Nature's services : societal dependence on natural ecosystems /
Nature's services : societal dependence on natural ecosystems /
edited by Gretchen C. Daily.
- Washington, DC : Island Press, ©1997.
- 1 online resource (xx, 392 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Perspectives on nature's services / John Peterson Myers, Joshua S. Reichert -- Introduction: What are ecosystem services? / Gretchen C. Daily -- Ecosystem services: a fragmentary history / Harold A. Mooney and Paul R. Ehrlich -- Valuing ecosystem services: philosophical bases and empirical methods / Lawrence H. Goulder and Donald Kennedy -- Valuing ecosystem services with efficiency, fairness, and sustainability as goals / Robert Costanza and Carl Folke -- The interaction of climate and life / Susan E. Alexander, Stephen H. Schneider, and Kalen Lagerquist -- Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning / David Tilman -- Ecosystem services supplied by soil / Gretchen C. Daily, Pamela A. Matson, and Peter M. Vitousek -- Services provided by pollinators / Gary Paul Nabhan and Stephen L. Buchmann -- Natural pest control services and agriculture / Rosamond L. Naylor and Paul R. Ehrlich -- Marine ecosystem services / Charles H. Peterson and Jane Lubchenco -- Freshwater ecosystem services / Sandra Postel and Stephen Carpenter -- The world's forests and their ecosystem services / Norman Myers -- Ecosystem services in grasslands / Osvaldo E. Sala and Jose M. Paruelo -- Biodiversity's genetic library / Norman Myers -- Impacts of marine resource extraction on ecosystem services and sustainability / Les Kaufman and Paul Dayton -- Ecosystem services in subsistence economies and conservation of biodiversity / Kamaljit S. Bawa and Madhav Gadgil -- Ecosystem services in a modern economy: Gunnison County, Colorado / Andrew Wilcox and John Harte -- Water quality improvement by wetlands / Katherine C. Ewel -- Services supplied by South African fynbos ecosystems / Richard M. Cowling, Robert Costanza, and Steven I. Higgins -- Valuing and safeguarding earth's life-support systems / Gretchen C. Daily.
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"Nature's Services brings together world-renowned scientists from a variety of disciplines to examine the character and value of ecosystem services, the damage that has been done to them, and the consequent implications for human society. Contributors present a detailed synthesis of our current understanding of a suite of ecosystem services and a preliminary assessment of their economic value." "Nature's Services represents one of the first efforts by scientists to provide an overview of the many benefits and services that nature offers to people and the extent to which we are all vitally dependent on those services. The book enhances our understanding of the value of the natural systems that surround us and can play an essential role in encouraging greater efforts to protect the earth's basic life-support systems before it is too late."--Jacket
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2010.
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Nature--Effect of human beings on.
Human ecology--Economic aspects.
Biotic communities--Economic aspects.
Ecosystem management.
Ecosystems.
Human ecology.
Natural resources.
Social benefit.
Ecosystem management.
Homme--Influence sur la nature.
Écologie humaine--Aspect économique.
Écosystèmes--Gestion.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Human Geography.
Biotic communities--Economic aspects.
Ecosystem management.
Human ecology--Economic aspects.
Nature--Effect of human beings on.
Mensch
Naturschutz
Humanökologie
Ökosystem
Natur
Umweltveränderung
Nature--Effets de l'homme.
Écologie humaine--Aspect économique.
Écosystèmes--Aspect économique.
Gestion des écosystèmes.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
GF75 / .N37 1997eb
304.2
339.5012
GF75.N37 / 1997
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Perspectives on nature's services / John Peterson Myers, Joshua S. Reichert -- Introduction: What are ecosystem services? / Gretchen C. Daily -- Ecosystem services: a fragmentary history / Harold A. Mooney and Paul R. Ehrlich -- Valuing ecosystem services: philosophical bases and empirical methods / Lawrence H. Goulder and Donald Kennedy -- Valuing ecosystem services with efficiency, fairness, and sustainability as goals / Robert Costanza and Carl Folke -- The interaction of climate and life / Susan E. Alexander, Stephen H. Schneider, and Kalen Lagerquist -- Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning / David Tilman -- Ecosystem services supplied by soil / Gretchen C. Daily, Pamela A. Matson, and Peter M. Vitousek -- Services provided by pollinators / Gary Paul Nabhan and Stephen L. Buchmann -- Natural pest control services and agriculture / Rosamond L. Naylor and Paul R. Ehrlich -- Marine ecosystem services / Charles H. Peterson and Jane Lubchenco -- Freshwater ecosystem services / Sandra Postel and Stephen Carpenter -- The world's forests and their ecosystem services / Norman Myers -- Ecosystem services in grasslands / Osvaldo E. Sala and Jose M. Paruelo -- Biodiversity's genetic library / Norman Myers -- Impacts of marine resource extraction on ecosystem services and sustainability / Les Kaufman and Paul Dayton -- Ecosystem services in subsistence economies and conservation of biodiversity / Kamaljit S. Bawa and Madhav Gadgil -- Ecosystem services in a modern economy: Gunnison County, Colorado / Andrew Wilcox and John Harte -- Water quality improvement by wetlands / Katherine C. Ewel -- Services supplied by South African fynbos ecosystems / Richard M. Cowling, Robert Costanza, and Steven I. Higgins -- Valuing and safeguarding earth's life-support systems / Gretchen C. Daily.
Use copy
"Nature's Services brings together world-renowned scientists from a variety of disciplines to examine the character and value of ecosystem services, the damage that has been done to them, and the consequent implications for human society. Contributors present a detailed synthesis of our current understanding of a suite of ecosystem services and a preliminary assessment of their economic value." "Nature's Services represents one of the first efforts by scientists to provide an overview of the many benefits and services that nature offers to people and the extent to which we are all vitally dependent on those services. The book enhances our understanding of the value of the natural systems that surround us and can play an essential role in encouraging greater efforts to protect the earth's basic life-support systems before it is too late."--Jacket
Electronic reproduction.
[Place of publication not identified] :
HathiTrust Digital Library,
2010.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
1417539674 (electronic bk.) 9781417539673 (electronic bk.) 1597267759 9781597267755 (pbk.) (pbk.)
1049769 MIL
Nature--Effect of human beings on.
Human ecology--Economic aspects.
Biotic communities--Economic aspects.
Ecosystem management.
Ecosystems.
Human ecology.
Natural resources.
Social benefit.
Ecosystem management.
Homme--Influence sur la nature.
Écologie humaine--Aspect économique.
Écosystèmes--Gestion.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Human Geography.
Biotic communities--Economic aspects.
Ecosystem management.
Human ecology--Economic aspects.
Nature--Effect of human beings on.
Mensch
Naturschutz
Humanökologie
Ökosystem
Natur
Umweltveränderung
Nature--Effets de l'homme.
Écologie humaine--Aspect économique.
Écosystèmes--Aspect économique.
Gestion des écosystèmes.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
GF75 / .N37 1997eb
304.2
339.5012
GF75.N37 / 1997