Conservation in Chilean Patagonia Assessing the State of Knowledge, Opportunities, and Challenges /

Chilean Patagonia, located at the southwestern tip of South America, is one of the last regions on earth where highly intact environments predominate. With a coastline that extends along some 100,000 km of fjords, channels, and islands, it has one of the world´s most extensive marine-terrestrial int...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Castilla, Juan Carlos (Editor), Armesto Zamudio, Juan J. (Editor), Martínez-Harms, María José (Editor), Tecklin, David (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2023.
Edition:1st ed. 2023.
Series:Integrated Science, 19
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Table of Contents:
  • An integrated conservation vision for Chilean Patagonia
  • Global change and acceleration of anthropic pressures on Patagonian ecosystems
  • Representativeness assessment and identification of priorities for the protection of terrestrial ecosystems in Chilean Patagonia
  • Terrestrial protected areas in Chilean Patagonia: characterization, historical evolution, and management
  • Conserving the origin of rivers: intact forested watersheds in western Patagonia
  • Peatlands in Chilean Patagonia: distribution, biodiversity, ecosystem services, and conservation
  • Steppe ecosystems in Chilean Patagonia: distribution, climate, biodiversity, and threats to their sustainable management
  • Coastal-marine protection in Chilean Patagonia: historical progress, current situation, and challenges
  • Marine mammals and seabirds of Chilean Patagonia: focal species for the conservation of marine ecosystems
  • Hard bottom macrobenthos of Chilean Patagonia: emphasis on conservation of subltitoral invertebrate and algal forests
  • Fisheries and marine conservation in Chilean Patagonia
  • Aquaculture and its impacts on the conservation of Chilean Patagonia
  • Ecological connections across the marine-terrestrial interface in Chilean Patagonia
  • A conservation assessment of freshwater ecosystems in southwestern Patagonia
  • Chilean Patagonian glaciers and environmental change
  • Conservation and indigenous people in Chilean Patagonia
  • Drivers of change in ecosystems of Chilean Patagonia: current and projected trends
  • Analysis of tourism development linked to protected areas in Chilean Patagonia.