Nature's services : societal dependence on natural ecosystems /

"Nature's Services brings together world-renowned scientists from a variety of disciplines to examine the character and value of ecosystem services, the damage that has been done to them, and the consequent implications for human society. Contributors present a detailed synthesis of our cu...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Daily, Gretchen C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : Island Press, ©1997.
Temas:
Nature > Effect of human beings on.
Human ecology > Economic aspects.
Biotic communities > Economic aspects.
Ecosystem management.
Ecosystems.
Human ecology.
Natural resources.
Social benefit.
Êtres humains > Influence sur la nature.
Écologie humaine > Aspect économique.
Écosystèmes > Gestion.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Geography.
Biotic communities > Economic aspects
Ecosystem management
Human ecology > Economic aspects
Nature > Effect of human beings on
Mensch
Naturschutz
Humanökologie
Ökosystem
Natur
Umweltveränderung
Nature > Effets de l'homme.
Écosystèmes > Aspect économique.
Gestion des écosystèmes.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Perspectives on nature's services / John Peterson Myers, Joshua S. Reichert
  • Introduction: What are ecosystem services? / Gretchen C. Daily
  • Ecosystem services: a fragmentary history / Harold A. Mooney and Paul R. Ehrlich
  • Valuing ecosystem services: philosophical bases and empirical methods / Lawrence H. Goulder and Donald Kennedy
  • Valuing ecosystem services with efficiency, fairness, and sustainability as goals / Robert Costanza and Carl Folke
  • The interaction of climate and life / Susan E. Alexander, Stephen H. Schneider, and Kalen Lagerquist
  • Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning / David Tilman
  • Ecosystem services supplied by soil / Gretchen C. Daily, Pamela A. Matson, and Peter M. Vitousek
  • Services provided by pollinators / Gary Paul Nabhan and Stephen L. Buchmann
  • Natural pest control services and agriculture / Rosamond L. Naylor and Paul R. Ehrlich
  • Marine ecosystem services / Charles H. Peterson and Jane Lubchenco
  • Freshwater ecosystem services / Sandra Postel and Stephen Carpenter
  • The world's forests and their ecosystem services / Norman Myers
  • Ecosystem services in grasslands / Osvaldo E. Sala and Jose M. Paruelo
  • Biodiversity's genetic library / Norman Myers
  • Impacts of marine resource extraction on ecosystem services and sustainability / Les Kaufman and Paul Dayton
  • Ecosystem services in subsistence economies and conservation of biodiversity / Kamaljit S. Bawa and Madhav Gadgil
  • Ecosystem services in a modern economy: Gunnison County, Colorado / Andrew Wilcox and John Harte
  • Water quality improvement by wetlands / Katherine C. Ewel
  • Services supplied by South African fynbos ecosystems / Richard M. Cowling, Robert Costanza, and Steven I. Higgins
  • Valuing and safeguarding earth's life-support systems / Gretchen C. Daily.

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