| Main Title |
Human Population Its Influences on Biological Diversity / [electronic resource] : |
| Type |
EBOOK |
| Author |
Cincotta, Richard P.
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| Other Authors |
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| Publisher |
Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, |
| Year Published |
2011 |
| Call Number |
QH541.15.B56 |
| ISBN |
9783642167072 |
| Subjects |
Life sciences ;
Biodiversity ;
Endangered ecosystems ;
Landscape ecology ;
Nature Conservation ;
Demography ;
Human Geography
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| Internet Access |
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| Collation |
XX, 244 p. online resource. |
| Notes |
Due to license restrictions, this resource is available to EPA employees and authorized contractors only |
| Contents Notes |
An Introduction: Human Population's Influences on Biological Diversity -- Mapping the Population Future: Projecting a Gridded Population of the World Using Ratio Methods of Trend Extrapolation -- Physical Environment and the Spatial Distribution of Human Population -- Behavioral Mediators of the Human Population Effect on Global Biodiversity Losses -- The Biological Diversity that is Humanly Possible: Three Models Relevant to Human Population's Relationship with Native -- Biodiversity on the Urban Landscape -- Indicators for Assessing Threats to Freshwater Biodiversity from Humans and Human-shaped Landscapes -- A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Human Impacts on the Rainforest Environment in Ecuador: Preliminary Results from the Ethnographic Study -- Human Demography and Conservation in the Apache Highlands Ecoregion, United States-Mexico Borderlands -- Long-term Ecological Effects of Demographic and Socioeconomic Factors in Wolong Nature Reserve (China) -- Exploring the Association between People and Deforestation in Madagascar -- A Coupled Natural and Human Systems Approach Towards Biodiversity: Reflections from Social Scientists. In this volume the dynamic patterns of human density and distribution are examined in relation to the viability of native species and the integrity of their habitats. Social, biological, and earth scientists describe their models, outline their conclusions from field studies, and review the contributions of other scientists whose work is essential to this field. The book starts with general theories and broad empirical relationships that help explain dramatic changes in the patterns of the occurrence of species, changes that have developed in parallel with human population growth, migration and settlement. In the following chapters specific biomes and ecosystems are highlighted as the context for human interactions with other species. A discussion of the key themes and findings covered rounds out the volume. All in all, the work presents our species, Homo sapiens, as what we truly have been and will likely remain-an influential, and often the most influential, constituent in nearly every major ecosystem on Earth. |
| Place Published |
Berlin, Heidelberg |
| Corporate Au Added Ent |
SpringerLink (Online service) |
| Title Ser Add Ent |
Ecological Studies, Analysis and Synthesis, 214 |
| Host Item Entry |
Springer eBooks |
| PUB Date Free Form |
2011 |
| Series Title Untraced |
Ecological Studies, Analysis and Synthesis, 214 |
| BIB Level |
m |
| Medium |
computer |
| Content |
text |
| Carrier |
online resource |
| Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
| OCLC Time Stamp |
20140220094731 |
| Language |
eng |
| Origin |
SPRINGER |
| Type |
EBOOK |
| OCLC Rec Leader |
04037nam a22005535i 45 |
