Applied ecology /
By: Newman, E. I
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Publisher: Oxford ; Boston : Blackwell Science, 1993Description: viii, 328 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0632036575; 9780632036578:.Subject(s): Environmental sciences![](/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/images/filefind.png)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-317) and index.
Introduction -- Energy, carbon balance and climate change -- Farming : the ecology of food production -- Fish from the oceans -- Forests : timber production -- Invaders and pests -- Pollution -- Conservation and management of wild species.
Describes how the science of ecology can be applied to achieving sustainable exploitation of the world's resources and to combating problems such as pests and diseases, pollution, global warming and survival of endangered species.