Measuring And Monitoring Biological Diversity

Author : Ronald Heyer
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
ISBN 13 : 1588344371
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Measuring and Monitoring Biological Diversity written by Ronald Heyer and published by Smithsonian Institution. This book was released on 2014-12-16 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Measuring and Monitoring Biological Diversity is the first book to provide comprehensive coverage of standard methods for biodiversity sampling of amphibians, with information on analyzing and using data that will interest biologists in general. In this manual, nearly fifty herpetologists recommend ten standard sampling procedures for measuring and monitoring amphibian and many other populations. The contributors discuss each procedure, along with the circumstances for its appropriate use. In addition, they provide a detailed protocol for each procedure's implementation, a list of necessary equipment and personnel, and suggestions for analyzing the data. The data obtained using these standard methods are comparable across sites and through time and, as a result, are extremely useful for making decisions about habitat protection, sustained use, and restoration—decisions that are particularly relevant for threatened amphibian populations.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Measuring and Monitoring Biological Diversity:standard Methods of Amphibians written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Anne E. Magurran
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118687922
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Measuring Biological Diversity written by Anne E. Magurran and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-04-18 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This accessible and timely book provides a comprehensive overview of how to measure biodiversity. The book highlights new developments, including innovative approaches to measuring taxonomic distinctness and estimating species richness, and evaluates these alongside traditional methods such as species abundance distributions, and diversity and evenness statistics. Helps the reader quantify and interpret patterns of ecological diversity, focusing on the measurement and estimation of species richness and abundance. Explores the concept of ecological diversity, bringing new perspectives to a field beset by contradictory views and advice. Discussion spans issues such as the meaning of community in the context of ecological diversity, scales of diversity and distribution of diversity among taxa Highlights advances in measurement paying particular attention to new techniques such as species richness estimation, application of measures of diversity to conservation and environmental management and addressing sampling issues Includes worked examples of key methods in helping people to understand the techniques and use available computer packages more effectively

Author : William Lee Gaines
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Monitoring Biodiversity written by William Lee Gaines and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Anne E. Magurran
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199580669
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Biological Diversity written by Anne E. Magurran and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an up to date review of the methods of measuring and assessing biological diversity, together with their application.

Author : Don E. Wilson
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1560986379
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Measuring and Monitoring Biological Diversity written by Don E. Wilson and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 1996-08-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Measuring and Monitoring Biological Diversity: Standard Methods for Mammals provides a comprehensive manual for designing and implementing inventories of mammalian biodiversity anywhere in the world and for any group, from rodents to open-country grazers. The book emphasizes formal estimation approaches, which supply data that can be compared across habitats and over time. Beginning with brief natural histories of the twenty-six orders of living mammals, the book details the field techniques—observation, capture, and sign interpretation—appropriate to different species. The contributors provide guidelines for study design, discuss survey planning, describe statistical techniques, and outline methods of translating field data into electronic formats. Extensive appendixes address such issues as the ethical treatment of animals in research, human health concerns, preserving voucher specimens, and assessing age, sex, and reproductive condition in mammals. Useful in both developed and developing countries, this volume and the Biological Diversity Handbook Series as a whole establish essential standards for a key aspect of conservation biology and resource management.

Author : AGOSTI D
Publisher : Smithsonian Books (DC)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book ANTS written by AGOSTI D and published by Smithsonian Books (DC). This book was released on 2000-11-17 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Numbering more than nine thousand described species, ants rank among the most abundant and widespread groups. The collective weight of ants in tropical forests and grasslands may constitute as much as 10 to 15 percent of the animal biomass. Ground-dwelling ants are major invertebrate predators in some areas, and they also have profound effects on flora because of their prodigious ability to consume plants, disperse seeds, and enrich the soil. Interacting with other organisms at every level, ants are ubiquitous, diverse, easy to collect, and sensitive to environmental change -- all attributes that make them well suited to biodiversity studies. Written by thirty leading ant biologists, this comprehensive book describes procedures for surveying the diversity of ground-dwelling ants. It introduces a standardized protocol for collecting ant samples in any part of the world and for conducting repeated sampling over time, which enables researchers to analyze global and longterm patterns. Chapters compare ant diversity to the diversity of other organisms and explain the value of ant studies in monitoring ecosystem change in diverse regions, including Madagascar, Malaysia, India, and Brazil. Covering aspects of ant ecology and taxonomy, species identification, specimen preparation, and sources of sampling equipment, this book provides the necessary foundation for readers from a wide range of backgrounds. It is indispensable not only to ant researchers but also to entomologists, conservationists, students, land managers, and others who assess biodiversity or environmental impacts.

Author : David L. Hawksworth
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9780412752209
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Biodiversity written by David L. Hawksworth and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1995-11-30 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leading experts on the field of biodiversity examine examples from a wide range of organism groups. Their approaches include the latest molecular and phylogenetic techniques through to the selection of indicator data and aspects of sampling. This paperback edition has been published for students on 'biodiversity' related courses.

Author : Timothy J. B. Boyle
Publisher : CIFOR
ISBN 13 : 9798764013
Total Pages : 407 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Measuring and Monitoring Biodiversity in Tropical and Temperate Forests written by Timothy J. B. Boyle and published by CIFOR. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : W. Ronald Heyer
Publisher : Smithsonian Books (DC)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book MEAS MONIT AMPHIBIANS written by W. Ronald Heyer and published by Smithsonian Books (DC). This book was released on 1994-02-17 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the Earth's number of species decreases, biologists have been concerned particularly with general decline in amphibian populations, viewing them as particularly sensitive indicators of the health of the environment. Yet one of the most difficult problems in conservation biology is the lack of baseline data against which to measure population changes. Measuring and Monitoring Biological Diversity is the first book to provide comprehensive coverage of standard methods for biodiversity sampling of amphibians, with information on analyzing and using data that will interest biologists in general. In this manual, nearly fifty herpetologists recommend ten standard sampling procedures for measuring and monitoring amphibian and many other populations. The contributors discuss each procedure, along with the circumstances for its appropriate use. In addition, they provide a detailed protocol for each procedure's implementation, a list of necessary equipment and personnel, and suggestions for analyzing the data. The data obtained using these standard methods are comparable across sites and through time and, as a result, are extremely useful for making decisions about habitat protection, sustained use, and restoration - decisions that are particularly relevant for threatened amphibian populations.