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BL
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| Record Number
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962842
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b717212
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| Main Entry
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Allaby, Michael.
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| Title & Author
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Ecology : : plants, animals, and the environment /\ Michael Allaby ; illustrations by Richard Garratt.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Facts on File,, ©2010.
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| Series Statement
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Discovering the Earth
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource (xiv, 223 pages) :: illustrations (some color), maps (some color).
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| ISBN
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0816061009
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: 1438125690
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: 9780816061006
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: 9781438125695
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1: Gilbert White and His Letters to Naturalists; 2: The Beginning of Conservation; 3: The Chain of Being; 4: Geography of Living Things; 5: Charles Darwin and His "Entangled Bank"; 6: The Growth of Ecology; 7: Social Organization of Plants; 8: American Ecology; 9: British Ecology; 10: The Rise of Sociobiology; 11: Ecology and Environmentalism; Conclusion; Glossary; Further Resources; Index.
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| Abstract
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Traces the origin of ecology and explains what it is and how it has progressed over time.
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| Subject
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Ecology, Juvenile literature.
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Ecology-- History, Juvenile literature.
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Ecology-- History.
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Ecology.
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Ecology.
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| Dewey Classification
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577
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| LC Classification
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QH541.14.A456 2010eb
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