Date: 16.12.2021

Book Applied ecology published in English by Springer

Book Applied ecology by Jan Frouz and Jaroslava Frouzova, published in Czech by Karolinum Press, Charles University, has been published in English by Springer. The book discusses specialized aspects of agriculture, forestry and fisheries, addresses how provisioning food and renewable resources shapes our planet and offers an accessible reference on ecological principles for students, researchers and non-experts.

The book offers a comprehensive introduction to  basic ecological and biological principles underlying modern agriculture, forestry, fisheries and aquaculture, explains how these principles are used to increase the production of food and other raw materials (wood, biofuels, fibre, and other materials), and provides new updated information to discuss how the intensification of the production of these goods changes the structure of ecosystems concerning energy and nutrient flows, and how these changes affect the functioning of ecosystems and the subsequent provisions of other non-productive ecosystem services. Additionally, the authors describe the methods by which contemporary science and society strives to increase the sustainability of agriculture, forestry and fisheries to maintain not only the production of food and other goods, but also other ecosystem services.

Although not a textbook on agriculture, forestry and fisheries, the book familiarizes readers with the principles of their technologies, because the impact on ecosystems is largely based on the technological processes used. The book is primarily focused on temperate ecosystems, but it contains a number of examples about marine and tropical ecosystems impacted by globalization and our consumer behavior. The book will be of interest to students and researchers with backgrounds in ecology and environmental science, as well as non-experts interested in ecology and environmental protection. 

You may see more detail about the book in following link:

https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-83225-4?sap-outbound-id=88C5CCD3B67F93F0CCF23FCC9E60DF0D11B183C9

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