Basics of environmental science
- Title
- Basics of environmental science / Michael Allaby.
- Published by
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1996.
- Author
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Details
- Description
- xiii, 297 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Subject
- Contents
- 1. What is environmental science? -- 2. Environmental interactions, cycles, and systems -- 3. Ecology and environmentalism -- 4. History of environmental science -- 5. Changing attitudes to the natural world -- 6. Formation and structure of the Earth -- 7. The formation of rocks, minerals, and geologic structures -- 8. Weathering -- 9. The evolution of landforms -- 10. Coasts, estuaries, sea levels -- 11. Energy from the Sun -- 12. Albedo and heat capacity -- 13. The greenhouse effect -- 14. The evolution, composition, and structure of the atmosphere -- 15. General circulation of the atmosphere -- 16. Oceans, gyres, currents -- 17. Weather and climate -- 18. Glacials, interglacials, and interstadials -- 19. Dating methods -- 20. Climate change -- 21. Climatic regions and floristic regions -- 22. Fresh water and the hydrologic cycle -- 23. Eutrophication and the life cycle of lakes -- 24. Salt water, brackish water, and desalination --
- 25. Irrigation, waterlogging, and salinization -- 26. Soil formation, ageing, and taxonomy -- 27. Transport by water and wind -- 28. Soil, climate, and land use -- 29. Soil erosion and its control -- 30. Mining and processing of fuels -- 31. Mining and processing of minerals -- 32. Biosphere, biomes, biogeography -- 33. Nutrient cycles -- 34. Respiration and photosynthesis -- 35. Trophic relationships -- 36. Energy, numbers, biomass -- 37. Ecosystems -- 38. Succession and climax -- 39. Arrested successions -- 40. Colonization -- 41. Stability, instability, and reproductive strategies -- 42. Simplicity and diversity -- 43. Homeostasis, feedback, regulation -- 44. Limits of tolerance -- 45. Evolution -- 46. Evolutionary strategies and game theory -- 47. Adaptation -- 48. Dispersal mechanisms -- 49. Wildlife species and habitats -- 50. Biodiversity -- 51. Fisheries -- 52. Forests -- 53. Farming for food and fibre --
- 54. Human populations and demographic change -- 55. Genetic engineering -- 56. Wildlife conservation -- 57. Zoos, nature reserves, wilderness -- 58. Pest control -- 59. Restoration ecology -- 60. World conservation strategies -- 61. Pollution control -- 62. Transnational pollution.
- Owning institution
- Columbia University Libraries
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 282-289) and index.