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- Harvesting the Biosphere: What We Have Taken from Nature
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- 2012
- Published by: The MIT Press
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An interdisciplinary and quantitative account of human claims on the biosphere’s stores of living matter, from prehistoric hunting to modern energy production.
Table of Contents
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- 3. Biomass Productivities
- pp. 31-40
- 4. Phytomass Harvests
- pp. 41-50
- 5. Zoomass Harvests
- pp. 51-58
- 7. The Evolution of Foraging
- pp. 71-102
- 8. Crops and Animals
- pp. 103-130
- 9. Biomass Fuels and Raw Materials
- pp. 131-150
- 10. Changing Land Cover and Land Use
- pp. 157-182
- 11. Harvesting the Biosphere
- pp. 183-220
- 12. Long-Term Trends and Possible Worlds
- pp. 221-252
- Scientific Units and Prefixes
- pp. 253-254
- References
- pp. 255-296
- Subject Index
- pp. 297-304
- Species Index
- pp. 305-308
Additional Information
ISBN
9780262312264
Related ISBN(s)
9780262018562
MARC Record
OCLC
823578213
Pages
312
Launched on MUSE
2013-05-20
Language
English
Open Access
No
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