Research in Biodiversity - Models and Applications

00_preface_ Research in Biodiversity – Models and Applications......Page 1
00a_Part 1_ Models in Biodiversity......Page 13
01_Towards Bridging Worldviews in\rBiodiversity Conservation:\rExploring the Tsonga Concept of\rNtumbuloko in South Africa......Page 15
02_A Study on Biodiversity Mechanism\rby the Creativity Theory of Ecosystem......Page 37
03_Ecological Niches and Diversity Maintenance......Page 55
04_Using Multiple Linear Regression\rModels to Identify Factors Underlying\rAvian Species Imperilment in\rSub-Saharan Africa and Europe......Page 73
05_Towards a Better Understanding of\rBeta Diversity: Deconstructing Composition\rPatterns of Saproxylic Beetles Breeding\rin Recently Burnt Boreal Forest......Page 87
05a_Part 2_ History of Biodiversity......Page 107
06_Twenty Landmark Papers in\rBiodiversity Conservation......Page 109
06a_Part 3_ Evaluating Biodiversity......Page 125
07_Evaluating Biodiversity and Spatial\rSimulation of Land-Cover Change in the\rTropical Region of Western Ghats, India......Page 127
07a_Part 4_ Regional Biodiversity......Page 157
08_An Agenda for Austrian Biodiversity\rResearch at the Long-Term Ecosystem\rResearch Network (LTER)......Page 159
09_Conservation of Chinese Plant\rDiversity: An Overview......Page 175
10_Biodiversity Conservation in\rCosta Rica - An Animal and\rPlant Biodiversity Atlas......Page 215
11_Multiple Approach for Plant Biodiversity\rConservation in Restoring Forests......Page 235
12_Environmental Assessment and Aquatic\rBiodiversity Conservation of Amazonian\rSavannas, Marajó Island, Brazil......Page 273
13_Biodiversity Conservation Planning in\rRural Landscapes in Japan: Integration\rof Ecological and Visual Perspectives......Page 297
14_Water for Biodiversity Conservation\rand Livelihoods: Protecting\rNorthernmost Tropical Deciduous\rForest Relicts in Mexico......Page 319
14a_Part 5_ Uses of Biodiversity......Page 333
15_Bioprospecting: Creating a\rValue for Biodiversity......Page 335
15a_Part 6_Morphological disparity......Page 351
16_Morphological Disparity: An Attempt to\rWiden and to Formalize the Concept......Page 353
17_Isolation and Identification of Indigenous\rMicroorganisms of Cocoa Farms in Côte\rd’Ivoire and Assessment of Their\rAntagonistic Effects Vis-À-Vis\rPhytophthora palmivora, the Causal\rAgent of the Black Pod Disease......Page 0