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An edition of Preserving the living earth (2012)

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"Provides comprehensive information on Earth's various ecosystems, their importance, and the environmental threats place upon them"--Provided by publisher.

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Marshall Cavendish Benchmark
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English

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Environmentalism, Biotic communities, Environmental degradation

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Table of Contents

our place in nature: intro to ecosystems (narrative example); characteristics of life; biotic and abiotic factors; human adaptations; environmental threats
the variety of life: classification and nomenclature; three domains of life; defining biodiversity (with examples); overexploitation, climate change
energy and matter in ecosystems: levels of ecosystem organization; photosynthesis and cellular respiration; food chains, energy pyramids, effects of introduced species and removal of predators; garbage/plastic pollution in the oceans; nutrient cycles and runoff pollution
ecosystem interactions: predator-prey interactions and adaptations; symbiosis and parasites in salmons; adaptations to the physical environment migration, metabolic strategies (torpor, hibernation, plant dormancy), climate change and phenology
a changing world: Nicolaus steno fossils and sedimentary rock formations; Hutton and Lyell uniformitarianism; William Smith and comparative ages of fossils; Darwin's Voyage of the Beagle and theory of natural selection (with Wallace); Mendel's heredity experiments; types of speciation; mass extinction; ecological succession; introduced species
everything has limits: Malthus' exponential growth; population density; carrying capacity and limiting factors; reproductive strategies; boom-and-bust cycles; resource partitioning; competitive exclusion; specialists vs. generalists; reducing our impact.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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New York
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Environment at risk

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Dewey Decimal Class
577
Library of Congress
QH541 .P445 2010, QH541.P445 2010

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Pagination
p. cm.

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OL24553593M
Internet Archive
preservingliving0000pete
ISBN 13
9781608704804
LCCN
2010021543
OCLC/WorldCat
631749953

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