Author: WILSON DON E
Publisher: Smithsonian Books (DC)
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
A landmark reference to one of the world's most complex and most studied tropical ecosystems, this study documents the general floristics, flora, and fauna of the Manu Biosphere Reserve in southeastern Peru.
La Biodiversidad Del Sureste Del Perú
Author: WILSON DON E
Publisher: Smithsonian Books (DC)
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
A landmark reference to one of the world's most complex and most studied tropical ecosystems, this study documents the general floristics, flora, and fauna of the Manu Biosphere Reserve in southeastern Peru.
Publisher: Smithsonian Books (DC)
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
A landmark reference to one of the world's most complex and most studied tropical ecosystems, this study documents the general floristics, flora, and fauna of the Manu Biosphere Reserve in southeastern Peru.
Social Sciences
Author: Lawrence Boudon
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 9780292705357
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 998
Book Description
"The one source that sets reference collections on Latin American studies apart from all other geographic areas of the world.... The Handbook has provided scholars interested in Latin America with a bibliographical source of a quality unavailable to scholars in most other branches of area studies." —Latin American Research Review Beginning with volume 41 (1979), the University of Texas Press became the publisher of the Handbook of Latin American Studies, the most comprehensive annual bibliography in the field. Compiled by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress and annotated by a corps of more than 130 specialists in various disciplines, the Handbook alternates from year to year between social sciences and humanities. The Handbook annotates works on Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean and the Guianas, Spanish South America, and Brazil, as well as materials covering Latin America as a whole. Most of the subsections are preceded by introductory essays that serve as biannual evaluations of the literature and research under way in specialized areas. The Handbook of Latin American Studies is the oldest continuing reference work in the field. Lawrence Boudon, of the Library of Congress Hispanic Division, has been the editor since 2001, and Katherine D. McCann has been assistant editor since 2000. The subject categories for Volume 59 are as follows: Anthropology Economics Geography Government and Politics International Relations Sociology Electronic Resources for the Social Sciences
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 9780292705357
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 998
Book Description
"The one source that sets reference collections on Latin American studies apart from all other geographic areas of the world.... The Handbook has provided scholars interested in Latin America with a bibliographical source of a quality unavailable to scholars in most other branches of area studies." —Latin American Research Review Beginning with volume 41 (1979), the University of Texas Press became the publisher of the Handbook of Latin American Studies, the most comprehensive annual bibliography in the field. Compiled by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress and annotated by a corps of more than 130 specialists in various disciplines, the Handbook alternates from year to year between social sciences and humanities. The Handbook annotates works on Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean and the Guianas, Spanish South America, and Brazil, as well as materials covering Latin America as a whole. Most of the subsections are preceded by introductory essays that serve as biannual evaluations of the literature and research under way in specialized areas. The Handbook of Latin American Studies is the oldest continuing reference work in the field. Lawrence Boudon, of the Library of Congress Hispanic Division, has been the editor since 2001, and Katherine D. McCann has been assistant editor since 2000. The subject categories for Volume 59 are as follows: Anthropology Economics Geography Government and Politics International Relations Sociology Electronic Resources for the Social Sciences
Manual of Central American Diptera
Author: Brian Victor Brown
Publisher: NRC Research Press
ISBN: 0660199580
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 746
Book Description
While volume 1 includes several introductory chapters and treats 42 families of flies in the Lower Diptera, volume 2 covers the remaining 64 families of flies that make up the Higher Diptera (or Cyclorrhapha). These include families of house flies, fruit flies, bot flies, flower flies and many other lesser-known groups. The text is accompanies by over 1660 line drawings and photographs.
Publisher: NRC Research Press
ISBN: 0660199580
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 746
Book Description
While volume 1 includes several introductory chapters and treats 42 families of flies in the Lower Diptera, volume 2 covers the remaining 64 families of flies that make up the Higher Diptera (or Cyclorrhapha). These include families of house flies, fruit flies, bot flies, flower flies and many other lesser-known groups. The text is accompanies by over 1660 line drawings and photographs.
Forest Biodiversity in North, Central and South America, and the Caribbean: Research and Monitoring
Author: J.A. Comiskey
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9781850709640
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 798
Book Description
This is the second of two high-level, data-rich volumes from the massive Smithsonian/MAB Biological Diversity Program documenting the latest findings on forest biodiversity. In original contributions, some three hundred scientists from over forty countries discuss socioeconomic aspects, ecological monitoring and assessment, forest dynamics, growth trends, dry forests, species richness of woody regeneration and of vascular plants, hurricane impact, tropical cloud forests, Landsat-TM satellite mapping, and quantitative ethnobotany. The book covers first the research and monitoring methodologies for the New World and then the results of individual research and integrated studies on all aspects of forest biodiversity in North and South America and the Caribbean.
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9781850709640
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 798
Book Description
This is the second of two high-level, data-rich volumes from the massive Smithsonian/MAB Biological Diversity Program documenting the latest findings on forest biodiversity. In original contributions, some three hundred scientists from over forty countries discuss socioeconomic aspects, ecological monitoring and assessment, forest dynamics, growth trends, dry forests, species richness of woody regeneration and of vascular plants, hurricane impact, tropical cloud forests, Landsat-TM satellite mapping, and quantitative ethnobotany. The book covers first the research and monitoring methodologies for the New World and then the results of individual research and integrated studies on all aspects of forest biodiversity in North and South America and the Caribbean.
Integrating Global and Local Values
Author: S. Vermeulen
Publisher: IIED
ISBN: 1843690284
Category : Biodiversity
Languages : en
Pages : 113
Book Description
Publisher: IIED
ISBN: 1843690284
Category : Biodiversity
Languages : en
Pages : 113
Book Description
American Entomologist
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Biodiversity II
Author: A Joseph Henry Press book
Publisher: Joseph Henry Press
ISBN: 0309176565
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
"The book before you...carries the urgent warning that we are rapidly altering and destroying the environments that have fostered the diversity of life forms for more than a billion years." With those words, Edward O. Wilson opened the landmark volume Biodiversity (National Academy Press, 1988). Despite this and other such alarms, species continue to vanish at a rapid rate, taking with them their genetic legacy and potential benefits. Many disappear before they can even be identified. Biodiversity II is a renewed call for urgency. This volume updates readers on how much we already know and how much remains to be identified scientifically. It explores new strategies for quantifying, understanding, and protecting biodiversity, including: New approaches to the integration of electronic data, including a proposal for a U.S. National Biodiversity Information Center. Application of techniques developed in the human genome project to species identification and classification. The Gap Analysis Program of the National Biological Survey, which uses layered satellite, climatic, and biological data to assess distribution and better manage biodiversity. The significant contribution of museum collections to identifying and categorizing species, which is essential for understanding ecological function and for targeting organisms and regions at risk. The book describes our growing understanding of how megacenters of diversity (e.g., rainforest insects, coral reefs) are formed, maintained, and lost; what can be learned from mounting bird extinctions; and how conservation efforts for neotropical primates have fared. It also explores ecosystem restoration, sustainable development, and agricultural impact. Biodiversity II reinforces the idea that the conservation of our biological resources is within reach as long as we pool resources; better coordinate the efforts of existing institutionsâ€"museums, universities, and government agenciesâ€"already dedicated to this goal; and enhance support for research, collections, and training. This volume will be important to environmentalists, biologists, ecologists, educators, students, and concerned individuals.
Publisher: Joseph Henry Press
ISBN: 0309176565
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
"The book before you...carries the urgent warning that we are rapidly altering and destroying the environments that have fostered the diversity of life forms for more than a billion years." With those words, Edward O. Wilson opened the landmark volume Biodiversity (National Academy Press, 1988). Despite this and other such alarms, species continue to vanish at a rapid rate, taking with them their genetic legacy and potential benefits. Many disappear before they can even be identified. Biodiversity II is a renewed call for urgency. This volume updates readers on how much we already know and how much remains to be identified scientifically. It explores new strategies for quantifying, understanding, and protecting biodiversity, including: New approaches to the integration of electronic data, including a proposal for a U.S. National Biodiversity Information Center. Application of techniques developed in the human genome project to species identification and classification. The Gap Analysis Program of the National Biological Survey, which uses layered satellite, climatic, and biological data to assess distribution and better manage biodiversity. The significant contribution of museum collections to identifying and categorizing species, which is essential for understanding ecological function and for targeting organisms and regions at risk. The book describes our growing understanding of how megacenters of diversity (e.g., rainforest insects, coral reefs) are formed, maintained, and lost; what can be learned from mounting bird extinctions; and how conservation efforts for neotropical primates have fared. It also explores ecosystem restoration, sustainable development, and agricultural impact. Biodiversity II reinforces the idea that the conservation of our biological resources is within reach as long as we pool resources; better coordinate the efforts of existing institutionsâ€"museums, universities, and government agenciesâ€"already dedicated to this goal; and enhance support for research, collections, and training. This volume will be important to environmentalists, biologists, ecologists, educators, students, and concerned individuals.
Biodiversidad, Conservación Y Manejo en la Región de la Reserva de la Biosfera Estación Biológica Del Beni, Bolivia
Author: Olga Herrera-MacBryde
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Si/Mab Biodiversity Program
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Si/Mab Biodiversity Program
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Forest Biodiversity Research, Monitoring and Modeling
Author: Francisco Dallmeier
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 706
Book Description
Recent advances in the use of permanent plots for monitorin forest biodiversity in the Old World. The theoretical framework behind plot-based monitoring and a description of how plot-based results have been put to a variety of uses, such as defining the number of trees to be sampled in smaller plots, monitoring climatic change, ground-truthing satellite imagery to map paterns and developing new analytical techniques for assessing patterns of diversity. A final section outlines some of the monitoring programmes and networks currently in place in Europe.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 706
Book Description
Recent advances in the use of permanent plots for monitorin forest biodiversity in the Old World. The theoretical framework behind plot-based monitoring and a description of how plot-based results have been put to a variety of uses, such as defining the number of trees to be sampled in smaller plots, monitoring climatic change, ground-truthing satellite imagery to map paterns and developing new analytical techniques for assessing patterns of diversity. A final section outlines some of the monitoring programmes and networks currently in place in Europe.
Perú - Matsés
Author: Corine Vriesendorp
Publisher: Field Museum of Natural History
ISBN: 9780914868682
Category : Biodiversity conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In the fall of 2004, scientists from Chicago's Field Museum conducted a biological inventory in the forests of the Comunidad Nativa Matse s in the northeastern region of the Peruvian Amazon. This assessment, presented in English, Spanish, and Matse s, collects their research on the plant and animal ecology of the Amazon, includes a brief history of the region and the indigenous Matse s people, and concludes with recommendations for the region's long-term management.
Publisher: Field Museum of Natural History
ISBN: 9780914868682
Category : Biodiversity conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In the fall of 2004, scientists from Chicago's Field Museum conducted a biological inventory in the forests of the Comunidad Nativa Matse s in the northeastern region of the Peruvian Amazon. This assessment, presented in English, Spanish, and Matse s, collects their research on the plant and animal ecology of the Amazon, includes a brief history of the region and the indigenous Matse s people, and concludes with recommendations for the region's long-term management.