Essentials of Ecology

xiii

11-4 How Should We Protect and Sustain
Wetlands? 265
INDIVIDUALS MATTER Restoring a Wetland 266
CASE STUDY Can We Restore the Florida
Everglades? 267

11-5 How Can We Protect and Sustain Freshwater
Lakes, Rivers, and Fisheries? 269
CASE STUDY Can the Great Lakes Survive
Repeated Invasions by Alien Species? 269

11-6 What Should Be Our Priorities for Sustaining
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services? 271
REVISITING Lake Victoria and Sustainability 272

SUPPLEMENTS

1 Measurement Units, Precision, and Accuracy S
Chapter 2

2 Reading Graphs and Maps S
All chapters

3 Economic, Population, Hunger, Health,
and Waste Production Data and Maps S
Chapters 1, 6

4 Biodiversity, Ecological Footprints,
and Environmental Performance Maps S
Chapters 1, 3–

5 Environmental History S
Chapters 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 10

6 Some Basic Chemistry S
Chapters 1–

7 Classifying and Naming Species S
Chapters 3, 4, 8

8 Weather Basics: El Niño, Tornadoes,
and Tropical Cyclones S
Chapters 4, 7, 11

9 Components and Interactions

in Major Biomes S

Chapters 8, 9, 10

10 Chapter Projects S

Chapters 3–

11 Key Concepts S

By Chapter

Glossary G

Index I

Photo 13 Cow dung is collected and burned as a fuel for cooking

and heating in India.

Pierre A. Pittet/UN Food and Agriculture Organization