The GEO handbook on biodiversity observation networks. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Michele Walters, Robert J. Scholes.
• Editors: Walters, Michele; Scholes, R. J
• Contents: 1. The Biodiversity Data Impediment to a Sustainable World (Working in a Networked World) -- 2. Essential Biodiversity Variables -- 3. Stratification and Terrestrial Ecosystem Observations -- 4. Ecosystem Services -- 5. Species Observations -- 6. Monitoring Changes in Genetic Diversity -- 7. Marine and Coastal Systems -- 8. Biodiversity Observations for Freshwater Ecosystems -- 9. Remote Sensing for Biodiversity -- 10. Involving Citizen Scientists in Biodiversity Observation -- 11. Biodiversity Modelling -- 12. Cyber-Architecture -- 13. Using Data for Decision-Making: From Observations To Indicators and Other Policy Tools -- 14. Capacity Building in Biodiversity Monitoring -- Case Studies.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer Open
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 326 pages), 34 illustrations
• Subjects: 577; Biodiversity -- Monitoring; Biodiversity -- Monitoring -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Ecological science, the Biosphere; Applied ecology; Biodiversity -- Monitoring; Biotic communities; Community psychology; Conservation biology; Ecology; Environmental psychology; Life sciences; Biodiversity; Conservation Biology/Ecology; Community and Environmental Psychology; Applied Ecology; Ecosystems; Life Sciences; Electronic books; Handbooks and manuals
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319272887; 3319272888; 9783319272863; 3319272861
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.