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

• Autore: Callenbach Ernest
• Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2008
• Edizione: Rev. ed., 10th anniversary ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (193 p.)
• Disciplina: 577
• Soggetto topico: Ecology; Biotic communities; Biota; Ecosystem
• Soggetto non controllato: 21st century; a to z.; accessible; air; biodiversity; biotechnology; college ecology; college textbook; damage to environment; easy to read; ecoliteracy; ecological concepts; ecology students; ecology; ecotourism; environmental impact; environmental studies; environmentalists; essays; global warming; go green; guide to ecology; handy guide; interconnected life; intro to ecology; life on earth; migration; nonfiction; pocket guide; protect the environment; restoration; zoos
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Ecology
• ISBN: 0-520-94222-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910779550403321
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