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1 online resource (xv, 661 pages) : illustrations (some color). |
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text file PDF rda |
| Series |
Springer series on environmental management, 0172-6161 |
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Springer series on environmental management. 0172-6161
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Rangeland systems: foundation for a conceptual framework / David D. Briske -- Section I: Processes. Woody plant encroachment: causes and consequences / Steven R. Archer, Erik M. Andersen, Katharine I. Predick, Susanne Schwinning, Robert J. Steidl, Steven R. Woods -- Ecohydrology: processes and implications for rangelands / Bradford P. Wilcox, David Le Maitre, Esteban Jobbagy, Lixin Wang, David D. Breshears -- Soil and belowground processes / R. Dave Evans, Richard A. Gill, Valerie T. Eviner, Vanessa Bailey -- Heterogeneity as the basis for rangeland management / Samuel D. Fuhlendorf, Richard W.S. Fynn, Devan Allen McGranahan, Dirac Twidwell -- Nonequilibrium ecology and resilience theory / David D. Briske, Andrew W. Illius, and J. Marty Anderies -- Ecological consequences of climate change on rangelands / H. Wayne Polley, Derek W. Bailey, Robert S. Nowak, Mark Stafford-Smith -- Section II: Mangement. Rangelands as social-ecological systems / Tracy Hruska, Lynn Huntsinger, Mark Brunson, Wenjun Li, Nadine Marshall, José L. Oviedo [and others] -- State and transition models: theory, applications, and challenges / Brandon T. Bestelmeyer, Andrew Ash, Joel R. Brown, Bulgamaa Densambuu, María Fernández-Giménez, Jamin Johanson [and others] -- Livestock production systems / Justin D. Derner, Leigh Hunt, Kepler Euclides Filho, John Ritten, Judith Capper, Guodong Han -- Adaptive management of rangeland systems / Craig R. Allen, David G. Angeler, Joseph J. Fontaine, Ahjond S. Garmestani, Noelle M. Hart, Kevin L. Pope [and others] -- Managing the livestock-wildlife interface on rangelands / Johan T. du Toit, Paul C. Cross, and Marion Valeix -- Section III: Challenges. Invasive plant species and novel rangeland systems / Joseph M. DiTomaso, Thomas A. Monaco, Jeremy J. James, Jennifer Firn -- Rangeland ecosystem services: nature's supply and humans' demand / Osvaldo E. Sala, Laura Yahdjian, Kris Havstad, Martín R. Aguiar -- Managing climate change risks in rangeland systems / Linda A. Joyce and Nadine A. Marshall -- Monitoring protocols: options, approaches, implementation, benefits / Jason W. Karl, Jeffrey E. Herrick, and David A. Pyke -- Rangeland systems in developing nations: conceptual advances and societal implications / D. Layne Coppock, María Fernández-Giménez, Pierre Hiernaux, Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald, Catherine Schloeder, Corinne Valdivia [and others]. |
| Summary |
"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"--Publisher description. |
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This book is an open access publication. This book is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 2.5 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/) which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited. |
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Online resource; title from electronic title page (SpringerLink, viewed May 9, 2018). |
| Local Note |
SpringerLink Springer Nature Open Access eBooks |
| Subject |
Range ecology.
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Range management.
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Rangelands -- Monitoring.
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Range policy.
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Environmental economics.
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Range ecology. (OCoLC)fst01089827
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Range management. (OCoLC)fst01089831
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Range policy. (OCoLC)fst01089867
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Rangelands -- Monitoring.
(OCoLC)fst01765340
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| Added Author |
Briske, David D., editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Rangeland systems. Cham, Switzerland : Springer Open, 2017 3319467077 (OCoLC)957133838 |
| ISBN |
9783319467092 (electronic book) |
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3319467093 (electronic book) |
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9783319467078 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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3319467077 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
10.1007/978-3-319-46709-2 doi |
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