Biodiversity of Angola Science & Conservation: A Modern Synthesis /

Table of Contents: “…Angola in Outline: Physiography, Climate and Patterns of Biodiversity -- Chapter 3. Marine Biodiversity of Angola: Biogeography and Conservation -- Chapter 4. …”
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From Assessing to Conserving Biodiversity Conceptual and Practical Challenges /

Table of Contents: “…Part I. Characterizing Biodiversity: Beyond the Species Approach -- Chapter 1. …”
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Remote Sensing of Plant Biodiversity

Table of Contents: “…The use of remote sensing to enhance biodiversity monitoring & detection-a critical challenge for the 21st century. - Chapter2. …”
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Biodiversity of the Gulf of Guinea Oceanic Islands Science and Conservation /

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1. Biodiversity in the Gulf of Guinea Oceanic Islands: A Synthesis -- Chapter 2. …”
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The GEO Handbook on Biodiversity Observation Networks

Table of Contents: “…1. The Biodiversity Data Impediment to a Sustainable World (Working in a Networked World) -- 2. …”
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Ecosystem-Based Management, Ecosystem Services and Aquatic Biodiversity Theory, Tools and Applications /

Table of Contents: “…Case Studies -- Models and Mapping Tools to Inform Resilience Planning After Disasters: A Case Study of Hurricane Sandy and Long Island Ecosystem Services -- Ecosystem-Based Management to Support Conservation and Restoration Efforts in the Danube Basin -- Combining Methods to Establish Potential Management Measures for Invasive Species Elodea nutallii in Lough Erne Northern Ireland -- Mitigating Negative Unintended Impacts on Biodiversity in the Natura 2000 Vouga Estuary (Ria de Aveiro, Portugal) -- Ecosystem-Based Management for More Effective and Equitable Marine Protected Areas: A Case Study on the Faial-Pico Channel Marine Protected Area, Azores -- Using Stakeholder Engagement, Translational Science and Decision Support Tools for Ecosystem-Based Management in the Florida Everglades -- Remediation to Restoration to Revitalization: Engaging Communities to Support Ecosystem-Based Management and Improve Human Wellbeing at Clean-up Sites -- Predicting Future Vegetated Landscapes Under Climate Change: Application of the Environmental Stratification Methodology to Protected Areas in the Lower Mekong Basin.…”
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Human-Nature Interactions Exploring Nature's Values Across Landscapes /

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Strategic Opportunism: What Works in Africa Twelve Fundamentals for Conservation Success / by Huntley, Brian John

Table of Contents: “…Overcoming the Taxonomic Impediment: SABONET and the African Plants Initiative -- Chapter 7. Building Biodiversity Knowledge: Mobilising Citizen Science -- Chapter 8. …”
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Biological Invasions in South Africa

Table of Contents: “…PART 1: BACKGROUND -- Chapter 1: Biological invasions in South Africa: An overview -- Chapter 2: A brief, selective history of researchers and research initiatives related to biological invasions in South Africa -- PART 2: BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS IN SOUTH AFRICA -- Chapter 3: The biogeography of South African terrestrial plant invasions -- Chapter 4:Invasive alien aquatic plants in freshwater ecosystems -- Chapter 5: Terrestrial Vertebrate Invasions in South Africa -- Chapter 6: Alien freshwater fauna in South Africa -- Chapter 7: Alien terrestrial invertebrates in South Africa -- Chapter 8: Biological invasions in South Africa's offshore sub-Antarctic territories -- Chapter 9: Coastal invasions: The South African context -- Chapter 10: Pathogens of vertebrate animals as invasive species: Insights from South Africa -- Chapter 11: Biological invasions in South Africa's urban ecosystems: Patterns, processes, impacts and management -- PART 3: DRIVERS OF INVASION -- Chapter 12: South Africa's pathways of introduction and dispersal and how they have changed over time -- Chapter 13: The role of environmental factors in promoting and limiting biological invasions in South Africa -- Chapter 14: Biotic interactions as mediators of biological invasions: Insights from South Africa -- PART 4: IMPACTS OF INVASION -- Chapter 15:Impacts of invasions on terrestrial water resources in South Africa -- Chapter 16:The impact of invasive alien plants on rangelands in South Africa -- Chapter 17: An evaluation of the impacts of alien species on biodiversity in South Africa using different methods -- PART 5: MANAGEMENT OF INVASIONS -- Chapter 18: Biological invasion policy and legislation development and implementation in South Africa -- Chapter 19: More than a century of biological control against invasive alien plants in South Africa: a synoptic view of what has been accomplished -- Chapter 20:Analysing the risks posed by biological invasions to South Africa -- Chapter 21:The extent and effectiveness of alien plantcontrol projects in South Africa -- Chapter 22: Experience and lessons from alien and invasive animal control projects carried out in South Africa -- Chapter 23: Biological invasions and ecological restoration in South Africa -- Chapter 24: The social dimensions of biological invasions in South Africa -- Chapter 25: Education, training and capacity building in the field of biological invasions in South Africa -- PART 6: NEW INSIGHTS -- Chapter 26: South Africa as a donor of naturalized and invasive alien plants to other parts of the world -- Chapter 27: South Africa as a donor of alien animals -- Chapter 28: Knowing-doing continuum or knowing-doing gap? …”
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The Bluefin Tuna Fishery in the Bay of Biscay Its Relationship with the Crisis of Catches of Large Specimens in the East Atlantic Fisheries from the 1960s / by Cort, José Luis, Abaunza, Pablo

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YOUMARES 9 - The Oceans: Our Research, Our Future Proceedings of the 2018 conference for YOUng MArine RESearcher in Oldenburg, Germany /

Table of Contents: “…Status and Threats to Marine Biodiversity in the Anthropocene -- 5. Challenges in Marine Restoration Ecology: How Techniques, Assessment Metrics and Ecosystem Valuation can lead to Improved Restoration Success -- 6. …”
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YOUMARES 8 - Oceans Across Boundaries: Learning from each other Proceedings of the 2017 conference for YOUng MARine RESearchers in Kiel, Germany /

Table of Contents: “…For a World Without Boundaries: Connectivity Between Marine Tropical Ecosystems in Times of Change -- 10. Arctic Ocean Biodiversity and DNA Barcoding - A Climate Change Perspective -- 11. …”
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A Natural History of the Emirates

Subjects: “…Biodiversity.…”
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Green Infrastructure and Climate Change Adaptation Function, Implementation and Governance /

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1: Introduction -- Part 1: Concept and synthesis -- Chapter 2: Concept and application of hybrid infrastructure -- Chapter 3: An Economic Analysis of Optimal Hybrid Infrastructure: A Theoretical Approach in a Hydro-Economic Model -- Chapter 4: Flood Management Policy in Shiga Prefecture, Japan: Implementation Approach of a Risk-Based Flood Management System at Catchment Scale -- Chapter 5: Toward social infrastructure: typological idea for evaluating implementation potential of green infrastructure -- Part 2 : Forest ecosystem -- Chapter 6: Riparian Forests and Climate Change: Interactive Zone of Green and Blue Infrastructure -- Chapter 7: Improvement of the flood-reduction function of forests based on their interception evaporation and surface storage capacities -- Chapter 8: Forests for water: A step-by-step guide for payment schemes -- Part 3: River and floodplain ecosystem (including paddy field and other farmlands) -- Chapter 9: Wetland Paddy Fields as Green Infrastructure against Flood -- Chapter 10: Change in Floodwater Retention Function of a Paddy Field due to Cultivation Abandonment in a Depopulating Rural Region in Japan -- Chapter 11: Paddy field as a green inflastructure: their ecosystem services and threatening drivers -- Part 4: Wetland ecosystem (including flood-control pond) -- Chapter 12: Flood-control basins as green infrastructures: flood-risk reduction, biodiversity conservation and sustainable management in Japan -- Chapter 13: Natural Succession of Wetland Vegetation in a Flood-control Pond Constructed on Abandoned Farmland -- Chapter 14: Biodiversity Conservation through Various Citizen Activities in a Flood Control Basin -- Part 5: Urban and city ecosystem -- Chapter 15: Toward holistic Urban Green Infrastructure Implementation -- Chapter 16: Changes in the Use of Green Spaces by Citizens before and during the First COVID-19 Pandemic: A Big data analysis usingmobile-tracking GPS data in Kanazawa, Japan -- Chapter 17: Land Use Planning as a Green Infrastructure in a Rural Japanese Depopulated Town -- Chapter 16: Towards an Equitable Distribution of Urban Green Spaces for People and Landscapes; An opportunity for Portland's Green Grid -- Part 6: Coast and estuary ecosystem -- Chapter 19: "Effectiveness and Sustainability of Coastal Hybrid Infrastructures for Low-Frequency Large-Scale Disasters -- A Case Study of Coastal Disaster Assessment for a Complex Disaster" -- Chapter 20: Challenging a Hybrid between Green and Gray Infrastructure - Coastal Sand-covered Embankments -- Chapter 21: Green Infrastructures in Megacity Jakarta: Current Status and Possibilities of Mangroves for Flood Damage Mitigation -- Chapter 22: Implementation of Japanese Blue Carbon Offset Crediting Projects -- Part 7: Economic evaluation -- Chapter 23: Understanding Preference Differences among Individuals for the Reduction in Flood Risk by Green Infrastructure -- Chapter 24: Assessing Public Preference for Construction of Giant Seawalls Using the Best-Worst Scaling Approach -- Chapter 25: "Coastal communities' preferences of grey, green and hybrid infrastructure against unexpected catastrophes: A case study of Japan" -- Chapter 26: Carbon storage and substitution benefits of harvested wood products -- Part 8: Governance -- Chapter 27: Social System in Collaborative Activities for Conserving Coastal Pine Forest in Karatsu City, Kyusyu, Japan -- Chapter 28: Governance for realizing multifunctional floodplain; flood control, agriculture, and biodiversity in Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area, California, USA -- Chapter 29: Analysis of the description of the multifunctionality of farmland in the administrative plans of local municipalities.…”
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Rangeland Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Table of Contents: “…Water is Life: Importance and Management of Riparian Areas for Rangeland Wildlife -- 8. Rangeland Biodiversity -- Part II Species Accounts -- 9. Prairie Grouse -- 10. …”
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Sustainability of Southern African Ecosystems under Global Change Science for Management and Policy Interventions /

Table of Contents: “…Biome Change in Southern Africa -- Chapter 15. Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functions in Southern African Savanna Rangelands: Threats, Impacts and Solutions -- Chapter 16. …”
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Goods and Services of Marine Bivalves

Table of Contents: “…PART I General Introduction -- PART II Provisioning services -- Introduction -- 2 Global production trends and challenges -- 3 Resource provisioning and efficient use -- 4 Bivalve production system in China -- 5 Production of pearls -- 6 Biotechnologies from marine bivalves -- PART III Regulating services -- 7 Introduction -- 8 Biofiltration for turbidity management -- 9 Feedbacks by filter feeders: nutrient regeneration -- 10 Nutrient extraction through bivalves -- 11 Perspectives of bivalves in IMTA -- 12 Regulating services of bivalve molluscs in the context of the carbon cycle and implications for ecosystem valuation -- 13 Bivalve reefs as eco-engineers -- 14 Bivalve beds as biodiversity hot spots -- 15 Enhanced production of finfish and large crustaceans by bivalve reefs -- PART IV Cultural services -- 16 Introduction -- 17 Socio-economy of shellfish culture communities -- 18 A variety of approaches for incorporating community outreach and education in oyster reef restoration projects: Examples from the United States -- 19 Bivalve gardening -- 20 Shells as collector's item -- 21 Archaeology and sclerochronology of marine bivalves -- PART V Assessment of services -- 22 Introduction -- 23 Bivalve aquaculture carrying capacity: concepts and assessment tools -- 24 Farm scale production models -- 25 Ecosystem models -- 26 Spatial models -- 27 Nutrient trading -- Epilogue.…”
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Riverine Ecosystem Management Science for Governing Towards a Sustainable Future /

Table of Contents: “…Biomonitoring and Bioassessment -- Chapter 20. Biodiversity and Freshwater Information Systems -- Chapter 21. …”
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Forest and Rangeland Soils of the United States Under Changing Conditions A Comprehensive Science Synthesis /

Table of Contents: “…Forest And Rangeland Soil Biodiversity (Stephanie A. Yarwood, Elizabeth Bach, Matt Busse, Jane E. …”
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