Rangeland Systems : Processes, Management and Challenges / edited by David D. Briske.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Briske, David D.

Contributor:

Briske, David D., Editor.

Series:

Springer Series on Environmental Management, 0172-6161

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental management.

Environmental law.

Environmental policy.

Ecology.

Climatic changes.

Environmental Management.

Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.

Climate Change.

Local Subjects:

Environmental Management.

Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.

Ecology.

Climate Change.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 661 pages : illustrations (some color))

Edition:

1st ed. 2017.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is open access under a CC BY-NC 2.5 license. This book provides an unprecedented synthesis of the current status of scientific and management knowledge regarding global rangelands and the major challenges that confront them. It has been organized around three major themes. The first summarizes the conceptual advances that have occurred in the rangeland profession. The second addresses the implications of these conceptual advances to management and policy. The third assesses several major challenges confronting global rangelands in the 21st century. This book will compliment applied range management textbooks by describing the conceptual foundation on which the rangeland profession is based. It has been written to be accessible to a broad audience, including ecosystem managers, educators, students and policy makers. The content is founded on the collective experience, knowledge and commitment of 80 authors who have worked in rangelands throughout the world. Their collective contributions indicate that a more comprehensive framework is necessary to address the complex challenges confronting global rangelands. Rangelands represent adaptive social-ecological systems, in which societal values, organizations and capacities are of equal importance to, and interact with, those of ecological processes. A more comprehensive framework for rangeland systems may enable management agencies, and educational, research and policy making organizations to more effectively assess complex problems and develop appropriate solutions.

Contents:

1. Conceptual development toward a rangeland systems framework

Part: 1 Processes

2. Woody plant encroachment

3. Ecohydrology: processes and implications for rangelands

4. Soil and belowground processes

5. Structural heterogeneity as the basis for rangeland management

6. Non-equilibrium ecology and resilience theory

7. Ecological consequences of climate change on rangelands

Part: 2 Management

8. Rangelands as social-ecological systems

9. State and transition models: theory, applications, and challenges

10. Livestock production systems

11. Adaptive management of rangeland systems

12. Managing the livestock-wildlife interface on rangelands

Part: 3 Challenges

13. Invasive plant species and novel rangeland systems

14. Rangeland ecosystem services: nature´s supply and humans´ demand

15. Managing climate change risks in rangeland systems

16. Monitoring protocols: options, approaches, implementation, benefits

17. Rangeland systems in developing nations: conceptual advances and societal implications.

Notes:

CC BY-NC

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9783319467092

3319467093

OCLC:

983201466