The encyclopedia of the environment
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The encyclopedia of the environment
Christopher Helm, 1988
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Includes bibliography and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
A survey of mankind's ecological development, covering human evolution and our role in adapting to and shaping the environment. The book examines the ecology and ecosystems of the world, the rise of man and civilization and the emergence of today's concern for a clean, safe environment.
Table of Contents
- Looking at animals
- animals as machines
- the limits of animals
- sex and species
- groups and troops
- territory
- animal migration
- interactions
- communities of the land
- communities of the waters
- an ape called man
- the search for better foods
- the world's crops
- the world's livestock
- the resource of trees
- the last great hunt
- farming the waters
- the shadow of extinction.
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