The Balance of Nature: Ecology's Enduring Myth
(Sprache: Englisch)
Looks at the myth that nature is in balance, and how this myth came to be and is still perpetrated as fact.
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Looks at the myth that nature is in balance, and how this myth came to be and is still perpetrated as fact.
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Preface ix CHAPTER 1: Why It Matters 1 CHAPTER 2: Of What Purpose Are Mosquitoes? 8 CHAPTER 3: Creating Paradigms 20 CHAPTER 4: Ecology B.C. ("Before Charles") 40 CHAPTER 5: Ecology A.D. ("After Darwin") 53 CHAPTER 6: The Twentieth Century: Ecology Comes of Age 67 CHAPTER 7: A Visit to Bodie: Ecological Space and Time 84 CHAPTER 8: Ecology and Evolution: Process and Paradigm 97 CHAPTER 9: Be Glad to Be an Earthling 113 CHAPTER 10: Life Plays the Lottery 128 CHAPTER 11: Why Global Climate Is Like New England Weather 140 CHAPTER 12: Taking It from the Top--or the Bottom 155 CHAPTER 13: F or the Love of Biodiversity (and Stable Ecosystems?) 170 CHAPTER 14: Facing Marley's Ghost 186 Epilogue 203 Acknowledgments 207 Notes 209 Index 229
Autoren-Porträt von John C. Kricher
John Kricher is the A. Howard Meneely Professor of Biology at Wheaton College. His books include "Galapagos: A Natural History" and "A Neotropical Companion" (both Princeton).
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: John C. Kricher
- 2009, 256 Seiten, Maße: 16 x 23,9 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: PRINCETON UNIV PR
- ISBN-10: 0691138982
- ISBN-13: 9780691138985
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Englisch
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The author conveys his message in a clear writing style without using highly technical concepts or terminology. . "Shmaefsky, Choice Kricher's book is of interest to environmental historians and historians of science not only on account of the information it contains, but also because within it there is so little of the scholarship of the history of the environmental sciences with which we, in the humanities and social sciences, are familiar. -- Jane Carruthers Environment and History With The Balance of Nature, John Kricher has done us the favor of producing the book our non-ecological parents should read. In a scant 200 pages of accessible prose, Kricher weaves together three themes about which any literate citizen should be aware... The Balance of Nature hits its mark. Buy a copy for your parents, your students, and your children today. -- Aaron M. Ellison Ecology
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