Impacts of agricultural change on farmland biodiversity in the UK; The extent and future of global insect biodiversity; Biological invasions in Europe: drivers, pressures, states, impacts and responses; The deep-sea: if we do not understand the biodiversity, can we assess the threat?; Threatened habitats: marginal vegetation in upland areas; Trends in biodiversity in Europe and the impact of land-use change; Tropical moist forests; The implementation of international biodiversity initiatives: constraints and successes; Biodiversity assessment and change - the challenge of appropriate methods; Drivers and pressures on biodiversity in analytical frameworks;
The series has been edited by Professors Hester and Harrison since
it began in 1994.
Professor Roy Harrison OBE is listed by ISI Thomson Scientific (on
ISI Web of Knowledge) as a Highly Cited Researcher in the
Environmental Science/Ecology category. He has an h-index of 54
(i.e. 54 of his papers have received 54 or more citations in the
literature). In 2004 he was appointed OBE for services to
environmental science in the New Year Honours List. He was
profiled by the Journal of Environmental Monitoring (Vol 5, pp
39N-41N, 2003). Professor Harrison’s research interests lie in the
field of environment and human health. His main specialism is in
air pollution, from emissions through atmospheric chemical and
physical transformations to exposure and effects on human health.
Much of this work is designed to inform the development of
policy.
Now an emeritus professor, Professor Ron Hester's current
activities in chemistry are mainly as an editor and as an external
examiner and assessor. He also retains appointments as external
examiner and assessor / adviser on courses, individual promotions,
and departmental / subject area evaluations both in the UK and
abroad.
The book's analysis of 'biodiversity initiatives' alongside its
treatment of biodiversity loss gives it a fresh feel... the book's
breadth is impressive.The book is an interesting read and the
editors have achieved their goal of producing a volume that will be
accessible to a wide audience....the topic is timely, and
authoritative, so that despite its diverse content the book manages
to be more than the sum of the parts.
*Environmental Conservation, Volume 34/4, 2008, 347-348 (Anne
Magurran)*
The present book provides a very valuable introduction into
environmental science and technology in general, and biodiversity
in particular, for those who are not specialists in this area.This
is a timely, thoughtful and authoritative account of the current
state of play on the ecological battlefront.
*Chemistry World, January 2008, 64 (Dennis Rouvray)*
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