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Bats in the anthropocene : conservation of bats in a changing world
This book focuses on central themes related to the conservation of bats. It details their response to land-use change and management practices, intensified urbanization and roost disturbance and loss. Increasing interactions between humans and bats as a result of hunting, disease relationships, occupation of human dwellings, and conflict over fruit crops are explored in depth. Finally, contribu…
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- 9783319252209
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- ix, 606p. : ill.
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- 639.9794 BAT b
Railway ecology
This book provides a unique overview of the impacts of railways on biodiversity, integrating the existing knowledge on the ecological effects of railways on wildlife, identifying major knowledge gaps and research directions and presenting the emerging field of railway ecology. The book is divided into two major parts: Part one offers a general review of the major conceptual and theoretical p…
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- 9783319574967
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- xxx, 320p. : ill.
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- 577 RAI r
Nature Inc: environmental conservation in the neoliberal age
With global wildlife populations and biodiversity riches in peril, it is obvious that innovative methods of addressing our planet’s environmental problems are needed. But is “the market” the answer? Nature™ Inc. brings together cutting-edge research by respected scholars from around the world to analyze how “neoliberal conservation” is reshaping human–nature relations.
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- 9780816539215
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- 278 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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- Critical green engagements: investigating the green economy and its alternatives
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- 363.7 NAT n
High mountain conservation in a changing world
This book aims to provide case studies and a general view of the main processes involved in the ecosystem shifts occurring in the high mountains, and to analyse the implications for nature conservation. Although case studies from the Pyrenees are preponderant, conclusions are aimed at any mountain range surrounded by highly populated lowland areas. The chapters give emphasis to approaches from …
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- 9783319559827
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- xiv, 413p. : ill.
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- 577.53 HIG h
The GEO handbook on biodiversity observation networks
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 what is actually needed and how it can be assembled from the elements which are already present. T…
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- 9783319272887
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- xii, 326p. : ill.
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- 577 GEO g
Guideline for salinity assessment, mitigation and adaptation using nuclear an…
This open access book is an outcome of the collaboration between the Soil and Water Management & Crop Nutrition Section, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna, Austria, and the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA), Dubai, UAE. The objective of this…
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- 9783319961903
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- xxvi, 164p. : ill.
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- 631.4 ZAM g
Well-being, Sustainability and Social Development : The Netherlands 1850–2050
This open access book examines more than two centuries of societal development using novel historical and statistical approaches. It applies the well-being monitor developed by Statistics Netherlands that has been endorsed by a significant part of the international, statistical community. It features The Netherlands as a case study, which is an especially interesting example; although it wa…
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- 9783319766966
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- xxxii, 572p. : ill.
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- 113 WEL w
Riverine ecosystem management : science for governing towards a sustainable f…
This open access book surveys the frontier of scientific river research and provides examples to guide management towards a sustainable future of riverine ecosystems. Principal structures and functions of the biogeosphere of rivers are explained; key threats are identified, and effective solutions for restoration and mitigation are provided. Rivers are among the most threatened ecosystems of…
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- 9783319732503
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- vii, 571p. : ill.
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- 577.64 RIV r
Wood science for conservation of cultural heritage – Florence 2007
COST Action IE0601 "Wood Science for Conservation of Cultural Heritage" (www.woodculther.org) aims to improve the conservation (including study, preventive conservation and restoration) of European Wooden Cultural Heritage Objects (WCHOs), by fostering targeted research and multidisciplinary interaction between Researchers in various fields of Wood Science, Conservators of wooden artworks, othe…
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- 9788884533821
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- 265 p
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- 684.08 LUC w
Agroecological transitions : from theory to practice in local participatory d…
There is wide agreement on the need to change the prevalent agricultural models, given their negative impacts and their incompatibility with current societal issues. Agroecological transition has been promoted as a potential solution to the ecological, social and economic problems generated by these models. It however involves a systemic, multi-scale and transdisciplinary process. Due to thi…
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- 9783030019532
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- xvi, 335p. : ill.
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- 577.55 AGR a
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