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Title:

Indicators and surrogates of biodiversity and environmental change / editors, David Lindenmayer, Philip Barton and Jennifer Pierson.

Publisher:

CSIRO Publishing,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

xii, 203 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Subject:

Environmental indicators.
Environmental monitoring.
Environmental management.
Biodiversity conservation.
Australian
Biodiversity conservation.
Environmental indicators.
Environmental management.
Environmental monitoring.

Other Authors:

Lindenmayer, David, editor.
Barton, Philip, editor.
Pierson, Jennifer, editor.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction : disciplinary and multi-disciplinary perspectives on ecological indicators and surrogates / David Lindenmayer, Jennifer Pierson and Philip Barton -- Surrogates for the distribution and trajectory of biodiversity / Martin Westgate -- Biodiversity surrogates / David Lindenmayer, Philip Barton, Martin Westgate, Peter Lane and Jennifer Pierson -- Conservation by proxy : thoughts 5 years on / Tim Caro -- Avian surrogates in terrestrial ecosystems : theory and practice / Kathy Martin, Jos©♭ Tom©Łs Ibarra and Mark Drever -- Using decision theory to select indicators for managing threats to biodiversity / Ayesha Tulloch -- Invertebrates indicators and ecosystem restoration / Philip Barton and Melinda Moir -- Mosses as passive and active indicator surrogates for investigations of atmospheric pollution and quality / Hanna Salo --Lichens as ecological indicators to track atmospheric changes : future challenges / Cristina Branquinho, Paula Matos and Pedro Pinho --
Approaches, potential and pitfalls of applying bioindicators in freshwater ecosystems / Jani Heino -- Searching for the holy grail of wetland integrity : are surrogates still relevant in conservation planning? / Hamish Greig and Aram Calhoun -- Surrogates for coral reef ecosystem health and evaluating management success / Maria Beger -- Abiotic surrogates in support of marine biodiversity conservation / Camille Mellin -- Building indicators for coupled marine socio-ecological systems / Catherine Longo and Benjamin Halpern -- The application of genetic indicators in wild populations : potential and pitfalls for genetic monitoring / Jennifer Pierson, Gordon Luikart and Michael Schwartz -- Use of surrogates in medicine : ideas that may be useful for ecology / Peter Lane and Philip Barton -- Application of surrogates and indicators to monitoring natural resources / John Gross and Barry Noon -- Indicators and surrogates in environmental management / William H. McDowell --
A diversity of approaches to ecological surrogates and key knowledge gaps / David Lindenmayer, Jennifer Pierson, Philip Barton, Peter Lane, Ayesha Tulloch and Martin Westgate.

ISBN:

1498748708
9781498748704
1486304117 (epub)
9781486304110 (epub)
1486304109 (epdf)
9781486304103 (epdf)
1486304095 (pbk.)
9781486304097 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)908104052

LCCN:

2015462653

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)