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Ecosystem management has gained widespread visibility as an approach to the management of land to achieve sustainable natural resource use. Despite widespread interest in this emerging management paradigm, Ecosystems: Balancing Science with Management is the first book to directly propose approaches...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Vogt, Kristiina A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Springer, [1997]
Subjects:
Ecosystem management.
Recursos naturais e o ambiente (controle)
Écosystèmes > Gestion.
Gestion des ressources naturelles.
Gestion des écosystèmes.
Biocénoses.
Écologie.
Management.
Ökosystem.
Umweltschutz.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Ecosystem concept: historical and present review of definitions and development of ecosystem ecology, ecosystem management, and its legal framework
  • Tools and knowledge base presently available to do ecosystem management and to assess its success
  • Detecting resistance and resilience of ecosystems
  • Case studies: degrees of ecosystem management
  • Science and management of ecosystems synthesis
  • Ecological, management and legal development of concepts relevant to ecosystems through time.