Large-Scale Ecology and Conservation Biology. Dieser Artikel ist nicht verfügbar.Large-Scale Ecology and Conservation Biology

What will be the consequences of rapid climatic change? What rate of exploitation of deep sea fish stocks is sustainable? Can we predict the dynamics of epidemic diseases such as AIDS? Where should we direct our conservation efforts, given the gathering rate of loss of biological diversity?
A fundamental issue in the attempt to answer these and other questions is whether we can make ecological predictions at a scale appropriate to the pressing environmental problems that need to be addressed. Much ecological theory has developed from studies conducted at a small scale within a single habitat. This volume examines the distinctive character of large-scale ecological processes by considering three main topics - first, the nature of large-scale ecological processes and the adequacy of the ecological concepts and models that describe these processes; second, the practical problems of working at a large scale and the special tools, such as remote sensing and geographic information systems, that may be needed; finally, the social, economic and political issues associated with the application of ecological ideas in decision- and policy-making.
This is the first book to establish a close connection between the aims of conservation biology and the need for a large-scale approach to ecology. It is essential reading for all those interested in the area from graduate level upwards.

What will be the ecological consequences of rapid climatic change? What rate of exploitation of deep sea fish stocks is sustainable? Can we predict the dynamics of epidemic diseases such as AIDS? Where should we direct our conservation efforts in the face of the accelerating rate of loss of biodiversity? A fundamental issue in our attempts to answer these and other questions, is whether we can make ecological predictions at a scale appropriate to the pressing environmental problems that need to be addressed. Most ecological