Long-term monitoring programs are fundamental to understanding the
natural environment and managing major environmental problems. Yet they
are often done very poorly and ineffectively. This second edition of the
highly acclaimed Effective Ecological Monitoring describes what makes
monitoring programs successful and how to ensure that long-term
monitoring studies persist.
The book has been fully revised and updated but remains concise,
illustrating key aspects of effective monitoring with case studies and
examples. It includes new sections comparing surveillance-based and
question-based monitoring, analyzing environmental observation networks,
and provides examples of adaptive monitoring.
Based on the authors' 80 years of collective experience in running
long-term research and monitoring programs, Effective Ecological
Monitoring is a valuable resource for the natural resource management,
ecological and environmental science and policy communities.