Conservation in Chilean Patagonia : Assessing the State of Knowledge, Opportunities, and Challenges /

Chilean Patagonia, located at the southwestern tip of South America, is one of the last regions on earth where highly intact environments predominate. With a coastline that extends along some 100,000 km of fjords, channels, and islands, it has one of the world´s most extensive marine-terrestrial int...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors:	Castilla, Juan Carlos (Editor), Armesto Zamudio, Juan J. (Editor), Martínez-Harms, María José (Editor), Tecklin, David (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2023.
Edition:	1st ed. 2023.
Series:	Integrated Science, 19
Subjects:	Conservation biology. Ecology . Freshwater ecology. Marine ecology. Oceanography. Biogeography. Biodiversity. Conservation Biology. Freshwater and Marine Ecology. Biooceanography. Biogeosciences. Ecology. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

An integrated conservation vision for Chilean Patagonia
Global change and acceleration of anthropic pressures on Patagonian ecosystems
Representativeness assessment and identification of priorities for the protection of terrestrial ecosystems in Chilean Patagonia
Terrestrial protected areas in Chilean Patagonia: characterization, historical evolution, and management
Conserving the origin of rivers: intact forested watersheds in western Patagonia
Peatlands in Chilean Patagonia: distribution, biodiversity, ecosystem services, and conservation
Steppe ecosystems in Chilean Patagonia: distribution, climate, biodiversity, and threats to their sustainable management
Coastal-marine protection in Chilean Patagonia: historical progress, current situation, and challenges
Marine mammals and seabirds of Chilean Patagonia: focal species for the conservation of marine ecosystems
Hard bottom macrobenthos of Chilean Patagonia: emphasis on conservation of subltitoral invertebrate and algal forests
Fisheries and marine conservation in Chilean Patagonia
Aquaculture and its impacts on the conservation of Chilean Patagonia
Ecological connections across the marine-terrestrial interface in Chilean Patagonia
A conservation assessment of freshwater ecosystems in southwestern Patagonia
Chilean Patagonian glaciers and environmental change
Conservation and indigenous people in Chilean Patagonia
Drivers of change in ecosystems of Chilean Patagonia: current and projected trends
Analysis of tourism development linked to protected areas in Chilean Patagonia.