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Why are some species monogamous while others are polygamous? Why are males usually more ornamented than females? What makes one organism the hunter and another the hunted? Why do some creatures stick together in groups while others prefer to go it alone? Can we talk of animal culture? Behavioural Ecology provides a fascinating insight into the evolutionary and ecological processes that underpin animal behaviour. Opening with an overview of the evolutionary and methodological framework of behavioural ecology, the book goes on to explore behaviours in terms of the selective pressures involved in their design. It addresses natural selection, sexual selection, and gene selection, before closing with an investigation of the human impact on behavioural ecology. Featuring chapters written by university teachers, each with research expertise in their respective fields, Behavioural Ecology has been moulded by Danchin, Giraldeau, and Cezilly to give a uniform voice throughout: it is a text with all the qualities of a multi-author book, but without the potential drawbacks. Behavioural Ecology offers a fresh, contemporary account of a field re-invigorated by advances in the last decade, making it the ideal teaching and learning text. Online Resource Centre: For registered adopters of the book: -Figures from the book available to download, to facilitate lecture preparation For students: -Library of web links, giving ready access to additional resources------------Este libro da una fresca, contemporanea descripcion de los procesos evolutivos y ecologicos que sustentan el comportamiento de los animales. Comprende discusiones profundas y elaboradas sobre la seleccion natural, la seleccion sexual, y la seleccion genetica, cerrando con una investigacion del impacto del hombre en la ecologia del comportamiento. Cada capitulo esta elaborado por un investigador especialista en la materia, pero gracias a un gran trabajo de edicion, los textos tienen un aspecto muy uniforme sin que se perciban diferencias por los diferentes estilos o enfoques empleados por cada uno de los participantes.

Human activity during the Anthropocene has transformed landscapes worldwide on a scale that rivals or exceeds even the largest of natural forces Landscape ecology has emerged as a science to investigate the interactions between natural and anthropogenic landscapes and ecological processes across a wide range of scales and systems from the effects of habitat or resource distributions on the individual movements gene flow and population dynamics of plants and animals to the human alteration of landscapes affecting the structure of biological communities and the functioning of entire ecosystems to the sustainable management of natural resources and the ecosystem goods and services upon which society depends This novel and comprehensive text presents the principles theory methods and applications of landscape ecology in an engaging and accessible format that is supplemented by numerous examples and case studies from a variety of systems including freshwater and marine scapes

Monitoring changes in the intertidal zone of rocky shores has never been more critical. This sensitive habitat at the interface of land and ocean may well be the marine equivalent of the canary in a coal mine as we advance into an era of global climate change. This handbook describes effective methods and procedures for monitoring the ecological and environmental status of these areas. Written by three collaborating authors with extensive field experience, it provides critical discussions and evaluation of the various sampling techniques and field procedures for studies of intertidal macroinvertebrates, seaweeds, and seagrasses. Rather than prescribing standard protocols or procedures, the authors break down the decision-making process into various elements so investigators can become aware of the advantages and disadvantages of choosing a particular method or approach.Chapters discuss topics such as site selection, field sampling layouts and designs, selection of sampling units, nondestructive and destructive methods of quantifying abundance, and methods for measuring age, growth rates, size, structure, and reproductive condition.

ADS QUALITYA la vez que se produce una creciente sensibilización ambiental de las empresas, la formación y conocimiento medioambientales, se han convertido en una herramienta poderosa, con su propia doctrina y metodologias reconocidas. Esta Enciclopedia esta diseñada para dar un conocimiento especifico de las principales herramientas medioambientales que permitan el correcto seguimiento de un buen Sistema de Gestion Medioambiental. Esta realizada por profesionales que dia a dia viven y practican la Gestion Medioambiental desde sus puestos de trabajo en la industria española. Por ello tiene un caracter eminentemente practico y esta encaminada a que el lector pueda resolver con su ayuda la mayoria de los problemas conceptuales y/o practicos que se pretenden en su diario quehacer. Con mas de 400 graficos y 2.000 paginas imprimibles en esta Enciclopedia podra encontrar la mas actualizada y completa informacion sobre el mundo de la Gestion Medioambiental.

This pioneering encyclopedia illuminates a topic at the forefront of global ecologybiological invasions, or organisms that come to live in the wrong place. Written by leading scientists from around the world, Encyclopedia of Biological Invasions addresses all aspects of this subject at a global levelincluding invasions by animals, plants, fungi, and bacteriain succinct, alphabetically arranged articles. Scientifically uncompromising, yet clearly written and free of jargon, the volume encompasses fields of study including biology, demography, geography, ecology, evolution, sociology, and natural history. Featuring many cross-references, suggestions for further reading, illustrations, an appendix of the worlds worst 100 invasive species, a glossary, and more, this is an essential reference for anyone who needs up-to-date information on this important topic.Encyclopedia of Biological Invasions features articles on: Well-known invasive species such the zebra mussel, chestnut blight, cheatgrass, gypsy moth, Nile perch, giant African snail, and Norway rat Regions with especially large numbers of introduced species including the Great Lakes, Mediterranean Sea, Hawaiian Islands, Australia, and New Zealand. Conservation, ecological, economic, and human and animal health impacts of invasions around the world The processes and pathways involved in invasion Management of introduced species

Ecology: The Economy of Nature provides a solid foundation for your understanding of ecology. A fascinating narrative that makes you want to keep reading this clearly written text that combines the latest research with features that will help you increase your understanding of quantitative tools and analysis that ecologists use every day.

En esta nueva edición se han introducido numerosos cambios. Además de actualizar muchos ejemplos y temas para reflejar los resultados de las investigaciones recientes en el campo de la ecología, se han llevado a cabo modificaciones en la organizacion y contenido del texto. Una caracteristica fundamental de este texto es el enfoque en la aplicacion de la ciencia de la ecologia a los aspectos ambientales actuales, proporcionando a los estudiantes una comprension de primera mano de la importancia de la ecologia en la relacion entre la poblacion humana y el entorno natural. La sexta edicion incluye muchas nuevas caracteristicas. Cada una de las nueve partes en que se divide el libro empieza con introduccion de dos paginas. El objetivo de esta seccion es doble: fijar el marco de los capitulos que vienen a continuacion y enlazar los distintos niveles a los que los ecologistas ven y estudian los sistemas naturales.

In 1837 a young Charles Darwin took his notebook wrote I think and then sketched a rudimentary stick like tree Each branch of Darwin s tree of life told a story of survival and adaptation adaptation of animals and plants not just to the environment but also to life with other living things

A completely up to date introduction to the most common group of bees in Britain Bees for most people mean honey or bumble bees but in fact these social species make up only a small proportion of the species that live in Britain Open your eyes to the so called solitary bees and discover a wonderfully diverse population miners leafcutters carpenters and masons many of which can be found in your own back garden Solitary bees come in a variety of colours and sizes with some as large as bumblebees and some only a few millimetres long and many are key pollinators for our crops and wildflowers This comprehensive book will tell the story of how these bees live reproduce and thrive discover the numerous strategies used by male bees to find females and persuade them to mate follow the females as they build their nests or in the case of cuckoo species sneak into the nests of their neighbours and watch as the new generation appears Explore the interactions between flowering plants and their bee visitors asking what the plants get from the relationship as well as how the bees select the plants they visit and the ingenuity required to extract pollen nectar and other rewards Finally learn places where bees flourish and what can be done to encourage t

Copy has very slight rubbing on spine and tips of corners. A foundation for sustainable forest management and environmental ethics in forestry.

El Observatorio de Políticas Ambientales, que inició sus actividades con el estudio del período 1978-2006, abre con el presente volumen la serie de análisis anuales de las políticas públicas en materia de medio ambiente, que este año se han realizado por 35 profesores pertenecientes a 24 universidades. En ellos pueden encontrarse detalladas referencias y valoraciones criticas sobre el conjunto de las politicas ambientales practicadas en los niveles internacional, comunitario-europeo, comparado, estatal y autonomico durante el periodo considerado. Los elementos utilizados son las normas juridicas (tratados, directivas, leyes y reglamentos), los presupuestos publicos, los documentos de programacion y planificacion (estrategias, bases politicas, directrices, programas, planes), las medidas organizativas, la jurisprudencia de los diversos tribunales y los conflictos planteados. Los resultados de los trabajos permiten identificar los distintos niveles de compromiso con los intereses ambientales por parte de los poderes publicos, la existencia en algunos casos de importantes y peligrosas contraposiciones entre la teoria proclamada en las normas y la realidad de su incompleta aplicacion, los intentos de resolver importantes dudas sobre la distribucion de competencias en la materia, las debilidades especialmente advertidas en relacion con la crucial lucha contra el cambio climatico, el significado de la paulatina formacion del bloque jurisprudencial ambiental y otras cuestiones de gran relevancia.

Parker, Albert; Simarro Dorado El objetivo de este libro es proporcionar información útil al todos cuantos intervieen en la supervisión de la contaminación general del aire en zonas urbanas y rurales, asi como quienes intentan reducir a un minimo realista la emision de contaminantes del aire procedentes de procesos industriales.

The new edition of this established textbook now with full colour illustration has been extensively revised and continues to provide a comprehensive stimulating readable and authoritative coverage of freshwater habitats their communities and their functioning the world over The work will be of great value to undergraduate and graduate students fellow researchers and water managers and the plain language and lack of jargon should make it accessible to anyone interested in the functioning and current state of lakes and rivers Having taught and researched over fifty years and six continents Professor Brian Moss makes here extensive use of his personal experience as well as the huge literature now available on freshwaters This is the fifth edition of his textbook which since the first edition in 1980 has steadily evolved to reflect a rapidly changing science and environment It places increasing emphasis on the role of people in damaging and managing freshwaters as we move into the Anthropocene epoch and face unprecedented levels of climate and other changes whilst rejoicing in the fascination of what are left of near pristine freshwater ecosystems Professor Moss retired from the University of Liverpool following a career in Africa the USA and the UK He

This book represents an interdisciplinary approach to the relevant aspects of agricultural production related to the interactions between natural processes, human activities and the environment. It provides condensed and comprehensive knowledge on the functions of various agroecosystems at the field, landscape and global scale. Understanding and integrating complex ecological processes into field production, land management and food systems is essential in order to deal with the challenges of modern crop and livestock production: the need for food security for the growing human population, and the necessity to combat the detrimental effects of food production on the environment. The book provides the scientific basis required by students and scientists involved in the development of sustainable agroecosystems and contributes to a range of disciplines including Agriculture, Biology, Geography, Landscape Ecology, Organic Farming, Biological Control, and Global Change Ecology.