Sources, Sinks and Sustainability
Edited By Jianguo Li
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paperback. Presents the latest advances in source-sink theory, methods and applications for sustaining natural resources and biodiversity. Editor(s): Liu, Jianguo; Hull, Vanessa; Morzillo, Anita T.; Wiens, John A. Series: Cambridge Studies in Landscape Ecology. Num Pages: 544 pages, 87 b/w illus. BIC Classification: PSAF; RNCB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 173 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1054.
Source-sink theories provide a simple yet powerful framework for understanding how the patterns, processes and dynamics of ecological systems vary and interact over space and time. Integrating multiple research fields, including population biology and landscape ecology, this book presents the latest advances in source-sink theories, methods and applications in the conservation and management of natural resources and biodiversity. The interdisciplinary team of authors uses detailed case studies, innovative field experiments and modeling, and comprehensive syntheses to incorporate source-sink ideas into research and management, and explores how sustainability can be achieved in today's increasingly fragile human-dominated ecosystems. Providing a comprehensive picture ... Read more
Source-sink theories provide a simple yet powerful framework for understanding how the patterns, processes and dynamics of ecological systems vary and interact over space and time. Integrating multiple research fields, including population biology and landscape ecology, this book presents the latest advances in source-sink theories, methods and applications in the conservation and management of natural resources and biodiversity. The interdisciplinary team of authors uses detailed case studies, innovative field experiments and modeling, and comprehensive syntheses to incorporate source-sink ideas into research and management, and explores how sustainability can be achieved in today's increasingly fragile human-dominated ecosystems. Providing a comprehensive picture ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
Series
Cambridge Studies in Landscape Ecology
Number of Pages
544
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521145961
SKU
V9780521145961
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About Edited By Jianguo Li
Jianguo (Jack) Liu is Rachel Carson Chair in Sustainability and University Distinguished Professor as well as Director of the Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability (CSIS) at Michigan State University. His major research interests include landscape ecology, conservation ecology and the integration of ecology with social sciences and policy for understanding and achieving sustainability. Vanessa Hull is a PhD student ... Read more
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