Environmental risk assessment and management from a landscape perspective / edited by Lawrence A. Kapustka, Wayne G. Landis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kapustka, Lawrence.

Landis, Wayne G.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental risk assessment.

Ecological assessment (Biology).

Environmental management.

Landscape protection.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (431 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An important guide to assessing and managing the environment from a landscape perspective Ecological relationships are nested within the landscape. Identifying the relevant spatial and temporal scales is critical for an effective understanding of ecological functions that human societies depend upon. Moreover, human encroachment into natural areas, or changes in climate, can alter spatial relationships, which in turn can negatively affect vital plant and wildlife patterns-and weaken economic structures needed to sustain human societies. This book is the first to combine multiple disci

Contents:

ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT FROM A LANDSCAPE PERSPECTIVE; CONTENTS; PREFACE; CONTRIBUTORS; PROLOGUE; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT TOWARD A LANDSCAPE PERSPECTIVE; 3 POPULATIONS, HABITAT, AND ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS: ELUSIVE BUT ESSENTIAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR A LANDSCAPE PERSPECTIVE; 4 RELEVANCE OF SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL SCALES TO ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT; 5 QUANTITATIVE MEASURES AND ECOLOGICAL HIERARCHY; 6 BAYESIAN MODELS IN ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT; 7 LINKING REGIONAL AND LOCAL RISK ASSESSMENT; 8 INTEGRATING HEALTH IN ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENTS

9 VALUING WILDLANDS10 PREDICTING CLIMATE CHANGE RISKS TO RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEMS IN ARID WATERSHEDS: THE UPPER SAN PEDRO AS A CASE STUDY; 11 INVASIVE SPECIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT; 12 LANDSCAPE NONINDIGENOUS SPECIES RISK ASSESSMENT: ASIAN OYSTER AND NUN MOTH CASE STUDIES; 13 ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT OF THE INVASIVE SARGASSUM MUTICUM FOR THE CHERRY POINT REACH, WASHINGTON; 14 INTEGRATED LABORATORY AND FIELD INVESTIGATIONS: ASSESSING CONTAMINANT RISK TO AMERICAN BADGERS; 15 ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT OF PHARMACEUTICALS; 16 ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF ECOLOGICAL GOODS AND SERVICES

17 ECOSYSTEM SERVICE VALUATION CONCEPTS AND METHODS18 METRICS AND INDICES FOR SUSTAINABLE SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL LANDSCAPES; EPILOGUE; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9786612755934

9781282755932

1282755935

9780470593028

0470593024

9780470593011

0470593016

OCLC:

663449132