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"As in past installments of ""The Year in Ecology and Conservation Biology"" series, this year’s volume contains a diverse collection of timely reviews in conservation biology and scientific, policy, and management implications, including reviews in the following areas: ecosystem services provided by bats; emerging indirect and long-term road salt effects on ecosystems; environmental ethics and human ecology; environmental impacts of mountaintop mining valley fill operations for aquatic ecosystems of the Central Appalachians; urban biodiversity, patterns and mechanisms; anthropogenic impacts on marine ecosystems in Antarctica; understanding the role of co-factors in driving amphibian losses; tropical forest ecosystems and unsustainable hunting. NOTE: Annals volumes are available for sale as individual books or as a journal. For information on institutional journal subscriptions, please click here. 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 the 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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Author:   Richard S. Ostfeld (Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY) ,  William H. Schlesinger (Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Wiley-Blackwell
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.299kg
ISBN:  

9781573318334

ISBN 10:   1573318337
Pages:   252
Publication Date:   27 May 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Ecosystem services provided by bats / Thomas H. Kunz [and others] The environmental costs of mountaintop mining valley fill operations for aquatic ecosystems of the central Appalachians / Emily S. Bernhardt and Margaret A. Palmer Emerging indirect and long-term road salt effects on ecosystems / Stuart E.G. Findlay and Victoria R. Kelly Urban biodiversity : patterns and mechanisms / Stanley H. Faeth, Christofer Bang and Susanna Saari Anthropogenic impacts on marine ecosystems in Antarctica / Richard B. Aronson [and others] The complexity of amphibian population declines : understanding the role of cofactors in driving amphibian losses / Andrew R. Blaustein [and others] The empty forest revisited / David S. Wilkie [and others]

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Richard S. Ostfeld is the editor of The Year in Ecology and Conservation Biology 2011, Volume 1223, 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.

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