The GEO Handbook on Biodiversity Observation Networks

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Walters, Michele (Editor), Scholes, Robert J. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Applied ecology.; Biodiversity.; Ecosystems.; Conservation biology.; Ecology.; Community psychology.; Environmental psychology.; Life Sciences.; Applied Ecology.; Conservation Biology/Ecology.; Community and Environmental Psychology.

Biodiversity observation systems are almost everywhere inadequate to meet local, national and international (treaty) obligations. As a result of alarmingly rapid declines in biodiversity in the modern era, there is a strong, worldwide desire to upgrade our monitoring systems, but little clarity on w...