde estuary --- Zeeland --- birds --- flora and vegetation --- nature
Listing 1 - 8 of 8 |
Sort by
|