"Version: 20170501"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Population and its effects -- 1.1. Population -- 1.2. Water and food -- 1.3. Pollution -- 1.4. The effects of pollution2. Energy conservation and the first law of thermodynamics -- 2.1. The first law of thermodynamics -- 2.2. …
"Version: 20240401"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.0. Introduction -- 0.1. The goal of ecology : understanding the distribution and abundance of organisms from their interactions -- 0.2. Mathematical models -- 0.3. Community and population ecology modelingpart I. Classical population and community ecology. 1. From growth equations for a single species to Lotka-Volterra eq…
"Version: 20220801"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Overview -- 1.1. Problems and challenges -- 1.2. Hypotheses and questions -- 1.3. Modeling framework -- 1.4. The structure of this book2. Physical processes -- 2.1. Characteristics of semi-arid ecosystems -- 2.2. Water-heat-carbon cycles -- 2.3. The abiotic and biotic properties of semi-arid soils -- 2.4. Land-atmosphe…
"Version: 20241101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Climate change and its impacts -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. The greenhouse effect -- 1.3. The historic climate signal -- 1.4. The anthropogenic greenhouse effect -- 1.5. Climate change projections -- 1.6. Climate change impacts2. Decarbonisation and mitigation targets for the built environment -- 2.1. The problem with …
"Version: 20200601"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.0. Introduction -- 0.1. The goal of ecology : understanding the distribution and abundance of organisms from their interactions -- 0.2. Mathematical models -- 0.3. Community and population ecology modellingpart I. Classical population and community ecology -- 1. From growth equations for a single species to Lotka-Volterra…
"Version: 20171201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Climate change and its impacts -- 1.1. The greenhouse effect -- 1.2. The historic climate signal -- 1.3. The anthropogenic greenhouse effect -- 1.4. Climate change projections -- 1.5. Climate change impacts2. Water -- 2.1. Sea level rise -- 2.2. Storm surges -- 2.3. Flooding -- 2.4. Flash flooding -- 2.5. Potential sol…