Integrative Observations and Assessments - Nakano, Shin-ichi.; Yahara, Tetsukazu; Nakashizuka, Tohru; SpringerLink (Online service) (Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2014)
Preface -- Part 1 General introduction: perspectives for spatial variability within an ecosystem and interdependence between various ecosystems -- 1 Asian biodiversity network as the linkage with other major global bodies -- 2 Effects of ecosystem diversity on species richness and ecosystem functioning and services: a general conceptualization -- Part 2 Status quo of biodiversity monitoring -- 3 Monitoring breeding bird population in Taiwan -- 4 Current status of the national coral database in Japan: dataset development, applications and future directions -- 5 Development of a large-scale, long-term coral cover and disturbance database in the Philippines -- 6 Zooxanthellate scleractinian corals of Jeju Island, Republic of Korea -- 7 Landscape mosaicness in the ocean: its significance for biodiversity patterns in benthic organisms and fish -- Part 3 Historical changes in biodiversity and challenges for biodiversity conservation -- 8 Long-term and spatial variation in the diversity of littoral benthic macroinvertebrate fauna in Lake Biwa, Japan -- 9 Research on the biodiversity of the seas surrounding Malaysia -- Part 4 Advanced concept and methods of integrated biodiversity monitoring -- 10 Development of a national land-use/cover dataset to estimate biodiversity and ecosystem services -- 11 Land cover classification using multi-temporal satellite images in a subtropical region -- 12 Impervious surface area as an indicator for evaluating drainage basins -- 13 Biodiversity of Kargil Cold Desert in the Ladakh Himalaya -- 14 Water circulation in a fringing reef and implications for coral distribution and resilience -- 15 An integrated indicator of biodiversity in agricultural ponds: definition and validation -- 16 Ubiquitous genotyping for conservation of endangered plant species -- 17 Eco-evolutionary genomic observation for local and global environmental changes -- Part 5 Ecosystem service and socio-economic aspects with special reference to biodiversity -- 18 Monitoring changes in ecosystem services within a forest ecosystem -- 19 Evaluating relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functions in forests using forest inventory and allometry data -- 20 Regional comparison of the ecosystem services from seagrass beds in Asia -- 21 Environmental disclosure in Japanese wood-related companies for 2005 and 2010 -- 22 Greening the cities with biodiversity indicators: experience and challenges from Japanese cities with CBI -- BM Index.
Keywords: Biodiversity; Environmental monitoring; Biodiversity; Monitoring/Environmental Analysis