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Author | : Lindsay Chapman |
Publisher | : SPC FAME Digital Library |
Total Pages | : 163 |
Release | : 2008-01-01 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9820002621 |
"The overall aim of this manual is to improve and increase the amount and accuracy of catch data provided by deep-bottom snapper fishers in the Pacific Islands region, when they complete their catch and effort logsheets (and to encourage those who do not complete logsheets to start doing so). It will enable fishers to more accurately identify the fish they catch and to record species previously not recorded because they did not know what they were, or considered them insignificant or irrelevant. The manual is presented in eight tabbed sections for ease of use. Each section starts with a list of the species covered in the section, with the scientific and standard FAO English and French names -- when there was no FAO name for a species, the authors retained the name most commonly used in the Pacific Islands region -- and the FAO species code to be used by fishers when completing their logsheets. Within each species group, species that may be hard to distinguish have been presented on opposite or adjoining pages to make identification easier"--Publication's home page
Author | : World Species Index |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 2013-07-02 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781484955840 |
A comprehensive catalog of the mammal species of the world.
Author | : Panayotis Dimopoulos |
Publisher | : MDPI |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 2021-04-22 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 3036501762 |
Human well-being and the prerequisite sustainable environmental management are currently at stake, reaching a bottleneck when trying to cope with (i) the ever-growing world population, (ii) the constantly increasing need for natural resources (and the subsequent overexploitation of species, habitats, ecosystems, and landscapes) and (iii) the documented and on-going impacts of climate change. By this, the role of conservation and management practices for the environment is characterized as a crucial and top issue and should deal with (a) promoting best practices from the local to the global level, (b) identifying spatial and temporal knowledge gaps, (c) multidisciplinary aspects for sustainable management practices, (d) identifying and interpreting the role of stakeholders and socio-economic parameters in the decision-making process, and (e) methods and practices to integrate the concept of ecosystem services into natural capital assessment and accounting, conservation and management strategies. Modern literature highlights that land use change and prioritization, the restoration of natural areas and cultural landscape identification and maintenance, should be considered at the top of the scientific and policy agenda, as well as at the epicenter of novel awareness-raising strategies for the environment in the near future.
Author | : International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 364 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Animals |
ISBN | : 9780853010036 |
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Total Pages | : 804 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Endangered species |
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Author | : Robert Chester Heller |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 612 |
Release | : 1964 |
Genre | : Aerial photography in forestry |
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Set includes revised editions of some issues.
Author | : Timothy G. Barraclough |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 2019-07-04 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0198749740 |
'Species' are central to understanding the origin and dynamics of biological diversity; explaining why lineages split into multiple distinct species is one of the main goals of evolutionary biology. However the existence of species is often taken for granted, and precisely what is meant by species and whether they really exist as a pattern of nature has rarely been modelled or critically tested. This novel book presents a synthetic overview of the evolutionary biology of species, describing what species are, how they form, the consequences of species boundaries and diversity for evolution, and patterns of species accumulation over time. The central thesis is that species represent more than just a unit of taxonomy; they are a model of how diversity is structured as well as how groups of related organisms evolve. The author adopts an intentionally broad approach, stepping back from the details to consider what species constitute, both theoretically and empirically, and how we detect them, drawing on a wealth of examples from microbes to multicellular organisms.
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Publisher | : Food & Agriculture Org. |
Total Pages | : 120 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Aquatic invertebrates |
ISBN | : 9789251036235 |
A comprensive data base on global fishery resources of commercial importance, organised by species, including information on nomenclature, geographical distribution, size, depth, habitat, and biology.
Author | : Billy A. Butt |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1060 |
Release | : 1963 |
Genre | : Acaricides |
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Author | : J. Michael Scott |
Publisher | : Island Press |
Total Pages | : 940 |
Release | : 2002-02 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9781597263054 |
Predictions about where different species are, where they are not, and how they move across a landscape or respond to human activities -- if timber is harvested, for instance, or stream flow altered -- are important aspects of the work of wildlife biologists, land managers, and the agencies and policymakers that govern natural resources. Despite the increased use and importance of model predictions, these predictions are seldom tested and have unknown levels of accuracy.Predicting Species Occurrences addresses those concerns, highlighting for managers and researchers the strengths and weaknesses of current approaches, as well as the magnitude of the research required to improve or test predictions of currently used models. The book is an outgrowth of an international symposium held in October 1999 that brought together scientists and researchers at the forefront of efforts to process information about species at different spatial and temporal scales. It is a comprehensive reference that offers an exhaustive treatment of the subject, with 65 chapters by leading experts from around the world that: review the history of the theory and practice of modeling and present a standard terminology examine temporal and spatial scales in terms of their influence on patterns and processes of species distribution offer detailed discussions of state-of-the-art modeling tools and descriptions of methods for assessing model accuracy discuss how to predict species presence and abundance present examples of how spatially explicit data on demographics can provide important information for managers An introductory chapter by Michael A. Huston examines the ecological context in which predictions of species occurrences are made, and a concluding chapter by John A. Wiens offers an insightful review and synthesis of the topics examined along with guidance for future directions and cautions regarding misuse of models. Other contributors include Michael P. Austin, Barry R. Noon, Alan H. Fielding, Michael Goodchild, Brian A. Maurer, John T. Rotenberry, Paul Angermeier, Pierre R. Vernier, and more than a hundred others.Predicting Species Occurrences offers important new information about many of the topics raised in the seminal volume Wildlife 2000 (University of Wisconsin Press, 1986) and will be the standard reference on this subject for years to come. Its state-of-the-art assessment will play a key role in guiding the continued development and application of tools for making accurate predictions and is an indispensable volume for anyone engaged in species management or conservation.