A01=Colin R. Townsend
applications
Author_Colin R. Townsend
book
Category=PSAF
communities
confronting
culminating
ecological applications
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examination
individual
levels
macroecological
many problems
organisms
progressive
readers
reallife problems
reserve
scale
terrestrial
theory
way
Product details
- ISBN 9781405136983
- Weight: 839g
- Dimensions: 180 x 244mm
- Publication Date: 31 Aug 2007
- Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Ecological Applications presents a broad range of methods and techniques for managing environmental sustainability.
This book examines ecological theory at the individual, populations, and community levels, and is an excellent resource for anyone looking to improve the health of their local ecosystems.
- Presents a broad range of methods and techniques for managing environmental sustainability
- Focuses on ecological applications for sustainability including restoration, conservation, biosecurity, pest control, harvest management, and the design of reserves
- Examines ecological theory at the individual, population and community levels
- Considers economic and socio-political aspects
Colin Townsend obtained his DPhil at Sussex before taking up teaching positions at Oxford University and the University of East Anglia. In 1989 he moved from the UK to New Zealand, where he was appointed Chair of Zoology at the University of Otago; he is now Director of the Ecology, Conservation and Biodiversity Research Group at Otago.
