Handbook of Ecological Indicators for Assessment of Ecosystem Health
Contributors: Sven E. Jorgensen (Editor); Fu-Liu Xu (Editor); Robert Costanza (Editor)
Publisher: CRC
Published: July 26, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9781566706650
Subjects: Pollution & threats to the environment; Science; Environmental Science; Science/Mathematics; Life Sciences - Ecology - Ecosystems; Technology / Environmental; Ecosystem health; Environmental indicators
First sentence: The idea to apply an assessment of ecosystem health to environmental management emerged in the late 1980s.
Description: "The Handbook of Ecological Indicators for Assessment of Ecosystem Health is the first comprehensive account and guidebook to ecological indicators for evaluating the health of a wide variety of ecosystems. It explains what is needed to apply the methods and indicators, including theoretical background and modeling techniques, to evaluate the state of a given ecosystem. It will be useful for a wide range of environmental managers, natural resource managers, land use planners, and policy makers in government and non-governmental organizations worldwide."--Jacket.