Screen LibraryEcological systems selected entries from the Encyclopedia of sustainability science and technology /
Earth is home to an estimated 8 million animal species, 600,000 fungi, 300,000 plants, and an undetermined number of microbial species. Of these animal, fungal, and plant species, an estimated 75% have yet to be identified. Moreover, the interactions between these species and their physical environm...
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| Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5755-8 |
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Earth is home to an estimated 8 million animal species, 600,000 fungi, 300,000 plants, and an undetermined number of microbial species. Of these animal, fungal, and plant species, an estimated 75% have yet to be identified. Moreover, the interactions between these species and their physical environment are known to an even lesser degree. At the same time, the earth's biota faces the prospect of climate change, which may manifest slowly or extremely rapidly, as well as a human population set to grow by two billion by 2045 from the current seven billion ... |
| Item Description: | "This book consists of selections from the Encylopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology edited by Robert A. Meyers, originially published by Springer Science+Business Media New York in 2012."--t.p. verso. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (vi, 309 p.) : (some col.), col. maps. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
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9781461457558 (electronic bk.) 1461457556 (electronic bk.) |
| Index Number: | QH541 |
| CLC: | Q145 |