Sinopsis de Applied ecology and environmental management

This book explains ways in which ecological science can be applied to solving some of the most crucial problems facing our world today. A major theme is how resources can be effectively managed and exploited in as near a sustainable manner as possible. The author draws together, in a single volume, major topics in environmental and resource management that have traditionally been dispersed amongst several different books. Applied Ecology starts with an analysis of our planet's basic natural resources - energy, water and soil; it moves on to the management of biological resources - fish, grazing lands and forests, and then to pest control and pollution: finally, the book tackles conservation and management of wild species and the restoration of ecological communities. The second edition has been radically redesigned and rewritten. Each chapter starts with a list of questions, setting out the various fundamental problems to...

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  Agenda local 21 de Punta Umbría.
  Autor: Sin autor.
  ISBN: 978-84-96373-03-7.
  Editorial: Blackwell Science
  
  
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  Agroecología 2007.
  Autor: Egea, José María.
  ISBN: .
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  Agroecología y desarrollo: aproximación a los fundamentos agroecológicos para la gestión sustentable de agrosistemas mediterrán.
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  ISBN: 978-84-7114-993-0.
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  Autor: Sin autor.
  ISBN: 978-84-344-3455-4.
  Editorial: Blackwell Science
  
  
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  Atlas básico de ecología.
  Autor: Sin autor.
  ISBN: 978-84-342-2466-7.
  Editorial: Blackwell Science