The Ecology Book

ECOLOGY

THE

BOOK

BIG IDEAS SIM PLY EXPLAINED

ECOLOGY

WE ARE

LIVING

ON THIS

PLANET AS

THOUGH

WE HAD

ANOTHER

ONE TO GO

TO

THINK GLOBALLY,

ACT LOCALLY

WE ARE PLAYING DICE

WITH THE NATURAL

ENVIRONMENT

FOOD IS THE

BURNING

QUESTION

THE TIME HAS

COME FOR SCIENCE

TO BUSY ITSELF WITH

THE EARTH ITSELF

SOLAR ENERGY IS BOTH

WITHOUT LIMIT AND

WITHOUT COST

GENES ARE

SELFISH

MOLECULES

IF YOU DO NOT KNOW THE NAMES OF

THINGS, THE KNOWLEDGE OF THEM

IS LOST

PLANTS LIVE

ON A DIFFERENT

TIMESCALE

ALL BODILY

ACTIVITY DEPENDS

ON TEMPERATURE