Ecological Vignettes by Odum, Eugene P;

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Product details:

Edition number 1
Publisher Routledge
Date of Publication 4 November 1998

ISBN 9789057025211
Binding Hardback
No. of pages286 pages
Size 229x152 mm
Weight 690 g
Language English

Short description:

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Long description:

First Published in 2004. Written by one of the most highly regarded U.S. ecologists, this book presents basic ecological principles in a series of vignettes, illustrated by cartoons and simple diagrams, covering such subjects as growth, energy, ecological change, diversity, economics and technology, among others. Drawing upon essays written during a forty-year career as a teacher, research and ecologist, this volume about environmental literacy is written for the general reader and understandable at any level from grade school to senior citizen.

Chapter 1 What WE Learn From Ecology About Growth; Chapter 2 What We Learn From Ecology About Energy; Chapter 3 What We Learn From Ecology About Organization; Chapter 4 What We Learn From Ecology About Change; Chapter 5 What We Learn From Ecology About Behavior; Chapter 6 What We Learn From Ecology About Diversity; Chapter 7 Human Ecology; Chapter 8 Bottom Lines; Part I Essays and Commentaries for Further Reading; essay1 Harmony Between Man and Nature, Eugene P.Odum; essay2 Optimum Population and Environment: A Georgian Microcosm, Eugene P.Odum; essay3 The World's Most Polymorphic Species: Carrying Capacity Transgressed Two Ways, William R.Cotton Jr; essay4 How to Prosper in a World of Limited Resources: Lessons from Coral Reefs and Forests on Poor Soils, Eugene P.Odum; essay5 How Universities Should Grow, Eugene P.Odum; essay6 Energy: The Common Denominator, Eugene P.Odum; essay7 Production, Maintenance and Environmental Law, Eugene P.Odum; essay8 Ecosystem Management:A New Venture for Humankind, Eugene P.Odum; essay9 The Watershed as an Ecological Unit, Eugene P.Odum; essay10 Natural Areas as Necessary Components of Man's Total Environment, Eugene P.Odum, Howard T.Odum; essay11 Energy, Ecosystem Development,and Environmental Risk, Eugene P.Odum; essay12 The Transition from Youth to Maturity in Nature and Society, Eugene P.Odum; essay13 Reduced-Input Agriculture Reduces Nonpoint Pollution, Eugene P.Odum; essay14 When to Confront and When to Cooperate, Eugene P.Odum; essay15 The Search For The Evil Kingdom, Eugene P.Odum; essay16 Diversity in the Landscape: The Multilevel Approach, Eugene P.Odum; essay17 Diversity and the Survival of the Ecosystem, Eugene P.Odum; essay18 The Pricing System, Eugene P.Odum; essay19 Energy, Ecology, and Economics, Howard T.Odum; essay20 Prerequisites for Sustainability, Eugene P.Odum; essay21 Environmental Degradation and the Tyranny of Small Decisions, William E.Odum; essay22 Bridging the Four Major “Gaps” that Threaten Human and Environmental Quality, Eugene P.Odum; essay23 Biotechnology Presents a Challenge to the Campus, Eugene P.Odum; essay24 Source Reduction, Input Management, and Dual Capitalism, Eugene P.Odum; essay25 Earth Stewardship, Eugene P.Odum; essay26 Ecology: The Common-Sense Approach, Eugene P.Odum;