Ecosystem Conservation and Management : Models and Application / by Marino Gatto, Renato Casagrandi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gatto, Marino, author.

Casagrandi, Renato, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental engineering.

Biotechnology.

Bioremediation.

Biodiversity.

Epidemiology.

Environmental sciences--Mathematics.

Environmental sciences.

Stochastic models.

Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology.

Mathematical Applications in Environmental Science.

Stochastic Modelling.

Local Subjects:

Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology.

Biodiversity.

Epidemiology.

Mathematical Applications in Environmental Science.

Stochastic Modelling.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (292 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2022.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2022.

Summary:

This textbook provides basic quantitative models allowing researchers and decision makers to a) assess viability of threatened populations and evaluate the success of species reintroductions, b) estimate invasion abilities of alien species, c) evaluate the persistence of metapopulations subjected to habitat destruction and fragmentation, d) analyze policies and strategies for the sustainable harvesting of biological resources, and e) assess the course of human and nonhuman diseases and the possible containment measures. Air and water pollution, overexploitation of renewable resources (e.g. marine fish stocks and forests), massive land-use change together with climate change impact the Earth biodiversity and impair the functioning of ecosystems. Globalization increases the risk of diffusion of alien species and new pathogens. A panoply of numerical problems mainly based on real data from the ecological literature enables the reader to practice the presented modelling tools. presented modelling tools. presented modelling tools. presented modelling tools. presented modelling tools. presented modelling tools. presented modelling tools. presented modelling tools. presented modelling tools. presented modelling tools. presented modelling tools. presented modelling tools. .

Contents:

Part I. Species and populations threatened by extinction

Chapter 1. Threatened biodiversity

Chapter 2. The risk of extinction: Allee effect and genetic deterioration

Chapter 3. Extinction risk analysis: demographic and environmental stochasticity

Chapter 4. Problems on the analysis of Extinction Risk (ER)

Part II. Populations in spatially explicit landscapes

Chapter 5. Movement of organisms and the dynamics of populations in space

Chapter 6. Habitat fragmentation and destruction: the dynamics of metapopulations

Chapter 7. Problems on Spatial Ecology (SE)

Part III. Sustainabilty of biomass harvesting and its harvesting (M)

Chapter 8. The management of natural populations harvesting

Chapter 9. Problems on the Management of renewable resource harvesting (M)

Part IV. Parasite and disease ecology

Chapter 10. Ecology of parasites and infectious diseases

Chapter 11. Problems on the Ecology of Parasites and Disease (PD).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Gatto, Marino Ecosystem Conservation and Management

ISBN:

3-031-09480-8