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Note: From Assessing to Conserving Biodiversity -- Contents -- About the Contributors -- Part I: Estimating Biodiversity: Data Collection and Monitoring Challenges -- Chapter 1: Biodiversity Healing -- 1.1 Assessing and Diagnosing the Patient. Estimating Biodiversity: Data Collection and Monitoring Challenges -- 1.2 Are We Taking Care of the Right Patient? Characterising Biodiversity: Beyond the Species Approach -- 1.3 Treating the Patient. Conserving Biodiversity: From Science to Policies -- 1.4 The Way Ahead: Interdisciplinary Solutions to Biodiversity Healing -- References -- Chapter 2: The Hidden Biodiversity Data Retained in Pre-Linnaean Works: A Case Study with Two Important XVII Century Italian Entomologists -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Parasitoid and Predatory Wasps -- 2.3 Diacinto Cestoni's Letter -- 2.4 Gall Wasps and Other Gall Insects -- 2.5 Discussion -- References -- Chapter 3: Marine Biodiversity Databanks -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 What Does It Mean and What Does It Take to Know Biodiversity? -- 3.2.1 Our Current Knowledge of Biodiversity and the Difficulties It Faces -- 3.2.2 Improving Our Knowledge of Biodiversity via Cyber-Infrastructures -- 3.2.2.1 A Brief History of Biodiversity Databanks -- 3.2.2.2 Biodiversity Cyber-Infrastructures -- 3.2.2.3 What Are Data in Biodiversity Databanks? -- 3.3 Uses of Biodiversity Databanks -- 3.3.1 What Do Scientists Do with the Data They Retrieve from Biodiversity Databanks? -- 3.3.2 Databanks vs. Catalogs -- 3.3.3 Databanks' Organization and the Dynamics of Biodiversity Knowledge -- 3.4 On the Properties of Useful Biodiversity Databanks: Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 4: Problems and Questions Posed by Cryptic Species. A Framework to Guide Future Studies -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Why It Is Important to Recognize Cryptic Species -- 4.3 How to Detect and Classify Cryptic Species. , 4.3.1 Identification of Genetic Isolation and Biological Species -- 4.3.2 Morphological Differentiation -- 4.4 Identifying the Multiple Causes of Cryptic Species -- 4.4.1 Taxonomic Process -- 4.4.2 Other Causes Besides the Taxonomic Process -- 4.4.2.1 Recent Divergence -- 4.4.2.2 Deceleration in the Accumulation of Diagnostic Morphological Differences or in Morphological Divergence Relative to Genetic Divergence -- 4.4.3 How to Determine If a Cause Is Likely to Explain a CGI Case -- 4.5 Preliminary Results -- 4.6 Concluding Remarks on the Use of Morphospecies for Biodiversity Assessment -- References -- Chapter 5: The Importance of Scaling in Biodiversity -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 An Example from Fractals -- 5.3 Scaling and the Species-Area Relationship -- 5.4 Scaling and Species Abundance Distributions -- 5.5 Final Remarks -- References -- Chapter 6: Measures of Biological Diversity: Overview and Unified Framework -- 6.1 Richness -- 6.2 Entropies and Diversity -- 6.3 Effective Numbers -- 6.4 Parametric Measures of Diversity -- References -- Chapter 7: Essential Biodiversity Change Indicators for Evaluating the Effects of Anthropocene in Ecosystems at a Global Scale -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.1.1 The Need for Essential Biodiversity Variables -- 7.1.2 The Challenges of Biodiversity Change Indicators -- 7.1.3 The Need for Surrogates of Biodiversity Change -- 7.1.4 The Importance of Drivers Limiting or Impacting Biodiversity Change -- 7.1.5 The Nature and Intensity of the Drivers from the Past to the Future -- 7.2 Objective and Rationale -- 7.3 How to Choose Biodiversity Change Metrics in Relation to Driver's Intensity -- 7.3.1 Low Intensity Drivers may Change Biodiversity Metrics from Genetic Composition to Species Populations -- 7.3.2 Intermediate Intensity Drivers May Change Biodiversity Metrics from Species Traits to Community's Composition. , 7.3.2.1 Intraspecific Trait Variation -- 7.3.2.2 Functional Trait Metrics -- 7.3.2.3 Multi-trait Metrics -- 7.3.2.4 Taxonomic Diversity Metrics -- 7.3.3 Surrogates of Ecosystem Structure and Functioning Change from Remote Sensing -- 7.4 Final Remarks -- References -- Part II: Characterizing Biodiversity: Beyond the Species Approach -- Chapter 8: Are Species Good Units for Biodiversity Studies and Conservation Efforts? -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Species as the Units of Biodiversity and Conservation -- 8.3 Why Species Are Not Good Units of Biodiversity and Conservation -- 8.4 What to Do with the Species Concept? -- 8.5 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 9: Why a Species-Based Approach to Biodiversity Is Not Enough. Lessons from Multispecies Biofilms -- 9.1 Microbial Biodiversity and Bacterial Modes of Living -- 9.2 How Multispecies Biofilms Increase Phenotypic and Genetic Diversity -- 9.3 Multispecies Biofilms as Drivers of Evolution -- 9.3.1 The Origin of Biodiversity -- 9.3.2 Are MPB and BSCs Evolutionary Individuals? -- 9.4 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 10: Considering Intra-individual Genetic Heterogeneity to Understand Biodiversity -- 10.1 Introduction to Intra-individual Genetic Heterogeneity -- 10.2 Examples of IGH -- 10.2.1 Mosaic Individuals -- 10.2.2 Chimeric Individuals -- 10.2.3 Mosaic vs. Chimeric Individuals -- 10.3 The Importance of IGH in Ecology and Evolution -- 10.3.1 The Metazoan Bias -- 10.3.2 Biological Organization, Hierarchy and Relevance -- 10.4 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 11: Biodiversity, Disparity and Evolvability -- 11.1 A Concern for Biodiversity: Evolution's Products at Risk -- 11.1.1 Beyond Species Number -- 11.1.2 Disparity vs. Diversity -- 11.1.3 Functional Diversity -- 11.1.4 Phylogeny vs. Function -- 11.1.5 Antiquarian Sensibility -- 11.2 Conserving Evolutionary Processes. , 11.3 Evo-Devo: Evolvability, Robustness, Plasticity -- 11.4 A Lesson from Past Mass Extinctions? -- References -- Chapter 12: Probing the Process-Based Approach to Biodiversity: Can Plasticity Lead to the Emergence of Novel Units of Biodiversity? -- 12.1 Entity-Based and Process-Based Approaches Are Complementary -- 12.2 Entity-Based Approaches to Biodiversity Are Deficient -- 12.2.1 The Limits of Conservation Fundamentalism -- 12.2.2 Towards an Entity and Process-Based Approach to Conservation -- 12.3 Does a Process-Based Approach to Biodiversity Make Sense? -- 12.4 Can Phenotypic Plasticity Confer Evolutionary Potential? -- 12.4.1 A Model of Plasticity -- 12.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 13: Between Explanans and Explanandum: Biodiversity and the Unity of Theoretical Ecology -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 The Unity of Ecology -- 13.3 The Explanatory Reversibility of Diversity -- 13.4 Diversity as an Explanandum: Conceptual and Historical Aspects of the Ecological Coexistence Issue -- 13.5 Diversity as an Explanans -- 13.6 A "Conceptual Space" Approach to the Diversity Concept -- 13.7 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 14: Functional Biodiversity and the Concept of Ecological Function -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Ecological Functions and Levels of Selection -- 14.3 Ecological Functions in Functional Ecology -- 14.3.1 Ecological Context vs. Selective History -- 14.3.2 The Explanatory Aim of Ecological Functions -- 14.3.3 By-Products and the Notion of "Functioning as" -- 14.4 What Is an Ecological Function, Then? -- 14.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 15: Integrating Ecology and Evolutionary Theory: A Game Changer for Biodiversity Conservation? -- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.2 On the Relationship Between Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services -- 15.2.1 Ecosystem Services in Brief. , 15.2.2 Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity: Epistemological and Ethical Troubles -- 15.2.3 Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity: An Ecologist's Perspective -- 15.3 Eco-Evolutionary Feedback Theory -- 15.3.1 EEFB and Contemporary Evolution: Three Empirical Cases -- 15.3.1.1 Alewives and Zooplankton -- 15.3.1.2 Trinidad Guppies and Nutrients Cycling -- 15.3.1.3 Populus and Soil Nutrients Levels -- 15.3.2 EEFB, Niche Construction, and Ecosystem Engineering -- 15.3.3 EEFB and Environmentally-Mediated Gene-Associations -- 15.4 Eco-Evolutionary Feedback Theory: Some Consequences for Biodiversity Conservation -- 15.4.1 Ecosystem Engineers First? -- 15.4.2 Genetic Diversity: Better Safe than Sorry -- 15.4.3 EEFB Theory and Evolutionary-Enlightened Management -- 15.5 Conclusions -- References -- Part III: Conserving Biodiversity: From Science to Policies -- Chapter 16: On the Impossibility and Dispensability of Defining ''Biodiversity'' -- 16.1 The Integrative Power of 'Biodiversity' -- 16.2 On Defining 'Biodiversity' -- 16.3 Representing Biodiversity -- 16.4 The Hybridization of Facts and Values in 'Biodiversity' -- 16.5 Conclusion: Biodiversity as an Absolute Metaphor -- References -- Chapter 17: The Vagueness of "Biodiversity" and Its Implications in Conservation Practice -- 17.1 Introduction -- 17.2 The False Transparency of the Definition of Biodiversity -- 17.2.1 Diverging Definitions of "Biodiversity" Coexist -- 17.2.2 The Various Disciplinary Studies "of Biodiversity" Do Not Study the Same Things -- 17.2.3 The Various Disciplinary Studies "of Biodiversity" Presuppose that they Study Various Aspects of a Common Entity -- 17.2.4 Defining "Biodiversity" Thanks to the Notions of Diversity or Variety Is Insufficient to Identify such a Common Entity -- 17.3 How False Transparency Creates Concrete Problems for Conservation Science and Action. , 17.3.1 The False Transparency of "Biodiversity" Can Impair the Coordination of Interacting Conservation Actions.

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Content: This open access book features essays written by philosophers, biologists, ecologists and conservation scientists facing the current biodiversity crisis. Despite increasing communication, accelerating policy and management responses, and notwithstanding improving ecosystem assessment and endangered species knowledge, conserving biodiversity continues to be more a concern than an accomplished task. Why is it so? The overexploitation of natural resources by our species is a frequently recognised factor, while the short-term economic interests of governments and stakeholders typically clash with the burdens that implementing conservation actions imply. But this is not the whole story. This book develops a different perspective on the problem by exploring the conceptual challenges and practical defiance posed by conserving biodiversity, namely: on the one hand, the difficulties in defining what biodiversity is and characterizing that “thing” to which the word ‘biodiversity’ refers to; on the other hand, the reasons why assessing biodiversity and putting in place effective conservation actions is arduous.

Note: Part I. Characterizing Biodiversity: Beyond the Species Approach -- Chapter 1. Beyond Biodiversity and Speciation – Disparity and Evolvability (Alessandro Minelli) -- Chapter 2. Can Plasticity Lead to the Emergence of Novel Units of Biodiversity? (Davide Vecchi, Rob Mills) -- Chapter 3. Between Explanans and Explanandum: Biodiversity and the Theoretical Unity of Ecology (Philippe Huneman) -- Chapter 4. Functional Biodiversity and the Idea that Organisms Fulfil Functional Roles within Ecological Units (Antoine C. Dussault) -- Chapter 5. The Importance of Scaling in Biodiversity (Luís Borda de Agua) -- Part II. Estimating Biodiversity: Limitation and Challenges -- Chapter 6. A Multidisciplinary Research to Understand and to Correct the Impacts of Species Concepts and Ignored Cryptic Species on Biodiversity Assessments (Anne Chenuil) -- Chapter 7. Statistical Measures of Biological Diversity: A Unified Framework and Discussion (Vincenzo Crupi) -- Chapter 8. Measuring Biodiversity from Traits to Landscapes (Cristina Branquino) -- Part III. Representing Biodiversity: Cognitive Representation and Representation by Specimen -- Chapter 9. The Representations of Biodiversity (Anouk Barberousse) -- Chapter 10. Natural History Collections as Models of the Diversity of the Natural World (Judite Alves) -- Chapter 11. News from the Battlefield: Bridging Epistemologies and Ontologies in the Field of Biodiversity (Marie Roué) -- Chapter 12. On the Impossibility and Dispensability of Defining ‘Biodiversity’ – and its Function as a Mediator Between Heterogeneous Fields (Georg Toepfer) -- Chapter 13. Value-Ladeness of Biodiversity. A Post-Normal Conceptual Analysis (Matthias Kaiser) -- Part IV. Conserving Biodiversity: From Science to Policies -- Chapter 14. Conservation Sovereignty and Biodiversity (Marku Oksanen & Timo Vuorisalo) -- Chapter 15. The Vagueness of “Biodiversity” and its Implications in Conservation Practice (Yves Meinard, Sylvain Coq, Bernhard Schmid) -- Chapter 16. The Role of Communities in Biodiversity Conservation. The Case of Multispecies Biofilms (Jorge Marques da Silva, Elena Casetta) -- Chapter 17. Modification of Habitats and Introduction of Exotic Species in Marine and Estuarine Environments: Always a Threat or Sometimes an Opportunity to Increase Biodiversity and to Enhance Biodiversity Conservation? (José Lino Costa, et al) -- Chapter 18. Ordinary Biodiversity. The Case of Food (Andrea Borghini). , English

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Series Statement: History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences, 24

Content: This open access book features essays written by philosophers, biologists, ecologists and conservation scientists facing the current biodiversity crisis. Despite increasing communication, accelerating policy and management responses, and notwithstanding improving ecosystem assessment and endangered species knowledge, conserving biodiversity continues to be more a concern than an accomplished task. Why is it so? The overexploitation of natural resources by our species is a frequently recognised factor, while the short-term economic interests of governments and stakeholders typically clash with the burdens that implementing conservation actions imply. But this is not the whole story. This book develops a different perspective on the problem by exploring the conceptual challenges and practical defiance posed by conserving biodiversity, namely: on the one hand, the difficulties in defining what biodiversity is and characterizing that “thing” to which the word ‘biodiversity’ refers to; on the other hand, the reasons why assessing biodiversity and putting in place effective conservation actions is arduous.

Note: Part I. Characterizing Biodiversity: Beyond the Species Approach -- Chapter 1. Beyond Biodiversity and Speciation – Disparity and Evolvability (Alessandro Minelli) -- Chapter 2. Can Plasticity Lead to the Emergence of Novel Units of Biodiversity? (Davide Vecchi, Rob Mills) -- Chapter 3. Between Explanans and Explanandum: Biodiversity and the Theoretical Unity of Ecology (Philippe Huneman) -- Chapter 4. Functional Biodiversity and the Idea that Organisms Fulfil Functional Roles within Ecological Units (Antoine C. Dussault) -- Chapter 5. The Importance of Scaling in Biodiversity (Luís Borda de Agua) -- Part II. Estimating Biodiversity: Limitation and Challenges -- Chapter 6. A Multidisciplinary Research to Understand and to Correct the Impacts of Species Concepts and Ignored Cryptic Species on Biodiversity Assessments (Anne Chenuil) -- Chapter 7. Statistical Measures of Biological Diversity: A Unified Framework and Discussion (Vincenzo Crupi) -- Chapter 8. Measuring Biodiversity from Traits to Landscapes (Cristina Branquino) -- Part III. Representing Biodiversity: Cognitive Representation and Representation by Specimen -- Chapter 9. The Representations of Biodiversity (Anouk Barberousse) -- Chapter 10. Natural History Collections as Models of the Diversity of the Natural World (Judite Alves) -- Chapter 11. News from the Battlefield: Bridging Epistemologies and Ontologies in the Field of Biodiversity (Marie Roué) -- Chapter 12. On the Impossibility and Dispensability of Defining ‘Biodiversity’ – and its Function as a Mediator Between Heterogeneous Fields (Georg Toepfer) -- Chapter 13. Value-Ladeness of Biodiversity. A Post-Normal Conceptual Analysis (Matthias Kaiser) -- Part IV. Conserving Biodiversity: From Science to Policies -- Chapter 14. Conservation Sovereignty and Biodiversity (Marku Oksanen & Timo Vuorisalo) -- Chapter 15. The Vagueness of “Biodiversity” and its Implications in Conservation Practice (Yves Meinard, Sylvain Coq, Bernhard Schmid) -- Chapter 16. The Role of Communities in Biodiversity Conservation. The Case of Multispecies Biofilms (Jorge Marques da Silva, Elena Casetta) -- Chapter 17. Modification of Habitats and Introduction of Exotic Species in Marine and Estuarine Environments: Always a Threat or Sometimes an Opportunity to Increase Biodiversity and to Enhance Biodiversity Conservation? (José Lino Costa, et al) -- Chapter 18. Ordinary Biodiversity. The Case of Food (Andrea Borghini).

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Content: This open access book features essays written by philosophers, biologists, ecologists and conservation scientists facing the current biodiversity crisis. Despite increasing communication, accelerating policy and management responses, and notwithstanding improving ecosystem assessment and endangered species knowledge, conserving biodiversity continues to be more a concern than an accomplished task. Why is it so? The overexploitation of natural resources by our species is a frequently recognised factor, while the short-term economic interests of governments and stakeholders typically clash with the burdens that implementing conservation actions imply. But this is not the whole story. This book develops a different perspective on the problem by exploring the conceptual challenges and practical defiance posed by conserving biodiversity, namely: on the one hand, the difficulties in defining what biodiversity is and characterizing that "thing" to which the word 'biodiversity' refers to; on the other hand, the reasons why assessing biodiversity and putting in place effective conservation actions is arduous

Note: Part I. Characterizing Biodiversity: Beyond the Species Approach.- Chapter 1. Beyond Biodiversity and Speciation -- Disparity and Evolvability (Alessandro Minelli).- Chapter 2. Can Plasticity Lead to the Emergence of Novel Units of Biodiversity? (Davide Vecchi, Rob Mills).- Chapter 3. Between Explanans and Explanandum: Biodiversity and the Theoretical Unity of Ecology (Philippe Huneman).- Chapter 4. Functional Biodiversity and the Idea that Organisms Fulfil Functional Roles within Ecological Units (Antoine C. Dussault).- Chapter 5. The Importance of Scaling in Biodiversity (Luís Borda de Agua).- Part II. Estimating Biodiversity: Limitation and Challenges.- Chapter 6. A Multidisciplinary Research to Understand and to Correct the Impacts of Species Concepts and Ignored Cryptic Species on Biodiversity Assessments (Anne Chenuil).- Chapter 7. Statistical Measures of Biological Diversity: A Unified Framework and Discussion (Vincenzo Crupi).- Chapter 8. Measuring Biodiversity from Traits to Landscapes (Cristina Branquino).- Part III. Representing Biodiversity: Cognitive Representation and Representation by Specimen.- Chapter 9. The Representations of Biodiversity (Anouk Barberousse).- Chapter 10. Natural History Collections as Models of the Diversity of the Natural World (Judite Alves).- Chapter 11. News from the Battlefield: Bridging Epistemologies and Ontologies in the Field of Biodiversity (Marie Roué).- Chapter 12. On the Impossibility and Dispensability of Defining 'Biodiversity' -- and its Function as a Mediator Between Heterogeneous Fields (Georg Toepfer).- Chapter 13. Value-Ladeness of Biodiversity. A Post-Normal Conceptual Analysis (Matthias Kaiser).- Part IV. Conserving Biodiversity: From Science to Policies.- Chapter 14. Conservation Sovereignty and Biodiversity (Marku Oksanen & Timo Vuorisalo).- Chapter 15. The Vagueness of 'Biodiversity' and its Implications in Conservation Practice (Yves Meinard, Sylvain Coq, Bernhard Schmid).- Chapter 16. The Role of Communities in Biodiversity Conservation. The Case of Multispecies Biofilms (Jorge Marques da Silva, Elena Casetta).- Chapter 17. Modification of Habitats and Introduction of Exotic Species in Marine and Estuarine Environments: Always a Threat or Sometimes an Opportunity to Increase Biodiversity and to Enhance Biodiversity Conservation? (José Lino Costa, et al).- Chapter 18. Ordinary Biodiversity. The Case of Food (Andrea Borghini).

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Format: 1 online resource (XIV, 452 p. 36 illus.)

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Series Statement: History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences, 24

Content: This open access book features essays written by philosophers, biologists, ecologists and conservation scientists facing the current biodiversity crisis. Despite increasing communication, accelerating policy and management responses, and notwithstanding improving ecosystem assessment and endangered species knowledge, conserving biodiversity continues to be more a concern than an accomplished task. Why is it so? The overexploitation of natural resources by our species is a frequently recognised factor, while the short-term economic interests of governments and stakeholders typically clash with the burdens that implementing conservation actions imply. But this is not the whole story. This book develops a different perspective on the problem by exploring the conceptual challenges and practical defiance posed by conserving biodiversity, namely: on the one hand, the difficulties in defining what biodiversity is and characterizing that “thing” to which the word ‘biodiversity’ refers to; on the other hand, the reasons why assessing biodiversity and putting in place effective conservation actions is arduous.

Note: Part I. Characterizing Biodiversity: Beyond the Species Approach -- Chapter 1. Beyond Biodiversity and Speciation – Disparity and Evolvability (Alessandro Minelli) -- Chapter 2. Can Plasticity Lead to the Emergence of Novel Units of Biodiversity? (Davide Vecchi, Rob Mills) -- Chapter 3. Between Explanans and Explanandum: Biodiversity and the Theoretical Unity of Ecology (Philippe Huneman) -- Chapter 4. Functional Biodiversity and the Idea that Organisms Fulfil Functional Roles within Ecological Units (Antoine C. Dussault) -- Chapter 5. The Importance of Scaling in Biodiversity (Luís Borda de Agua) -- Part II. Estimating Biodiversity: Limitation and Challenges -- Chapter 6. A Multidisciplinary Research to Understand and to Correct the Impacts of Species Concepts and Ignored Cryptic Species on Biodiversity Assessments (Anne Chenuil) -- Chapter 7. Statistical Measures of Biological Diversity: A Unified Framework and Discussion (Vincenzo Crupi) -- Chapter 8. Measuring Biodiversity from Traits to Landscapes (Cristina Branquino) -- Part III. Representing Biodiversity: Cognitive Representation and Representation by Specimen -- Chapter 9. The Representations of Biodiversity (Anouk Barberousse) -- Chapter 10. Natural History Collections as Models of the Diversity of the Natural World (Judite Alves) -- Chapter 11. News from the Battlefield: Bridging Epistemologies and Ontologies in the Field of Biodiversity (Marie Roué) -- Chapter 12. On the Impossibility and Dispensability of Defining ‘Biodiversity’ – and its Function as a Mediator Between Heterogeneous Fields (Georg Toepfer) -- Chapter 13. Value-Ladeness of Biodiversity. A Post-Normal Conceptual Analysis (Matthias Kaiser) -- Part IV. Conserving Biodiversity: From Science to Policies -- Chapter 14. Conservation Sovereignty and Biodiversity (Marku Oksanen & Timo Vuorisalo) -- Chapter 15. The Vagueness of “Biodiversity” and its Implications in Conservation Practice (Yves Meinard, Sylvain Coq, Bernhard Schmid) -- Chapter 16. The Role of Communities in Biodiversity Conservation. The Case of Multispecies Biofilms (Jorge Marques da Silva, Elena Casetta) -- Chapter 17. Modification of Habitats and Introduction of Exotic Species in Marine and Estuarine Environments: Always a Threat or Sometimes an Opportunity to Increase Biodiversity and to Enhance Biodiversity Conservation? (José Lino Costa, et al) -- Chapter 18. Ordinary Biodiversity. The Case of Food (Andrea Borghini). , English

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Format: 1 online resource (XIV, 452 p. 36 illus.)

Edition: 1st ed. 2019.

ISBN: 3-030-10991-7

Series Statement: History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences, 24

Content: This open access book features essays written by philosophers, biologists, ecologists and conservation scientists facing the current biodiversity crisis. Despite increasing communication, accelerating policy and management responses, and notwithstanding improving ecosystem assessment and endangered species knowledge, conserving biodiversity continues to be more a concern than an accomplished task. Why is it so? The overexploitation of natural resources by our species is a frequently recognised factor, while the short-term economic interests of governments and stakeholders typically clash with the burdens that implementing conservation actions imply. But this is not the whole story. This book develops a different perspective on the problem by exploring the conceptual challenges and practical defiance posed by conserving biodiversity, namely: on the one hand, the difficulties in defining what biodiversity is and characterizing that “thing” to which the word ‘biodiversity’ refers to; on the other hand, the reasons why assessing biodiversity and putting in place effective conservation actions is arduous.

Note: Part I. Characterizing Biodiversity: Beyond the Species Approach -- Chapter 1. Beyond Biodiversity and Speciation – Disparity and Evolvability (Alessandro Minelli) -- Chapter 2. Can Plasticity Lead to the Emergence of Novel Units of Biodiversity? (Davide Vecchi, Rob Mills) -- Chapter 3. Between Explanans and Explanandum: Biodiversity and the Theoretical Unity of Ecology (Philippe Huneman) -- Chapter 4. Functional Biodiversity and the Idea that Organisms Fulfil Functional Roles within Ecological Units (Antoine C. Dussault) -- Chapter 5. The Importance of Scaling in Biodiversity (Luís Borda de Agua) -- Part II. Estimating Biodiversity: Limitation and Challenges -- Chapter 6. A Multidisciplinary Research to Understand and to Correct the Impacts of Species Concepts and Ignored Cryptic Species on Biodiversity Assessments (Anne Chenuil) -- Chapter 7. Statistical Measures of Biological Diversity: A Unified Framework and Discussion (Vincenzo Crupi) -- Chapter 8. Measuring Biodiversity from Traits to Landscapes (Cristina Branquino) -- Part III. Representing Biodiversity: Cognitive Representation and Representation by Specimen -- Chapter 9. The Representations of Biodiversity (Anouk Barberousse) -- Chapter 10. Natural History Collections as Models of the Diversity of the Natural World (Judite Alves) -- Chapter 11. News from the Battlefield: Bridging Epistemologies and Ontologies in the Field of Biodiversity (Marie Roué) -- Chapter 12. On the Impossibility and Dispensability of Defining ‘Biodiversity’ – and its Function as a Mediator Between Heterogeneous Fields (Georg Toepfer) -- Chapter 13. Value-Ladeness of Biodiversity. A Post-Normal Conceptual Analysis (Matthias Kaiser) -- Part IV. Conserving Biodiversity: From Science to Policies -- Chapter 14. Conservation Sovereignty and Biodiversity (Marku Oksanen & Timo Vuorisalo) -- Chapter 15. The Vagueness of “Biodiversity” and its Implications in Conservation Practice (Yves Meinard, Sylvain Coq, Bernhard Schmid) -- Chapter 16. The Role of Communities in Biodiversity Conservation. The Case of Multispecies Biofilms (Jorge Marques da Silva, Elena Casetta) -- Chapter 17. Modification of Habitats and Introduction of Exotic Species in Marine and Estuarine Environments: Always a Threat or Sometimes an Opportunity to Increase Biodiversity and to Enhance Biodiversity Conservation? (José Lino Costa, et al) -- Chapter 18. Ordinary Biodiversity. The Case of Food (Andrea Borghini). , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 3-030-10990-9

Language: English

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-10991-2

UID:

Format: 1 online resource (XIV, 452 p. 36 illus.)

Edition: 1st ed. 2019.

ISBN: 3-030-10991-7

Series Statement: History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences, 24

Content: This open access book features essays written by philosophers, biologists, ecologists and conservation scientists facing the current biodiversity crisis. Despite increasing communication, accelerating policy and management responses, and notwithstanding improving ecosystem assessment and endangered species knowledge, conserving biodiversity continues to be more a concern than an accomplished task. Why is it so? The overexploitation of natural resources by our species is a frequently recognised factor, while the short-term economic interests of governments and stakeholders typically clash with the burdens that implementing conservation actions imply. But this is not the whole story. This book develops a different perspective on the problem by exploring the conceptual challenges and practical defiance posed by conserving biodiversity, namely: on the one hand, the difficulties in defining what biodiversity is and characterizing that “thing” to which the word ‘biodiversity’ refers to; on the other hand, the reasons why assessing biodiversity and putting in place effective conservation actions is arduous.

Note: Part I. Characterizing Biodiversity: Beyond the Species Approach -- Chapter 1. Beyond Biodiversity and Speciation – Disparity and Evolvability (Alessandro Minelli) -- Chapter 2. Can Plasticity Lead to the Emergence of Novel Units of Biodiversity? (Davide Vecchi, Rob Mills) -- Chapter 3. Between Explanans and Explanandum: Biodiversity and the Theoretical Unity of Ecology (Philippe Huneman) -- Chapter 4. Functional Biodiversity and the Idea that Organisms Fulfil Functional Roles within Ecological Units (Antoine C. Dussault) -- Chapter 5. The Importance of Scaling in Biodiversity (Luís Borda de Agua) -- Part II. Estimating Biodiversity: Limitation and Challenges -- Chapter 6. A Multidisciplinary Research to Understand and to Correct the Impacts of Species Concepts and Ignored Cryptic Species on Biodiversity Assessments (Anne Chenuil) -- Chapter 7. Statistical Measures of Biological Diversity: A Unified Framework and Discussion (Vincenzo Crupi) -- Chapter 8. Measuring Biodiversity from Traits to Landscapes (Cristina Branquino) -- Part III. Representing Biodiversity: Cognitive Representation and Representation by Specimen -- Chapter 9. The Representations of Biodiversity (Anouk Barberousse) -- Chapter 10. Natural History Collections as Models of the Diversity of the Natural World (Judite Alves) -- Chapter 11. News from the Battlefield: Bridging Epistemologies and Ontologies in the Field of Biodiversity (Marie Roué) -- Chapter 12. On the Impossibility and Dispensability of Defining ‘Biodiversity’ – and its Function as a Mediator Between Heterogeneous Fields (Georg Toepfer) -- Chapter 13. Value-Ladeness of Biodiversity. A Post-Normal Conceptual Analysis (Matthias Kaiser) -- Part IV. Conserving Biodiversity: From Science to Policies -- Chapter 14. Conservation Sovereignty and Biodiversity (Marku Oksanen & Timo Vuorisalo) -- Chapter 15. The Vagueness of “Biodiversity” and its Implications in Conservation Practice (Yves Meinard, Sylvain Coq, Bernhard Schmid) -- Chapter 16. The Role of Communities in Biodiversity Conservation. The Case of Multispecies Biofilms (Jorge Marques da Silva, Elena Casetta) -- Chapter 17. Modification of Habitats and Introduction of Exotic Species in Marine and Estuarine Environments: Always a Threat or Sometimes an Opportunity to Increase Biodiversity and to Enhance Biodiversity Conservation? (José Lino Costa, et al) -- Chapter 18. Ordinary Biodiversity. The Case of Food (Andrea Borghini). , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 3-030-10990-9

Language: English

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-10991-2