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Biological and Environmental Hazards, Risks, and Disasters de Ramesh Sivanpillai

Biological and Environmental Hazards, Risks, and Disasters: Hazards and Disasters Series

Editat de Ramesh Sivanpillai John F. Shroder
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 24 noi 2015

"Biological and Environmental Hazards, Risks, and Disasters" provides an integrated look at major impacts to the Earth s biosphere. Many of these are caused by diseases, algal blooms, insects, animals, species extinction, deforestation, land degradation, and comet and asteroid strikes that have important implications for humans.

This volume, from Elsevier s "Hazards and Disasters Series," provides an in-depth view of threats, ranging from microscopic organisms to celestial objects. Perspectives from both natural and social sciences provide an in-depth understanding of potential impacts.
Contributions from expert ecologists, environmental, biological, and agricultural scientists, and public health specialists selected by a world-renowned editorial board Presents the latest research on damages, causality, economic impacts, fatality rates, and preparedness and mitigationContains tables, maps, diagrams, illustrations, and photographs of hazardous processes"

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780123948472
ISBN-10: 0123948479
Pagini: 492
Ilustrații: 200 illustrations (200 in full color)
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.93 kg
Editura: ELSEVIER SCIENCE
Seria Hazards and Disasters Series

Public țintă

Environmental scientists, ecologists and biological scientists, agricultural scientists, public health specialists

Cuprins

1 Introduction
2 Algal blooms Suzanne Mcgowan
3 Grasshopper Infestations Scott Schell
4 Locust swarms Jeffrey Lockwood
4.1 The Australian plague locust Chris Adriaansen
4.2 Desert locust Keith Cressman
4.3 Other locusts Ramesh Sivanpillai
5 Decline of bees and other pollinators Norman Carreck
6 Bark beetle infestation Kevin Hyde
7 Release of natural enemies James Cuda
8 Animals as hazards Rachel M. Cavin
9 Biodiversity Robert M. May
10 Environmental disease Kirsten M.M. Beyer
11 Land degradation Paolo D'Odorico
11.1 Desertification Sarah Harris
11.2 Grassland Degradation Abbey F. Wick
11.3 Rangeland Ecosystems Jay P. Angerer
12 Deforestation Richard Houghton
12.1 Deforestation SE Asia Edgar C. Turner
12.2 Nepal Ram P. Chaudhary
12.3 Deforestation in Latin America Timothy Boekhout van Solinge
13 Ecological impacts of climate change George Malanson
14 Comet and asteroid strikes René A. De Hon

Notă biografică

jshroder@mail.unomaha.edu

Descriere

"Biological and Environmental Hazards, Risks, and Disasters" provides an integrated look at major impacts to the Earth s biosphere. Many of these are caused by diseases, algal blooms, insects, animals, species extinction, deforestation, land degradation, and comet and asteroid strikes that have important implications for humans.

This volume, from Elsevier s "Hazards and Disasters Series," provides an in-depth view of threats, ranging from microscopic organisms to celestial objects. Perspectives from both natural and social sciences provide an in-depth understanding of potential impacts.
Contributions from expert ecologists, environmental, biological, and agricultural scientists, and public health specialists selected by a world-renowned editorial board Presents the latest research on damages, causality, economic impacts, fatality rates, and preparedness and mitigationContains tables, maps, diagrams, illustrations, and photographs of hazardous processes"