Hakutulokset: Kirjoja kirjailijalta John Terborgh
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Making Parks Work
Most scientists and researchers working in tropical areas are convinced that parks and protected areas are the only real hope for saving land and biodiversity in those regions. …
Requiem for Nature
In Requiem for Nature, John Terborgh examines current conservation strategies and considers the shortcomings of parks and protected areas both from ecological and institutional …
Trophic Cascades
Trophic cascades-the top-down regulation of ecosystems by predators-are an essential aspect of ecosystem function and well-being. Trophic cascades are often drastically disrupted …
Requiem for Nature
For ecologist John Terborgh, Manu National Park in the rainforest of Peru is a second home; he has spent half of each of the past twenty-five years there conducting research. Like …
Where Have All the Birds Gone?
"e;Things are going wrong with our environment,"e; writes John Terborgh, "e;even the parts of it that are nominally protected. If we wait until all the answers are in, …
Diversity and The Tropical Rainforest
The tropical rainforest offers scientists the last surviving pristine environment in which to study the laws of nature. In this book, the author reviews the research on tropical …
Five New World Primates
Launching a new series, Monographs in Behavior and Ecology, this work is an intensive study of five species of New World monkeys--all omnivores with a diet of fruit and small prey. …
Where Have All the Birds Gone?
"Things are going wrong with our environment," writes John Terborgh, "even the parts of it that are nominally protected. If we wait until all the answers are in, we may find …
Trophic Cascades
Trophic cascades—the top-down regulation of ecosystems by predators—are an essential aspect of ecosystem function and well-being. Trophic cascades are often drastically disrupted …
Making Parks Work
Most scientists and researchers working in tropical areas are convinced that parks and protected areas are the only real hope for saving land and biodiversity in those regions. …