TY - BOOK AU - Spellerberg,Ian F TI - Monitoring ecological change SN - 0521527287 (pbk.) AV - QH541.15.M64 S73 2005 U1 - 363.7 PY - 2005/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Environmental monitoring N1 - 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 N2 - An introduction to ecological monitoring, providing both a rationale for monitoring and a practical guide to the techniques available ER -