Ecological Knowledge and Environmental Problem-Solving

Committee on the Applications of Ecological Theory to Environmental Problems, National Research Council

• 1 Front Matter; 2 Introduction; 3 I Kinds of Ecological Knowledge and Their Applications; 4 1. Individuals and Single Populations; 5 2. Population Interactions; 6 3. Community Ecology; 7 4. Materials and Energy; 8 5. Scales in Space and Time; 9 6. Analog, Generic, and Pilot Studies and Treatment of a Project as an Experiment; 10 7. Indicator Species and Biological Monitoring; 11 8. Dealing with Uncertainty; 12 9. The Special Problem of Cumulative Effects; 13 10. A Scientific Framework for Environmental Problem-Solving; 14 11. References; 15 II Selected Case Studies; 16 12. North Pacific Halibut Fishery Management; 17 13. Vampire Bat Control in Latin America; 18 14. Biological Study of California Red Scale; 19 15. Experimental Control of Malaria in West Africa; 20 16. Protecting Caribou During Hydroelectric Development in Newfoundland; 21 17. Conserving a Regional Spotted Owl Population; 22 18. Restoring Derelict Lands in Great Britain; 23 19. Optimizing Timber Yields in New Brunswick Forests; 24 20. Control of Eutrophication in Lake Washington; 25 21. Raising the Level of a Subarctic Lake; 26 22. Ecological Effects of Nuclear Radiation; 27 23. Ecological Effects of Forest Clearcutting; 28 24. Environmental Effects of DDT; 29 Index