Werner Kunz Boeken

Focusing on the evolution of specific ion effects, this book highlights advancements made over the past decade, building on over a century of research initiated by Franz Hofmeister. It integrates new theoretical concepts with experimental findings from innovative techniques, offering insights from leading experts in the field. Additionally, it provides accessible guidelines for non-specialists, facilitating a broader understanding of the principles governing specific ion effects across chemistry, biology, physics, and engineering.

Written by an author with longstanding experience in the ecology of insects and birds and with a stellar academic record in molecular life sciences, this is a welcome challenge to the widely held beliefs in conventional environmental policies. Werner Kunz convincingly explains why maintaining high biodiversity in Europe depends heavily on the existence of open space and sparse ground vegetation that is neither used for intensive modern agriculture, nor eliminated by reforestation. He questions the commonly propagated opinion that nature conservation is equivalent to species protection - and shows that technical habitat design can rescue endangered species. A must-have for environmental agencies, policy makers, ecologists and all who are witnessing the current loss of species in Central Europe.

A readily comprehensible guide for biologists, field taxonomists and interested laymen to one of the oldest problems in biology: the species problem. Written by a geneticist with extensive experience in field taxonomy, this practical book provides the sound scientific background to the problems arising with classifying organisms according to species. It covers the main current theories of specification and gives a number of examples that cannot be explained by any single theory alone.

Ein wichtiger Beitrag zur aktuellen Debatte über die Zukunft des Natur- und Artenschutzes, der zeigt, wie durch aktive Gestaltung von Lebensräumen die historische Artenvielfalt in Mitteleuropa erhalten werden kann.