Monitoring ecological change /
Spellerberg, Ian F
Monitoring ecological change / Ian F. Spellerberg - 2nd ed - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005 - xvii, 391 p. : ill., ; 26 cm
Previous ed.: 1991
Includes bibliographical references and index
Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Ecological monitoring; 2. Environmental monitoring programmes and organizations; 3. State of the environment reporting and ecological monitoring; 4. Biological and spatial scales in ecological monitoring; 5. Biological indicators and indices; 6. Diversity and similarity indices; 7. Planning and designing ecological monitoring; 8. Community-based ecological monitoring; 9. Ecological monitoring of species and biological communities; 10. Ecological monitoring and environmental impact assessments; Appendix 1. Acronyms used in the text; Appendix 2. The 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity; References; Index.
An introduction to ecological monitoring, providing both a rationale for monitoring and a practical guide to the techniques available.
0521527287 (pbk.) 0521820286
9780521527286 9780521527286 (pbk.) 9780521820288 9780521820288 (hbk.)
Environmental monitoring
QH541.15.M64 / S73 2005
363.7
Monitoring ecological change / Ian F. Spellerberg - 2nd ed - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005 - xvii, 391 p. : ill., ; 26 cm
Previous ed.: 1991
Includes bibliographical references and index
Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Ecological monitoring; 2. Environmental monitoring programmes and organizations; 3. State of the environment reporting and ecological monitoring; 4. Biological and spatial scales in ecological monitoring; 5. Biological indicators and indices; 6. Diversity and similarity indices; 7. Planning and designing ecological monitoring; 8. Community-based ecological monitoring; 9. Ecological monitoring of species and biological communities; 10. Ecological monitoring and environmental impact assessments; Appendix 1. Acronyms used in the text; Appendix 2. The 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity; References; Index.
An introduction to ecological monitoring, providing both a rationale for monitoring and a practical guide to the techniques available.
0521527287 (pbk.) 0521820286
9780521527286 9780521527286 (pbk.) 9780521820288 9780521820288 (hbk.)
Environmental monitoring
QH541.15.M64 / S73 2005
363.7