Integration of Information for Environmental Security
Currently the necessary information exists in a multitude of forms and formats geographically and physically scattered over ...
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Invasive Forest Insects, Introduced Forest Trees, and Altered Ecosystems
Demand for timber and fibre continues to grow and is being met by increased reliance on plantation forestry. Many of the ...
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Invasive Plants: Ecological and Agricultural Aspects
The study of plant invasions is the science that attempts to understand causes and consequences of plant introductions outside ...
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Invasive Species in Forests and Rangelands of the United States A Comprehensive Science Synthesis for the United States Forest Sector
This book describes the serious threat of invasive species to native ecosystems. Invasive species have caused and will continue ...
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Issues in Bioinvasion Science
Biological invasions are a global problem whose local impact can be of great magnitude. The prevention and minimization of ...
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Lagomorph Biology
Lagomorphs are a mammalian order which includes rabbits, hares and pikas. They are distributed throughout the world and are ...
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Lagoons and Coastal Wetlands in the Global Change Context: Impact and Management Issues
This interdisciplinary volume comprehensively reviews recent developments in wetland science and global change. The aim is ...
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Lake Taihu, China
There are many shallow lakes in the world. Many of them play an important socio-economic role as contributors to the drinking ...
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Lake Verevi, Estonia - A Highly Stratified Hypertrophic Lake
The present book summarises investigations on Lake Verevi (surface 12.6 ha, mean depth 3.6 m). The seventeen articles in ...
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Lamto
Known as "a dream place for scientists," the Lamto savannas, located on the edge of the Cote d'Ivoire rain forests, are ...
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Land-Use and Land-Cover Change
The book presents recent estimates of the rates in changes of major land classes such as forest, cropland and pasture. Among ...
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Landscape Ecological Applications in Man-Influenced Areas
This book also includes several case studies concerning landscape analysis and evaluation using spatial analysis and landscape ...
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Landscape Pattern Analysis for Assessing Ecosystem Condition
Landscape Pattern Analysis for Assessing Ecosystem Condition presents a new method for assessing spatial pattern in raster ...
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Landscapes Under Pressure
This book investigates the newly emerging scope of interests and project agendas to investigate and preserve cultural landscapes. ...
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Life as We Know It
Life As we Know It ["LAKI"] covers several aspects of Life, ranging from the prebiotic level, origin of life, evolution ...
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Life in Extreme Environments
Investigating life processes under extreme conditions can also bring clues for understanding and predicting ecosystems' ...
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Limnology and Aquatic Birds
The importance of habitat conservation for the protection of birds has become widely acknowledged and accepted by natural ...
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Linking Restoration and Ecological Succession
This innovative book recognizes the critical roles of disturbance ecology, landscape ecology, ecological assembly, invasion ...
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Living Rivers: Trends and Challenges in Science and Management
All over the world, sustainable river basin management is a leading principle of policy plans and legal instruments for water ...
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Lochnagar
The remote mountain loch of Lochnagar is one of the most studied freshwater bodies in Europe. This book brings together knowledge ...
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