This volume presents a concise but detailed exposition of the most common mathematical models in population and community ecology. It is intended to demystify ecological models ...

The deterioration of the environment has become one of the most serious problems of the 20th century. We are faced with increasing global problems - hunger and desertification ...

Essays discuss the importance of biodiversity, ecological threats, conservation monitoring, preservation, technology, and the prospects for the future

The goal of this text is to introduce the reader to the nature of biodiversity in its broadest sense, to the threats to its survival that are intensifying daily, and to ...

Human activities are causing species extinctions at a rate and magnitude rivaling those of past geologic extinction events. Exploring mediterranean-type ecosystems - the ...