Encyclopedia of the World’s Biomes
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Encyclopedia of the World’s Biomes is a unique, five volume reference that provides a global synthesis of biomes, including the latest science. All of the book's chapters follow a common thematic order that spans biodiversity importance, principal anthropogenic stressors and trends, changing climatic conditions, and conservation strategies for maintaining biomes in an increasingly human-dominated world. This work is a one-stop shop that gives users access to up-to-date, informative articles that go deeper in content than any currently available publication.
Key Features
- Offers students and researchers a one-stop shop for information currently only available in scattered or non-technical sources
- Authored and edited by top scientists in the field
- Concisely written to guide the reader though the topic
- Includes meaningful illustrations and suggests further reading for those needing more specific information
Readership
Advanced undergraduate and graduate students in biological and environmental science; researchers in biogeography, biodiversity, conservation biology, marine and freshwater biology, climate change and human systems ecology. Environmental managers in governmental and nongovernmental organizations
Table of Contents
Volume 1
Islands and Atolls - Life in and Surrounded by Water
Mountains (Alpine Systems) - Life at the TopVolume 2
Deserts - Life in the Extremes
Ice Sheets and Polar Deserts - Ice of LifeVolume 3
Forests - Trees of Life
Grasslands and Shrublands - Sea of PlantsVolume 4
Freshwater - Oasis of Life
Oceans - One Blue PlanetVolume 5
Anthromes I - Carved up by Humanity
Anthromes II - Sustainability in Concept and Practice
Product details
- No. of pages: 3500
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Elsevier 2020
- Published: June 18, 2020
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Hardcover ISBN: 9780128160961
- eBook ISBN: 9780128160978
About the Editors in Chief
Michael Goldstein
Dr. Michael I. Goldstein is a planner and biologist for the US Forest Service in Juneau, Alaska. Mike has worked on many applied management issues across terrestrial and aquatic systems, addressing pesticides, dispersed recreation, development, timber harvest, and other forms of resource extraction. Mike is on the editorial board of Elsevier’s major reference work “Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences” as the Ecology and Conservation Editor, serves as Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of the Anthropocene and Co-Editor of the Anthropocene’s Climate Change volume, and subject editor for several scientific journals. In his spare time, Mike coaches skiing, enjoys fishing, camping in remote places, and teaching his three children the joys of life.
Affiliations and Expertise
Principal, Surfbird Consulting
Dominick DellaSala
Dominick DellaSala, Ph. D, is Chief Scientist of Wild Heritage, a project of the Earth Island Institute, and former President of the Society for Conservation Biology, North America. He is an internationally renowned scholar of over 200 publications on forest ecology, endangered species, conservation biology, and climate change. Dominick has given keynote talks ranging from academic conferences to the United Nations Earth Summit. He has been featured in hundreds of news stories and documentaries, testified in the US congress numerous times, and received conservation leadership and book writing awards. He is on the editorial board of Elsevier’s Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences, co-chief editor of Elsevier’s Encyclopedia of the Anthropocene, The World’s Biomes, and Encyclopedia of Conservation; Co-editor the Ecological Importance of Mixed Severity Fires: Nature’s Phoenix (Elsevier), editor and author of the award winning Temperate and Boreal Rainforests of the World: Ecology and Conservation; and subject editor of several scientific journals. He is driven by a passion to save life on Earth for his daughters, grandkids, and future generations.
Affiliations and Expertise
Chief Scientist, Wild Heritage, a project of the Earth Island Institute