Humans as Components of Ecosystems: The Ecology of Subtle Human Effects and Populated Areas

by Gene E. Likens, Steward T.A. Pickett, Mark J. McDonnell

Highlighting the importance to ecological studies of incorporating humans and their effects on ecosystems, leading experts from a variety of disciplines address a number of important issues, including:
* the prominent role of humans in the function of ecosystems on Earth
* why humans have been ignored in ecological studies
* approaches taken by social scientists, historians, geographers, economists, and anthropologists in the study of human...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0387982434
• ISBN13: 9780387982434
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 364 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"