| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 362 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps |
| Contents |
Emergence of Landscape Ecology in the History of Ecology -- History of ecology from its origin to the 1970s -- Autecology -- Synecology -- Ecology of ecosystems -- The emergence of landscape ecology -- The first developments of landscape ecology: ecological mapping -- Example of ecological mapping: Ducruc's inventory of natural resources -- The geosystem -- Environmental questions related to landscape transformation -- Consequences of forest fragmentation in the United States -- Changes in land use in Europe -- Response of governments and the scientific community -- The emergence of landscape ecology -- Recognition of Heterogeneity in Ecological Systems -- Heterogeneity depends on the nature of elements and scale on which the system is represented -- Heterogeneity is a factor of organization of ecological systems -- Heterogeneity is both spatial and temporal -- New methods to account for heterogeneity -- Taking Human Activities into Account in Ecological Systems -- Genesis of agrarian landscapes: example of hedged farms in western France -- The existing landscape structure is the result of past dynamics -- Human activities are the main factor of evolution of landscapes on the global level -- Explicit Accounting for Space and Time -- Spatially explicit representation of ecological systems -- Taking time into account in the analysis of ecological processes -- Historical information needed to understand evolutionary mechanisms of "natural" systems and their management |
| Summary |
Annotation This book is intended as a resource for students and researchers interested in developmental biology and physiology and specifically addresses the larval stages of fish. Fish larvae (and fish embryos) are not small juveniles or adults. Rather they are transitionary organisms that bridge the critical gap between the singlecelled egg and sexually immature juvenile. Fish larvae represent the stage of the life cycle that is used for differentiation, feeding and distribution. The book aims at providing a single-volume treatise that explains how fish larvae develop and differentiate, how they regulate salt, water and acid-base balance, how they transport and exchange gases, acquire and utilise energy, how they sense their environment, and move in their aquatic medium, how they control and defend themselves, and finally how they grow up |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 324-352) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Landscape ecology.
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SCIENCE -- Environmental Science (see also Chemistry -- Environmental)
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NATURE -- Ecosystems & Habitats -- Wilderness.
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NATURE -- Ecology.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Ecology.
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Landscape ecology
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Landschaftsökologie
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Baudry, Jacques
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| ISBN |
9781578086573 |
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1578086574 |
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9781578082148 |
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1578082145 |
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128194856X |
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9781281948564 |
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9786611948566 |
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6611948562 |
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0429063997 |
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9780429063992 |
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1439844178 |
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9781439844175 |
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