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A citizen's guide to ecology / Lawrence B. Slobodkin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Slobodkin, Lawrence B.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ecology.
- Nature--Effect of human beings on.
- Nature.
- Physical Description:
- 245 pages ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
- Summary:
- The earth is continuously changing, yet it is unclear how environmental changes will affect us in years to come. What changes are inevitable? What changes, if any, are beneficial? And what can we do as citizens of this planet to protect it and our future generations?
- Lawrence B. Slobodkin, one of the leading pioneers of modern ecology, offers compelling answers to these questions in A Citizen's Guide to Ecology. Providing a wealth of insights into the processes that keep the world functioning, this book shows how individual citizens can participate in practical decisions on ecological issues. It tackles such issues as the workings of the atmosphere, the oceans, and the soil, global warming, ecology and health, and the maintenance and evolution of natural populations. This important guide helps us to understand what steps we can take to keep our planet habitable.
- Contents:
- Changes 5
- Who Are Ecologists? 22
- 1 The Big Picture 33
- Water and Energy: Life's Necessities 33
- The Origin of Life and of Atmospheric Oxygen 43
- Big Systems 52
- Lakes 52
- Lakes Through the Seasons 60
- Oceans 73
- Dry Land 81
- How Independent Are Ecological Systems? 95
- 2 How do Species Survive? 101
- Populations 101
- Individuals and Populations 115
- Species Diversity 127
- Species Extinction 139
- Are All Invasive Species Villains? 144
- 3 Two Major Current Problems 155
- Global Warming and Endangered Species 155
- What Can Be Done About Global Warming? 156
- Protecting Endangered Species 166
- 4 Applying Ecology 177
- Experts, Pseudoexperts, and How to Tell Them Apart 177
- The Importance of Being Natural and Vegetarian 189
- Medicine and Ecology as "Health" Sciences 195.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [215]-230) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0195162862
- 0195162870
- OCLC:
- 49959367
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