Harvesting the biosphere : what we have taken from nature /
by Smil, Vaclav.
Material type:
BookPublisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2013Description: viii, 307 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780262018562 (hardcover : alk. paper); 026201856X (hardcover : alk. paper).Subject(s): Biomass | Biosphere | Natural resources -- Accounting | Environmental auditing | Earth (Planet) -- Surface
Contents:
Biomass: definitions and compositions -- Biomass stores: means and extremes -- Biomass productivities -- Phytomass harvests -- Zoomass harvests -- Land cover and productivity changes -- The evolution of foraging -- Crops and animals -- Biomass fuels and raw materials -- Changing land cover and land use -- Harvesting the biosphere -- Long-term trends and possible worlds.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-295) and indexes.
Biomass: definitions and compositions -- Biomass stores: means and extremes -- Biomass productivities -- Phytomass harvests -- Zoomass harvests -- Land cover and productivity changes -- The evolution of foraging -- Crops and animals -- Biomass fuels and raw materials -- Changing land cover and land use -- Harvesting the biosphere -- Long-term trends and possible worlds.
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