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Ecological Applications: Toward a Sustainable World
Colin R. Townsend
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Description for Ecological Applications: Toward a Sustainable World
Paperback. Ecological Applications offers a progressive examination of the way ecological theory can be applied to remedy the many problems confronting us. The text moves through the levels of individual organisms, populations, communities, and ecosystems, culminating with the macroecological scale of landscape, regional, and global issues. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: PSAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 189 x 19. Weight in Grams: 820.
Ecological Applications presents a broad range of methods and techniques for managing environmental sustainability.
This book examines ecological theory at the individual, populations, and community levels, and is an excellent resource for anyone looking to improve the health of their local ecosystems.
- Presents a broad range of methods and techniques for managing environmental sustainability
- Focuses on ecological applications for sustainability including restoration, conservation, biosecurity, pest control, harvest management, and the design of reserves
- Examines ecological theory at the individual, population and community levels
- Considers economic and socio-political aspects
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405136983
SKU
V9781405136983
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Ref
99-1
About Colin R. Townsend
Colin Townsend obtained his DPhil at Sussex before taking up teaching positions at Oxford University and the University of East Anglia. In 1989 he moved from the UK to New Zealand, where he was appointed Chair of Zoology at the University of Otago; he is now Director of the Ecology, Conservation and Biodiversity Research Group at Otago.
Reviews for Ecological Applications: Toward a Sustainable World
“I think this text will be extremely useful and popular with the students …The overall tone of the book is lively, warmly humorous, engaging, and clear.” Dr Anita Diaz, Bournemouth University“ This new text … provides information on the very topical subject of sustainability and further shows how ecological theories and techniques can be applied to conservation and management ... Read more