Terrestrial Ecosystems and Biodiversity (Handbook of Natural Resources) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1032474424 ISBN 13: 9781032474427

Verlag: CRC Press, 2023

Inhaltsangabe

This volume introduces the general concepts and processes used in terrestrial ecosystems. New in this edition are discussions on climate change and its impacts on vegetation, forests, soil microbiology along with decision support systems, biodiversity conservation, gross and net primary production, and land surface phenology with modeling methods.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Dr. Yeqiao Wang is a professor at the Department of Natural Resources Science, College of the Environment and Life Sciences, University of Rhode Island. He earned an MS and a PhD in natural resources management & engineering from the University of Connecticut. From 1995 to 1999, he was an assistant professor in the Department of Geography and Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois at Chicago. He has been on the faculty of the University of Rhode Island since 1999. In addition to his tenured position, he held an adjunct research associate position at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. He has also served as a guest professor and an adjunct professor at universities in the U.S. and China. Among his awards and recognitions, Dr. Wang was awarded the prestigious Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) by former U.S. President Clinton in 2000. His research projects have been funded by multiple agencies such as NASA, USDA, USDI, USAID, among others, which supported his scientific studies in various regions of the U.S., in East and West Africa, and in various regions in China. Besides peer-reviewed journal publications, Dr. Wang edited Remote Sensing of Coastal Environments and Remote Sensing of Protected Lands published by CRC Press in 2009 and 2010, respectively. He has also authored and edited over 10 scientific books in Chinese.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2023
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1032474424
• ISBN 13: 9781032474427
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 452
• Herausgeber: Wang Yeqiao
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Nicht verfügbar