Natural Resources Systems, 1st Edition
Natural Resources Systems is a comprehensive text that features up-to-date coverage of today's natural resources management, including a focus on sustainability, global environmental issues, and the science behind the solutions to natural resources issues. It provides students with a basic introduction to many areas included in natural resources studies, including soil, air, water, endangered species, fisheries, game management, and cartography.
Table of Contents
Abbreviated Contents
Natural Resources Systems, 1st Edition
- Welcome to Natural Resources Systems
- Front Matter
- 1 - Introduction to Natural Resources
- 2 - Career Planning
- 3 - Historical Perspectives of Natural Resources and Conservation
- 4 - Ecology and Earth
- 5 - Sustainability in the Environment
- 6 - Habitat Destruction
- 7 - Global Environmental Issues
- 8 - Population Dynamics
- 9 - What Is Soil?
- 10 - Soil Erosion, Leaching, and Pollution
- 11 - Controlling Soil Erosion
- 12 - Mining of Natural Resources
- 13 - Water Supply
- 14 - Water Quality
- 15 - Wetlands
- 16 - Weather and Climate
- 17 - Air Quality
- 18 - Interactions
- 19 - Endangered Species
- 20 - Fisheries
- 21 - Game Species
- 22 - Forests
- 23 - Forest Succession and Management
- 24 - Threats to Forests
- 25 - Grasslands and Rangelands
- 26 - Outdoor Recreation
- 27 - National Protected Areas
- 28 - Surveying and Cartography
- Illustrated Glossary
- Appendix: Student Organizations and SAEs
- Glossary
- Index