Grasslands of the World: Diversity, Management and Conservation

ISBN-13: 9780367780937 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 426 str.

Victor R. Squires; Jürgen Dengler; Limin Hua

Opis

This book explores the creation and use of grasslands by humans from the earliest time to the present and examines the impact of recent human interventions and global warming on their productivity, diversity, and survival.

Spis treści

A short history of grassland utilization and its significance to humans. Palaearctic Grasslands in Transition: Overarching Patterns and Future Prospects. Grasslands of Western and Northern Europe – between Intensification and Abandonment. Grasslands, their Threats and Management in Eastern Europe. Land use of natural and secondary grasslands in Russia. Grasslands of the Mediterranean Basin and the Middle East and their management. Grasslands of Kazakhstan and Middle Asia: the ecology, conservation and use of a vast and globally important area. Grasslands of China and Mongolia: spatial extent, land use and conservation. Grassland biodiversity in Japan: threats, management and conservation. Rangelands/grasslands of India: current status and future prospects. North American Grasslands and Biogeographic Regions. Southern African Grassland in an era of Global Change. Grasslands of Eastern Africa: problems and prospects. Grasslands in South America: nature and extent in relation to provision of ecosystem services. Grasslands in Australia - an overview of current status and future prospects. Climatic change and its impact on grassland-based livelihoods in China. Future Prospects of Grasslands and Ranching on the North American Scene. What future for the world’s grasslands under global (not only climate) change? Key word and Index.

O autorze

Dr. Victor Squires is an Australian who as young man studied botany and rangeland ecology. He has a PhD in Rangeland Science from Utah State University, USA and is former Dean of the Faculty of Natural Resource Management at the University of Adelaide, Australia where he worked for 15 years after a 22 year career in Australia’s CSIRO.

Since retirement from the University of Adelaide, Dr. Squires was a Visiting Fellow in the East West Center, Hawaii and is currently an Adjunct Professor in the University of Arizona, Tucson and at the Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China. He has been a consultant to World Bank, Asian Development, and various UN agencies in Africa, China, Central Asia, and the Middle East. He is author of over 130 papers in refereed journals and numerous invited chapters and is author/editor of 11 books.

Dr. Squires was awarded both the 2008 International Award and Gold Medal for International Science and Technology Cooperation and the Friendship Award in 2011 by the government of China; the Gold Medal is the highest award for foreigners. In 2015, Dr. Squires was honored by the Society for Range Management (USA) with an Outstanding Achievement Award.