Ecology of a changing planet / Mark B. Bush.
Publication details: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, c1997.Description: xiii, 434 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cmISBN:- 9780133729627
- 0133729621
- 577 21 BUS
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Contents;
One: Diversity
Chapter 1: Ecology, environmentalism, and the first polluters
Chapter 2: Natural selection and evolution: The heart of ecology
Chapter 3: The ecological efficiency of living things
Chapter 4: Climate and ecology
Chapter 5: Ecosystems: Getting to the root of productivity
Chapter 6: Aquatic ecosystems
Two: Population and community ecology
Chapter 7: Populations and resources: A balancing act
Chapter 8: Who needs sex anyway?
Chapter 9: Predators, parasites, and more
Chapter 10: Species and communities through time: Changing populations and landscapes
Chapter 11: Ecological succession: A natural healing process
Chapter 12: The how and why of tropical biodiversity
Three: Aspects of human ecology
Chapter 13: Peopling earth
Chapter 14: Human disease: Evolutionary and ecological perspectives
Chapter 15: Feeding the world
Four: Ecological impacts of changing land use
Chapter 16: Pollution: The other face of fertilizers and pesticides
Chapter 17: Aspects of tropical development
Chapter 18: Habitat fragmentation and extinction
Chapter 19: Working to save biodiversity
Chapter 20: Atmosphere, air pollution, and ozone
Chapter 21: Climate change and global warming
Chapter 22: How does acid deposition affect ecosystems?
Five: Ecology and society
Chapter 23: The use and supply of energy
Chapter 24: Environmental economics
Chapter 25: Environmental legislation and policy
Chapter 26: Peering into the future
Includes bibliographical references (p. 420-434) and index.
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