Screen LibraryThe GEO Handbook on Biodiversity Observation Networks /
Biodiversity observation systems are almost everywhere inadequate to meet local, national and international (treaty) obligations. As a result of alarmingly rapid declines in biodiversity in the modern era, there is a strong, worldwide desire to upgrade our monitoring systems, but little clarity on w...
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | Cham : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27288-7 |
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Biodiversity observation systems are almost everywhere inadequate to meet local, national and international (treaty) obligations. As a result of alarmingly rapid declines in biodiversity in the modern era, there is a strong, worldwide desire to upgrade our monitoring systems, but little clarity on what is actually needed and how it can be assembled from the elements which are already present. This book intends to provide practical guidance to broadly-defined biodiversity observation networks at all scales, but predominantly the national scale and higher. This is a practical how-to book with |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (XII, 326 pages) : illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9783319272887 |
| Access: | Open Access |
| Index Number: | QH541 |
| CLC: | Q14 |
| Contents: | 1. The Biodiversity Data Impediment to a Sustainable World (Working in a Networked World) -- 2. Essential Biodiversity Variables -- 3. Stratification and Terrestrial Ecosystem Observations -- 4. Ecosystem Services -- 5. Species Observations -- 6. Monitoring Changes in Genetic Diversity -- 7. Marine and Coastal Systems -- 8. Biodiversity Observations for Freshwater Ecosystems -- 9. Remote Sensing for Biodiversity -- 10. Involving Citizen Scientists in Biodiversity Observation -- 11. Biodiversity Modelling -- 12. Cyber-Architecture -- 13. Using Data for Decision-Making: From Observations To In |