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Understanding urban ecosystems : a new frontier for science and education
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ISBN: 1280009810 9786610009817 038722615X Year: 2003 Publisher: New York : Springer,

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Nowhere on Earth is the challenge for ecological understanding greater, and yet more urgent, than in those parts of the globe where human activity is most intense - cities. People need to understand how cities work as ecological systems so they can take control of the vital links between human actions and environmental quality, and work for an ecologically and economically sustainable future. An ecosystem approach integrates biological, physical and social factors and embraces historical and geographical dimensions, providing our best hope for coping with the complexity of cities. This book is a first of its kind effort to bring together leaders in the biological, physical and social dimensions of urban ecosystem research with leading education researchers, administrators and practitioners, to show how an understanding of urban ecosystems is vital for urban dwellers to grasp the fundamentals of ecological and environmental science, and to understand their own environment.

Understanding urban ecosystems : a new frontier for science and education
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ISBN: 0387954961 0387952373 Year: 2010 Publisher: New York, N.Y. Springer

Infectious Disease Ecology
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ISBN: 128296500X 9786612965005 140083788X 9781400837885 9780691124841 0691124841 9780691124858 069112485X 9781282965003 6612965002 Year: 2010 Publisher: Princeton, NJ

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News headlines are forever reporting diseases that take huge tolls on humans, wildlife, domestic animals, and both cultivated and native plants worldwide. These diseases can also completely transform the ecosystems that feed us and provide us with other critical benefits, from flood control to water purification. And yet diseases sometimes serve to maintain the structure and function of the ecosystems on which humans depend. Gathering thirteen essays by forty leading experts who convened at the Cary Conference at the Institute of Ecosystem Studies in 2005, this book develops an integrated framework for understanding where these diseases come from, what ecological factors influence their impacts, and how they in turn influence ecosystem dynamics. It marks the first comprehensive and in-depth exploration of the rich and complex linkages between ecology and disease, and provides conceptual underpinnings to understand and ameliorate epidemics. It also sheds light on the roles that diseases play in ecosystems, bringing vital new insights to landscape management issues in particular. While the ecological context is a key piece of the puzzle, effective control and understanding of diseases requires the interaction of professionals in medicine, epidemiology, veterinary medicine, forestry, agriculture, and ecology. The essential resource on the subject, Infectious Disease Ecology seeks to bridge these fields with an ecological approach that focuses on systems thinking and complex interactions.


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Models in Ecosystem Science
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ISBN: 9780691228846 Year: 2022 Publisher: Princeton, NJ

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Models in Ecosystem Science
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ISBN: 9780691228846 Year: 2022 Publisher: Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press

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Infectious Disease Ecology : Effects of Ecosystems on Disease and of Disease on Ecosystems
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ISBN: 9781400837885 9780691124858 Year: 2010 Publisher: Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press

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