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Natural disasters destroy more property and kill more people with each passing year. Volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunamis, floods, landslides, fires and other ...

As the human population inexorably grows, its cumulative impact on the Earth's resources is hard to ignore. The ability of the Earth to support more humans is dependent on the ...

This innovative book integrates practical information from restoration projects around the world with the latest developments in successional theory. It recognizes the critical ...

Islands represent unique opportunities to examine human interaction with the natural environment. They capture the human imagination as remote, vulnerable and exotic, yet there ...

Providing a global summary of the biology of disturbance ecology, this text offers both the conceptual underpinnings and practical advice required to comprehend and address the ...

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Landslides are dangerous, fascinating phenomena: understanding their biological and ecological aspects is essential for achieving slope stability and habitat restoration.

Changing the Nature of Scientists : Participation in the Long-Term Ecological Research Program / Michael R. Willig and Lawrence R. Walker -- Sustaining Long-Term Research ...