Mind the gap: information gaps and bridging options in assessing in situ conservation achievements [Elektronische Ressource] / vorgelegt von Monika Bertzky

Mind the gap: Information gaps and bridging options in assessing in-situ conservation achievements I n a u g u r a l d i s s e r t a t i o n zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades doctor rerum naturalium (Dr. rer. nat.) an der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald vorgelegt von Monika Bertzky geboren am 13.02.1979 in Darmstad Greifswald, November 2008 Dekan: Prof. Dr. Klaus Fesser 1. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Susanne Stoll-Kleemann 2. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Timothy O’Riordan Tag der Promotion: 09.02.2009 “Humans live in the present. We look at the world around us and find it difficult to encompass change over great tracts of time. But the perspective of time is important if we are fully to understand the biological processes we are driving by our actions, and, of course, to see where our future as a species lies.