Overview
- Encompasses plant, microbial, animal, and human migration
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Table of contents (32 papers)
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Front Matter
Keywords
About this book
Migration is a global and ubiquitous phenomenon. A large percentage of our cultivated land in industrialized as well as in developing countries are covered with migrated or introduced plants. But also in natural habitats and communities, migration of animals, plants and microorganisms plays a key role in the functioning or threat to the present ecosystems.
The special feature of this book is that all forms of migration - be it plant, microbial, animal or human - and their mutual impact are covered in detail. It is estimated that during the next twenty years more than one billion people will migrate from rural areas to urban districts worldwide, forced by deteriorating biological resources and with enormous consequences on the functioning of both ecosystems and such central economic areas such as trade, transport and tourism.
The contributions in this book are the result of an innovative International Conference and OECD Workshop aimed at triggering off the interdisciplinary dialogue between natural scientists and socioeconomists.
Reviews
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"This volume is the product of a recent … conference and workshop at Phillips University in Marburg, Germany, which brought together more than 100 scientists from 24 nations to discuss the movement of organisms and resources across landscapes and seascapes. Biological Resources and Migration emphasizes the involvement of humans in ecological systems. This characteristic of the book may appeal especially to European landscape ecologists … . landscape ecologists are likely to find something in Biological Resources and Migration pertinent to their research … ." (Kevin M. Potter, Landscape Ecology, Vol. 21, 2006)
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Biological Resources and Migration
Editors: Dietrich Werner
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-06083-4
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2004
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-21470-0Published: 09 June 2004
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-05989-6Published: 30 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-06083-4Published: 17 April 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIX, 363
Topics: Ecology, Applied Ecology, Environmental Management, Geoecology/Natural Processes