Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 254 pages)
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illustrations
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
0300073151
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0300070497
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0300194331
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9780300073157
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9780300070491
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9780300194333
Inhalt:
Presents key concepts of environmental science in a style that can be understood by those who are not scientists
Inhalt:
Foundation concepts: The environment -- The system -- Hierarchial organization -- Land and water systems: The ecosphere, with comments on the Gaia hypothesis and the biosphere -- Energy dynamics -- The composition of the earth -- The biome -- The landscape -- The watershed -- The ecotope -- Species diversity -- Primary production and decomposition -- Ecological succession --The population and the individual: The population as a demographic unit -- Life-history adaptations -- The individual organism -- Body size and climate space -- Speciation and natural selection --Interaction between individuals and species: Interactions between individuals -- Mutualism -- Competition -- Predation -- Coevolution and niche -- The biotic community -- Island biogeography -- Human ecology -- Conclusion : ecology, environment and ethics
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-247) and index
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Golley, Frank B Primer for environmental literacy New Haven : Yale University Press, ©1998
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Einführung
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Mehr zum Autor:
Golley, Frank B. 1930-2006
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