Record details

• ISBN: 1598035878
• ISBN: 9781598035872
• Physical Description: 6 videodiscs (180 min. each) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 123 pages ; 19 cm).
• Publisher: Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., [2009]

Content descriptions

General Note:

Title from container.

Course no. 1720.

Six discs in three containers. Contains lectures 1-36.

Course guidebook includes lecture outlines and notes, a time line, glossary, biographical notes, and bibliography.

Formatted Contents Note:

Disc 1. lecture 1: An ecological diagnosis of the living earth -- lecture 2. Humanity and the tragedy of the commons -- lecture 3. Ecology- natural history to holistic science -- lecture 4. Ecology as a system- presses and pulses -- lecture 5. Climate and habitat- twin ecological crises -- lecture 6. Human society as ecological driver -- Disc. 2. lecture 7. Movement of energy through living systems -- lecture 8. Humans as energy consumers -- lecture 9. Nutrient cycling in ecosystems -- lecture 10. The challenges of waste and disposal -- lecture 11. The water cycle and climate -- lecture 12. Human water use and climate change -- Disc. 3. lecture 13. Rain and heat- forces that shape climate -- lecture 14. The ecology of global climate change -- lecture 15. How living organisms acquire food -- lecture 16. The ecological consequences of agriculture -- lecture 17. Food, energy flows, biomagnification -- lecture 18. The human ecology of biomagnification -- Disc. 4. lecture 19. The ecological community as a living mosaic -- lecture 20. Wildlife adaptation to human landscapes -- lecture 21. Biodiversity, disturbance, invasive species -- lecture 22. Biodiversity decline and restoration ecology -- lecture 23. Microevolution and biological variation -- lecture 24. Human impacts on ecological space and time -- Disc 5. lecture 25. Population growth and its natural limits -- lecture 26. The human shift to an urban lifestyle -- lecture 27. The ecology of dispersal and migration -- lecture 28. Human impacts on animal migration -- lecture 29. Ecology and economy of sex and reproduction -- lecture 30. Cities and the human demographic transition -- Disc 6. lecture 31. Coevolution among species -- lecture 32. The coevolution of human diseases -- lecture 33. Strategies for reversing ecosystem decline -- lecture 34. Designing spaces for wildlife -- lecture 35. Toward sustainable urban ecosystems -- lecture 36. Recovering ecosystems- hope for the future.

Participant or Performer Note:

Lecturer: Professor Eric G. Strauss, Boston College.

System Details Note:

DVD, NTSC.

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Subject:

Human ecology.
Ecology.
Nature > Effect of human beings on.
Écologie humaine.
Homme > Influence sur la nature.
human ecology.
Ecology.
Human ecology.
Nature > Effect of human beings on.

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Lecture
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lectures.
Lectures.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Lectures.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Conférences.
Documentaires.
Films autres que de fiction.

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