Plant Biodiversity: Monitoring, Assessment and Conservation - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1780646941 ISBN 13: 9781780646947

Publisher: CABI Publishing, 2016

Synopsis

Results of regular monitoring of the species diversity and structure of plant communities is used by conservation biologists to help understand impacts of perturbations caused by humans and other environmental factors on ecosystems worldwide. Changes in plant communities can, for example, be a reflection of increased levels of pollution, a response to long-term climate change, or the result of shifts in land-use practices by the human population. This book presents a series of essays on the application of plant biodiversity monitoring and assessment to help prevent species extinction, ecosystem collapse, and solve problems in biodiversity conservation. It has been written by a large international team of researchers and uses case studies and examples from all over the world, and from a broad range of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. The book is aimed at any graduate students and researchers with a strong interest in plant biodiversity monitoring and assessment, plant community ecology, biodiversity conservation, and the environmental impacts of human activities on ecosystems.

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About the Authors

Abid A. Ansari is with University of Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.

Sarvajeet S. Gill is with MD University, India.

Edition details

• Publisher: CABI Publishing
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1780646941
• ISBN 13: 9781780646947
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 628
• Editor: Ansari Abid, Gill Dr Sarvajeet Singh, Abbas Zahid Khorshid, Naeem M