In addition to collecting vital information about Monteverde's ecosystems and the biota of Central American cloud forests, the editors examine the positive and negative effects of human activity on both the forests and the surrounding communities. This volume also addresses curr…
The Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve has captured the worldwide attention of biologists, conservationists, and ecologists and has been the setting for extensive investigation over the past 30 years. Roughly 40,000 ecotourists visit the Cloud Forest each year, and it is often cons…
•Discusses the role of ecological attributes favoring spread of invasive species, such as plant life history and ecological genetics •Examines the physiological basis for invasive species success •Provides critical analyses of mechanisms of plant invasion •Gives ecological manag…
"In 1844 William Wordsworth, his beloved Lake District threatened by the invasion of a railroad, was moved to ask, "Is then no nook of English ground secure / From rash assault?" Nineteenth-century Britain led the world in technological innovation and urbanization, and unprecede…
Outings in nature considered as leisure activity constitute a main way in which many people the world over presently use their free time. Nature is defined here as any natural setting perceived by users as at most only minimally modified by human beings. In its most general mani…
"This book is important reading for researchers and students in geography, development studies and environmental planning and also for practitioners in natural resource management and coastal zone management."--Jacket.
"This book is important reading for researchers and students in geography, development studies and environmental planning and also for practitioners in natural resource management and coastal zone management."--Jacket
"This extensively revised edition of Wildlife Ecology, Conservation, and Management provides a succinct and clear introduction to general ecological principles, and then goes on to show how those principles can be applied to wildlife management and conservation." "The unique fea…
"This extensively revised edition of Wildlife Ecology, Conservation, and Management provides a succinct and clear introduction to general ecological principles, and then goes on to show how those principles can be applied to wildlife management and conservation." "The unique fea…
"This extensively revised edition of Wildlife Ecology, Conservation, and Management provides a succinct and clear introduction to general ecological principles, and then goes on to show how those principles can be applied to wildlife management and conservation." "The unique fea…
This text aims to engage students in active problem-solving using the detailed landscape scenarios that face the modern resource manager and scientist. It emphasizes the intricate ecological, socioeconomic and institutional matrix in which natural resource management functions.
