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Globalization and the Rural Environment
(Series on Latin American Studies)
by Otto Thomas Solbrig, Contributor-Miguel Altieri, Contributor-V. Balaji, Francesco Di Castri, Contributor-Sandra Batie, Contributor-Nazri Choucri, Robert Paarlberg, Contributor-Juan Enriquez, Contributor-Eugenio Figueroa, Contributor-Robert Horsch, Contributor-Jordan Kimball, Contributor-William Lockeretz, Contributor-Jerry Melillo, Contributor-Otto Doering, Carlos H. Cadoppi, John H. Coatsworth, Eugenio Diaz-Bonilla, Rocio Fernandez Ales, Anthony C. Janetos, Professor Pierre R. Crosson, Rolando Meninato, Jean-Claude Monolou, Lazaro Ojeda Quintana, Angelo Palermo, Roberto Peiretti, Max Pfeffer, Veronique Plocq Fichelet, Beatrice Rogers, Carlos A. Salvador, Emilio Satorre, Laura Vainesman, Raul Vera, Ernesto F. Viglizzo, Contributor-Wyn Grant, Merilee S. Grindle, Talal Younes, Contributor-Jan Blom, Professor Robert L. Paarlberg, Contributor-Pierre Crosson
Paperback, 551 Pages, Published 2001 by David Rockefeller Center For Latin American Studies
ISBN-13: 978-0-674-00531-0, ISBN: 0-674-00531-7

" As the world transitions from an industrial society to an information society, agriculture has undergone a dramatic transformation. Food production in the 20th century was transformed by three revolutions: first mechanical, then genetic, and finally chemical. Now, in the 21st century, agriculture is going through at least two more revolutions: an information technology revolution leading to precision farming, and a biotechnology revol ..."






Biodiversity, Science and Development
by Francesco Di Castri, Talal Younes, T. Younes
Hardcover, 672 Pages, Published 1996 by Cabi
ISBN-13: 978-0-85198-973-0, ISBN: 0-85198-973-X

"The principal objective of this book is to bring about a better scientific understanding of biodiversity, which is an essential prerequisite for its efficient and rational use. This is one of the key concerns of the Convention on Biological Diversity, adopted by the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED). The book consists of edited papers from an International Forum held in September 1994 in Paris orga ..."






Ecology in practice
based on papers presented at the conference "Ecology in Practice - Establishing a Scientific Basis for Land Management", September 22 to 29, 1981
by Malcolm Hadley, Francesco Di Castri
Hardcover, 524 Pages, Published 1984 by Unesco
ISBN-13: 978-0-907567-78-3, ISBN: 0-907567-78-9

"Unesco ( 1981 ) , Ecology in Action : A Poster Exhibit , Division of Ecological Sciences , Unesco , Paris . Van Wambeke , A . ( 1978 ) . Properties and Potentials of Soils in the Amazon Basin . Interciencia , 3 , 233 - 42 . Walter , H . ( 1936 ) ..."






Ecology in practice
(Natural resources and the environment series)
by Francesco Di Castri, Malcolm Hadley
396 Pages, Published 1984 by Unesco
ISBN-13: 978-0-907567-80-6, ISBN: 0-907567-80-0

"CHAPTER 23 Environment and Development: Contribution to the Debate in the Developed Countries Serge Antoine Abstract This contribution outlines some ways in which thinking on relations between environment and development has evolved during the last fifteen years or so, particularly in industrialized countries. There has been a change in vocabulary and concepts, with the introduction of such concepts as "polluter pays" and recogniti ..."






Mediterranean-Type Shrublands(1st Edition)
(Ecosystems of the World)
by Francesco Di Castri, R.L. Specht, D.W. Goodall, David W. Goodall, Raymond Louis Specht
Hardcover, 644 Pages, Published 1981 by Elsevier Science
ISBN-13: 978-0-444-41858-6, ISBN: 0-444-41858-X

"Hardbound. "






Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems(1st Edition)
Origin and Structure (Ecological Studies, Vol. 7)
by Francesco Di Castri, Harold A. Mooney
Hardcover, 405 Pages, Published 1973 by Springer-Verlag New York, Incorporated
ISBN-13: 978-0-387-06106-1, ISBN: 0-387-06106-1






Intertidal and Littoral Ecosystems(1st Edition)
(Ecosystems of the World)
by P.H. Nienhuis, Arthur C. Mathieson, A.C. Mathieson, Folke Andersson, David W. Goodall, Valentine Jackson Chapman, Colbert E. Cushing, David C. Culver, Kenneth W. Cummins, G. Wayne Minshall, Neil E. West, Raymond Louis Specht, J. D. Ovington, Francesco Di Castri, François Bourlière, Frank Benjamin Golley, Bostwick H. Ketchum, Michael Evenari, Imanuel Noy-Meir, R. W. Snaydon, G. C. Brander, R. George Michael, Frieda B. Taub, Hendrik Postma, Jenne J. Zijlstra, Helmut Lieth, Ariel E. Lugo, Mark M. Brinson, Sandra Brown, Ernst Röhrig, Bernhard Ulrich, Alicja I. Breymeyer, Zvy Dubinsky, Pieter Hendrik Nienhuis, Craig J. Pearson, Robert T. Coupland, Frans E. Wielgolaski, G. Stanhill, Herbert Zvi Enoch, Lawrence R. Walker, Horst Wilkens, William F. Humphreys, Fred T. Last, Paul A. Tyler
Hardcover, 564 Pages, Published 1992 by Elsevier Science
ISBN-13: 978-0-444-87409-2, ISBN: 0-444-87409-7

"Intertidal and littoral environments are complex and productive ecosystems, which fascinate many of us who love the seashore and living things. The importance and beauty of such ecosystems require our best efforts to understand, conserve and manage them, lest the quality of our lives be diminshed. Hopefully the present volume will help guide future studies, and be of interest to senior students, teachers, researchers, as well as those ..."






Biogeography of Mediterranean Invasions(1st Edition)
by R. H. Groves, F. Di Castri, Richard Harrison Groves, Francesco Di Castri, Cambridge University Press
Hardcover, 504 Pages, Published 1991 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-36040-1, ISBN: 0-521-36040-4

"The Mediterranean basin, California, Chile, the western Cape of South Africa, and southern Australia share a Mediterranean climate characterized by cool, wet winters and hot, dry summers. These five regions have differing patterns of human settlement, but similarities in natural vegetation and some faunal assemblages. These likenesses are enhanced with time by an increasing level of biotic exchange among the regions. An initiative of a ..."






Managed Aquatic Ecosystems(1st Edition)
(Ecosystems of the World)
by R.George Michael, David W. Goodall, Folke Andersson, Valentine Jackson Chapman, Colbert E. Cushing, David C. Culver, Kenneth W. Cummins, G. Wayne Minshall, Neil E. West, Raymond Louis Specht, J. D. Ovington, Francesco Di Castri, Frank Benjamin Golley, Bostwick H. Ketchum, Michael Evenari, Imanuel Noy-Meir, R. W. Snaydon, G. C. Brander, Frieda B. Taub, Hendrik Postma, Jenne J. Zijlstra, Ariel E. Lugo, Mark M. Brinson, Sandra Brown, Ernst Röhrig, Bernhard Ulrich, Alicja I. Breymeyer, Zvy Dubinsky, Arthur C. Mathieson, Pieter Hendrik Nienhuis, Craig J. Pearson, Robert T. Coupland, Frans E. Wielgolaski, G. Stanhill, Herbert Zvi Enoch, Horst Wilkens, William F. Humphreys, Fred T. Last, Paul A. Tyler, François Bourlìere, Helmut Lieth, Lawrence R. Walker
Hardcover, 166 Pages, Published 1987 by Elsevier Science
ISBN-13: 978-0-444-42517-1, ISBN: 0-444-42517-9

"Although the selection of aquatic organisms to be cultured for food or other purposes is dependent, in different regions of the world, upon traditions, food preferences and local availability, nevertheless the trend worldwide is to shift from an empirical approach towards sound scientific management.This volume on managed aquatic ecosystems describes several aquatic management practices representing different geographical areas and cult ..."






Hot Deserts and Arid Shrublands, Volume Volume B(1st Edition)
(Ecosystems of the World)
by Michael Evenari, David William Goodall, Imanuel Noy-Meier, Imanuel Noy-Meir, Folke Andersson, Valentine Jackson Chapman, Colbert E. Cushing, David C. Culver, Kenneth W. Cummins, G. Wayne Minshall, Neil E. West, Raymond Louis Specht, J. D. Ovington, Francesco Di Castri, François Bourlière, Frank Benjamin Golley, Bostwick H. Ketchum, R. W. Snaydon, G. C. Brander, R. George Michael, Frieda B. Taub, Hendrik Postma, Jenne J. Zijlstra, Helmut Lieth, Ariel E. Lugo, Mark M. Brinson, Sandra Brown, Ernst Röhrig, Bernhard Ulrich, Alicja I. Breymeyer, Zvy Dubinsky, Arthur C. Mathieson, Pieter Hendrik Nienhuis, Craig J. Pearson, Robert T. Coupland, Frans E. Wielgolaski, G. Stanhill, Herbert Zvi Enoch, Lawrence R. Walker, Horst Wilkens, William F. Humphreys, Fred T. Last, Paul A. Tyler
Hardcover, 458 Pages, Published 1986 by Elsevier Science
ISBN-13: 978-0-444-42296-5, ISBN: 0-444-42296-X

"This is the second part of a two-volume work which presents an authoritative world-wide view of our knowledge about, and understanding of, hot-desert ecosystems. This includes some semi-arid and arid areas, as well as deserts in the strict sense. The hot deserts are distinguished from the temperate deserts (which form the subject of another volume in the series) by the virtual absence of snowfall, even though frosts may occur. For ea ..."






Ecology in Practice
Ecosystem management
by Francesco Di Castri
524 Pages, Published 1984
ISBN-13: 978-0-907567-79-0, ISBN: 0-907567-79-7






Temperate Broad-Leaved Evergreen Forests(1st Edition)
(Ecosystems of the World)
by J.D. Ovington, Folke Andersson, David W. Goodall, Valentine Jackson Chapman, Colbert E. Cushing, David C. Culver, Kenneth W. Cummins, G. Wayne Minshall, Neil E. West, Raymond Louis Specht, Francesco Di Castri, François Bourlière, Frank Benjamin Golley, Bostwick H. Ketchum, Michael Evenari, Imanuel Noy-Meir, R. W. Snaydon, G. C. Brander, R. George Michael, Frieda B. Taub, Hendrik Postma, Jenne J. Zijlstra, Helmut Lieth, Ariel E. Lugo, Mark M. Brinson, Sandra Brown, Ernst Röhrig, Bernhard Ulrich, Alicja I. Breymeyer, Zvy Dubinsky, Arthur C. Mathieson, Pieter Hendrik Nienhuis, Craig J. Pearson, Robert T. Coupland, Frans E. Wielgolaski, G. Stanhill, Herbert Zvi Enoch, Lawrence R. Walker, Horst Wilkens, William F. Humphreys, Fred T. Last, Paul A. Tyler
Hardcover, 242 Pages, Published 1983 by Elsevier Science
ISBN-13: 978-0-444-42091-6, ISBN: 0-444-42091-6

"Compared with other kinds of forests, we know little of the synecology of evergreen broad-leaved forests nor of the autecology of individual species. This volume comprises contributions covering South America, New Zealand, Australia, southeastern North America, the Mediterranean and the Middle East, India, parts of Africa, and Japan. Each chapter considers aspects such as the characteristics, functional processes, past, present and pote ..."






Monographiae Biologicae Ser.
Biological Invasions in Europe and the Mediterranean Basin 65
by Francesco Di Castri, Editor-M Debussche, A. J. Hansen
Pasta Dura, 463 Pages, Published 1990 by Kluwer Academic Print On Demand
ISBN-13: 978-0-7923-0411-1, ISBN: 0-7923-0411-X

"In view of the massive change in the area of distribution of many world biota across classical biogeographical realms, and of the drastic restructuring of the biotic components of numerous ecosystems, the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) decided at its general Assembly in Ottawa, Canada, in 1982 to launch a project on the 'Ecology of Biological Invasions'. Several regional meetings were subsequently organized ..."






Ecology in Practice
(Natural resources and the environment series)
by Francesco Di Castri, Malcolm Hadley
Hardcover, 960 Pages, Published 1984 by Tycooly Intl
ISBN-13: 978-0-86346-043-2, ISBN: 0-86346-043-7






Mediterranean Type Ecosystems(Reprint)
Origin and Structure (Ecological Studies)
by Francesco Di Castri, Harold A. Mooney
Paperback, 408 Pages, Published 1973 by Springer
ISBN-13: 978-3-642-65522-7, ISBN: 3-642-65522-X

"No other disjunct pieces of land present such striking similarities as the widely sepa- 1 rated regions with a mediterranean type of climate, that is, the territories fringing the Mediterranean Sea, California, Central Chile and the southernmost strips of South Mrica and Australia. Similarities are not confined to climatic trends, but are also reflected in the physiognomy ofthe vegetation, in land use patterns and frequently in the gene ..."






Mediterranean Type Ecosystems(1st Edition)
Origin and Structure (Ecological Studies)
by Francesco Di Castri
Hardcover, 405 Pages, Published 1973 by Springer
ISBN-13: 978-3-540-06106-9, ISBN: 3-540-06106-1






Global land use change. A perspective from the columbian encounter.
by Billie Lee Turner, Antonio Gomez Sal, Fernando González Bernáldez, Francesco Di Castri
Paperback, 448 Pages, Published 1995 by Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Cientificas
ISBN-13: 978-84-00-07473-9, ISBN: 84-00-07473-4

"A reduction in the elevational and latitudinal range of many taxa was accompanied by regional increases in spruce 2000 to 1000 years ago ( Piceamariana and P. rubens; Gaudreau and Webb, 1985; Gajewski, 1987; Foster and Zebryk, 1993), and a broad decline in the abundance of hemlock and beech at many sites within the past 400-1000 years (Figure 3; R. B. Davis et al,. 1975; Backman, 1984; Bennett, 1985; Gaudreau and Webb, 1985, Whitehe ..."






Mediterranean Type Ecosystems
Origin and Structure
by Francesco Di Castri, Harold A. Mooney
408 Pages, Published 2012 by Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN-13: 978-3-642-65520-3, ISBN: 3-642-65520-3

"Aust. J. Bot. 15, 95-105 (1967). PATTON, R. T.: Ecological studies in Victoria. The Cheltenham flora. Proc. Roy. Soc. Vict. 45, 205–218 (1933). PATTON, R. T.: Ecological studies in Victoria. Part IV. Basalt Plains association. Proc. Roy. Soc. Vict,48, 172–191 (1936). PURNELL, H. M.: Studies of the family Proteaceae. I. Anatomy and morphology of the roots of some Victorian species. Aust. J. Bot. 8, 38–50 (1960). SPECHT, R. L.; Dark ..."






Biosfera
[els humans en els àmbits ecològics del món]. Volum 11, Pensar la Biosfera. Índex
by Josep M. Camarasa, Francesco Di Castri, Pascal Acot
399 Pages, Published 1998
ISBN-13: 978-84-412-2895-5, ISBN: 84-412-2895-7






The Stockholm milestone
Ten years before and after (Tiedotus = Report)
by Francesco Di Castri
42 Pages, Published 1983 by Finland Mab
ISBN-13: 978-951-715-145-0, ISBN: 951-715-145-4



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