Eugene Odum is the Callaway Professor Emeritus of Ecology, Alumni Foundation Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Zoology, and Director Emeritus of the Institute of Ecology at the University of Georgia in Athens.
Preface
What We Learn from Ecology about Growth
p. 1
What We Learn from Ecology about Energy
p. 13
What We Learn from Ecology about Organization
p. 23
What We Learn from Ecology about Change
p. 27
What We Learn from Ecology about Behavior
p. 33
What We Learn from Ecology about Diversity
p. 39
Human Ecology: What We Don't Learn from Nature
p. 41
Bottom Lines
p. 55
Essays and Commentaries for Further Reading
Harmony Between Man and Nature: An Ecological View
p. 61
Optimum Population and Environment: A Georgian Microcosm
p. 73
The World's Most Polymorphic Species: Carrying Capacity Transgressed Two Ways
p. 79
How to Prosper in a World of Limited Resources: Lessons from Coral Reefs and Forests on Poor Soils
p. 93
How Universities Should Grow
p. 101
Energy: The Common Denominator
p. 105
Production, Maintenance and Environmental Law
p. 113
Ecosystem Management: A New Venture for Humankind
p. 115
The Watershed as an Ecological Unit
p. 127
Natural Areas as Necessary Components of Man's Total Environment
p. 133
Energy, Ecosystem Development, and Environmental Risk
p. 145
The Transition from Youth to Maturity in Nature and Society
Diversity in the Landscape: The Multilevel Approach
p. 181
Diversity and the Survival of the Ecosystem
p. 187
The Pricing System
p. 193
Energy, Ecology, and Economics
p. 199
Prerequisites for Sustainability
p. 217
Environmental Degradation and the Tyranny of Small Decisions
p. 221
Bridging the Four Major "Gaps" that Threaten Human and Environmental Quality
p. 225
Biotechnology Presents a Challenge to the Campus
p. 231
Source Reduction, Input Management, and Dual Capitalism
p. 235
Earth Stewardship
p. 237
Ecology: The Common-Sense Approach
p. 241
Literature Cited
p. 249
Index
p. 261
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