Ecological knowledge and environmental problem-solving : concepts and case studies, Committee on the Applications of Ecological Theory to Environmental Problems, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council

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Ecological knowledge and environmental problem-solving : concepts and case studies, Committee on the Applications of Ecological Theory to Environmental Problems, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council

Link

• https://openlibrary.org/books/OL2708269M
• http://www.nap.edu/catalog/645.html
• https://archive.org/details/ecologicalknowle00nati

Title remainder

concepts and case studies

Statement of responsibility

Committee on the Applications of Ecological Theory to Environmental Problems, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council

Instantiates

• Ecological knowledge and environmental problem-solving : concepts and case studies

Publication

• Washington, D.C., National Academy Press, 1986

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents

Individuals and single populations -- Population interactions -- Community ecology -- Materials and energy -- Scales in space and time -- Analog, generic, and pilot studies and treatment of a project as an experiment -- Indicator species and biological monitoring -- Dealing with uncertainty -- The special problem of cumulative effects -- A scientific framework for environmental problem-solving -- References -- North Pacific halibut fishery management / David Policansky -- Vampire bat control in Latin America / G. Clay Mitchell -- Biological control of California red scale / Robert F. Luck -- Experimental control of malaria in West Africa / Robert M. May -- Protecting caribou during hydroelectric development in Newfoundland / David J. Kiell, Edward L. Hill, and Shane P. Mahoney -- Conserving a regional spotted owl population / Hal Salwasser -- Restoring derelict lands in Great Britain / Peter Wathern -- Optimizing timber yields in New Brunswick forests / Thom A. Erdle and Gordon L. Baskerville -- Control of eutrophication in Lake Washington ; Raising the level of a subarctic lake / John T. Lehman -- Ecological effects of nuclear radiation ; Ecological effects of forest clearcutting / Carl F. Jordan -- Environmental effects of DDT / John Buckley

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unknown

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1 online resource (xi, 388 pages

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online

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illustrations, maps)

Record ID

ecologicalknowle00nati

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unknown sound

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remote

System control number

(OCoLC)1033581772