Essentials of ecology /
G. Tyler Miller, Jr. ; contributing editor, Scott Spoolman.
- 4th ed.
- Australia ; Thomson/Brooks/Cole, c2007.
- xxi, 115 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 28 cm.
Humans and sustainability: an overview. 1. Environmental problems, their causes, and sustainability. - Ecology and sustainability. 2. Science, systems, matter and energy. 3. Ecosystems: what are they and how do they work? 4. Evolution and biodiversity. 5. Climate and terrestrial biodiversity. 6. Aquatic biodiversity. 7. Community ecology. 8. Population ecology. 9. Applying population ecology: the human population and its impact. -- Sustaining biodiversity. 10. Sustaining terrestrial biodiversity: the ecosystem approach. 11. Sustaining biodiversity: the species approach. 12. Sustaining aquatic biodiversity.