A citizen's guide to ecology /
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| Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
Oxford University Press,
2003.
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| Online Access: | http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=146905 |
Table of Contents:
- 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.