The GEO Handbook on Biodiversity Observation Networks

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Walters, Michele (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Scholes, Robert J. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Θέματα: 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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. The Biodiversity Data Impediment to a Sustainable World (Working in a Networked World)
• 2. Essential Biodiversity Variables
• 3. Stratification and Terrestrial Ecosystem Observations
• 4. Ecosystem Services
• 5. Species Observations
• 6. Monitoring Changes in Genetic Diversity
• 7. Marine and Coastal Systems
• 8. Biodiversity Observations for Freshwater Ecosystems
• 9. Remote Sensing for Biodiversity
• 10. Involving Citizen Scientists in Biodiversity Observation
• 11. Biodiversity Modelling
• 12. Cyber-Architecture
• 13. Using Data for Decision-Making: From Observations To Indicators and Other Policy Tools
• 14. Capacity Building in Biodiversity Monitoring – Case Studies.