Proceedings Of The 11th Symposium On The Natural History Of The Bahamas
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Tropical Forest Ecology and Management for the Anthropocene
Author | : Grizelle González |
Publisher | : MDPI |
Total Pages | : 242 |
Release | : 2019-12-18 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 3039219642 |
This Special Issue looks forward as well as backward to best analyze the forest conservation challenges of the Caribbean. This is made possible by 75 years of research and applications by the United States Department of Agriculture, International Institute of Tropical Forestry (the Institute) of Puerto Rico. It transforms Holocene-based scientific paradigms of the tropics into Anthropocene applications and outlooks of wilderness, managed forests, and urban environments. This volume showcases how the focus of the Institute’s programs is evolving to support sustainable tropical forest conservation despite uncertain conditions. The manuscripts showcased here highlight the importance of shared stewardship and a long-term, hands-on approach to conservation, research programs, and novel organizations intended to meet contemporary conservation challenges. Policies relevant to the Anthropocene, as well as the use of experiments to anticipate future responses of tropical forests to global warming, are reexamined in these pages. Urban topics include how cities can co-produce new knowledge to spark sustainable and resilient transformations. Long-term results and research applications of topics such as soil biota, migratory birds, tropical vegetation, substrate chemistry, and the tropical carbon cycle are also described in the volume. Moreover, the question of how to best use land on a tropical island is addressed. This volume is intended to be of interest to all actors involved in long-term sustainable forest management and research in light of the historical lessons and future directions that may come out of a better understanding of tropical cities and forests in the Anthropocene epoch.
Coastal Karst Landforms
Author | : Michael J. Lace |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 431 |
Release | : 2013-06-28 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9400750161 |
Carbonate rock coasts are found world-wide, from continental shorelines of the Adriatic Sea of Europe to the Yucatan Peninsula of North America, and on tropical islands from Rodrigues Island in the Indian Ocean, to the Mariana Islands in the Pacific Ocean, to the Bahama Islands in the Atlantic Ocean. Such coasts are well known for their unusual and distinctive karst landforms. Karst processes, particularly those associated with coastal landforms, are proving to be surprisingly unique and complex. This volume presents a comprehensive overview of the processes associated with coastal karst development comparing examples from a broad geographical and geomorphological range of island and continental shoreline/paleoshoreline settings, including a review of pseudokarst processes that can compete with and overprint dynamic coastal karst landscapes. As effective management of hydrologic resources grows more complex, coastal caves and karst represent fundamental components in associated coastal aquifers, which in the rock record can also form significant petroleum reservoirs. Audience By providing a clearer understanding of the geological, biological, archaeological and cultural value of coastal caves and karst resources, this volume offers a critical tool to coastal researchers and geoscientists in related fields and to coastal land managers as it illustrates the diversity of coastal karst landforms, the unique processes which formed them, the diversity of resources they harbor and their relationship to coastal zone preservation strategies and the development of sustainable management approaches.
Encyclopedia of Modern Coral Reefs
Author | : David Hopley |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 1226 |
Release | : 2010-11-26 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 904812638X |
Coral reefs are the largest landforms built by plants and animals. Their study therefore incorporates a wide range of disciplines. This encyclopedia approaches coral reefs from an earth science perspective, concentrating especially on modern reefs. Currently coral reefs are under high stress, most prominently from climate change with changes to water temperature, sea level and ocean acidification particularly damaging. Modern reefs have evolved through the massive environmental changes of the Quaternary with long periods of exposure during glacially lowered sea level periods and short periods of interglacial growth. The entries in this encyclopedia condense the large amount of work carried out since Charles Darwin first attempted to understand reef evolution. Leading authorities from many countries have contributed to the entries covering areas of geology, geography and ecology, providing comprehensive access to the most up-to-date research on the structure, form and processes operating on Quaternary coral reefs.
Current Catalog
Author | : National Library of Medicine (U.S.) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1340 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Medicine |
ISBN | : |
First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.
Citrus Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology
Author | : Iqrar Ahmad Khan |
Publisher | : CABI |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0851990193 |
This book is intended to provide consolidated information on citrus breeding in the era of biotechnology, which is likely to hasten the pace of variety development aimed at resolving the problems faced by grove owners growing currently available cultivars. The subjects covered are focused on citrus while providing information equally useful to the breeders of other tree crops. It will also help students of genetic and breeding identify appropriate applications of biotechnology in citrus breeding. While providing information on future avenues, it also reviews the past progress and achievements ensuring continuity of the subject. Several chapters include protocols for novel techniques that should facilitate their broader application by citrus breeders.
Index of Conference Proceedings
Author | : British Library. Document Supply Centre |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 938 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Conference proceedings |
ISBN | : |
The ... Annual Report of the American Museum of Natural History
Author | : American Museum of Natural History |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 456 |
Release | : 1892 |
Genre | : Natural history museums |
ISBN | : |
Annual Report ... American Museum of Natural History
Author | : American Museum of Natural History |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 576 |
Release | : 1890 |
Genre | : Natural history |
ISBN | : |
Includes list of members.