Global Ecology in Human Perspective

It paints a clear and awesome picture of how everything in nature impacts and is dependent on everything else and how this complicated network actually works ... this book can teach us a lot. It is clearly written, supplies many graphs and photos and a useful eleven page glossary, Earthwatch 38 Autumn 1997 a scholarly treatment of views through the ages on potential conflicts between humans and nature TREE vol. 13, no. 1 January 1998

• 1. The Meaning and Scope of Global Ecology ; 2. Properties and Components of Planet Earth ; 3. The Biosphere ; 4. Ecological Principles - Ecosystems ; 5. Ecosystem Organization and Function ; 6. Energy Flow and Trophic Structure ; 7. Ecosystem Homeostasis, Succession and Stability ; 8. Our Global Condition: A Clash of Concepts ; 9. Global Change and Development ; 10. Land Degradation ; 11. Desertification ; 12. Deforestation ; 13. Historical Aspects of Environmental Destruction ; 14. Population Ecology ; 15. Human Populations ; 16. World Food Supplies ; 17. Air Pollution ; 18. Weather and Climate Change ; 19. Water Pollution and Ocean Ecology ; 20. The Crisis in Biodiversity ; 21. Our Human Conditions: Economics, Demography, and Health ; 22. Global Patterns of Health ; 23. Competition and Conflict ; 24. The Ecology of War ; 25. Sustainability ; 26. Assessment and Agenda ; 27. Prognosis