Rangeland Systems : Processes, Management and Challenges/
editor David D. Briske
- xv, 661 páginas : ilustraciones, mapas, gráficas, tablas
- Springer Series on Environmental Management (Springer) .
- Springer Series on Environmental Management (Springer) .
ej.1: Consumo Este libro es de acceso abierto bajo una licencia CC BY-NC 2.5.
Incluye bibligrafía
1. Rangeland systems: foundation for a conceptual framework / 2. Woody plant encroachment: causes and consequences / 3. Ecohydrology: processes and implications for rangelands / 4. Soil and belowground processes / 5. Heterogeneity as the basis for rangeland management / 6. Nonequilibrium ecology and resilience theory / 7. Ecological consequences of climate change on rangelands / 8. Rangelands as social–ecological systems / 9. State and transition models: theory, applications, and challenges / 10. Livestock production systems / 11. Adaptive management of rangeland systems / 12. Managing the livestock–wildlife interface on rangelands / 13. Invasive plant species and novel rangeland systems / 14. Rangeland ecosystem services: nature’s supply and humans’ demand / 15. Managing climate change risks in rangeland systems / 16. Monitoring protocols: options, approaches, implementation, benefits / 17. Rangeland systems in developign nations: conceptual Advances and societal implications / David D. Briske -- Steven R. Archer, Erik M. Andersen, Katharine I. Predick, Susanne Schwinning, Robert J. Steidl, Steven R. Woods -- Bradford P. Wilcox, David Le Maitre, Esteban Jobbagy, Lixin Wang, David D. Breshears -- R. Dave Evans, Richard A. Gill, Valerie T. Eviner, Vanessa Bailey -- Samuel D. Fuhlendorf, Richard W. S. Fynn, Devan Allen Mcgranahan, Dirac Twidwell -- David D. Briske, Andrew W. Illius, J. Marty Anderies -- H. Wayne Polley, Derek W. Bailey, Robert S. Nowak, Mark Stafford-Smith -- Tracy Hruska, lynn Huntsinger, Mark Brunson, Wenjun Li, Nadine Marshall, José l. Oviedo, Hilary Whitcomb -- Brandon T. Bestelmeyer, Andrew Ash, Joel R. Brown, Bulgamaa Densambuu, María Fernández-Giménez, Jamin Johanson, Matthew Levi, Dardo López, Raul Peinetti, Libby Rummpff, Patrick Shaver -- Justin D. Derner, Leigh Hunt, Kepler Euclides Filho, John Ritten, Judith Capper, Guodong Han -- Craig R. Allen, David G. Angeler, Joseph J. Fontaine, Ahjond S. Garmestani, Noelle M. Hart, Kevin L. Pope, Dirac Twidwell -- Johan T. Du Toit, Paul C. Cross, Marion Valeix -- Joseph M. Ditomaso, Thomas A. Monaco, Jeremy J. James, Jennifer Firn -- Osvaldo E. Sala, Laura Vahdjian, Kris Havstad, Martín R. Aguiar -- Linda A. Joyce, Nadine A. Marshall -- Jason W. Karl, Ieffrey E. Herrick, David A. Pyke -- D. Layne Coppock, María Fernández-Giménez, Pierre Hiernaux, Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald, Catherine Schloeder, Corinne Valdivia, José Tulio Arredondo, Michael Jacobs, Cecilia Turin, Matthew Turner -- Index. Secction I Processes -- Secction II Management -- Secction III Challenges --
This book provides an unprecedented synthesis of the current status of scientific and management knowledge regarding global rangelands and the major challenges that confront them. It has been organized around three major themes. The first summarizes the conceptual advances that have occurred in the rangeland profession. The second addresses the implications of these conceptual advances to management and policy. The third assesses several major challenges confronting global rangelands in the 21st century. This book will compliment applied range management textbooks by describing the conceptual foundation on which the rangeland profession is based. It has been written to be accessible to a broad audience, including ecosystem managers, educators, students and policy makers. The content is founded on the collective experience, knowledge and commitment of 80 authors who have worked in rangelands throughout the world. Their collective contributions indicate that a more comprehensive framework is necessary to address the complex challenges confronting global rangelands. Rangelands represent adaptive social-ecological systems, in which societal values, organizations and capacities are of equal importance to, and interact with, those of ecological processes. A more comprehensive framework for rangeland systems may enable management agencies, and educational, research and policy making organizations to more effectively assess complex problems and develop appropriate solutions.
978-3-319-46707-8
Gestión ambiental Manejo de pastizal--Ecología Manejo de ecosistemas Pastizales Política ambiental