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| International Standard Book Number |
013011202X (hbk.) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780130112026 (hbk.) |
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| Original cataloging agency |
Indian Institute for Human Settlements-Bangalore |
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DLC |
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rda |
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577 BUS |
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23 |
| Item number |
005573 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Bush, Mark B. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Ecology of a changing planet / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Mark B. Bush. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
2nd ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
Upper Saddle River, N.J. : |
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Prentice Hall, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2000. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xiii, 498 p. : |
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ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; |
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26 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 482-487) and indexes. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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1 Diversity --<br/>Chapter 1 Ecology, Environmentalism, and the First Polluters 2 --<br/>1.1 Developing and Testing Hypotheses 2 --<br/>1.2 Science and Society 3 --<br/>1.3 Ecology Is Not Environmentalism 5 --<br/>1.4 A Brief History of Earth: The First Billion Years 6 --<br/>1.5 Trying to Create Life in a Test Tube 7 --<br/>1.6 Oceans and Life 7 --<br/>1.7 Evolution of Photosynthesis 9 --<br/>1.8 Oxygen Producers Pollute the Planet 10 --<br/>Chapter 2 Evolution and Natural Selection: The Heart of Ecology 13 --<br/>2.1 Change, Evolution, and Chance 13 --<br/>2.2 Theory of Natural Selection 16 --<br/>2.3 Fitness and Genetic Immortality 20 --<br/>2.4 Drifting Continents and Evolution 21 --<br/>2.5 Biodiversity and the Bush of Life 24 --<br/>2.6 What Causes Speciation? 27 --<br/>2.7 Why Does a Species Go Extinct? 28 --<br/>Chapter 3 Ecological Efficiency of Living Things 30 --<br/>3.1 Photosynthesis: Converting Sunlight to Carbohydrate 30 --<br/>3.2 Fate of Carbohydrate 33 --<br/>3.3 Ecological Efficiency of Plants 34 --<br/>3.4 Ecological Efficiency of Animals 35 --<br/>3.5 Energy Flow Through a Food Chain 36 --<br/>3.6 Costs of Control: Endothermy and Ectothermy 38 --<br/>Chapter 4 Climate 40 --<br/>4.1 Solar Connection 40 --<br/>4.2 Priming the Climate Engine 42 --<br/>4.3 Frontal Systems 45 --<br/>4.4 Oceanic Influences 47 --<br/>4.5 Cycles of Climate Change 49 --<br/>Chapter 5 Biomes: The Great Vegetation Types 54 --<br/>5.1 Tundra 54 --<br/>5.2 Boreal Forest 58 --<br/>5.3 Temperate Forest 59 --<br/>5.4 Prairies and Grasslands 60 --<br/>5.5 Chaparral 61 --<br/>5.6 Desert 62 --<br/>5.7 Tropical Forests 65 --<br/>5.8 Tropical Mountains 67 --<br/>5.9 Oceans 67 --<br/>5.10 Estuaries 68 --<br/>Chapter 6 Ecosystems, Nutrient Cycles, and Soil 71 --<br/>6.1 How Large Is an Ecosystem? 71 --<br/>6.2 Getting to the Root of Productivity 73 --<br/>6.3 Soil: Our Ultimate Resource 80 --<br/>6.4 Soil Maps 83 --<br/>6.5 Soil Erosion 85 --<br/>6.6 Importance of Fire 86 --<br/>6.7 Ecosystem Functions and Values 87 --<br/>Chapter 7 Aquatic Ecosystems 89 --<br/>7.1 Marine Systems 89 --<br/>7.2 Groundwater 96 --<br/>7.3 Surface Freshwater 97 --<br/>7.4 What Happened to the Lakes Where Dinosaurs Wallowed? 99 --<br/>7.5 Variability of Natural Lakes and Rivers 100 --<br/>7.6 Seasonal Changes in a Lake 102 --<br/>Chapter 8 Why Wetlands Aren't Worthless 107 --<br/>8.1 What Is a Wetland? 107 --<br/>8.2 Water and Wetland Chemistry 110 --<br/>8.3 Wetlands as Hydrologic Regulators 112 --<br/>8.4 Adaptations to Living in a Swamp 113 --<br/>8.5 Wetlands and Wildlife 115 --<br/>8.6 Indicators of Ecosystem Quality 116 --<br/>8.7 Altering Wetland Functions and Values 118 --<br/>8.8 Restoration of the Florida Everglades 120 --<br/>8.9 Wetlands and the Law 122 --<br/>8.10 Creating Wetlands 124 --<br/>Ecology in Action: Wetland Delineation 123 --<br/>2 Population and Community Ecology --<br/>Chapter 9 Populations and Resources: A Balancing Act 128 --<br/>9.1 Assessing Trends in Populations 128 --<br/>9.2 Drive to Compete 132 --<br/>9.3 Populations and Natural Processes 135 --<br/>9.4 Ecological Niche; or, How to be Your Favorite Organism 136 --<br/>Chapter 10 Who Needs Sex Anyway? 143 --<br/>10.1 Ways to Produce Clones 143 --<br/>10.2 Ecological Costs of Sex 144 --<br/>10.3 Many Babies or Big Bodies: An Energetic Trade-Off 147 --<br/>10.4 Selection for an Optimal Number of Young 150 --<br/>10.5 Territoriality 152 --<br/>10.6 Polygyny and Female Choice 154 --<br/>Chapter 11 Making Connections: Fisheries 158 --<br/>11.1 Fishing Isn't What it Used to Be 158 --<br/>11.2 Fish, Fisheries, and Productivity 159 --<br/>11.3 A Simple Model of Fisheries 162 --<br/>11.4 Further Ecological Thoughts on Fisheries 165 --<br/>11.5 Prey Switching and Fishing 169 --<br/>11.6 Local Solutions to Fishery Problems 171 --<br/>11.7 Are Fish Farms the Answer? 172 --<br/>11.8 National and International Protection 173 --<br/>Chapter 12 Predators, Parasites, and More 176 --<br/>12.1 Evolutionary Success of Cowards 176 --<br/>12.2 Pyramids of Power 176 --<br/>12.3 Optimal Foragingo Theory 178 --<br/>12.4 Do Hunters Control Prey Populations? 180 --<br/>12.5 Predators and Prey Behavior 182 --<br/>12.6 Predators Can Increase Species Diversity 183 --<br/>12.7 Defensive Weapons of Plants 184 --<br/>12.8 Other Species Interactions 184 --<br/>12.9 Mimicry 187 --<br/>12.10 Predation and Management 188 --<br/>Chapter 13 Communities Through Time: Changing Populations and Landscapes 190 --<br/>13.1 Coming and Going of Ice Ages 190 --<br/>13.2 Are Communities Stable Through Time? 195 --<br/>13.3 Pollen History of Northeastern North American Forests 195 --<br/>13.4 Plant Migrations in the Southwestern United States 199 --<br/>13.5 A Mammal Community of the Past 199 --<br/>13.6 Instability in the Tropics 201 --<br/>13.7 So, Are Communities Stable Through Time? 202 --<br/>13.8 Another Note on Extinction: The Blitzkrieg Hypothesis 202 --<br/>13.9 Continuing Changes in Our Forests 204 --<br/>Chapter 14 Ecological Succession: Rebuilding Ecosystems 208 --<br/>14.1 Clements and the Superorganism 208 --<br/>14.2 Ashes to Forest 210 --<br/>14.3 Succession and Ecosystem Functions 213 --<br/>14.4 From Field to Forest 215 --<br/>14.5 Succession and Coral Reefs 219 --<br/>14.6 Disturbance That Maintains Diversity 220 --<br/>14.7 Succession and Habitat Management 221 --<br/>14.8 Old-Growth Controversy 221 --<br/>14.9 Equilibrium or Nonequilibrium in Our Modern Ecosystems 224 --<br/>Chapter 15 How and Why of Tropical Biodiversity 226 --<br/>15.1 Where Are the Tropics? 226 --<br/>15.2 How Many Species Live in the Tropics? 227 --<br/>15.3 Why Are There So Many Species in the Tropics? 228 --<br/>15.4 Diversity of Tropical Habitats 230 --<br/>15.5 Structure and Niche Diversity in a Tropical Rain Forest 231 --<br/>15.6 Niche Richness and Diversity 235 --<br/>15.7 Are Extinction Rates Lower in the Tropics? 236 --<br/>15.8 Pest Pressure 236 --<br/>15.9 Speciation Mechanisms in the Tropics 237 --<br/>Chapter 16 Peopling Earth 241 --<br/>16.1 Humans: A Late Arrival 241 --<br/>16.2 From Hunter-Gatherer to Urban Dweller 243 --<br/>16.3 Agriculture: The Springboard of Population Growth 244 --<br/>16.4 An Exponentially Growing Population 244 --<br/>16.5 Population Demographics 246 --<br/>16.6 Emergence of the MDCs 247 --<br/>16.7 Demographic Transition 249 --<br/>16.8 Limiting the Expansion of the Human Population 250 --<br/>16.9 Reforming the Role of Women 254 --<br/>16.10 Human Population Growth and Consumerism 255 --<br/>3 Ecological Impacts of Changing Land Use --<br/>Chapter 17 Feeding the World 258 --<br/>17.1 Human Nutritional Requirements 258 --<br/>17.2 Agriculture versus Population Growth: A Deadly Race 260 --<br/>17.3 Exporting the Green Revolution 264 --<br/>17.4 Social Problems and the Second Green Revolution 265 --<br/>17.5 Desertification 266 --<br/>17.6 Sustainable Agriculture 269 --<br/>Chapter 18 Pollution: The Other Face of Fertilizers and Pesticides 272 --<br/>18.1 What Is Pollution? 272 --<br/>18.2 Pollution That Increases Growth 273 --<br/>18.3 Biological Effects of Pollutants 277 --<br/>18.4 Why Do We Pollute? 280 --<br/>18.5 Pesticides: Pollutants That We Need 281 --<br/>18.6 Pesticide Alternatives 284 --<br/>18.7 Integrated Pest Management 286 --<br/>Ecology in Action: Biological Control of Rabbits 286 --<br/>Chapter 19 Aspects of Tropical Development 290 --<br/>19.1 Remote Sensing and Tropical Forests 290 --<br/>19.2 Misleading Estimates of Forest Destruction 291 --<br/>19.3 What Are the Factors Driving Deforestation? 292 --<br/>19.4 Promoting the Conservation of Tropical Rain Forests 298 --<br/>19.5 Sustainable Agriculture in the Forests 305 --<br/>19.6 Before We Blame It All on LDCs 305 --<br/>Ecology in Action: Can Extractive Industries Save the Rain Forest? 302 --<br/>Chapter 20 Habitat Fragmentation and Extinction 308 --<br/>20.1 Relationship Between Habitat Area and Species Diversity 308 --<br/>20.2 Lessons from Islands 309 --<br/>20.3 Edge Effects and Habitat Fragmentation 312 --<br/>20.4 Songbirds and Forest Fragmentation 313 --<br/>20.5 Metapopulations: Another Way to Think About Fragmented Populations 315 --<br/>20.6 Threat Posed by Exotic Species 317 --<br/>20.7 Extinction or Crying Wolf? 323 --<br/>Ecology in Action: Studying the Effects of Fragmenting a Rain Forest 316 --<br/>Chapter 21 Working to Save Biodiversity 326 --<br/>21.1 What Is So Good About Biodiversity? 326 --<br/>21.2 Why Have Nature Reserves? 327 --<br/>21.3 Population Needed for Survival 328 --<br/>21.4 Area Needed for Survival 330 --<br/>21.5 Management of Reserves 335 --<br/>21.6 Restoration Ecology: The Next Thrust of Conservation 338 --<br/>21.7 Crawling from the Brink of Extinction 340 --<br/>Ecology in Action: Rebuilding a Prairie 339 --<br/>Chapter 22 Atmosphere, Air Pollution, and Ozone 346 --<br/>22.1 Composition of the Atmosphere 346 --<br/>22.2 Layers in the Atmosphere 348 --<br/>22.3 Air Pollution 349 --<br/>22.4 Our Love-Hate Relationship with Ozone 349 --<br/>22.5 Tropospheric Ozone: The Hate Relationship 350 --<br/>22.6 Stratospheric Ozone: The Love Relationship 353 --<br/>22.7 Protecting the Ozone Layer 357 --<br/>Chapter 23 Climate Change and Global Warming 360 --<br/>23.1 Greenhouse Effect 360 --<br/>23.2 Carbon Dioxide Concentration Through Time 361 --<br/>23.3 Climatic Triggers 363 --<br/>23.4 Human Actions and Climate Change 366 --<br/>23.5 Computer Simulations of a Warmer World 371 --<br/>23.6 Potential Effects of a 2.5[degree]C Warming 371 --<br/>23.7 Carbon Sequestration: A New Way to Think About a Tree 375 --<br/>23.8 Global Warming: A Risk to Be Ignored? 376 --<br/>Ecology in Action: Ecologists Monitor Boreal Fires and Climate Change 376 --<br/>Chapter 24 How Does Acid Deposition Affect Ecosystems? 380 --<br/>24.1 Acidity: Definition and Sources 380 --<br/>24.2 Effect of Acid Deposition on Terrestrial Systems 382 --<br/>24.3 Effect of Acid Deposition on Aquatic Systems 385 --<br/>24.4 Acid Transport and Buffered Systems 387. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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An introductory text that outlines the fundamental ecological principles which provide the foundation for understanding environmental issues. It uses a framework of applied ecology to explore specifics such as habitat fragmentation, acid deposition, and the emergence of new human diseases. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Ecology. |
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Nature |
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Effect of human beings on. |
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Environmental sciences. |
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| Materials specified |
Table of contents. |
| Uniform Resource Identifier |
http://openisbn.com/isbn/013011202X/ |
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Book |
