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The balance of nature : ecology's enduring myth / John Kricher.
LIBRA QH540.8 .K75 2009
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kricher, John C.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ecology--History.
- Ecology.
- History.
- Ecology--Philosophy.
- Philosophy of nature.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 237 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2009]
- Contents:
- 1 Why It Matters 1
- 2 Of What Purpose Are Mosquitoes? 8
- 3 Creating Paradigms 20
- 4 Ecology B.C. ("Before Charles") 40
- 5 Ecology A.D. ("After Darwin") 53
- 6 The Twentieth Century: Ecology Comes of Age 67
- 7 A Visit to Bodie: Ecological Space and Time 84
- 8 Ecology and Evolution: Process and Paradigm 97
- 9 Be Glad to Be an Earthling 113
- 10 Life Plays the Lottery 128
- 11 Why Global Climate Is Like New England Weather 140
- 12 Taking it from the Top-or the Bottom 155
- 13 For the Love of Biodiversity (and Stable Ecosystems?) 170
- 14 Facing Marley's Ghost 186.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [209]-227) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780691138985
- 0691138982
- OCLC:
- 268547410
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