Kricher The Balance of Nature

Ecology's Enduring Myth
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-3026-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Kricher, John C.

Kricher, John

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Evolutionsbiologie
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Sachbuch, Reise
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

John Kricher is the A. Howard Meneely Professor of Biology at Wheaton College. His books include Galápagos: A Natural History and A Neotropical Companion (both Princeton).