Ecology and ecosystems / editor, Craig W. Allin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Allin, Craig W. (Craig Willard)

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ecology.

Ecological regions.

Environmental sciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 152 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps.

Other Title:

Encyclopedia of environmental issues : ecology and ecosystems

Place of Publication:

Ipswich, Mass. : Salem Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Discusses the study of ecology and the world's delicate ecosystems. Articles include overviews on cultural and historical ecology, biodiversity, and environmental education.

Contents:

""Table of Contents""; ""Contributors ""; ""Africa 1""; ""Agenda 21 5""; ""Amazon River basin 6""; ""Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition 9""; ""Antarctic Treaty 10""; ""Aral Sea destruction 12""; ""Asia 15""; ""Australia and New Zealand 18""; ""Balance of nature 21""; ""Bioassays 23""; ""Biodiversity 24""; ""Biodiversity action plans 27""; ""Biomagnification 28""; ""Biomes 30""; ""Bioremediation 32""; ""Biosphere 34""; ""Biosphere 2 37""; ""Boreal forests 39""; ""Brundtland, Gro Harlem 40""; ""Carson, Rachel 41""; ""Central America and the Caribbean 42""; ""Chesapeake Bay 46""

""Europe 81""""European Environment Agency 85""; ""Everglades 86""; ""Food chains 87""; ""Gaia hypothesis 89""; ""Global Biodiversity Assessment 90""; ""Global Environment Facility 91""; ""Global 2000 Report, The 92""; ""Great Barrier Reef 93""; ""Group of Ten 94""; ""International Biological Program 95""; ""Introduced and exotic species 96""; ""Kalahari Desert 99""; ""Land clearance 101""; ""Limits to Growth, The 102""; ""Lovelock, James 103""; ""Marsh, George Perkins 105""; ""Mendes, Chico 106""; ""Middle East 107""; ""Narmada River 110""; ""National Environmental Policy Act 111""

""National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act 112""""North America 113""; ""Our Common Future 117""; ""Rain forests 119""; ""Restoration ecology 121""; ""St. Lawrence Seaway 122""; ""Savannas 124""; ""Seabed mining 125""; ""South America 128""; ""Spaceship Earth metaphor 132""; ""Tansley, Arthur G. 132""; ""Three Gorges Dam 134""; ""United Nations Conference on the Human Environment 136""; ""United Nations Environment Programme 138""; ""Urban ecology 140""; ""Wilson, Edward O. 141""; ""Bibliography 143""; ""CATEGORY INDEX ""; ""INDEX ""

Notes:

Contains selected essays from Encyclopedia of environmental issues.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contains:

Encyclopedia of environmental issues. Selections. 2011.

ISBN:

9786613279224

9781283279222

1283279223

9781587659225

1587659220

OCLC:

767828050