Harvesting the biosphere : what we have taken from nature /
The biosphere - the Earth's thin layer of life - dates from nearly four billion years ago, when the first simple organisms appeared. Many species have exerted enormous influence on the biosphere's character and productivity, but none has transformed the Earth in so many ways and on such a...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
MIT Press,
[2013]
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 0262312263 9780262312264 0262312271 9780262312271 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- The earth's biomass : stores, productivity, harvests. Biomass : definitions and compositions ; Biomass stores : means and extremes ; Biomass productivities ; Phytomass harvests ; Zoomass harvests ; Land cover and productivity changes
- History of the harvests : from foraging to globalization. The evolution of foraging ; Crops and animals ; Biomass fuels and raw materials
- Adding up the claims : harvests, losses, and trends. Changing land cover and land use ; Harvesting the biosphere ; Long-term trends and possible worlds.