ABSTRACT
One of the critical issues of our time is the dwindling capacity of the planet to provide life support for a large and growing human population. Based on a symposium on ecosystem health, Managing for Healthy Ecosystems identifies key issues that must be resolved if there is to be progress in this complex area, such as:
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|352 pages
Emerging Concepts
section Section I.1|23 pages
Setting the Stage
chapter Chapter 4|5 pages
Toward Ecoresponsibility: The Need for New Education, New Technologies, New Teams, and New Economics
section Section I.2|77 pages
Perspectives on Ecosystem Health
chapter Chapter 12|9 pages
Preparing for the Quantum Leap to Sustainability: A Toolkit for Future-Friendly Cities
section Section I.3|57 pages
Building Policies and Linkages
chapter Chapter 14|11 pages
The CALFED Bay–Delta Ecosystem Restoration Program: Complexity and Compromise *
chapter Chapter 15|6 pages
Understanding the Politics of Ecological Regulation: Appropriate Use of the Concept of Ecosystem Health
chapter Chapter 16|17 pages
Attitudes and Their Influence on Nature Valuation and Management in Relation to Sustainable Development
chapter Chapter 19|5 pages
Addressing Threats to the Health of Coastal and Near-Coastal Ecosystems — The Gulf of Mexico *
section Section I.4|66 pages
Setting Goals and Objectives in Managing for Healthy Ecosystems
chapter Chapter 21|8 pages
Adaptive Restoration: A Strategic Approach for Integrating Research into Restoration Projects
chapter Chapter 22|12 pages
Appropriate Use of Ecosystem Health and Normative Science in Ecological Policy
chapter Chapter 23|11 pages
Ecosystem Health: A Flawed Basis for Federal Regulation and Land-Use Management
chapter Chapter 24|7 pages
Quality of Life, Recreation, and Natural Environments: Exploring the Connection
chapter Chapter 25|22 pages
Natural Capital Differentiation, Sustainability, and Regional Environmental Policy *
section Section I.5|70 pages
Finding Indicators
chapter Chapter 28|12 pages
Establishing Specifications for Ecological Indicators for the Prediction of Sustainability
chapter Chapter 29|7 pages
Measuring the Impact of Ecological Disintegrity on Human Health: A Role for Epidemiology
chapter Chapter 30|10 pages
Development of a Terrestrial Index of Ecological Integrity (TIEI), a New Tool for Ecosystem Management
chapter Chapter 31|8 pages
U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development Guidelines for Technical Evaluation of Ecological Indicators
section Section I.6|54 pages
Monitoring, Learning, and Adjusting
chapter Chapter 35|15 pages
Agricultural Biodiversity: A Key Element of Ecosystem Health and Sustainable Food Security *
chapter Chapter 37|10 pages
The Ecological Footprint as Indicator for Sustainable Development — Results of an International Case Study
part II|718 pages
Issues and Methods
section Section II.1|74 pages
Managing for Biodiversity
section Section II.2|34 pages
Assessing and Monitoring Biodiversity
chapter Chapter 45|6 pages
Management and Conservation of Tropical Forests with Emphasis on Rare Tree Species in Brazil
chapter Chapter 46|8 pages
The Effects of Roads on Carnivores: A Case Study of Mountain Lions (Puma concolor) in California
chapter Chapter 47|10 pages
A Rapid Method in Ecosystem Mapping and Monitoring as a Tool for Managing Costa Rican Ecosystem Health
chapter Chapter 48|4 pages
Identification and Monitoring in the Context of the National Biodiversity Strategy in Uruguay
section Section II.3|65 pages
Climate Change and Ecosystem Health
chapter Chapter 51|10 pages
A Checklist for Historical Studies of Species' Responses to Climate Change
chapter Chapter 52|7 pages
Use of Long-Term Field Trial Datasets in Forestry to Model Ecosystem Responses to Environmental Change
chapter Chapter 53|17 pages
The Possible Impacts of Climate Change on Pacific Island State Ecosystems
section Section II.4|28 pages
Exotic Species: Eradication Revisited
chapter Chapter 56|7 pages
Eradication: Is It Ecologically, Financially, Environmentally, and Realistically Possible?
section Section II.5|136 pages
Landscape Health Assessment
chapter Chapter 63|8 pages
Grassland Bird Communities and Environmental Health: The Role of Landscape Features
chapter Chapter 65|21 pages
Predictability of Bird Community-Based Ecological Integrity Using Landscape Measurements
chapter Chapter 66|21 pages
Landscape Biodiversity and Biological Health Risk Assessment: The Map of Italian Nature
section Section II.6|94 pages
Communities, Politics, Culture, and Tradition
chapter Chapter 69|5 pages
Gambling for Sustainability — Local Institutions for Pasture Management in Bhutan
chapter Chapter 70|18 pages
Environmental and Socioeconomic Indicators of Great Lakes Basin Ecosystem Health
chapter Chapter 73|16 pages
Environmental Impacts of Mobility and Urban Development: A Case Study of the Brussels-Capital Region
chapter Chapter 75|8 pages
Nature Policy Assessments: Strategic Surveying and Assessing Progress across Policy Levels
section Section II.7|28 pages
Agriculture and Human Health
chapter Chapter 81|8 pages
Evaluating Pesticide Effects on Ecosystems and Human Health: The Rotenone Application at Lake Davis
section Section II.8|102 pages
Mining Impacts
chapter Chapter 83|15 pages
The Ecosystem Approach to Human Health in the Context of Mining in the Developing World
chapter Chapter 89|12 pages
Addressing Gaps in Ecosystem Health Assessment: The Case of Mineral Resources
section Section II.9|59 pages
Forest Health Monitoring and Restoration
chapter Chapter 91|14 pages
Resistance and Elasticity: A Conceptual Framework for Managing Secondary Forest Ecosystems in Switzerland
chapter Chapter 93|14 pages
National Indicators of Forest Ecosystem Health: A Science Perspective on the Canadian Initiative
section Section II.10|50 pages
Agroecosystems
chapter Chapter 96|12 pages
Fallow Land Patches and Ecosystem Health in California's Central Valley Agroecosystem
chapter Chapter 98|12 pages
Ecologically Based Pest Management: A Key Pathway to Achieving Agroecosystem Health
chapter Chapter 99|16 pages
Irrigation, Agricultural Drainage, and Nutrient Loading in the Upper Klamath Basin
section Section II.11|44 pages
Grazing Animals and Rangelands
chapter Chapter 106|6 pages
Protecting the Biodiversity of Grasslands Grazed by Livestock in California
part III|398 pages
Case Studies
section Section III.1|73 pages
The Colorado River Delta Ecosystem, U.S.-Mexico
chapter Chapter 107|2 pages
Overview: The Colorado River Delta Ecosystem: Ecological Issues at the U.S.-Mexico Border
chapter Chapter 108|13 pages
Physical and Biological Linkages between the Upper and Lower Colorado Delta
chapter Chapter 109|19 pages
Migratory Bird Conservation and Ecological Health in the Colorado River Delta Region
chapter Chapter 110|14 pages
Wildlife Disease in the Colorado Delta as an Indicator of Ecosystem Health
chapter Chapter 111|10 pages
Contaminants without Borders: A Regional Assessment of the Colorado River Delta Ecosystem
section Section III.2|88 pages
Canadian Prairie Ecosystem
chapter Chapter 113|4 pages
Overview: Sustainability of the Semiarid Prairie Ecosystem, Canadian Prairie Ecosystem Study (PECOS)
chapter Chapter 114|8 pages
Historical Land Use and Ecosystem Health of the Canadian Semiarid Prairie Ecosystem
chapter Chapter 115|7 pages
Health and Well-Being in a Changing Environment: Perceptions of a Rural Senior Saskatchewan Population
chapter Chapter 116|14 pages
Prairie Ecosystem Study (PECOS): From Community to Chemical Elements, the Essential Role of Questionnaires
chapter Chapter 117|25 pages
Ecosystem-Level Functional Changes in Breeding Bird Guilds in the Mixed Grassland since Agricultural Settlement
chapter Chapter 119|8 pages
Prediction of Soil Salinity Risk by Digital Terrain Modeling in the Canadian Prairies *
section Section III.3|64 pages
Aquatic Ecosystems: Lake Tahoe and Clear Lake, California
chapter Chapter 121|34 pages
Evaluating and Managing a Multiply Stressed Ecosystem at Clear Lake, California: A Holistic Ecosystem Approach
chapter Chapter 122|10 pages
Trans-Gill and Dietary Uptake of Methyl Mercury by the Sacramento Blackfish, a Planktivorous Freshwater Fish
chapter Chapter 123|16 pages
An Integrated Watershed Approach to Studying Ecosystem Health at Lake Tahoe, CA–NV
section Section III.4|58 pages
Aquatic Ecosystems: New York, Maryland, and Florida
chapter Chapter 125|24 pages
A Tale of Two Models: IMPLAN and REMI on the Economics of Everglades Restoration
chapter Chapter 126|14 pages
Analysis of Land Cover and Water Quality in the New York Catskill-Delaware Basins
section Section III.5|74 pages
The Langat Basin of Malaysia
chapter Chapter 130|13 pages
Manufacturing Industries and Ecosystem Health: The Case of the Langat Basin
chapter Chapter 131|10 pages
Diagnosing Ecosystem Health of the Langat Basin in the Context of Geohazards
chapter Chapter 132|25 pages
River Water Quality Assessment and Ecosystem Health: Langat River Basin, Selangor, Malaysia
chapter Chapter 133|10 pages
Forest Areas and Wildlife Diversity in the Langat Basin: Indicators for Assessing Langat Basin Ecosystem Health
section Section III.6|38 pages
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