Readings in conservation ecology
| Main Author: | Cox, George W., 1935- |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Appleton-Century-Crofts,
1969.
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| Physical Description: |
xii, 595 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Also issued online. |
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| Online Access: |
Table of contents |
| Item Description: |
Includes bibliographical references. Ecosystem as the basic unit in ecology / Francis C. Evans -- Relationships between structure and function in the ecosystem / Eugene P. Odum -- Ecosystems, systems ecology, and systems ecologists / George M. Van Dyne -- Adaptability of animals to habitat change / A. Starker Leopold -- Dynamics of three natural populations of the deer odocoileus hemionus columbianus / Richard D. Taber and Raymond F. Dasmann -- History, food habits and range requirements of the woodland caribou of continental North America / Alexander Thm Cringan -- Wolf predation and ungulate populations / Douglass H. Pimlott -- Primary productivity and fish harvest in a small desert impoundment / William J. McConnell -- An ecological approach to pest control / P.W. Geier and L.R. Clark -- Species diversity and insect population outbreaks / David Pimentel -- Experimental studies on predation : predation and cyclamen-mite populations on strawberries in California / C.B. Huffaker and C.E. Kennet -- Integrated control concept / Vernon M. Stern [and others] -- Screw-worm control through release of sterized files / A.H. Baumhover [and others] -- Preserving vegetation in parks and wilderness / Edward C. Stone -- Vegetation changes on a southern Arizona grassland range / R.R. Humphrey and L.A. Mehrhoff -- World population growth : an international dilemma / Harold F. Dorn -- World outlook for conventional agriculture / Lester R. Brown -- Prospects for reducing natality in the underdeveloped world / Dudley Kirk -- On living in the biosphere / G.E. Hutchinson -- Effects of DDT spraying for spruce budworm on fish in the Yellowstone River system / Oliver B. Cope -- Inimical effects on wildlife of periodic DDT applications to Clear Lake / Eldridge G. Hunt and Arthur I. Bischoff -- DDT residues in an east coast estuary : a case of biological concentration of a persistent insecticide / George M. Woodwell, Charles F. Wurster, Jr. and Peter A. Isaacson -- DDT residues in the eggs of the osprey in the north-eastern United States and their relation to nesting success / Peter L. Ames -- Organochlorine pesticides in Antarctica / J. O'G. Tatton and J.H.A. Ruzicka -- Radiation and the patterns of nature / George M. Woodwell -- Bioaccumulation of radioisotopes through aquatic food chains / J.J. David and R.F. Foster -- Cesium-137 in Alaskan lichen, caribou and Eskimos / W.C. Hanson -- Damage to forests from air pollution / George H. Hepting -- Effects of air pollutants on apparent photosynthesis and water use by citrus trees / C. Ray Thompson [and others] -- Basic concepts of eutrophication / Clair N. Sawyer -- Eutrophication of the St. Lawrence Great Lakes / Alfred M. Beeton -- Control of eutrophication / R.T. Oglesby and W.T. Edmondson -- Human water needs and water use in America / Charles C. Bradley -- Effects of decreased river flow on estuarine ecology / B.J. Copeland -- Water balance and land-use / R.G. Downes -- Nutrient cycling / F.H. Bormann and G.E. Likens -- Ecological basis for judging condition and trend on mountain range land / Lincoln Ellison -- A dangerous game : taming the weather / Frederick Sargent II -- Conservation ethic / Aldo Leopold. Also issued online. |
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| Physical Description: |
xii, 595 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Also issued online. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: |
0390213403 9780390213402 |