"This book provides the first global synthesis of the biology of disturbed habitats and offers readers both the conceptual underpinnings and practical advice required to comprehend and address the unprecedented environmental challenges facing humans. Every habitat on earth has b…
The idea of the earth as a vessel in space came of age in an era shaped by space travel and the Cold War. Höhler{u2019}s study brings together technology, science and ecology to explore the way this latter-day ark was invoked by politicians, environmentalists, cultural historian…
"'Spaceship Earth' was a key metaphor in the late twentieth-century debate over the world's resources and the future of humankind. This idea of the earth as a vessel in space came of age in an era shaped by space travel and the Cold War. Höhler's study innovatively brings togeth…
The biology of agroecosystems
by Smith, Barbara, Randall, Nicola P.
fromThe biology of habitats series