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020			_a9781139095075 (ebook)
020			_z9781107019614 (hardback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aQH352 _b.B34 2013
082	0	0	_a576.8 _223
245	0	4	_aThe Balance of Nature and Human Impact / _cedited by Klaus Rohde.
246	3		_aThe Balance of Nature & Human Impact
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2013.
300			_a1 online resource (426 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aIt is clear that nature is undergoing rapid changes as a result of human activities such as industry, agriculture, travel, fisheries and urbanisation. What effects do these activities have? Are they disturbing equilibria in ecological populations and communities, thus upsetting the balance of nature, or are they enhancing naturally occurring disequilibria, perhaps with even worse consequences? It is often argued that large-scale fluctuations in climate and sea-levels have occurred over and over again in the geological past, long before human activities could possibly have had any impact, and that human effects are very small compared to those that occur naturally. Should we conclude that human activity cannot significantly affect the environment, or are these naturally occurring fluctuations actually being dangerously enhanced by humans? This book examines these questions, first by providing evidence for equilibrium and non-equilibrium conditions in relatively undisturbed ecosystems, and second by examining human-induced effects.
650		0	_aPopulation biology
650		0	_aBiotic communities
700	1		_aRohde, Klaus, _eeditor.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107019614
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139095075
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
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