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30-Second Ecology Mark Fellowes

30-Second Ecology By Mark Fellowes

30-Second Ecology by Mark Fellowes

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30 Second Ecology explores how the life of organisms on Earth is interdependent and finely tuned to exist as a whole.

30-Second Ecology Summary

30-Second Ecology: 50 key concepts and challenges, each explained in half a minute by Mark Fellowes

Whether you're looking to save the planet or learn more about your local environment,30-Second Ecologyintroduces you to the diversity, behaviours and challenges within our ecosystem.

Part of the 30-Second series, thisintroductory guideto ecology is split into 7 chapters that cover:

  • Evolution & Ecology
  • Behavioural Ecology
  • Population Ecology
  • Communities & Landscapes
  • Biomes & Biodiversity
  • Applied Ecology
  • Ecology in a Changing World
Plus profiles of notable ecologists, such as Robert H. Macarthur, Rachel Carson and Wangari Maathai.

Each topic issummarised in 300 wordswith one image, helping you understand the subject at great speed. Written by professors and experts from around the world, this book shows us that humans are truly part of this global ecology, not a separate entity from it and our collective actions have far-reaching ramifications on the environment around us.

If you like this, you might also be interested in30-Second Zoology. . .

About Mark Fellowes

Mark Felloweshas been passionate about wildlife since an early age, spending his formative years in the wilds of the west of Ireland surveying birds and bringing bits of the countryside back home. He completed his BSc in zoology and a PhD in evolutionary biology at Imperial College London. Following a brief post-doctoral stint at the NERC Centre for Population Biology at Imperial, he joined Reading as a lecturer. Since then he became Professor of Ecology, and he is now Pro-Vice Chancellor at the University. Professor Fellowes has published several books and numerous papers in research journals.He undertakes a range of outreach work to engage the public and media in the importance of biodiversity and was listed as one of the UKs 100 most influential men under the age of 40 by Esquire magazine.

Becky Thomas is an urban ecologist and Senior Teaching Fellow atRoyal Holloway, University of London, UK. Her research interests focus on the conservation biology and ecology of birds and mammals, specifically in how people's decisions affect the ecology of wild species. She is particularly interested in how human activity affects ecological interactions at a range of scales, especially in trying to uncover some of the unexpected and unpredicted consequences of our behaviour.

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NPB9781782409809
9781782409809
1782409807
30-Second Ecology: 50 key concepts and challenges, each explained in half a minute by Mark Fellowes
Mark Fellowes
30 Second
New
Hardback
Quarto Publishing PLC
2020-09-29
160
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