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OverviewThis text studies the ecology of animals, plants and their habitats and promotes awareness of pressing environmental issues. The eight informative chapters deliver environmental messages and supply insights into the natural world and the ecologists who investigate its many mysteries. From a concerned ecological stance, the authors show that human relationships with other organisms and the environment is always complex and can be exhilarating, inspiring, humorous and irritating, depending on perspectives and circumstances. They provide a variety of examples from the natural world in hopes of making readers of all ages more compassionate, more tolerant and more sensitive to other living organisms and their interrelationships. The book celebrates the intrinsic worth of all plants and animals in order to motivate people in a unified effort to preserve the Earth's rich array of life forms. The preservation of the integrity of our planet's biodiversity is, the authors illustrate, critical to our own survival. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Whit Gibbons , Anne R. Gibbons , John Cairns JrPublisher: The University of Alabama Press Imprint: The University of Alabama Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.278kg ISBN: 9780817309190ISBN 10: 0817309195 Pages: 168 Publication Date: 31 March 1998 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsI really enjoyed Ecoviews: Snakes, Snails, and Environmental Tales. Whit and Anne Gibbons have provided compulsively readable essays, with a southern twist, based on finger-tip intimacy and feel for their subject. --Edward O. Wilson, Harvard University Fun, fast, filled with facts and friendly for our fragile planet! --W. Peter Conroy, Jacksonville State University I really enjoyed Ecoviews: Snakes, Snails, and Environmental Tales. Whit and Anne Gibbons have provided compulsively readable essays, with a southern twist, based on finger-tip intimacy and feel for their subject. --Edward O. Wilson, Harvard University I really enjoyed Ecoviews: Snakes, Snails, and Environmental Tales . Whit and Anne Gibbons have provided compulsively readable essays, with a southern twist, based on finger-tip intimacy and feel for their subject. --Edward O. Wilson, Harvard University Author InformationWhit Gibbons is Professor of Ecology at the University of Georgia, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory. His natural history publications include Their Blood Runs Cold: Adventures with Reptiles and Amphibians and Poisonous Plants and Venomous Animals of Alabama and Adjoining States (as co-author). Anne R. Gibbons is a free-lance editor and indexer. John Cairns, Jr., is University Distinguished Professor of Environmental Biology Emeritus at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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