Ecosystems of California / edited by Harold Mooney and Erika Zavaleta ; graphics edited by Melissa C. Chapin.
2016
KFC610 .E26 2016 (Mapit)
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Title
Ecosystems of California / edited by Harold Mooney and Erika Zavaleta ; graphics edited by Melissa C. Chapin.
Imprint
Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016]
Copyright
©2016.
Description
xx, 984 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm
Formatted Contents Note
Drivers
History
Biota
Ecosystems
Managed systems
Policy and stewardship.
History
Biota
Ecosystems
Managed systems
Policy and stewardship.
Summary
"This long-anticipated reference and sourcebook for California's remarkable ecological abundance provides an integrated assessment of each major ecosystem type--its distribution, structure, function, and management. A comprehensive synthesis of our knowledge about this biologically diverse state, this book covers the state's oceans to mountaintops using multiple lenses: past and present, flora and fauna, aquatic and terrestrial, natural and managed. Each chapter evaluates natural processes for a specific ecosystem, describes drivers of change, and discusses how that ecosystem may be altered in the future. This book also explores the drivers of California's ecological patterns and the history of the state's various ecosystems, outlining how the challenges of climate change and invasive species and opportunities for regulation and stewardship could potentially affect the state's ecosystems. The text explicitly incorporates both human impacts and conservation and restoration efforts and shows how ecosystems support human well-being. Edited by two esteemed ecosystem ecologists and with overviews by leading experts on each ecosystem, this definitive work will be indispensable for natural resource management and conservation professionals as well as for undergraduate or graduate students of California's environment and curious naturalists"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Location
STA
Call Number
KFC610 .E26 2016
Language
English
ISBN
9780520278806 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
0520278801 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
9780520962170 (ebook)
0520962176 (ebook)
0520278801 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
9780520962170 (ebook)
0520962176 (ebook)
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