The GEO handbook on biodiversity observation networks

• Other Authors: Walters, Michele (Editor), Scholes, R. J. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham, Switzerland : Springer Open, [2017]
• Subjects: biodiverzita; biomonitoring; biodiversity; elektronické knihy; příručky; electronic books; handbooks and manuals
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 326 pages) : 34 illustrations
• ISBN: 9783319272887; 9783319272863
• Access: Plný text je dostupný pouze z IP adres počítačů Univerzity Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně nebo vzdáleným přístupem pro zaměstnance a studenty

Biodiversity observation systems are almost everywhere inadequate to meet local, national and international (treaty) obligations. As a result of alarmingly rapid declines in biodiversity in the modern era, there is a strong, worldwide desire to upgrade our monitoring systems, but little clarity on what is actually needed and how it can be assembled from the elements which are already present. This book intends to provide practical guidance to broadly-defined biodiversity observation networks at all scales, but predominantly the national scale and higher. This is a practical how-to book with substantial policy relevance. It will mostly be used by technical specialists with a responsibility for biodiversity monitoring to establish and refine their systems. It is written at a technical level, but one that is not discipline-bound: it should be intelligible to anyone in the broad field with a tertiary education.- Resumé vydavatel