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30-Second Ecology: 50 Key Concepts and Challenges, Each Explained in Half a Minute [Kietas viršelis]

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  • Formatas: Hardback, 160 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 230x180x15 mm, weight: 540 g, 60 color illustrations
  • Serija: 30-Second
  • Išleidimo metai: 29-Sep-2020
  • Leidėjas: Ivy Press
  • ISBN-10: 0711259658
  • ISBN-13: 9780711259652
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:
  • Formatas: Hardback, 160 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 230x180x15 mm, weight: 540 g, 60 color illustrations
  • Serija: 30-Second
  • Išleidimo metai: 29-Sep-2020
  • Leidėjas: Ivy Press
  • ISBN-10: 0711259658
  • ISBN-13: 9780711259652
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:

Whether you're looking to save the planet or learn more about your local environment, 30-Second Ecology introduces you to the diversity, behaviours and challenges within our ecosystem.

Part of the 30-Second series, this introductory guide to ecology is split into 7 chapters that cover:

  • Evolution & Ecology
  • Behavioural Ecology
  • Population Ecology
  • Communities & Landscapes
  • Biomes & Biodiversity
  • Applied Ecology 
  • Ecology in a Changing World 
Plus profiles of notable ecologists, such as Robert H. Macarthur, Rachel Carson and Wangari Maathai.

Each topic is summarised in 300 words with one image, helping you understand the subject at great speed. Written by professors and experts from around the world, this book shows us that humans are truly part of this global ecology, not a separate entity from it and our collective actions have far-reaching ramifications on the environment around us. 

If you like this, you might also be interested in 30-Second Zoology . . . 

Recenzijos

This resource provides educators with an accessible guide to the ins and outs of ecology in a way thats easy to transmit to students. * Green Teacher *

Introduction 6(4)
Evolution & Ecology
10(16)
GLOSSARY
12(2)
Natural selection
14(2)
Making new species
16(2)
Counting species
18(2)
Profile: Daniel H. Janzen
20(2)
Habitats & niches
22(2)
Life history trade-offs
24(2)
Behavioural Ecology
26(18)
GLOSSARY
28(2)
Sexual selection
30(2)
Mating systems
32(2)
Costs of reproduction
34(2)
Defence & counter-defence
36(2)
Group living
38(2)
Kin selection
40(2)
Profile: William D. Hamilton
42(2)
Population Ecology
44(26)
GLOSSARY
46(2)
Population distributions
48(2)
Dispersal
50(2)
Limits to population growth
52(2)
Profile: Paul R. Ehrlich
54(2)
Cycling populations
56(2)
Metapopulations
58(2)
Eating...
60(2)
And being eaten
62(2)
Parasites
64(2)
Competition
66(2)
Mutual benefits
68(2)
Communities & Landscapes
70(22)
GLOSSARY
72(2)
Energy flows
74(2)
Nutrient cycles
76(2)
Keystone species
78(2)
Indirect effects
80(2)
Disturbance & resilience
82(2)
Ecological succession
84(2)
Species-area relationship
86(2)
Island biogeography
88(2)
Profile: Robert H. MacArthur
90(2)
Biomes & Biodiversity
92(20)
GLOSSARY
94(2)
Global patterns of biodiversity
96(2)
Oceans
98(2)
Freshwaters
100(2)
Tundra & boreal forests
102(2)
Temperate forests & grasslands
104(2)
Tropical forests & savanna
106(2)
Profile: Wangari Maathai
108(2)
Deserts
110(2)
Applied Ecology
112(22)
GLOSSARY
114(2)
Valuing biodiversity
116(2)
Ecosystem services
118(2)
Soil ecology
120(2)
Pollination & society
122(2)
Biological control
124(2)
Vectors of disease
126(2)
Overharvesting
128(2)
Conservation biology
130(2)
Profile: Rachel Carson
132(2)
Ecology in a Changing World
134(18)
GLOSSARY
136(2)
The sixth mass extinction
138(2)
Climate change
140(2)
Urban ecosystems
142(2)
Human-wildlife conflict
144(2)
Profile: Raman Sukumar
146(2)
Nature-deficit disorder
148(2)
Rewilding
150(2)
Appendices 152(2)
Resources 154(2)
Notes on contributors 156(2)
Index 158(2)
Acknowledgements 160
Mark Fellowes has been passionate about wildlife since an early age, spending his formative years in the wilds of the west of Ireland surveying birds and bringing bits of the countryside back home. He completed his BSc in zoology and a PhD in evolutionary biology at Imperial College London. Following a brief post-doctoral stint at the NERC Centre for Population Biology at Imperial, he joined Reading as a lecturer. Since then he became Professor of Ecology, and he is now Pro-Vice Chancellor at the University. Professor Fellowes has published several books and numerous papers in research journals. He undertakes a range of outreach work to engage the public and media in the importance of biodiversity and was listed as one of the UKs 100 most influential men under the age of 40 by Esquire magazine.  Becky Thomas is an urban ecologist and Senior Teaching Fellow at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. Her research interests focus on the conservation biology and ecology of birds and mammals, specifically in how people's decisions affect the ecology of wild species. She is particularly interested in how human activity affects ecological interactions at a range of scales, especially in trying to uncover some of the unexpected and unpredicted consequences of our behaviour.