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The Balance of Nature and Human Impact
Klaus Rohde
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Description for The Balance of Nature and Human Impact
hardcover. Explores equilibrium and non-equilibrium in undisturbed and disturbed ecological systems, examining how human activities affect the balance/imbalance of nature. Editor(s): Rohde, Klaus. Num Pages: 426 pages, 42 b/w illus. 12 colour illus. BIC Classification: RNC; RNF; RNK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 176 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1010. 426 pages, 42 b/w illus. 12 colour illus. Editor(s): Rohde, Klaus. Explores equilibrium and non-equilibrium in undisturbed and disturbed ecological systems, examining how human activities affect the balance/imbalance of nature. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: RNC; RNF; RNK. Dimension: 254 x 176 x 25. Weight: 1010.
It is clear that nature is undergoing rapid changes as a result of human activities such as industry, agriculture, travel, fisheries and urbanisation. What effects do these activities have? Are they disturbing equilibria in ecological populations and communities, thus upsetting the balance of nature, or are they enhancing naturally occurring disequilibria, perhaps with even worse consequences? It is often argued that large-scale fluctuations in climate and sea-levels have occurred over and over again in the geological past, long before human activities could possibly have had any impact, and that human effects are very small compared to those that occur naturally. ... Read more
It is clear that nature is undergoing rapid changes as a result of human activities such as industry, agriculture, travel, fisheries and urbanisation. What effects do these activities have? Are they disturbing equilibria in ecological populations and communities, thus upsetting the balance of nature, or are they enhancing naturally occurring disequilibria, perhaps with even worse consequences? It is often argued that large-scale fluctuations in climate and sea-levels have occurred over and over again in the geological past, long before human activities could possibly have had any impact, and that human effects are very small compared to those that occur naturally. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
426
Condition
New
Number of Pages
426
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107019614
SKU
V9781107019614
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Ref
99-10
About Klaus Rohde
Klaus Rohde is Professor Emeritus at the University of New England, Armidale, Australia. He is well known for his work on the ecology, biogeography and ultrastructure of parasites, particularly marine parasites, and on latitudinal gradients in biodiversity. He had published extensively on parasite ecology, nonequilibrium ecology and marine parasitology.
Reviews for The Balance of Nature and Human Impact
'This book summarizes ecological responses to global environmental change; it is relevant to interested readers of different backgrounds trying to understand why scientists are worried about current environmental change.' Integrative and Comparative Biology 'Klaus Rohde's fascinating edited volume The Balance of Nature and Human Impact offers a snapshot of current research, exploring evidence for or against equilibrium processes from an ... Read more