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“mark burgman”

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  • Practical Conservation Biology

    by David Lindenmayer, Mark Burgman ...
    Practical Conservation Biology covers the complete array of topics that are central to conservation biology and natural resource management, thus providing the essential framework for under-graduate and post-graduate courses in these subject areas. Written by two of the world’s leading environment experts, it is a ‘must have’ reference for environment professionals in government, non-government ... Read more

    $50.39 USD

  • Trusting Judgements

    How to Get the Best out of Experts

    by Mark A. Burgman ...
    Policy- and decision-makers in government and industry constantly face important decisions without full knowledge of all the facts. They rely routinely on expert advice to fill critical scientific knowledge gaps. There are unprecedented opportunities for experts to influence decisions. Yet even the most experienced can be over-confident and error-prone, and the hidden risk is that scientists and ... Read more

    $31.19 USD

  • Invasive Species

    Risk Assessment and Management

    Edited by Andrew P. Robinson, Terry Walshe, Mark A. Burgman, Mike Nunn ...
    With climate change and increasing globalisation of trade and travel, the risks presented by invasive pests and pathogens to natural environments, agriculture and economies have never been greater, and are only increasing with time. Governments world-wide are responding to these increased threats by strengthening quarantine and biosecurity. This book presents a comprehensive review of risk-based ... Read more

    $60.69 USD

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  • The Action Plan for Australian Mammals 2012

    by Andrew Burbidge, Peter Harrison, John Woinarski ...
    The Action Plan for Australian Mammals 2012 is the first review to assess the conservation status of all Australian mammals. It complements The Action Plan for Australian Birds 2010 (Garnett et al. 2011, CSIRO Publishing), and although the number of Australian mammal taxa is marginally fewer than for birds, the proportion of endemic, extinct and threatened mammal taxa is far greater. These ... Read more

    $85.69 USD

  • A Less Green and Pleasant Land

    Our Threatened Wildlife

    by Norman Maclean ...
    Disentangling the facts from the hype, this 'Domesday book' of the British and Irish countryside offers a definitive and up-to-date survey of the state of our wildlife today. Norman Maclean, editor of the bestselling Silent Summer, examines the latest findings of Britain and Ireland's top wildlife experts and interprets them for a wider audience. Each chapter provides reliable estimates of animal ... Read more

    $28.69 USD

  • Conservation of Freshwater Fishes

    Edited by Gerard P. Closs, Martin Krkosek, Julian D. Olden ...
    Series Book 20 - Conservation Biology
    Freshwater fish are one of the most diverse groups of vertebrates, but are also amongst the most threatened. With contributions from leaders in the field, this is the first assessment of the global state of freshwater fish diversity, synthesising the opportunities, challenges and barriers facing the conservation of freshwater fish biodiversity. The book includes the first global assessment of the ... Read more

    $63.99 USD

  • Ten Commitments Revisited

    Securing Australia's Future Environment

    Edited by Steve Morton, David Lindenmayer, Stephen Dovers ...
    What are the 10 key issues that must be addressed urgently to improve Australia's environment? In this follow up to the highly successful book Ten Commitments: Reshaping the Lucky Country's Environment, Australia’s leading environmental thinkers have written provocative chapters on what must be done to tackle Australia's environmental problems – in terms of policies, on-ground actions and research ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Wildlife Study Design

    by Michael L. Morrison, William M. Block, M. Dale Strickland, W.L. Kendall ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Despite the number of wildlife and conservation studies that are conducted, researchers and resource managers have not had a comprehensive guide to planning new studies. Wildlife Study Design fills that need by covering all aspects of study design, including surveys of major types of studies and variables, impact assessment, sampling techniques, inventorying and monitoring, and analysis of data. ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • Assessing Urban Governance

    The Case of Water Service Co-production in Venezuela

    by Luisa Moretto ...
    Series Book 12 - Action publique / Public Action
    When examining the relationship between urban governance and improved service provision in the Global South, there is frequently a gap between the rhetoric and the reality. Informal, practice-based local governance processes that aim to produce better urban services often diverge from official governance prescriptions and mechanisms for service delivery within the institutional sphere. This book ... Read more

    $63.89 USD

  • Australia's Fossil Heritage

    A Catalogue of Important Australian Fossil Sites

    by The Australian Heritage Council ...
    The National Heritage List was created in January 2004 to recognise, celebrate and protect places of outstanding heritage value to the nation. National heritage encompasses those places that reveal the richness of Australia's extraordinarily diverse natural, historic and Indigenous heritage. One aspect of natural heritage that has been little explored is Australia’s wealth of exceptional fossil ... Read more

    $45.39 USD

  • Global Warming

    The Complete Briefing

    by John Houghton ...
    How much of global warming is due to human activities? How far will it be possible to adapt to changes of climate? Sir John Houghton's definitive, full colour guide to climate change answers these questions and more by providing the best and latest information available, including the latest IPCC findings. The simple, logical flow of ideas gives an invaluable grounding in the science, as well as ... Read more

    $52.49 USD

  • Sustainable Futures

    Linking Population, Resources and the Environment

    Edited by Jenny Goldie, Katharine Betts ...
    Sustainable Futures explores the links between population growth, diminishing resources and environmental challenges, and the implications for Australia's future. Written by leaders in their field, and based on presentations from the 2013 Fenner Conference on 'Population, Resources and Climate Change', this book is a timely insight into the intertwined challenges that we currently face, and what ... Read more

    $28.79 USD