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OverviewThis book provides the first global synthesis of the biology of disturbed habitats and offers readers both the conceptual underpinnings and practical advice required to comprehend and address the unprecedented environmental challenges facing humans. Every habitat on earth has been impacted by natural disturbances such as volcanoes, earthquakes, landslides, fires, floods, and droughts. Humans have contributed many additional disturbances such as mining, urbanization, forestry, agriculture, fishing, and recreation. These anthropogenic disturbances modify and often exacerbate the effects of the natural disturbances. Together, they result in the abrupt loss of biomass or ecosystem structure and function to create denuded surfaces where novel mixtures of native and non-native microbes, plants, and animals establish, grow, and die. The Biology of Disturbed Habitats examines both natural and anthropogenic disturbances in aquatic and terrestrial habitats. It explores how nutrients and productivity are altered in the disturbed habitats, the effects of disturbance on biodiversity, and the spatial and temporal dynamics of organisms that colonize disturbed habitats. This book also addresses how to manage disturbances through appropriate conservation and restoration measures, and discusses how climate change and overpopulation now represent the most challenging disturbances at a global scale. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Lawrence R. Walker (Professor of Ecology, University of Nevada Las Vegas, USA)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 16.20cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 24.00cm Weight: 0.722kg ISBN: 9780199575299ISBN 10: 0199575290 Pages: 336 Publication Date: 01 December 2011 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsPreface 1: Introduction 2: Terrestrial habitats 3: Aquatic habitats 4: Anthropogenic habitats 5: Ecosystem processes 6: Biodiversity and invasive species 7: Spatial patterns 8: Temporal dynamics 9: Management 10: Global concerns and future scenarios Glossary References IndexReviewsWalker does an excellent job bringing together the many elements of modern disturbance ecology. Bulletin of the British Ecological Society In The Biology of Disturbed Habitats, readers will find a pithy but well-balanced review of the relevant research on ecological theory * Lee E. Frelich, BioScience * Walker does an excellent job bringing together the many elements of modern disturbance ecology. * Bulletin of the British Ecological Society * Author InformationLawrence R. Walker is a professor of plant ecology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. His research focuses on the mechanisms that drive plant succession after natural and anthropogenic disturbances including cyclones, volcanoes, landslides, mine tailings, and abandoned roads. These disturbances are located in tropical, temperate, boreal, and arctic biomes. He also studies the management of disturbances through restoration. Walker emphasizes comparisons across environmental gradients and many different types of disturbances, searching for useful generalizations about disturbance ecology, succession, and restoration. He has over 115 scientific publications, including seven books, has won several research awards, is co-editor of a book series, and is an ISI highly cited researcher. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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