TY - BOOK AU - Calver,Mike AU - Lymbry,Alan AU - McComb,Jen AU - Bamford,Mike TI - Environmental biology SN - 9780521679824 AV - QH308.2 .E57 2009 U1 - 570 22 PY - 2009/// CY - New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Biology KW - Ecology N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; TOC; List of contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I. What is Environmental Biology?: 1. Environmental biology and our time Mike Calver, Alan Lymbery and Jen McComb; Part II. The Scientific Method and the Unifying Theories of Modern Biology: 2. Science and the environment Chris Dickman and Mathew Crowther; 3. Cell theory I - the cellular basis of life Carolyn Jones and Mike Calver; 4. Cell theory II - cellular processes and the environment Carolyn Jones and Mike Calver; 5. Cell theory III - the cell cycle Annette Koenders; 6. Evolutionary theory - the origin and fate of genetic variation Alan Lymbery and David Ayre; 7. The history of life on Earth Stephen Hopper; Part III. Applying Scientific Method - Understanding Biodiversity: 8. Coping with cornucopia - classifying and naming biodiversity Alan Lymbery and Howard Gill; 9. Microscopic diversity - the prokaryotes and viruses Graham O'Hara; 10. Mysterious diversity - the protists and the fungi Treena Burgess and Luke Twomey; 11. The greening of the land - plant diversity I Barbara Bowen, Mike van Keulen and Jen McComb; 12. The greening of the land - plant diversity II Bernie Dell, Mike van Keulen, Jen McComb and Barbara Bowen; 13. Life on the move: introducing animal diversity Mike Calver and Alan Lymbery; 14. Life on the move - the spineless majority Alan Lymbery and Mike Calver; 15. Life on the move - vertebrates and other chordates Mike Bamford; 16. Boom and bust - population ecology Mike Calver and Stuart Bradley; 17. Living together: communities and ecosystems Barbara Bowen and Philip Ladd; 18. Marine habitats Eric Paling; 19. Marine lifestyles Eric Paling and David Ayre; 20. Inland aquatic environments: wetland diversity, physical and chemical processes Jane Chambers, Jenny Davis and Arthur McComb; 21. Inland aquatic environments: the ecology of lentic and lotic waters Jane Chambers, Jenny Davis and Arthur McComb; 22. Terrestrial habitats Philip Ladd and Mark Garkaklis; 23. Terrestrial lifestyles Philip Ladd and Mark Garkaklis; Part IV. The Future - Applying Scientific Method to Conserving Biodiversity and Restoring Degraded Environments: 24. The science of conservation biology Grant Wardell-Johnson and Pierre Horwitz; 25. Cultural conservation biology Pierre Horwitz and Grant Wardell-Johnson; 26. Redressing the problem - environmental restoration Richard Hobbs; 27. A natural legacy Mike Calver, Alan Lymbery and Jen McComb (with contributions by Daniel Lunney and Harry Recher); Glossary; Index; GEB; GEB N2 - Environmental Biology offers a fresh, problem-solving treatment of the topic for students requiring a biology background before further study in environmental science, sustainable development or environmental engineering. While emphasising the environmental theme, the book introduces all facets of the biology discipline, including cell biology, evolution, ecology, conservation and restoration UR - https://www.worldcat.org/title/environmental-biology/oclc/867955128&referer=brief_results ER -