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.
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.
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