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"How to become a forester in Chile": curriculum innovations in biodiversity conservation and protected areas for local and global forestry challenges
(2018)
The Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (founded in 1888) is one of the leading Universities of Latin America (QS Standard ranked #1st in Latin America) and The Schoolof Agriculture & Forestry Engineering (founded in ...
Landscape ecology and biodiversity in agricultural landscapes
(Elsevier, 2013-03-01)
Agriculture is mainly seen as a threat for biodiversity of agro-ecosystems. Intensification of agriculture and its expansion into marginal lands has substantially modified the physiognomy of rural landscapes through ...
Linking potential biodiversity and three ecosystem services in silvopastoral managed forest landscapes of Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
(Taylor & Francis, 2017-11)
Several studies confirm that biodiversity loss endangers ecosystem services (ES) supply and human well-being. A better understanding of biodiversity–ES relationships and effects of biodiversity loss on ES supply is needed. ...
Linking potential biodiversity and three ecosystem services in silvopastoral managed forest landscapes of Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
(Taylor & Francis, 2017-04)
Several studies confirm that biodiversity loss endangers ecosystem services (ES) supply and human well-being. A better understanding of biodiversity–ES relationships and effects of biodiversity loss on ES supply is needed. ...
Bird community as an indicator of biodiversity: results from quantitative surveys in Brazil
(Acad Brasileira De CienciasRio JaneiroBrasil, 2000)
Ecosystem-Based Management, Ecosystem Services and Aquatic Biodiversity
Aquatic ecosystems are rich in biodiversity and home to a diverse array of species and habitats, providing a wide variety of benefits to human beings. Many of these valuable ecosystems are at risk of being irreversibly ...
Biodiversity of Angola : Science & Conservation: A Modern Synthesis
This open access multi-authored book presents a 'state of the science' synthesis of knowledge on the biodiversity of Angola, based on sources in peer-reviewed journals, in books and where appropriate, unpublished official ...
A Vision for Global Biodiversity Monitoring With Citizen Science
(Academic Press Inc., 2018)
Global biodiversity monitoring is urgently needed across the world to assess the impacts of environmental change on biodiversity. One way to increase monitoring is through citizen science. ‘Citizen science’ is a term that ...
A model of provenance applied to biodiversity datasets
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers - IEEEParis, 2016-06)
Nowadays, the Web has become one of the main sources of biodiversity information. An increasing number of biodiversity research institutions add new specimens and their related information to their biological collections ...