Ecology [[electronic resource] ] : a pocket guide / / Ernest Callenbach |
Autore | Callenbach Ernest |
Edizione | [Rev. ed., 10th anniversary ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2008 |
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 |
ISBN | 0-520-94222-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779550403321 |
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First life [[electronic resource] ] : discovering the connections between stars, planets, and evolution on earth / / David Deamer |
Autore | Deamer D. W |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (283 p.) |
Disciplina | 576.8/3 |
Soggetto topico |
Exobiology
Life - Origin Evolution (Biology) |
Soggetto non controllato |
advances in science
astrobiology astronomy atmosphere biology bioscience birth of stars carbon compounds carbon chemistry cosmology death of stars ethics evolution life on earth life sciences life minerals nonfiction origin of life physics planet formation planetary science science and technology science spark of life stardust stars synthetic life technology volcanoes water |
ISBN |
1-283-27802-2
9786613278029 0-520-94895-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. A Fireball Over Australia -- 2. Where Did Life Begin? -- 3. When Did Life Begin? -- 4. Carbon and the Building Blocks of Life -- 5. The Handedness of Life -- 6. Energy and Life's Origins -- 7. Self-Assembly and Emergence -- 8. How To Build a Cell -- 9. Achieving Complexity -- 10. Multiple Strands of Life -- 11. Catalysts: Life in the Fast Lane -- 12. Copying Life's Blueprints -- 13. How Evolution Begins -- 14. A Grand Simulation of Prebiotic Earth -- 15. Prospects for Synthetic Life -- Epilogue -- Sources and Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790047803321 |
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How vertebrates left the water [[electronic resource] /] / Michel Laurin |
Autore | Laurin Michel |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (217 p.) |
Disciplina | 596.13/8 |
Soggetto topico |
Vertebrates - Evolution
Evolution |
Soggetto non controllato |
acanthostega
acquired limbs actinopterygians adaptation character evolution dinosaurs evolution evolutionary history evolutionary processes evolutionary science extant species extant vertebrates extinct animals finned vertebrates fossils geology life on earth life sciences limbs molecular dating nonfiction paleontological dating paleontology phylogeny popular science science tetrapods vertebrate animals vertebrates zoology |
ISBN |
1-282-79024-2
9786612790249 0-520-94798-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. How Can We Reconstruct Evolutionary History? -- 2. How Can We Reconstruct Evolutionary History? -- 3. Paleontological Context -- 4. Vertebrate Limb Evolution -- 5. Diversity of Paleozoic Stegocephalians -- 6. Adaptations to Life on Land -- 7. Synthesis and Conclusion -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785228203321 |
Laurin Michel
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