This book brings together a selection of original studies submitted to Biodiversity and Conservation that address biodiversity and conservation in Europe. Europe is certainly the most intensively inventoried region of the world; detailed maps are available for species distributions while action plans are beingdrawn up for species under threat. At the same time, the wildlife of Europe has been subject to enormous human pressures, with limited ‘wilderness’ sites remaining in most countries. Europe consequently presents a case-study of what the human impact on biodiversity has been, and also what can be done to improve the situation. The contributions in this volume are drawn from a wide range of countries and discuss diverse organism and habitat types. They collectivelyprovide a snap-shot of the sorts of studies and actions being taken in Europeto address issues in biodiversity and conservation – topical examples that will make the volume especially valuable for use in conservation biology courses. Draws together a wide range of peer-reviewed primary research papers from biodiversity researchers around the world Provides examples from a wide spectrumof issues representing the current state of the art in arthropods Provides examples of recent work, usable as case studies for courses in ecology, restoration, biodiversity, conservation INDICE: From the contents Biodiversity gradients in the Alps.- Determininghigh value areas for steppe birds in Spain.- The Berger-Parker index as an effective tool for monitoring the biodiversity of disturbed soils.- The effects of fire on communities, guilds and species of breeding birds in burnt and control pinewoods in central Italy.- Indicators for plant species richness in pine(Pinus sylvestris L.) forests of Germany.- The social negotiation of nature conservation policy.- Identifying new buffer areas for conserving waterbirds inthe Mediterranean basin.- Impact of wind turbines on birds in Zeebrugge (Belgium).- The Iberian ibex is under an expansion trend but displaced to suboptimal habitats by the presence of extensive goat livestock in central Spain.- Testing indicators of epiphytic lichen diversity.- Analysis and evaluation of ecosystem resilience.- Natural oak forest vs. ancient pine plantations.
- ISBN: 978-1-4020-6864-5
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 440
- Fecha Publicación: 01/02/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés