Overview
- Features effects of industrial pollution on terrestrial biota
- First book to use meta-analysis to study effects of point polluters on terrestrial ecosystems
- Unique illustrations that show different stages of landscape deterioration under extreme levels of pollution, from dead forests to completely barren, heavily eroded ‘moonscapes’
Part of the book series: Environmental Pollution (EPOL, volume 15)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
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Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Mikhail Kozlov got his Ph.D. in entomology in 1986 at the Institute of Biology in Novosibirsk, Russia. Since 1991 he works in the Section of Ecology of the University of Turku, Finland. Mikhail has been working on the impact of aerial pollution on terrestrial ecosystems over the past 25 years. He has been doing fieldwork in several polluted regions of Eurasia, but his principal study area is the Kola Peninsula in Russia. Other research interests include: global change impact on terrestrial ecosystems; evolutionary ecology, mostly in relation to plant adaptations to polluted environments; herbivore population dynamics; biogeography, with particular interest to urban biota and landscape fragmentation; taxonomy, morphology, and phylogeny of moths and butterflies. Mikhail has published two books, 168 articles in journals and 59 book chapters.
Elena Zvereva got her Ph.D in Entomology in 1985 at the Zoological Institute in Leningrad, Russia. Since 1994 she is working in the Section of Ecology of the University of Turku, Finland. Elena has been working on different ecological problems, with an emphasis on three-trophic-level interactions in herbivorous insects, in particular in polluted environments. At present Elena is leading a research project exploring pollution impact on the relationships between basic structural and functional properties of terrestrial ecosystems, and is also involved in the project exploring effects of endemic herbivory on growth of forest trees in relation to climate. Other research interests include: ecological and evolutionary consequences of global change impact on insect-plant relationships, factors regulating herbivore population dynamics, and positive plant-plant interactions in stressful environment. Elena has published 59 articles in journals and 27 book chapters.
Vitali Zverev is now working on his Ph.D. thesis in the Section of Ecology of the University of Turku, Finland. He started working as a field ecologist in 1991, and has since then participated in many research projects that have addressed effects of pollution and global change on terrestrial biota. He is an excellent photographer. Vitali has published 5 research papers and 3 reports in conference proceedings.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Impacts of Point Polluters on Terrestrial Biota
Book Subtitle: Comparative analysis of 18 contaminated areas
Authors: Mikhail Kozlov, Elena Zvereva, Vitali Zverev
Series Title: Environmental Pollution
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2467-1
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-481-2466-4Published: 19 August 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-3671-9Published: 14 March 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-90-481-2467-1Published: 28 July 2009
Series ISSN: 1566-0745
Series E-ISSN: 2215-1702
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 466
Topics: Ecology, Applied Ecology, Pollution, general, Terrestial Ecology, Ecotoxicology, Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution