A scientist audits the earth

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Pimm, Stuart L. (-)
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Castellano
Publicado: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press 2004.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. 1. Green forest, yellow desert
  • ch. 1. Billions of tons of green stuff
  • ch. 2. What Earth does for us and what we do to Earth
  • ch. 3. Not the forest primeval
  • ch. 4. When vegetation rioted and big trees were king
  • ch. 5. Peace and quiet and good Earth
  • ch. 6. "Man eats planet! two-fifths already gone!"
  • ch. 7. Water, water everywhere?
  • pt. 2. Blue ocean, green sea
  • ch. 8. On the hero's platform
  • ch. 9. Lots of good fish in the sea
  • ch. 10. The wisdom to use nature's resources
  • pt. 3. The variety of life
  • ch. 11. An inordinate fondness for beetles
  • ch. 12. Abode his destined hour, and went his way
  • ch. 13. Nature's eggs in few baskets.