Monitoring ecological change
The state of ecosystems, biological communities and species are continuously changing as a result of both natural processes and the activities of humans. In order to detect and understand these changes, effective ecological monitoring programmes are required. This book offers an introduction to the topic and provides both a rationale for monitoring and a practical guide to the techniques available. Written in a nontechnical style, the book covers the relevance and growth of ecological monitoring, the organizations and programmes involved, the science of ecological monitoring and an assessment of methods in practice, including many examples from monitoring programmes around the world
Print Book, English, 2005
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2005
xvii, 391 pages : illustrations, map ; 26 cm
9780521820288, 9780521527286, 9786610955992, 0521820286, 0521527287, 6610955999
59353104
Ecological monitoring
Environmental monitoring programmes and organizations
State of the environment reporting and ecological monitoring
Biological and spatial scales in ecological monitoring
Biological indicators and indices
Diversity and similarity indices
Planning and designing ecological monitoring
Ecological monitoring of species and biological communities
Ecological monitoring and environmental impact assessments
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