Sustainability and Diversity of Forest Ecosystems An Interdisciplinary Approach
Biodiversity is decreasing at the fastest rate in the history of the earth, largely as a result of human activity. The sustainable use of ecosystems allowing maintenance of biological diversity is an urgent problem that must be solved. Among terrestrial ecosystems, forests support the richest biolog...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Tokyo
Springer Japan
2007, 2007
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2007 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Forest utilization and its impacts on biodiversity
- Legacies of the past in the present-day forest biodiversity: a review of past land-use effects on forest plant species composition and diversity
- Degradation of longicorn beetle (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Disteniidae) fauna caused by conversion from broad-leaved to man-made conifer stands of Cryptomeria japonica (Taxodiaceae) in central Japan
- Genetic and reproductive consequences of forest fragmentation for populations of Magnolia obovata
- Ecological function losses caused by monotonous land use induce crop raiding by wildlife on the island of Yakushima, southern Japan
- Degradation and loss of forest land and land-use changes in Sarawak, East Malaysia: a study of native land use by the Iban
- The basis and practice of sustainable management of forests and biodiversity
- Sustainable use of tropical forests by reduced-impact logging in Deramakot Forest Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia
- When is it optimal to exhaust a resource in a finite time?
- Bio-economic resource management under threats of environmental catastrophes