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Monitoring ecological change / Ian F. Spellerberg

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005Edition: 2nd edDescription: xvii, 391 p. : ill., ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 0521527287 (pbk.)
  • 0521820286
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.7
LOC classification:
  • QH541.15.M64 S73 2005
Contents:
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.
Summary: An introduction to ecological monitoring, providing both a rationale for monitoring and a practical guide to the techniques available.
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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.

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