Monitoring Nature Conservation in Cultural Habitats A Practical Guide and Case Studies /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Hurford, Clive (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Schneider, Michael (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Landscape ecology.; Plant ecology.; Conservation biology.; Ecology.; Zoology.; Environmental management.; Life Sciences.; Life Sciences, general.; Conservation Biology/Ecology.; Plant Ecology.; Environmental Management.; Landscape Ecology.

Monitoring Nature Conservation in Cultural Habitats presents monitoring as an integral component of responsible conservation management and as a catalyst for decision making. The early sections of the book cover key areas in the development of a monitoring project, including: - The roles of survey a...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• An Introduction to Conservation Monitoring
• Monitoring in Cultural Habitats
• The Relationship Between Monitoring and Management
• Traditional Approaches to Data Collection
• The Roles of Survey
• Surveillance
• Strategic Sampling
• Developing Projects for Monitoring Habitats
• Developing a Habitat Monitoring Project
• Identifying the Conservation Priority
• Incorporating Knowledge from Research
• Developing a Conservation Strategy
• Minimising Observer Error
• Identifying Site-Specific Condition Indicators for Habitats
• Where to Focus the Monitoring Effort
• Collecting the Monitoring Data
• The Supporting Roles of On-Site Photography
• Integrating Data in Geographical Information Systems
• The Case Studies
• The Monitoring Case Studies
• Monitoring Coastal Heaths at St David’s
• Monitoring Arable Weeds at Newton Farm
• Monitoring Neutral Grassland at Somerton Farm
• Monitoring the Brown Bear Ursus Arctos in Västerbotten County
• Monitoring the Wolverine Gulo Gulo in Västerbotten County
• Monitoring the Greater Mouse-Eared Bat Myotis Myotis on a Landscape Scale
• Monitoring Choughs Pyrrhocorax Pyrrhocorax on the Castlemartin Peninsula
• Narrow-Mouthed Whorl Snail Vertigo Angustior at Whiteford Burrows
• Monitoring The Heath Fritillary Mellicta Athalia in Thornden and West Blean Woods
• Woodland Monitoring
• Woodland Management
• Issues Specific to Monitoring Broad-Leaved Woodland
• Monitoring Issues Specific to Western Taïga Forests
• Beech Fagus Sylatica Forests at Biskopstorp
• Using Information from Remote Images
• Using Earth Observation to Monitor Habitats
• Planning a Remote Sensing Project
• Remote Sensing of Dune Habitats at Kenfig NNR
• Remote Sensing of Fen Vegetation at Cors Crymlyn NNR
• Coastal Lagoons in Sweden and Finland
• Looking to the Future
• The Challenges and Opportunities that Lie Ahead.