Applied Ecology & Environmental Management

Thisbookexplainswaysthatecologicalsciencecanbeappliedtosolvingsomeofthemostcrucialproblemsfacingourworldtoday.Amajorthemeishowresourcescanbeeffectivelymanagedandexploitedinasnearasustainablemanneraspossible.Theauthordrawstogether,inasinglevolume,majortopicsinenvironmentalandresourcemanagementthathavetraditionallybeendispersedamongseveraldifferentbooks.AppliedEcologystartswithananalysisofourplanet'sbasicnaturalresources-energy,waterandsoil;itmovesontothemanagementofbiologicalresources-fish,grazinglandsandforests,andthentopestcontrolandpollution.Finally,thebooktacklesconservationandmanagementofwildspeciesandtherestorationofecologicalcommunities.Thesecondeditionofthistexthasbeenradicallyredesignedandrewritten.Eachchapterstartswithalistofquestions,settingoutthevariousfundamentalproblemstobeconsidered.Interwovenwiththesepracticalproblemsisaclearexplanationoftheunderlyingbasicscience-ecology-studiedatscalesrangingfromglobal,landscapeandecosystem,downtothepopulationandindividual(andeventheirphysiologyandgenetics).Thescienceisillustratedbyexamplesfromeverymajorgeographicareaoftheworld.Thisbookisaimedprimarilyatundergraduatestudentstakingcoursesinappliedecology,environmentalscience,environmentalmanagementandnaturalresourcesmanagement.Theauthorhasextensiveexperienceasauniversityteacher.Likehislectures,thisbookisscientificallyrigorousyetclearandeasytounderstand.Drawstogethermajortopicsinenvironmentalandresourcemanagement,usuallydispersedovermanyseparatebooks.Questions,summariesandclearlystructuredchaptersenhanceusability.Emphasisonclarityandaccessibility.Basedonaprovenandsuccessfulcourse.