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  • 1
    UID:
    almahu_9947362811602882
    Format: XI, 198 p. 75 illus., 36 illus. in color. , online resource.
    ISBN: 9784431549109
    Series Statement: Global Environmental Studies,
    Content: This book presents an overview of current knowledge about social–ecological systems (SESs), a productive new field dedicated to understanding the relationships between human society and nature. To make the reader aware of how SESs are necessary to maintain our society, the book begins with a broad perspective about what social–ecological systems are and what the related research issues in this field are as well. The second part discusses how human activities have changed ecosystems from temperate grasslands to tropical areas. The third part focuses on the adaptability of societies to unpredictable fluctuation in ecosystems, while the last part summarizes factors for the resilience of society against social and ecological shocks. Human activities have severely degraded most natural ecosystems, which are now in critical condition. Various approaches have been developed to improve the SESs, to understand environmental problems and explore better ways to increase the sustainability both of ecosystems and of human societies. However, a clear perspective on how to address such problems is still lacking. Part of the difficulty arises because of the diversity and complexity of ecosystems and human societies. Another important factor is the effect of extremely rapid changes in the social and economic characteristics of social–ecological systems. Consequently, adaptability and resilience clearly are essential for the sustainability of SESs. Although there is no one, direct method to achieve high adaptability and resilience, a possible way is to compare and understand the diverse problems associated with differing social–ecological systems. This published work makes a useful contribution to a greater understanding of the way that essential social responses linked to changes in ecosystems can potentially stimulate further research on this important and interesting subject. The book will attract the attention of scholars in environmental sciences, ecology, and sociology, and indeed of anyone interested in the concept of social–ecological systems.
    In: Springer eBooks
    Additional Edition: Printed edition: ISBN 9784431549093
    Language: English
    URL: Volltext  (lizenzpflichtig)
    URL: Cover
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  • 2
    UID:
    gbv_392342944
    Format: XVII, 307, 12 S. , Ill., graph. Darst., Kt.
    ISBN: 0387213090
    Series Statement: Ecological studies 174
    Note: Literaturverz. S. 267 - 298
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Pollination Ecology and the Rain Forest New York, NY : Springer New York, 2005 ISBN 9780387271613
    Language: English
    Subjects: Biology
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    Keywords: Tropischer Regenwald ; Bestäubungsökologie ; Aufsatzsammlung
    URL: Cover
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  • 3
    UID:
    gbv_769329853
    Format: VII, 321 S. , Ill., graph. Darst., Kt.
    ISBN: 9784902325850
    Language: English
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    UID:
    almahu_9949419182702882
    Format: XVIII, 308 p. 79 illus., 12 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2005.
    ISBN: 9780387271613
    Series Statement: Ecological Studies, Analysis and Synthesis, 174
    Content: The groundbreaking canopy-access and rain forest research at Lambir Hills National Park in Sarawak, Malaysia, has contributed an immense body of knowledge. Its major studies over more than a decade are synthesized here for the first time. The focus of this unique volume is on plant-animal interactions and some of the foundations that create and maintain tropical diversity, especially pollination and the phenomenon of the General Flowering. The work discussed has implications for tropical biology, ecology and pollination studies. The power of the El Nino-Southern Oscillation events and drought, particularly in their effects on mutualisms, are discussed in detail.
    Note: Large Processes with Small Targets: Rarity and Pollination in Rain Forests -- The Canopy Biology Program in Sarawak: Scope, Methods, and Merit -- Soil-Related Floristic Variation in a Hyperdiverse Dipterocarp Forest -- Plant Reproductive Phenology and General Flowering in a Mixed Dipterocarp Forest -- A Severe Drought in Lambir Hills National Park -- The Plant-Pollinator Community in a Lowland Dipterocarp Forest -- Floral Resource Utilization by Stingless Bees (Apidae, Meliponini) -- Honeybees in Borneo -- Beetle Pollination in Tropical Rain Forests -- Seventy-Seven Ways to Be a Fig: Overview of a Diverse Plant Assemblage -- Ecology of Traplining Bees and Understory Pollinators -- Vertebrate-Pollinated Plants -- Insect Predators of Dipterocarp Seeds -- Diversity of Anti-Herbivore Defenses in Macaranga -- Coevolution of Ants and Plants -- Lowland Tropical Rain Forests of Asia and America: Parallels, Convergence, and Divergence -- Lambir's Forest: The World's Most Dive Known Tree Assemblage? -- Toward the Conservation of Tropical Forests.
    In: Springer Nature eBook
    Additional Edition: Printed edition: ISBN 9780387501154
    Additional Edition: Printed edition: ISBN 9781441919458
    Additional Edition: Printed edition: ISBN 9780387213095
    Language: English
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