Humans as Components of Ecosystems The Ecology of Subtle Human Effects and Populated Areas
This book, a product of the fourth Cary Conference, amply demonstrates the achievement of a major goal of all Cary Conferences. That is, Cary Conferences were conceived to provide a forum for comprehensive discus sion of major ecological issues from more philosophical and comprehensive perspectives...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer New York
1993, 1993
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1993 |
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Table of Contents:
- 1 Introduction: Scope and Need for an Ecology of Subtle Human Effects and Populated Areas
- Section I The Human Factor: Perception and Processes
- 2 The History and Present Entanglements of Some General Ecological Perspectives
- 3 An Exceptionally Powerful Biotic Factor
- 4 Environmental Change: The Human Factor
- 5 The Iceberg and the Titanic: Human Economic Behavior in Ecological Models
- 6 Ecosystems and Human Actions
- 7 The Human Component of Ecosystems
- Section II Approaches to the Study of Humans as Components of Ecosystems
- 8 Discovery of the Subtle
- 9 Land-use History and Forest Transformations in Central New England
- 10 Variability in Lake Ecosystems: Complex Responses by the Apical Predator
- 11 Humans as a Component of the Lake Titicaca Ecosystem: A Model System for the Study of Environmental Deterioration
- 12 Nitrogen Loading of Rivers as a Human-Driven Process
- 13 Humans: Capstone Strong Actors in the Past and Present Coastal Ecological Play
- 14 Modification of Nitrogen Cycling at the Regional Scale: The Subtle Effects of Atmospheric Deposition
- 15 The Application of the Ecological Gradient Paradigm to the Study of Urban Effects
- 16 The Process of Plant Colonization in Small Settlements and Large Cities
- 17 Ecological Implications of Landscape Fragmentation
- Section III Implications for Ecosystem Management and Construction
- 18 Integration of Social and Ecological Factors: Dynamic Area Models of Subtle Human Influences on Ecosystems
- 19 Human Influences on Ecosystems: Dealing With Biodiversity
- 20 “Natural” or “Healthy” Ecosystems: Are U.S. National Parks Providing Them?
- 21 Restoration as a Technique for Identifying and Characterizing Human Influences on Ecosystems
- 22 Biosphere 2 and the Study of Human/Ecosystem Dynamics
- SectionIV Overview
- 23 Part I: A Social Scientist’s Perspective
- II: A Human Ecologist’s Perspective
- III: A Marine Ecologist’s Perspective—Humans as Capstone-Species
- IV: A Theoretical Ecologist’s Perspective: Toward a Unified Paradigm for Subtle Human Effects and an Ecology of Populated Areas
- 24 Humans as Components of Ecosystems: A Synthesis