01677pam a2200313 4500 7483 OCoLC 20181127183722.0 041216s2005 enkabc b 001 0 eng 0521527287 (pbk.) 0521820286 9780521527286 9780521527286 (pbk.) 9780521820288 9780521820288 (hbk.) QH541.15.M64 S73 2005 363.7 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. Environmental monitoring 6396 6396 0 0 ddc 0 0 MAIN RTCLIB RTCLIB MAIN 2025-02-25 11435 1 363.7 SPE 30012162 2025-02-27 00:00:00 2025-02-25 2018-11-27 MAIN