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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811934903321

Autore

Callenbach Ernest

Titolo

Ecology [[electronic resource] ] : a pocket guide / / Ernest Callenbach

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2008

ISBN

0-520-94222-1

Edizione

[Rev. ed., 10th anniversary ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Disciplina

577

Soggetti

Ecology

Biotic communities

Biota

Ecosystem

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 167) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Ecology: Planetary To Microscopic Scales -- Introduction -- Air -- Algae -- Bacteria -- Biodiversity -- Bioregion -- Biosphere / Ecosphere -- Carbon -- Carrying Capacity -- Conservation -- Cycles -- Decomposition -- Deforestation / Desertification -- Ecology -- Ecosystem -- Energy -- Environment -- Environmental Justice -- Evolution -- Extinction -- Fire -- Food Webs -- Fungi -- Gaia -- Global Warming -- Growth -- Habitat -- Impacts -- Interdependence -- Kingdoms -- Land Use -- Microbes -- Migration -- Niche -- Nitrogen -- Organic -- Phosphorus -- Photosynthesis -- Pollution -- Population -- Predation -- Protists -- Quarantine -- Restoration -- Sex -- Smell -- Soil

Sommario/riassunto

Offering essential environmental wisdom for the twenty-first century, this lively, compact book explains more than sixty basic ecological concepts in an easy-to-use A-to-Z format. From Air and Biodiversity to Restoration and Zoos, Ecology: A Pocket Guide forms a dynamic web of ideas that can be entered at any point or read straight through. An accessible, informative guide to achieving ecoliteracy, it tells the story of the amazing interconnectivity of life on Earth and along the way provides the ecological understanding necessary for fighting environmental degradation. This new edition has been updated throughout and features five new essays on the topics of



biotechnology, global warming, migration, smell, and tourism.