Environmental Management

Many conservationists argue that invasive species form one of the most important threats to ecosystems the world over, often spreading quickly thro...

It is clear that nature is undergoing rapid changes as a result of human activities such as industry, agriculture, travel, fisheries and urbanisati...

What light does nearly twenty-five years of scientific study of the Exxon Valdez oil spill shed on the fate and effects of a spill? How can the res...

Boreal ecosystems contain one-third of the world's forests and stored carbon, but these regions are under increasing threat from both natural and a...

Over the past 20 years dramatic declines have taken place in UK insect populations. Eventually, such declines must have knock-on effects for other ...

Longhurst examines the proposition, central to fisheries science, that a fishery creates its own natural resource by the compensatory growth it ind...

Fracking is a novel but contested energy technology so what makes some countries embrace it whilst others reject it? This book argues that the rea...

Population growth and rising living standards, on the one hand, and changing climate, on the other hand, have exacerbated water scarcity worldwide....

River networks are critically important ecosystems. This interdisciplinary book provides an integrated ecohydrological framework blending laborator...

There is a growing concern that many important ecosystems, such as coral reefs and tropical rain forests, might be at risk of sudden collapse as a ...

There is a growing concern that many important ecosystems, such as coral reefs and tropical rain forests, might be at risk of sudden collapse as a ...

Notwithstanding the importance of modern technology, fieldwork remains vital, not least through helping to inspire and educate the next generation....

Notwithstanding the importance of modern technology, fieldwork remains vital, not least through helping to inspire and educate the next generation....

Winner of the prestigious FEEM 20th Anniversary Prize for its contribution to the field of environmental economics, Resources for the Future is the...

Large-scale tree planting is advocated to provide additional atmospheric cooling and further reduce global warming. This raises a question about th...

Salt marshes are highly dynamic and important ecosystems that dampen impacts of coastal storms and are an integral part of tidal wetland systems, w...

The Systems Ecology Paradigm (SEP) incorporates humans as integral parts of ecosystems and emphasizes issues that have significant societal relevan...

The Systems Ecology Paradigm (SEP) incorporates humans as integral parts of ecosystems and emphasizes issues that have significant societal relevan...

Network thinking and network analysis are rapidly expanding features of ecological research. Network analysis of ecological systems include represe...

Through a long history of co-evolution, multicellular organisms form a complex of host cells plus many associated microorganism species. Consisting...