This volume is the result of an effort to document the state of research and promote progress in addressing a fundamental question facing conservationists: What can the dynamics of Homo sapiens demographic and geographic distributions tell researchers and conservation practitioners about the status of, and prospects for, biological diversity? It is divided into three sections. The first comprises chapters presenting general theories and broad empirical relationships that help explain dramatic changes in the patterns of occurrence of terrestrial and aquatic species that have developed in parallel with human population growth, migration and settlement. The second section focuses on specific biomes and ecosystems as the context for human interactions with other species. Beyond their informational content, these chapters provide insights into the utility of using demographics and human geography to evaluate relationships between human settlement and the population dynamics of both native and non-native species. The third and conclusive section comprises a discussion of the prior two sections by geographers Thomas Crawford and Deirdre Mageean.

1. An Introduction: Human Population s Influences on Biological Diversity - R.P. Cincotta and L.J. Gorenflo- Section A: General Theoretical and Empirical Considerations - 2. Mapping the Population Future: Projecting a Gridded Population of the World Using Ratio Methods of Trend Extrapolation- L. Hachadoorian, S. Gaffin and R. Engelman- 3. Physical Environment and the Spatial Distribution of Human Population- C. Small- 4. Behavioral Mediators of the Human Population Effect on Global Biodiversity LossesJ.K. McKee and E.N. Chambers- 5. The Biological Diversity that is Humanly Possible: Three Models Relevant to Human Population s Relationship with Native Species - R.P. Cincotta- 6. Biodiversity on the Urban Landscape- K. Szlavecz, P. Warren and S. Pickett- 7. Indicators for Assessing Threats to Freshwater Biodiversity from Humans and Human-shaped Landscapes- R. Abell, M. Thieme and B. Lehner- - Section B: Interactions in Specific Ecosystems - 8. A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Human Impacts on the Rainforest Environment in Ecuador: Preliminary Results from the Ethnographic Study - F. Lu and R. Bilsborrow- 9. Human Demography and Conservation in the Apache Highlands Ecoregion, United States-Mexico Borderlands- L.J. Gorenflo- 10. Long-term Ecological Effects of Demographic and Socioeconomic Factors in Wolong Nature Reserve (China)- L. An, M. Linderman, G-M He, Z-Y Ouyang, J-G Liu

Cincotta, Richard P.

Publikationen von Cincotta, Richard P.

Gorenflo, Larry J.

Publikationen von Gorenflo, Larry J.

ISBN	9783642167072
Artikelnummer	9783642167072
Medientyp	E-Book - PDF
Auflage	2. Aufl.
Copyrightjahr	2011
Verlag	Springer-Verlag
Umfang	244 Seiten
Sprache	Englisch
Kopierschutz	Digitales Wasserzeichen