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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TextPublication details: Washington, DC : National Academy Press, 1986.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 388 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 0585022577
- 9780585022574
- Nature conservation -- Case studies
- Environmental protection -- Case studies
- Conservation of natural resources -- Case studies
- Ecology
- Conservation of Natural Resources
- Ecology
- Natural resources conservation
- Environmental protection
- Pest control
- Ecology
- Nature -- Conservation -- Cas, �Etudes de
- Environnement -- Protection -- Cas, �Etudes de
- Conservation des ressources naturelles -- Cas, �Etudes de
- �Ecologie -- Cas, �Etudes de
- SCIENCE -- Environmental Science (see also Chemistry -- Environmental)
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Environmental Policy
- Conservation of natural resources
- Ecology
- Environmental protection
- Nature conservation
- Kongress
- Umweltschutz
- �Okologie
- Conservation of natural resources Case studies
- Ecology
- Environmental protection Case studies
- Nature conservation Case studies
- 363.7 19
- QH75 .E26 1986eb
- QH 75
- RB 10844
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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