Description
Biological and Environmental Hazards, Risks, and Disasters provides an integrated look at major impacts to the Earth's biosphere. Many of these are caused by diseases, algal blooms, insects, animals, species extinction, deforestation, land degradation, and comet and asteroid strikes that have important implications for humans.This volume, from Elsevier's Hazards and Disasters Series, provides an in-depth view of threats, ranging from microscopic organisms to celestial objects. Perspectives from both natural and social sciences provide an in-depth understanding of potential impacts.- Contributions from expert ecologists, environmental, biological, and agricultural scientists, and public health specialists selected by a world-renowned editorial board- Presents the latest research on damages, causality, economic impacts, fatality rates, and preparedness and mitigation- Contains tables, maps, diagrams, illustrations, and photographs of hazardous processes
Table of Contents
1 Introduction2 Algal blooms Suzanne Mcgowan3 Grasshopper Infestations Scott Schell4 Locust swarms Jeffrey Lockwood4.1 The Australian plague locust Chris Adriaansen4.2 Desert locust Keith Cressman4.3 Other locusts Ramesh Sivanpillai5 Decline of bees and other pollinators Norman Carreck6 Bark beetle infestation Kevin Hyde7 Release of natural enemies James Cuda8 Animals as hazards Rachel M. Cavin9 Biodiversity Robert M. May10 Environmental disease Kirsten M.M. Beyer11 Land degradation Paolo D'Odorico11.1 Desertification Sarah Harris11.2 Grassland Degradation Abbey F. Wick11.3 Rangeland Ecosystems Jay P. Angerer12 Deforestation Richard Houghton12.1 Deforestation SE Asia Edgar C. Turner12.2 Nepal Ram P. Chaudhary12.3 Deforestation in Latin America Timothy Boekhout van Solinge13 Ecological impacts of climate change George Malanson14 Comet and asteroid strikes René A. De Hon
