Indicators and Surrogates of Biodiversity and Environmental Change.
Lindenmayer, David.
Indicators and Surrogates of Biodiversity and Environmental Change. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (216 pages)
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Author biographies -- 1. Introduction - disciplinary and multi-disciplinary perspectives on ecological indicators and surrogates -- 2. Surrogates for the distribution and trajectory of biodiversity -- 3. Biodiversity surrogates -- 4. Conservation by proxy: thoughts 5 years on -- 5. Avian surrogates in terrestrial ecosystems: theory and practice -- 6. Using decision theory to select indicators for managing threats to biodiversity -- 7. Invertebrate indicators and ecosystem restoration -- 8. Mosses as passive and active indicator surrogates for investigations of atmospheric pollution and quality -- 9. Lichens as ecological indicators to track atmospheric changes: future challenges -- 10. Approaches, potential and pitfalls of applying bioindicators in freshwater ecosystems -- 11. Searching for the holy grail of wetland integrity: are surrogates still relevant in conservation planning? -- 12. Surrogates for coral reef ecosystem health and evaluating management success -- 13. Abiotic surrogates in support of marine biodiversity conservation -- 14. Building indicators for coupled marine socio-ecological systems -- 15. The application of genetic indicators in wild populations: potential and pitfalls for genetic monitoring -- 16. Use of surrogates in medicine: ideas that may be useful for ecology -- 17. Application of surrogates and indicators to monitoring natural resources -- 18. Indicators and surrogates in environmental management -- 19. A diversity of approaches to ecological surrogates and key knowledge gaps -- Index.
Insights on using indicators and surrogates in natural resource management and conservation.
9781486304103
Biodiversity conservation.
Environmental indicators.
Environmental management.
Environmental monitoring.
Electronic books.
GE140 .I416 2015
363.7063
Indicators and Surrogates of Biodiversity and Environmental Change. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (216 pages)
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Author biographies -- 1. Introduction - disciplinary and multi-disciplinary perspectives on ecological indicators and surrogates -- 2. Surrogates for the distribution and trajectory of biodiversity -- 3. Biodiversity surrogates -- 4. Conservation by proxy: thoughts 5 years on -- 5. Avian surrogates in terrestrial ecosystems: theory and practice -- 6. Using decision theory to select indicators for managing threats to biodiversity -- 7. Invertebrate indicators and ecosystem restoration -- 8. Mosses as passive and active indicator surrogates for investigations of atmospheric pollution and quality -- 9. Lichens as ecological indicators to track atmospheric changes: future challenges -- 10. Approaches, potential and pitfalls of applying bioindicators in freshwater ecosystems -- 11. Searching for the holy grail of wetland integrity: are surrogates still relevant in conservation planning? -- 12. Surrogates for coral reef ecosystem health and evaluating management success -- 13. Abiotic surrogates in support of marine biodiversity conservation -- 14. Building indicators for coupled marine socio-ecological systems -- 15. The application of genetic indicators in wild populations: potential and pitfalls for genetic monitoring -- 16. Use of surrogates in medicine: ideas that may be useful for ecology -- 17. Application of surrogates and indicators to monitoring natural resources -- 18. Indicators and surrogates in environmental management -- 19. A diversity of approaches to ecological surrogates and key knowledge gaps -- Index.
Insights on using indicators and surrogates in natural resource management and conservation.
9781486304103
Biodiversity conservation.
Environmental indicators.
Environmental management.
Environmental monitoring.
Electronic books.
GE140 .I416 2015
363.7063