A citizen's guide to ecology
Item details
- ISBN: 0195162862 (cl.)
- ISBN: 9780195162868 (cl.)
- ISBN: 0195162870 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9780195162875 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 0195095960 (paper)
- ISBN: 9780195095968 (paper)
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245 p. ; 22 cm. - Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 2003.
Contents / Notes
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-230). |
Formatted Contents Note: | Defining ecology -- Changes -- Why another ecology book? -- Who are ecologists -- 1: The big picture : water and energy, life's necessities. The origin of life and of atmospheric oxygen -- Big systems: Lakes -- Lakes through the seasons -- Oceans -- Dry land -- How independent are ecological systems? -- 2: How do species survive? Populations -- Individuals and populations -- Species diversity -- Species extinction -- Are all invasive species villains? -- 3: Two major current problems : global warming and endangered species. What can be done about global warming? -- Protecting endangered species -- 4: Applying ecology : experts, pseudoexperts, and how to tell them apart. The importance of being natural and vegetarian -- Medicine and ecology as "health" sciences. |
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Subject: | Ecology Nature Effect of human beings on Environnement Homme Influence sur la nature Ecologie Mens en natuur |
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