Historical Ecology - Learning from the Past to Understand the Present and Forecast the Future of Ecosystems (Hardcover)

This book addresses present-day landscapes, ecosystem functioning and biodiversity as legacies of the past. It implements an interdisciplinary approach to understand how natural or human-impacted ecological systems have changed over time. Historical Ecology combines theory, methods, regional case studies and syntheses to provide a complete up-to-date overview of historical ecology. Beginning with the crucial role of time and inference from observed patterns, the book critically reviews the main methodological approaches, including monitoring of permanent plots, analysis of old maps, repeat photography, remote sensing, soil analysis, charcoal analysis, botanical indicators, and combinations of these methods applied to forest ecosystems. A series of case studies from various biomes shows how historical ecology can help in understanding today's socio-ecosystems, such as mainland and island forests, orchards, tundra and coastal dunes. The book concludes by showing how historical ecology can answer timely fundamental research questions and provide science-based evidence for landscape and ecosystem management.

General

Imprint:	Iste
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2022
First published:	2022
Authors:	G Decocq
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	320
ISBN-13:	978-1-78945-090-3
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Agriculture & farming > Agricultural science Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Applied ecology > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental economics > General
LSN:	1-78945-090-X
Barcode:	9781789450903

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