商品描述
This book provides a comprehensive, updated syntheses of all the information available on Mar Chiquita, covering various aspects of the geography, geological history, biology and ecology of the site, as well as a detailed analysis of the current land-use patterns, environmental threats, and conservation issues. Mar Chiquita, located in the province of Cordoba, Argentina, is a protected wilderness area that includes South America's largest saline lake and wetland. It has a very rich bird biodiversity, including three of the six species of flamingos that exist in the world, and high numbers of intercontinental migratory shorebirds. For this reason, the area has been declared an International Site by the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance, and also a Site of Hemispheric Importance by the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserves Network. Largely unknown until very recently, particularly in terms of the English literature, the site is rapidly gaining international visibility, not only in terms of scientific research, but also as site of interest for the nature lovers around the globe. Written in a language accessible to the non-specialists, the book focuses on integrating the dynamic, functional processes in the ecosystem, while at the same time providing the necessary descriptive information. Accordingly, it is of interest to scientists from diverse disciplines interested in saline wetlands, as well as to students, managers, and the general public.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
本書提供了關於馬爾奇基塔（Mar Chiquita）的全面且更新的綜合資訊，涵蓋該地點的地理、地質歷史、生物學和生態學等各個方面，以及對當前土地使用模式、環境威脅和保護問題的詳細分析。馬爾奇基塔位於阿根廷科爾多瓦省，是一個受保護的荒野區域，擁有南美洲最大的鹽湖和濕地。該地區擁有非常豐富的鳥類生物多樣性，包括世界上六種火烈鳥中的三種，以及大量的洲際遷徙 shorebirds。因此，該地區被《濕地公約》列為國際重要濕地，並被西半球 shorebird 保護區網絡列為半球重要地點。直到最近，這個地點在英語文獻中幾乎不為人知，但它正迅速獲得國際關注，不僅在科學研究方面，也成為全球自然愛好者感興趣的地點。本書以非專業人士易於理解的語言撰寫，專注於整合生態系統中的動態功能過程，同時提供必要的描述性資訊。因此，對於對鹽濕地感興趣的各學科科學家，以及學生、管理者和一般公眾都具有吸引力。
作者簡介
Enrique H. Bucher is a biologist, Emeritus Professor at the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina, and a leading Argentine Research Council (CONICET) researcher. His main research focuses include the ecology and management of semi-arid regions in South America. During his career, Enrique has been full professor, director of the Centro de Zoología Aplicada, and director of the postgraduate program in Wildlife Management at the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. He is currently director of PROMAR, a long-term research program based at the Mar Chiquita Lake. Published work includes over 180 papers and book chapters in scientific peer- reviewed journals, and three co-authored books in English, and also was the editor of a book on the Mar Chiquita Lake published by de Argentine Academy of Sciences, in Spanish. He is a fellow of the Argentine Academy of Sciences, and of the British Ornithological Union and the American Ornithologists' Union, and an honorary member of the American Ecological Society (USA). He has also been nominated fellow of the Pew Scholars Program in conservation and the environment (Pew Foundation, USA). In addition to his academic career, Enrique has been actively involved in biodiversity conservation, particularly in the Gran Chaco ecoregion of Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay, focusing on a wide range of ecosystem function and management issues. He also received the Konex Foundation Prize for the best Argentine scientists (discipline: Zoology). He has also been a board member of a number of international conservation organizations, including the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network, Wetlands for the Americas, Bird Life International, and also a member of the Permanent Executive Committee, International Ornithological Council.
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
恩里克·H·布赫（Enrique H. Bucher）是一位生物學家，阿根廷科爾多瓦國立大學的名譽教授，以及阿根廷國家研究委員會（CONICET）的主要研究人員。他的主要研究焦點包括南美洲半乾旱地區的生態學和管理。在他的職業生涯中，恩里克曾擔任全職教授、應用動物學中心（Centro de Zoología Aplicada）主任，以及科爾多瓦國立大學野生動物管理研究所的研究生課程主任。他目前是PROMAR的主任，這是一個以馬爾奇基塔湖（Mar Chiquita Lake）為基地的長期研究計劃。他已發表超過180篇論文和書籍章節於科學同行評審期刊，並共同撰寫了三本英文書籍，還擔任過由阿根廷科學院出版的有關馬爾奇基塔湖的書籍編輯（西班牙文）。他是阿根廷科學院、英國鳥類學聯合會和美國鳥類學家聯合會的會員，並且是美國生態學會的榮譽會員。他還被提名為皮尤學者計劃（Pew Scholars Program）在保護和環境領域的研究員（皮尤基金會，美國）。除了學術生涯外，恩里克還積極參與生物多樣性保護，特別是在阿根廷、玻利維亞和巴拉圭的格蘭查科生態區，專注於各種生態系統功能和管理問題。他還獲得了科內克斯基金會（Konex Foundation）最佳阿根廷科學家獎（學科：動物學）。他還曾擔任多個國際保護組織的董事會成員，包括西半球濱鳥保護網絡（Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network）、美洲濕地（Wetlands for the Americas）、國際鳥類生活組織（Bird Life International），以及國際鳥類學委員會的常設執行委員會成員。
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