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Ecology and Evolution Coltman, J • Ecology Ecology and • Conservation • Natural Resource Management Evolution • Evolution Cover image www.cambridge.org/biosciences 2004/5 Contents Message from the Press Editor Ecology, Conservation and Natural We are delighted to present the new Ecology, Conservation, and Evolution Resource Management 1 catalogue from Cambridge University Press, announcing our new titles in Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation conservation biology, natural resource management, biological and evolutionary Series 1 anthropology, and much more. Our range covers undergraduate and graduate New Ecological Reviews Series 1 textbooks, academic monographs, and popular science from some of the best BES Symposium Volume Series 2 writers in science today. 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It is both an introduction to Professor Louise Vet Ecology, Biodiversity, invertebrate conservation biology for The Netherlands Institute of Ecology agriculturists and an introduction to and Conservation Ecological Reviews will publish books crop protection for conservation at the cutting edge of modern ecology, Series Editors: biologists, demonstrating how these providing a forum for volumes that Professor Michael Usher two disparate fields may draw on each University of Stirling, and formerly Scottish discuss topics that are focal points of other for greater collective benefit. It Natural Heritage current activity and likely long-term draws on recent literature to show how Dr Denis Saunders importance to the progress of the field. invertebrate conservation in highly Formerly CSIRO Division of Sustainable The series will be an invaluable source altered landscapes may be promoted Ecosystems, Canberra of ideas and inspiration for ecologists at and enhanced. The book deals with Dr Andrew Dobson all levels from graduate students to Princeton University problems of, and approaches to, more established researchers and Dr Robert Peet invertebrate conservation in highly professionals. The series will be University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill managed agricultural ecosystems, and developed jointly by the British Dr Jeremy Wilson how biodiversity may be promoted Ecological Society and the Press and will Royal Society for the Protection of Birds without compromising agricultural encompass the Society’s Symposium as production. It draws attention to the appropriate. Risks and Decisions for importance of invertebrates in Conservation and agricultural systems and their role in ecosystem functions. Biological Diversity Environmental Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation and Function in Soils 2005 228 x 152 mm 255pp Management Edited by Richard Bardgett 68 line diagrams 54 tables Mark Burgman University of Lancaster University of Melbourne 0 521 82503 2 Hardback c.£70.00 0 521 53201 9 Paperback c.£35.00 David Hopkins This book outlines how to conduct a Publication January 2005 University of Stirling complete environmental risk and Michael Usher University of Stirling assessment. The first part documents Ecology and Control of the psychology and philosophy of risk Contents: Preface; 1. Developing new perception and assessment, introducing Introduced Plants ecological perspectives from advances in a taxonomy of uncertainty and the Judith H. Myers soil biodiversity research; Part I. importance of context. It provides a University of British Columbia, Vancouver Characterisation of Soil Biodiversity: critical examination of the use and and Dawn Bazely 2. Twenty years of molecular microbial York University, Ontario ecology: what have we learned?; 3. The abuse of expert judgement and goes on This book focuses on introduced plant causes and consequences of microbial to outline approaches to hazard diversity; 4. Patterns and determinants of species: where they come from, their identification and subjective ranking belowground diversity; Part II. Functional that account for uncertainty and impacts on native vegetation and Importance of Soil Biodiversity: 5. Carbon context. The second part of the book ecosystems and the potential for their as a substrate; 6. Biodiversity of describes technical tools that can assist control. Aimed at advanced students saprotrophic fungi in relation to their risk assessments to be transparent and and land managers, it contains practical function; 7. Microbial community internally consistent. These include explanations, case studies and an composition and soil N cycling: is there interval arithmetic, ecotoxicological introduction to basic techniques for really a connection?; 8. Soil biodiversity and methods, logic trees and Monte Carlo evaluating the impacts of invasive the composition of plant communities; 9. Trophic assembly and functional simulation. The last part of the book plants. Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation redundancy in soil communities; Part III. outlines some new approaches, System Linkages: 10. How does the physics including p-bounds and information-gap 2003 228 x 152 mm 328pp 35 tables 114 figures of the soil system dictate soil ecological theory, and describes how quantitative 0 521 35516 8 Hardback £75.00 processes?; 11. Plant community and subjective
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