Ecosystem Services and Global Ecology

Edited by Levente Hufnagel

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Abstract: The aim of Ecosystem Services and Global Ecology is to give an overview and report from the frontiers of research of this important and interesting multidisciplinary area. Ecosystem services as a concept plays a key role in solving global environmental and human ecological crises and associated other problems, especially today when the sixth major extinction event of the history of the biosphere is in progress, and humanity can easily become a victim of it. Human activity is rapidly transforming the surface of the Earth, its biosphere, atmosphere, soil, and water resources. Ecological processes happen over a long time scale, thus damage caused by human activity will be perceptible after decades or even centuries. We hope that our book will be interesting and useful for researchers, lecturers, students, and anyone interested in this field.

JEL-codes: Q57 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
ISBN: 978-1-78923-738-2
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Chapters in this book:

Characteristics of Collapsing Ecosystems and Main Factors of Collapses

Melinda Palinkas

Ecosystem Service Mapping: A Management-Oriented Approach to Support Environmental Planning Process

Lisa Sousa, Ana Lillebo and Fatima Alves

Ecosystem Services across US Watersheds: A Meta-Analysis of Studies 2000-2014

Antonio Castro, Jason P. Julian, Caryn C. Vaughn, Cristina Quintas-Soriano and Chelsea Martin-Mikle

Ecosystem Services Provided by Benthic Macroinvertebrate Assemblages in Marine Coastal Zones

Gwynne Rife

Integrating Ecosystem Services in Historically Polluted Areas: Bioremediation Techniques for Soils Contaminated by Heavy Metals

Mirela Nedelescu, Daniela Baconi, Miriana Stan, Ana Maria Vlasceanu and Anne Marie Ciobanu

Introductory Chapter: Evaluation Methods of Ecosystem Services and Their Scientific and Societal Importance in Service of Solving the Global Problems of the Humankind

Levente Hufnagel, Ferenc Mics and Reka Homorodi

Laticifers and Secretory Ducts: Similarities and Differences

Erika Prado and Diego Demarco

Non-Native Invasive Species as Ecosystem Service Providers

Barbara Sladonja, Danijela Poljuha and Mirela Uzelac

The Role of Ecosystem Services in Community Well-Being

J. Kevin Summers, Lisa Smith, Richard S. Fulford and Rebeca de Jesus Crespo

Urban and Industrial Habitats: How Important They Are for Ecosystem Services

Gabriela Wozniak, Edyta Sierka and Anne Wheeler

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DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.71316

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