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| TITLE: |
Ecosystems and human well-being : current state and trends : findings of the Condition and Trends Working Group of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment / edited by Rashid Hassan, Robert Scholes, Neville Ash. |
| SERIES: |
The millennium ecosystem assessment series ; v. 1 |
| PUBLISHED: |
Washington, DC : Island Press, c2005. |
| DESCRIPTION: |
xxi, 917 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 28 cm. |
| NOTES: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| NOTES: |
MA conceptual framework -- Analytical approaches for assessing ecosystem conditions and human well-being -- Drivers of ecosystem change -- Biodiversity -- Ecosystem conditions and human well-being -- Vulnerable peoples and places -- Fresh water -- Food -- Timber, fuel, and fiber -- New products and industries from biodiversity -- Biodiversity regulation of ecosystem services -- Nutrient cycling -- Climate and air quality -- Human health : ecosystem regulation of infectious diseases -- Waste processing and detoxification -- Regulation of natural hazards: floods and fires -- Cultural and amenity services -- Marine fisheries systems -- Coastal systems -- Inland water systems -- Forest and woodland systems -- Dryland systems -- Island systems -- Mountain systems -- Polar systems -- Cultivated systems -- Urban systems -- Synthesis. |
| NOTES: |
Table of contents also available via World Wide Web. |
| SUBJECT: |
Human ecology. |
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Ecosystem management. |
| SUBJECT: |
Biotic communities. |
| SUBJECT: |
Biodiversity. |
| SUBJECT: |
Ecological assessment (Biology) |
| ADDED ENTRY: |
Hassan, Rashid M. |
| ADDED ENTRY: |
Scholes, Robert. |
| ADDED ENTRY: |
Ash, Neville. |
| ADDED ENTRY: |
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (Program). Condition and Trends Working Group. |
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