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A Citizen's Guide to Ecology

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Oxford University Press, Mar 21, 2003 - Science - 256 pages
The earth is continuously changing and evolving yet it is unclear how environmental changes will affect us in years to come. What changes are inevitable? What changes, if any, are beneficial? And what can we do as citizens of this planet to protect it and our future generations? Larry Slobodkin, one of the leading pioneers of modern ecology, offers compelling answers to these questions in A Citizen's Guide to Ecology. He provides many insights into ecology and the processes that keep the world functioning. This important guide introduces observations that underlie arguments about all aspects of the natural environment--including both global and local issues. To clarify difficult concepts, Slobodkin uses lake, ocean, and terrestrial ecosystems to explain ecological energy flows and relationships on a global scale. The book presents a clear and current understanding of the ecological world, and how individual citizens can participate in practical decisions on ecological issues. It tackles such issues as global warming, ecology and health, organic farming, species extinction and adaptation, and endangered species. An excellent introduction and overview, A Citizen's Guide to Ecology helps us to understand what steps we as humans can take to keep our planet habitable for generations to come. "This beautifully written book brings together careful observation, personal reflection, and theoretical understanding to explain the major environmental problems that confront us. Dr. Slobodkin's superb and sweeping work invites us to contemplate a great many facts and a few large values to motivate a clear and compelling response to losses of biodiversity, the problem of invasive species, global warming, and other environmental concerns."--Mark Sagoff, School of Public Affairs, University of Maryland
  

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Contents

The Big Picture
33
THE ORIGIN OF LIFE AND OF ATMOSPHERIC OXYGEN
43
BIG SYSTEMS
52
Lakes Through the Seasons
60
Oceans
73
Dry Land
81
HOW INDEPENDENT ARE ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS?
95
How Do Species Survive?
101
Two Major Current Problems Global Warming and Endangered Species
155
WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING?
156
PROTECTING ENDANGERED SPECIES
166
Applying Ecology Experts Pseudoexperts and How to Tell Them Apart
177
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING NATURAL AND VEGETARIAN
189
MEDICINE AND ECOLOGY AS HEALTH SCIENCES
195
Conclusions
205
Appendix
213

INDIVIDUALS AND POPULATIONS
115
SPECIES DIVERSITY
127
SPECIES EXTINCTION
139
ARE ALL INVASIVE SPECIES VILLAINS?
144
References
215
Index
231
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TitleA Citizen's Guide to Ecology
AuthorLawrence B. Slobodkin Professor and Founding Chair in the Department of Ecology and Evolution State University of New York at Stony Brook
PublisherOxford University Press, 2003
ISBN019803685X, 9780198036852
Length256 pages
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