A primer for environmental literacy /

Presents key concepts of environmental science in a style that can be understood by those who are not scientists.

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Main Author: Golley, Frank B.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©1998.
Description:1 online resource (xiv, 254 pages) : illustrations.
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Online Access:Available to Lehigh users via JSTOR
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505 0 |a 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. 
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