Science Reference Guides
SELECTED BOOKS
Geosphere-biosphere interactions and climate. Edited by Lennart O. Bengtsson,
Claus U. Hammer. New York, Cambridge University Press, 2001. 302 p.
QC980.G46 2001
Johnson, Douglas L. Land degradation: creation and destruction. 2nd ed. Lanham, Rowman & Littlefield, c2007. 303 p.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-296).
GE140.J64 2007 <SciRR>
Kemp, David D. Exploring environmental issues: an integrated
approach. London, New York, Routledge, 2004. 444 p.
GE140.K48 2004
Moran, Emilio F. People and nature: an introduction to human
ecological relations. Malden, MA, Blackwell Pub., 2006. 218 p.
(Blackwell primers in anthropology, 1)
Includes bibliographical references (p. [178]-205)
GF75.M67 2006
Smil, Vaclav. The earth's biosphere: evolution, dynamics,
and change. Cambridge, Mass., MIT Press, c2002. 346 p.
QH343.4.S655 2002
See especially Chapter 9, Civilization and the Biosphere, p. 229.
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SELECTED ARTICLES
Imhoff, Marc L. and others. The consequences of urban land transformation
for net primary productivity in the United States. Remote sensing of environment.
v. 89, no. 4, 29 February 2004: 434-443.
QE33.R44
Luck, G.W., and others. Alleviating spatial conflict between
people and biodiversity. Proceedings of the National Academy
of Sciences, v. 101, no. 1, 2004: 182-186.
http://www.pnas.org/
Ricketts, T. and M. Imhoff. Biodiversity, urban areas, and agriculture:
locating priority ecoregions for conservation. Ecology and
society.
v. 8, no. 2, 2003.
http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol8/iss2/art1/
Rosenqvist, A. and others. A review of remote sensing technology
in support of the Kyoto Protocol. Environmental science & policy. v. 6, no. 5, October 2003: 441-455.
GE170.E582
Rosenzweig, M.L., and others. Estimating diversity in unsampled
habitats of a biogeographical province. Conservation biology. v.
17, no. 3: 864–874.
QH75.A1C665
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SELECTED INTERNET RESOURCES
Atlas of the Biosphere
Center for Sustainability and the Environment
University of Wisconsin
http://www.sage.wisc.edu/atlas/
GLOBIO: Measuring Human Impacts On The Biosphere
http://www.globio.info/
The GLOBIO (Global Methodology for Mapping Human Impacts on the
Biosphere) consortium aims to develop a global model for exploring
the impact of environmental change on biodiversity. It is designed
to support UNEP's activities relating to environmental assessment
and early warning.
Land Cover Institute
U.S. Geological Survey
http://landcover.usgs.gov/index.php
LCI addresses land cover topics from local to global scales,
and in both domestic and international settings.
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