Overview

Monitoring Nature Conservation in Cultural Habitats presents monitoring as an integral component of responsible conservation management and as a catalyst for decision making. The early sections of the book cover key areas in the development of a monitoring project, including: - The roles of survey and surveillance - Incorporating knowledge from existing research - Identifying the conservation priority on sites - Minimising observer error - Identifying site-specific condition indicators for habitats - Collecting monitoring data. The later sections of the book comprise a series of case studies covering a wide range of habitats and species. These case studies focus mostly, though not exclusively, on sites that form part of the Natura 2000 series in Europe.

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Author:   Clive Hurford ,  Michael Schneider
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   2006 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.623kg
ISBN:  

9781402065651

ISBN 10:   1402065655
Pages:   394
Publication Date:   06 August 2007
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

An Introduction to Conservation Monitoring.- Monitoring in Cultural Habitats.- The Relationship Between Monitoring and Management.- Traditional Approaches to Data Collection.- The Roles of Survey.- Surveillance.- Strategic Sampling.- Developing Projects for Monitoring Habitats.- Developing a Habitat Monitoring Project.- Identifying the Conservation Priority.- Incorporating Knowledge from Research.- Developing a Conservation Strategy.- Minimising Observer Error.- Identifying Site-Specific Condition Indicators for Habitats.- Where to Focus the Monitoring Effort.- Collecting the Monitoring Data.- The Supporting Roles of On-Site Photography.- Integrating Data in Geographical Information Systems.- The Case Studies.- The Monitoring Case Studies.- Monitoring Coastal Heaths at St David’s.- Monitoring Arable Weeds at Newton Farm.- Monitoring Neutral Grassland at Somerton Farm.- Monitoring the Brown Bear Ursus Arctos in Västerbotten County.- Monitoring the Wolverine Gulo Gulo in Västerbotten County.- Monitoring the Greater Mouse-Eared Bat Myotis Myotis on a Landscape Scale.- Monitoring Choughs Pyrrhocorax Pyrrhocorax on the Castlemartin Peninsula.- Narrow-Mouthed Whorl Snail Vertigo Angustior at Whiteford Burrows.- Monitoring The Heath Fritillary Mellicta Athalia in Thornden and West Blean Woods.- Woodland Monitoring.- Woodland Management.- Issues Specific to Monitoring Broad-Leaved Woodland.- Monitoring Issues Specific to Western Taïga Forests.- Beech Fagus Sylatica Forests at Biskopstorp.- Using Information from Remote Images.- Using Earth Observation to Monitor Habitats.- Planning a Remote Sensing Project.- Remote Sensing of Dune Habitats at Kenfig NNR.- Remote Sensing of Fen Vegetation at Cors Crymlyn NNR.- Coastal Lagoons in Sweden and Finland.- Looking to the Future.-The Challenges and Opportunities that Lie Ahead.

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