Central American biodiversity : conservation, ecology, and a sustainable future /: conservation, ecology, and a sustainable future. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Falk Huettmann.
• Editors: Huettmann, Falk, 1967-
• Contents: A Short Introduction to Tropical Land and Seascapes and their Wildlife Conservation Management -- If leaders like Alexander von Humboldt, Ronald Reagan and Xi Jinping would have been environmental justice radicals using public internet and drones: A short political ecology of Central America with regards to global agenda setting in 2014 -- Bird conservation status and meaningful socioeconomic correlates in Central America: Results from an open access data mining approach for parrots using machine learning indicate serious economic problems -- Reversed Kuznets Curves in the Caribbean: Linking Marine Biodiversity Endangerment with the National GDP (Gross Domestic Product) and assessed with Human Metrics (life expectancy, infant mortality, population growth rate) -- An Oceanography Conservation View of Central America: Caribbean Wealth, Pacific Wilderness, Plunder and Mis-Management meets Seafloor Mining, Deep See Drilling, Climate Change, and Human Population Explosion in the EEZs and beyond -- Coral Reefs of Central America, Dimethylsulphide (DMS) Seascapes, Open Access Data, GIS and Machine Learning Predictions: Another application of the new Megascience for Global Sustainability -- Field Schools and Research Stations in a Global Context: La Suerte (Costa Rica) and Ometepe (Nicaragua) in a wider Perspective -- A Brief History of the Molina Family, and the Birth of Maderas Rain Forest Conservancy (MRC) at the La Suerte and Ometepe field stations: A narrative by Renee Molinia -- Teaching (Tropical) Biodiversity with International Field Schools: A Flexible Success Model in a Time of?Wireless? Globalization -- A Documented Plant and Tree Species Narrative of La Suerte (Costa Rica) and Ometepe (Nicaragua): Overcoming Ancient Taxonomy Demons for a more relevant and valid Conservation Research Effort in the Tropics -- The incredible world of insects in Central America: A virtual interview with Prof Dr Bugs at La Suerte (Costa Rica) and Ometepe (Nicaragua) -- Amphibians and reptiles at the Ometepe and La Suerte field sites: Towards an overview of the evolution, distribution, and diversity of Central America's herpetofauna. -- Exciting findings and insights from the Caiman study at La Suerte: First lessons from the scientific frontline -- Conservation of a Neotropical herpetofauna: An introduction to the crisis of amphibians and reptiles in Central America and beyond -- Mammalian biodiversity conservation at two biological stations in Nicaragua and Costa Rica -- On the relevance and moral impediment of digital data management, data sharing and public open access and code in (tropical) research: The Rio Convention revisited towards Mega Science and Best Professional Research Practices -- Conservation research in the Cloud Forest of Central America with lessons from Maderas vulcanoe, Ometepe, Nicaragua: A first-person narrative about very tough field work, unfinished data, and climate justice while running out of time -- GRID sampling for a global rapid biodiversity assessment: Methods, Applications, Results and Lessons Learned -- Birds of Ometepe (Nicaragua) and La Suerte (Costa Rica): From a narrative and species lists over species richness and bird photo documentations to a Central American conservation ornithology -- Acoustic Determinants to Group-Specific Vocalizations and Dialect: The effects of environment on infant vocalizations of Cebus capucinus. Utilizing two field sites with a shared taxon for a comparative ecological study -- Factors Involved in Variation in Tree and Species Use by Mantled Howler Monkeys: A Case Study of Resource Use in Sector Santa Rosa, Area de Conservacion, Costa Rica -- Living in islands of forests: nutritional ecology of the howler monkey (Alouatta palliata) at La Suerte Biological Field Station, North-eastern Costa Rica -- A First Rare Species Action List for La Suerte and Ometepe: Correlates with Extinction, Invasion, Declines, the Allee Effect and no Recovery in Island Habitats -- Lost species at La Suerte (Costa Rica) and Ometepe (Nicaragua): Facts from over 10 years of research, some speculations, liabilities and a very grim future outlook to resolve -- Genetics as a tool for biodiversity conservation: examples from Central America -- A Systematic Framework for Spatial Conservation Planning and Ecological Priority Design: An Example from St. Lucia, Eastern Caribbean -- Global Change in Central America, and Global Transitions toward a Carbon-free Society achieved through International Field Schools? Carbon Dioxide remains the most Toxic Gas for Mankind to be resolved -- Human Aspects and Population Structures in Central America and its so-called Free Trade Zones: Imperialism, Immigration, Remittance Payments, Leakage, Brain Drain, Global Citizenship and Virtually Unlimited Inequalities during War and Globalization -- A short presentation and discussion of digital research data sets in Central America, and for the field schools of La Suerte (Costa Rica) and Ometepe (Nicaragua) -- Assessments of carbon stock hotspots in Nicaragua and Costa Rica -- Selected Undergraduate Student Projects at La Suerte and Ometepe Island: Try outs, Results, First Publications and more Ideas to Progress Research and Conservation -- The Good Future of La Suerte and Ometepe between Heaven and Decay: An informed Outlook for Central America leaves us with dramatic Environmental Obstacles for Conservation Management -- Appendix 1 (Digital Format and PDF Hardcopy): Best known La Suerte and Ometepe Taxonomic Species lists -- Appendix 2 (Digital Format and PDF Hardcopy): Online Photos for La Suerte?s and Ometepe?s Taxonomic Species lists -- Appendix 3 (Digital Format and PDF Hardcopy): GIS habitat maps for La Suerte and Ometepe study areas -- Appendix 4 (Digital Format and PDF Hardcopy): GIS species sighting maps for La Suerte and Ometepe study areas -- Appendix 5: Digital reference list of publications, thesis and projects done at La Suerte and Ometepe -- Appendix 6: Sample Curricula and a Prep List for Visiting Students.
• Publisher Details: New York : Springer
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxviii, 805 pages), illustrations (chiefly color)
• Subjects: 333.951609728; Life sciences; Biodiversity conservation -- Central America; Marine biodiversity conservation -- Central America; Environmental policy -- Central America; SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Biological Diversity; Biodiversity conservation; Ecology; Environmental policy; Marine biodiversity conservation; Life Sciences; Biodiversity; Conservation Biology/Ecology; Theoretical Ecology/Statistics; Landscape Ecology; Nature -- Environmental Conservation & Protection; Science -- Life Sciences -- Ecology; Conservation of the environment; Ecological science, the Biosphere; Plant ecology; Biodiversity; Conservation biology; Ecology; Landscape ecology; Biodiversity; Central America -- Environmental conditions; Central America; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781493922086; 1493922084
• Related ISBNs: 9781493922079; 1493922076
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
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