Title:
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ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM-SOLVING
CONCEPTS AND CASE STUDIES |
By: |
Committee on the Applications of Ecological Theory to Environmental Problems, Commission on Life Sciences, Division on Earth and Life Studies |
Format: |
Paperback |

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£77.00 |
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ISBN 10: |
0309036453 |
ISBN 13: |
9780309036450 |
Publisher: |
NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS |
Pub. date: |
1 January, 1986 |
Pages: |
400 |
Description: |
Explores how the scientific tools of ecology can be used more effectively in dealing with a variety of complex environmental problems. This work discusses the usefulness of such ecological knowledge as population dynamics and interactions, community ecology, life histories, and the impact of various materials and energy sources on the environment. |
Synopsis: |
This volume explores how the scientific tools of ecology can be used more effectively in dealing with a variety of complex environmental problems. Part I discusses the usefulness of such ecological knowledge as population dynamics and interactions, community ecology, life histories, and the impact of various materials and energy sources on the environment. Part II contains 13 original and instructive case studies pertaining to the biological side of environmental problems, which Nature described as "carefully chosen and extremely interesting." |
Publication: |
US |
Imprint: |
National Academies Press |
Returns: |
Returnable |