This volume explores how the scientific tools of ecology can be used more effectively in dealing with a variety of complex environmental problems. Part I discusses the usefulness of such ecological knowledge as population dynamics and interactions, community ecology, life histories, and the impact of various materials and energy sources on the environment. Part II contains 13 original and instructive case studies pertaining to the biological side of environmental problems, which Nature described as "carefully chosen and extremely interesting."
Table of Contents
Front Matter
Introduction
I Kinds of Ecological Knowledge and Their Applications
1. Individuals and Single Populations
2. Population Interactions
3. Community Ecology
4. Materials and Energy
5. Scales in Space and Time
6. Analog, Generic, and Pilot Studies and Treatment of a Project as an Experiment
7. Indicator Species and Biological Monitoring
8. Dealing with Uncertainty
9. The Special Problem of Cumulative Effects
10. A Scientific Framework for Environmental Problem-Solving
11. References
II Selected Case Studies
12. North Pacific Halibut Fishery Management
13. Vampire Bat Control in Latin America
14. Biological Study of California Red Scale
15. Experimental Control of Malaria in West Africa
16. Protecting Caribou During Hydroelectric Development in Newfoundland
17. Conserving a Regional Spotted Owl Population
18. Restoring Derelict Lands in Great Britain
19. Optimizing Timber Yields in New Brunswick Forests
20. Control of Eutrophication in Lake Washington
21. Raising the Level of a Subarctic Lake
22. Ecological Effects of Nuclear Radiation
23. Ecological Effects of Forest Clearcutting
24. Environmental Effects of DDT
Index
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Produkt-Hinweis
Broschur/Paperback
Klebebindung
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Höhe: 229 mm
Breite: 152 mm
Dicke: 25 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-309-03645-0 (9780309036450)
DOI
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Committee on the Applications of Ecological Theory to Environmental Problems, National Research Council
1 Front Matter; 2 Introduction; 3 I Kinds of Ecological Knowledge and Their Applications; 4 1. Individuals and Single Populations; 5 2. Population Interactions; 6 3. Community Ecology; 7 4. Materials and Energy; 8 5. Scales in Space and Time; 9 6. Analog, Generic, and Pilot Studies and Treatment of a Project as an Experiment; 10 7. Indicator Species and Biological Monitoring; 11 8. Dealing with Uncertainty; 12 9. The Special Problem of Cumulative Effects; 13 10. A Scientific Framework for Environmental Problem-Solving; 14 11. References; 15 II Selected Case Studies; 16 12. North Pacific Halibut Fishery Management; 17 13. Vampire Bat Control in Latin America; 18 14. Biological Study of California Red Scale; 19 15. Experimental Control of Malaria in West Africa; 20 16. Protecting Caribou During Hydroelectric Development in Newfoundland; 21 17. Conserving a Regional Spotted Owl Population; 22 18. Restoring Derelict Lands in Great Britain; 23 19. Optimizing Timber Yields in New Brunswick Forests; 24 20. Control of Eutrophication in Lake Washington; 25 21. Raising the Level of a Subarctic Lake; 26 22. Ecological Effects of Nuclear Radiation; 27 23. Ecological Effects of Forest Clearcutting; 28 24. Environmental Effects of DDT; 29 Index
