The Year in Ecology and Conservation Biology 2012, Volume 1249

Herausgeber: Ostfeld, Richard S; Schlesinger, William H

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Produktbeschreibung

This fifth installment of The Year in Ecology and Conservation Biology continues this series' outstanding reviews in diverse topics in ecology and conservation science and policy. Included are papers on protection of orangutans; environmental governmentality, economic corporations, and ecological ethics; impact of Nature on experience and cognitive and mental health; consequences of vulture population declines worldwide; ecology and management of white-tailed deer; controlling the spread of invasive plants; reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation; the boreal forest ecosystem; effects of organic farming on biodiversity and ecosystems; ecology of anopheles mosquitoes; ecology and conservation biology of avian malaria; and climate change and ecology of Artic vertebrates. NOTE: Annals volumes are available for sale as individual books or as a journal. For information on institutional journal subscriptions, please visit http: //ordering.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/subs.asp?ref=1749-6632&doi=10.1111/(ISSN)1749-6632. ACADEMY MEMBERS: Please contact the New York Academy of Sciences directly to place your order (www.nyas.org). Members of the New York Academy of Science receive full-text access to Annals online and discounts on print volumes. Please visit http: //www.nyas.org/MemberCenter/Join.aspx for more information about becoming a member.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. März 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 252mm x 178mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9781573318631
• ISBN-10: 1573318639
• Artikelnr.: 35118463

Autorenporträt

Richard S. Ostfeld is the editor of The Year in Ecology and Conservation Biology 2012, Volume 1249, published by Wiley. William H. Schlesinger is a biogeochemist and the retired president of the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, an independent not-for-profit environmental research organization in Millbrook, New York.

Inhaltsangabe

Eco-evolutionary dynamics in a changing world 1
Ilkka Hanski
The influence of species interactions on geographic range change under
climate change 18
Jessica J. Hellmann, Kirsten M. Prior, and Shannon L. Pelini
Not by science alone: why orangutan conservationists must think outside the
box 29
Erik Meijaard, Serge Wich, Marc Ancrenaz, and Andrew J. Marshall
Ecology and management of white-tailed deer in a changing world 45
William J. McShea
Dropping dead: causes and consequences of vulture population declines
worldwide 57
Darcy L. Ogada, Felicia Keesing, and Munir Z. Virani
Modeling population dynamics, landscapes structure, and management
decisions for controlling the spread of invasive plants 72
Paul Caplat, Shaun Coutts, and Yvonne M. Buckley
Sustainable seaweed cutting? The rockweed (Ascophyllum nodosum) industry of
Maine and the Maritime Provinces 84
Robin Hadlock Seeley and William H. Schlesinger
Artificial persons against nature: environmental governmentality, ecomomic
corporations, and ecological ethics 104
Michael S. Northcott
The impacts of nature experience on human cognitive function and mental
health 118
Gregory N. Bratman, J. Paul Hamilton, and Gretchen C. Daily
Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) : game
changer or just another quick fix? 137
Oscar Venter and Lian Pin Koh
The boreal forest as a cultural landscape 151
Edward A. Johnson and Kiyoko Miyanishi
Climate change and the ecology and evolution of Artic vertebrates 166
Oliver Gilg, Kit M. Kovacs, Jon Aars, Jérôme Fort, Gilles Gauthier, David
Grémillet, Rolf A. Ims, Hans Meltofte, Jérôme Moreau, Eric Post, Niels
Martin Schmidt, Glenn Yannic, and Loïc Bollache
Effects of organic farming on biodiversity and ecosystem services: taking
landscape complexity into account 191
Camilla Winqvist, Johan Ahnström, and Jan Bengtsson
The ecology of Anopheles mosquitoes under climate change: case studies from
the effects of deforestation in East African highlands 204
Yaw A. Afrane, Andrew K. Githeko, and Guiyun Yan
Ecology and conservation biology of avian malaria 211
Dennis A. LaPoine, Carter T. Atkinson, and Michael D. Samuel
Dams in the Cadillac Desert: downstream effects in a geomorphic context 227
John L. Sabo, Kevin Bestgen, Will Graf, Tushar Sinha, and Ellen E. Wohl