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Human Population Its Influences on Biological Diversity /

In this volume the dynamic patterns of human density and distribution are examined in relation to the viability of native species and the integrity of their habitats. Social, biological, and earth scientists describe their models, outline their conclusions from field studies, and review the contribu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Cincotta, Richard P. (Editor ), Gorenflo, Larry J. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
Edición:1st ed. 2011.
Colección:Ecological Studies, Analysis and Synthesis, 214
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • An Introduction: Human Population's Influences on Biological Diversity
  • Mapping the Population Future: Projecting a Gridded Population of the World Using Ratio Methods of Trend Extrapolation
  • Physical Environment and the Spatial Distribution of Human Population
  • Behavioral Mediators of the Human Population Effect on Global Biodiversity Losses
  • The Biological Diversity that is Humanly Possible: Three Models Relevant to Human Population's Relationship with Native
  • Biodiversity on the Urban Landscape
  • Indicators for Assessing Threats to Freshwater Biodiversity from Humans and Human-shaped Landscapes
  • A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Human Impacts on the Rainforest Environment in Ecuador: Preliminary Results from the Ethnographic Study
  • Human Demography and Conservation in the Apache Highlands Ecoregion, United States-Mexico Borderlands
  • Long-term Ecological Effects of Demographic and Socioeconomic Factors in Wolong Nature Reserve (China)
  • Exploring the Association between People and Deforestation in Madagascar
  • A Coupled Natural and Human Systems Approach Towards Biodiversity: Reflections from Social Scientists.