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Essays 151 - 180
interacts with another, as well as what governs overall cultural behavior. According to Berkes (1993), "traditional ecological kn...
In two pages this comparative analysis of the nervous systems of various species and human beings is presented. There are two sou...
Academy of Sciences on Sustainable Consumption (1997) makes a valuable point in linking consumption, population growth, and the im...
Even if we ignore the more controversial areas of genetic engineering, areas such as genetic engineering targeting the human...
eventually kill eagles and other birds. Eagles with DDT in their bodies laid eggs with thin shells. The thin eggs were crushed whe...
exposed rock of the moraines: "the rebirth of the temperate rainforest begins, with alder, willow,...
environmental parameters outcompeted those who are not as well adapted. In other words, animals which are anatomically well-suite...
to maintain a state of consciousness is no proof that it does not exist elsewhere. Consciousness is not something specific ...
According to one theory, the universe and its components were formed in a single cataclysmic explosion between ten and twenty mill...
million years ago (Weir 16). One theory on how lemurs came to Madagascar is that some of their number was "washed from the African...
National Nature Reserve (which well refer to as the Reserves to avoid all those diacritical marks) comprises the A?r Massif, a "va...
carnivores, but they are vegetarians and eat almost nothing but bamboo (World Wildlife Federation). "Pandas live mainly on the gro...
atmosphere have been measured since the late 1950s (Schneider). These measurements have revealed a steady increase in the amount o...
found that a certain number of individuals in a population that was within a decade of going extinct "was somehow less valuable to...
commercialization has had upon the Indiana bat population. Bats need to be left alone during hibernation; when people are provide...
Hardy presents the tragic story of a young dairymaid, descended on her mothers side from rough peasant folk and on her fathers fro...
on global warming: "We know the theory, which says that human activity could be important, but the theory cannot be trusted until ...
to what it might mean to other species of animals. When we consider habitat disruption at the hands of development, hundred...
located there-are not good for that environment. This paper discusses the ecological nature of this problem and possible solutions...
islands and islets. There are 13 major islands in the archipelago, ranging in size from 5 to 1800 square miles in size, with more ...
and Vranes). This same organization reported that the ice on the Arctic Sea was the lowest ever in 2007 (Nodvin and Vranes). The d...
the amphibians that are fortunate enough to survive will be battling against humans for natural resources. IV. The Amazon Basin A...
wide variety of facts better than any other theory. It is also true that some scientific theories are better at providing an expla...
643 Natural systems exist in a precarious balance. So too do the species of plants and animals...
The eight organisms that are the focus of this paper, i.e. the common mosquito, the common flea, the...
Mankinds evolution has been marked by distinct physiological changes as well as distinct cultural and technological changes. Pres...
First enacted in 1973, the Endangered Species Act is one of the most critical laws that...
habitat or region, but moves in and takes over, crowding out indigenous plants and often changing the entire character of the habi...
caecilians - is more closely related to the lepospondyls, another group of archaic amphibians" (Skrepnick, 2008). What this foss...