{"product_id":"the-ibp-survey-of-conservation-sites-an-experimental-study-paperback-9780521274296","title":"The IBP Survey of Conservation Sites: An Experimental Study (Paperback) 9780521274296","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe IBP Survey of Conservation Sites: An Experimental Study\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis 1980 volume explains the procedures of the IBP 'check-sheet' survey, which gathered information on how to protect sites and species for future scientific study.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eA. R. Clapham (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521274296, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 9 June 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e366 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.54 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe IBP, as a worldwide programme seeking to expand and co-ordinate biological research, needed to provide for the protection of sites and species for future scientific study. The IBP 'check-sheet' survey was therefore devised as a tool for gathering information, allowing areas to be evaluated on a comparative basis. In this was it was possible to examine the extent to which scientifically adequate samples of the main types of natural biological systems were already protected, for example in national parks and nature reserves. The method chosen used a questionnaire approach but on an enormous scale, creating an extremely valuable report on the procedure of biological surveying, the successes and shortcomings of which are examined critically. This 1980 volume explains the procedures adopted in the check-list survey and the problems of securing adequate descriptions of types of vegetation and soil and suitable methods of information storage and retrieval.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eContributors\u003cbr\u003e Foreword\u003cbr\u003e Introduction E. M. Nicholson\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Choice of the Check-Sheet Approach G. L. Radford\u003cbr\u003e Section 1. Definition of the Task\u003cbr\u003e Section 2. Advantages of the Check-Sheet Approach\u003cbr\u003e Section 3. Special Problems of the Check-Sheet Approach\u003cbr\u003e Section 4. Design and Contents of the Check-Sheet\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Problems of Description and Specification A. R. Clapham and G. L. Radford\u003cbr\u003e Section 1. General Consideration of the Problems\u003cbr\u003e Section 2. Vegetation-Types: 1. Historical background\u003cbr\u003e 2. Methods available for classification and their suitability for various purposes D. Mueller-Dombois and H. Ellenberg\u003cbr\u003e 3. The special problem of tropical forest classification L. J. Webb\u003cbr\u003e 4. Further consideration of the Fosberg system and its value for biological surveys G. L. Radford and A. R. Clapham\u003cbr\u003e 5. Concluding observations on vegetational recording A. R. Clapham\u003cbr\u003e Section 3. Soil Types: 1. Historical background\u003cbr\u003e 2. Problems of soil classification R. F. Isbell\u003cbr\u003e 3. Further comments on soil recording for biological surveys A. R. Clapham\u003cbr\u003e Section 4. Other Recording Problems A. R. Clapham\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Data-Processing and the Storage and Retrieval of Information G. L. Ratford\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. The Outcome of the Check-Sheet Survey R. J. de Boer and G. L. Radford\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Conclusions and Recommendations A. R. Clapham and G. R. Radford\u003cbr\u003e Appendixes\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Cellular biology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Cellular biology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Cellular%20biology%20%5Bcytology%5D%20%5BPSF%5D%22\"\u003ecytology PSF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006968058136,"sku":"9780521274296","price":38.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521274296i_be03c015-e6c1-4404-8aa8-aa406e75ef84.jpg?v=1691374347","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-ibp-survey-of-conservation-sites-an-experimental-study-paperback-9780521274296","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}