04302cam a2200529Ii 4500001001300000003000600013005001700019006001900036007001500055008004100070040008300111020003400194020003100228020001800259020001500277035002100292050001100313072002500324072002500349082001500374245011800389264003600507264001200543300002300555336002600578337002600604338003600630490003300666588008300699504005100782520059400833505182201427650001503249650002903264650005103293650003803344650004103382650005503423650002703478655002203505655002903527700003403556776005403590830003403644856007503678999001903753ocn929952073OCoLC20190328114813.0m     o  d        cr cnu|||unuuu151119s2016    mau     ob    001 0 eng d  aN$TbengerdaepncN$TdN$TdUIUdOPELSdYDXCPdOCLCFdCDXdCOOdAJBdU3WdD6H  a9780123964717qelectronic bk.  a0123964717qelectronic bk.  z9780123948472  z0123948479  a(OCoLC)929952073 4aGB5014 7aBUSx0320002bisacsh 7aSOCx0000002bisacsh04a363.3422300aBiological and environmental hazards, risks, and disasters / h[electronic resource]cRamesh Sivanpillai, editor. 1aWaltham, MA :bElsevier,c2016. 4c�2016  a1 online resource.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier1 aHazards and disasters series0 aOnline resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed November 25,  2015).  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  aBiological 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.0 aIntroduction to Biological and environmental hazards, risks, and disasters / Ramesh Sivanpillai -- Algal blooms / Suzanne McGowan -- Large-scale grasshopper infestations on North American rangeland and crops / Scott P. Schell -- Locusts : an introduction / Jeffrey A. Lockwood -- The Australian plague locust : risk and response / Chris Adriaansen, James D. Woodman, Edward Deveson, and V. Alistair Drake -- Desert locust / Keith Cressman -- Other locusts / Ramesh Sivanpillai -- Decline of bees and other pollinators / Norman Carreck -- Bark beetle-induced forest mortality in the North American Rocky Mountains / Kevin Hyde, Scott Peckham, Thomas Holmes and Brent Ewers -- Novel approaches for reversible field releases of candidate weed biological control agents : putting the genie back into the bottle / James P. Cuda -- Animal hazards : their nature and distribution / Rachel M. Cavin and David R. Butler -- Loss of biodiversity : concerns and threats / Robert M. May -- Chronic environmental diseases : burdens, causes, and response / Kirsten M.M. Beyer -- Land degradation and environmental change / Paolo D'Odorico and Sujith Ravi -- Desertification / John Oswald and Sarah Harris -- Grassland degradation / Abbey F. Wick, Benjamin A. Geaumont, Kevin K. Sedivec and John R. Hendrickson -- Land degradation in rangeland ecosystems / Jay P. Angerez, William E. Fox and June E. Wolfe -- Deforestation / Richard A. Houghton -- Deforestation in Southeast Asia / Edgar C. Turner and Jake L. Snaddon -- Deforestation in Nepal : causes, consequences, and responses / Ram P. Chaudhary, Yadav Uprety and Sagar Kumar Rimal -- Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon / Tim Boekhout van Solinge -- Ecological impacts of climate change / George P. Malanson and Kathryn J. Alftine -- Meteor impact hazard / Ren�e A. De Hon. 0aDisasters. 0aEnvironmental disasters. 7aBUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Infrastructure2bisacsh 7aSOCIAL SCIENCE / General2bisacsh 7aDisasters.2fast0(OCoLC)fst00894782 7aEnvironmental disasters.2fast0(OCoLC)fst01741651 7aNaturkatastrofer.2sao 4aElectronic books. 7aElectronic books.2local1 aSivanpillai, Ramesh,eeditor.08iPrint version:z9780123948472w(OCoLC)  934674145 0aHazards and disasters series.403ScienceDirectuhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780123948472  c247226d247226