Ecological applications : toward a sustainable world / Colin R. Townsend.
Material type: TextPublisher: Malden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell, 2008Description: xvi, 346 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1405136987
- 9781405136983
- 639.9 22
- QH541.29 .T69 2008
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction - humans, nature and human nature -- Pt. 1. Ecological applications at the level of individual organisms -- 2. Ideological applications of niche theory -- 3. Life-history theory and management -- 4. Dispersal, migration and management -- Pt. 2. Applications at the level of populations -- 5. Conservation of endangered species -- 6. Pest management -- 7. Harvest management -- Pt. 3. Applications at the level of communities and ecosystems -- 8. Succession and management -- 9. Applications from food web and ecosystem theory -- Pt. 4. Applications at the regional and global scales -- 10. Landscape management -- 11. Dealing with global climate change.
"Ecological Applications offers a progressive examination of the way ecological theory can be applied to remedy the many problems confronting us. The text moves through the levels of individual organisms, populations, communities, and ecosystems, culminating with the macroecological scale of landscape, regional, and global issues. The book is designed to grab the reader's interest with real-life problems but also to instil an understanding of the fundamentals of ecology."--BOOK JACKET.
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