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This volume explores how the scientific tools of ecology can be used more effectively in dealing with a variety of complex environmental problems. Part I discusses the usefulness of such ecological knowledge as population dynamics and interactions, community ecology, life histories, and the impact of various materials and energy sources on the environment. Part II contains 13 original and instructive case studies pertaining to the biological side of environmental problems, which Nature described as "carefully chosen and extremely interesting."

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National Research Council. 1986. Ecological Knowledge and Environmental Problem-Solving: Concepts and Case Studies. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/645.

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400 pages |  6 x 9 |  Paperback
ISBN: 978-0-309-03645-0
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/645
Chapters skim
Front Matter i-xii
Introduction 1-20
I Kinds of Ecological Knowledge and Their Applications 21-22
1. Individuals and Single Populations 23-37
2. Population Interactions 38-46
3. Community Ecology 47-60
4. Materials and Energy 61-67
5. Scales in Space and Time 68-74
6. Analog, Generic, and Pilot Studies and Treatment of a Project as an Experiment 75-80
7. Indicator Species and Biological Monitoring 81-87
8. Dealing with Uncertainty 88-92
9. The Special Problem of Cumulative Effects 93-103
10. A Scientific Framework for Environmental Problem-Solving 104-115
11. References 116-134
II Selected Case Studies 135-136
12. North Pacific Halibut Fishery Management 137-150
13. Vampire Bat Control in Latin America 151-164
14. Biological Study of California Red Scale 165-189
15. Experimental Control of Malaria in West Africa 190-204
16. Protecting Caribou During Hydroelectric Development in Newfoundland 205-226
17. Conserving a Regional Spotted Owl Population 227-247
18. Restoring Derelict Lands in Great Britain 248-274
19. Optimizing Timber Yields in New Brunswick Forests 275-300
20. Control of Eutrophication in Lake Washington 301-316
21. Raising the Level of a Subarctic Lake 317-330
22. Ecological Effects of Nuclear Radiation 331-344
23. Ecological Effects of Forest Clearcutting 345-357
24. Environmental Effects of DDT 358-374
Index 375-388

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