The GEO Handbook on Biodiversity Observation Networks

1. Working in Networks to Make Biodiversity Data More Available
Robert J. Scholes, Michael J. Gill, Mark J. Costello, Georgios Sarantakos, Michele Walters

2. Global Terrestrial Ecosystem Observations: Why, Where, What and How?
Rob H. G. Jongman, Andrew K. Skidmore, C. A. (Sander) Mücher, Robert G.H. Bunce, Marc J. Metzger

3. Ecosystem Services
Patricia Balvanera, Sandra Quijas, Daniel S. Karp, Neville Ash, Elena M. Bennett, Roel Boumans, Claire Brown, Kai M. A. Chan, Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer, Benjamin S. Halpern, Jordi Honey-Rosés, Choong-Ki Kim, Wolfgang Cramer, Maria José Martínez-Harms, Harold Mooney, Tuyeni Mwampamba, Jeanne Nel, Stephen Polasky, Belinda Reyers, Joe Roman, Woody Turner, Robert J. Scholes, Heather Tallis, Kirsten Thonicke, Ferdinando Villa, Matt Walpole, Ariane Walz

4. Monitoring Essential Biodiversity Variables at the Species Level
Henrique M. Pereira, Jayne Belnap, Monika Böhm, Neil Brummitt, Jaime Garcia-Moreno, Richard Gregory, Laura Martin, Cui Peng, Vânia Proença, Dirk Schmeller, Chris Swaay

5. Monitoring Changes in Genetic Diversity
Michael W. Bruford, Neil Davies, Mohammad Ehsan Dulloo, Daniel P. Faith, Michele Walters

6. Methods for the Study of Marine Biodiversity
Mark J. Costello, Zeenatul Basher, Laura McLeod, Irawan Asaad, Simon Claus, Leen Vandepitte, Moriaki Yasuhara, Henrik Gislason, Martin Edwards, Ward Appeltans, Henrik Enevoldsen, Graham J. Edgar, Patricia Miloslavich, Silvia Monte, Isabel Sousa Pinto, David Obura, Amanda E. Bates

7. Observations of Inland Water Biodiversity: Progress, Needs and Priorities
Eren Turak, David Dudgeon, Ian J. Harrison, Jörg Freyhof, Aaike Wever, Carmen Revenga, Jaime Garcia-Moreno, Robin Abell, Joseph M. Culp, Jennifer Lento, Brice Mora, Lammert Hilarides, Stephan Flink

8. Remote Sensing for Biodiversity
Gary N. Geller, Patrick N. Halpin, Brian Helmuth, Erin L. Hestir, Andrew Skidmore, Michael J. Abrams, Nancy Aguirre, Mary Blair, Elizabeth Botha, Matthew Colloff, Terry Dawson, Janet Franklin, Ned Horning, Craig James, William Magnusson, Maria J. Santos, Steven R. Schill, Kristen Williams

9. Involving Citizen Scientists in Biodiversity Observation
Mark Chandler, Linda See, Christina D. Buesching, Jenny A. Cousins, Chris Gillies, Roland W. Kays, Chris Newman, Henrique M. Pereira, Patricia Tiago

10. Biodiversity Modelling as Part of an Observation System
Simon Ferrier, Walter Jetz, Jörn Scharlemann

11. Global Infrastructures for Biodiversity Data and Services
Wim Hugo, Donald Hobern, Urmas Kõljalg, Éamonn Ó Tuama, Hannu Saarenmaa

12. Using Data for Decision-Making: From Observations to Indicators and Other Policy Tools
Matt Walpole, Melodie A. McGeoch, Philip Bubb, Neil Brummitt

13. Case Studies of Capacity Building for Biodiversity Monitoring
Dirk S. Schmeller, Christos Arvanitidis, Monika Böhm, Neil Brummitt, Eva Chatzinikolaou, Mark J. Costello, Hui Ding, Michael J. Gill, Peter Haase, Romain Julliard, Jaime García-Moreno, Nathalie Pettorelli, Cui Peng, Corinna Riginos, Ute Schmiedel, John P. Simaika, Carly Waterman, Jun Wu, Haigen Xu, Jayne Belnap

Nyckelord: Life Sciences, Applied Ecology, Biodiversity, Conservation Biology/Ecology, Ecosystems, Community and Environmental Psychology