Whelan christopher j editors (2 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Fine. 1st edition. Cloth, dj, F/F. 251pp, paper a little yellowed at the edges, otherwise a fine copy. A collection of 11 papers which show the application & use of Sociological approaches & methods which can be used to study law & legal issues. 400 grams.

Octavo, paperback,387 pp.,black and white photographs. For over one hundred years, ornithologists and amateur birders have jointly campaigned for the conservation of bird species, documenting not only birds' beauty and extraordinary diversity, but also their importance to ecosystems worldwide. But while these avian enthusiasts have noted that birds eat fruit, carrion, and pests; spread seed and fertilizer; and pollinate plants, among other services, they have rarely asked what birds are worth in economic terms. This volume brings together an international collection of ornithologists, botanists, ecologists, conservation biologists, and environmental economists who seek to quantify avian ecosystem services and the myriad benefits that birds provide to humans. The first book to approach ecosystem services from an ornithological perspective, it asks what economic value we can ascribe to those services, if any, and how this value should inform conservation.…