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List of Illustrations | |
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Preface to the Third Edition | |
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List of Acronyms | |
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Environmental Anthropology: History, Theory, and Method | |
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People in Ecosystems | |
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Human Adaptability as a Response to Constraints | |
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Modeling | |
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Energy | |
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Matter | |
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Information | |
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Ecosystems and Global Change | |
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Suggested Readings and Useful Websites | |
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Note | |
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Theories of Human-Habitat Interaction | |
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Environmental Determinism | |
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Cultural Determinism: Nature as a Limiting Factor | |
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Human Adaptation to Environment | |
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Cultural Ecology: Comparison in Human-Environment Research | |
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Applications of the Cultural Ecological Method | |
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Ecological Anthropology | |
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Ethnoecological and Cognitive Approaches | |
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Historical Ecology | |
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Political Ecology | |
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Political Economy and Human Adaptability | |
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Suggested Readings and Useful Websites | |
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Notes | |
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Fundamental Concepts and Methods | |
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Ecosystem Relationships | |
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Soils and Plant Productivity | |
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Physiological Responses | |
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Sociocultural Regulatory Adjustments | |
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Information and Decisions: Toward Actor-Based Approaches | |
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Suggested Readings and Useful Websites | |
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Note | |
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Environmental Change and Spatial Analysis | |
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The Challenge of Scale and Levels of Analysis | |
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Human Adaptability to Global Environmental Change | |
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The Use of Remote Sensing and GIS in the Social Sciences | |
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Experimental Approaches in the Social Sciences | |
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Spatial Analysis and the Study of Institutions | |
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Suggested Readings and Useful Websites | |
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Notes | |
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Studies of Human Adaptability | |
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Human Adaptability to Arctic Zones | |
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The Arctic Ecosystem | |
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Adaptation to Cold Stress | |
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Coping with Snow and Sea Ice | |
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Adaptation to Prolonged Light and Darkness | |
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Coping with Low Biological Productivity | |
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Change in the Arctic | |
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Suggested Readings and Useful Websites | |
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Note | |
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Human Adaptability to High Altitudes | |
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Mountain Ecosystems | |
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Adaptation to Hypoxia | |
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Adaptability to Cold Stress in the Andes | |
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Aridity and Low Productivity | |
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Climate Change and High Altitude Ecosystems | |
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Suggested Readings and Useful Websites | |
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Notes | |
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Human Adaptability to Arid Lands | |
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Desert Ecosystems | |
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Adjustments to Dry Heat | |
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Utilization of Resources | |
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Irrigation | |
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Change in Desert Ecosystems | |
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Suggested Readings and Useful Websites | |
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Human Adaptability to Grasslands | |
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Grasslands Ecosystems | |
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Herd Management | |
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Relations with Cultivators | |
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Adaptive Strategies in the Northern Plains | |
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Global Change and the Future of Grasslands and Pastoralism | |
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Suggested Readings and Useful Websites | |
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Human Adaptability to the Humid Tropics | |
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Tropical Rain Forest Ecosystems | |
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Coping with Ecosystem Complexity | |
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Adaptability to Humid Heat | |
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Global Change Processes and Alternatives to Deforestation | |
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Suggested Readings and Useful Websites | |
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Notes | |
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Urban Sustainability | |
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Urban Ecology and Urban Sustainability | |
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The History of Cities | |
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The Ecology of Cities | |
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Spatial Aspects of the City: Compact Versus Sprawl Patterns | |
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Reducing Dependence on the Automobile | |
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Cities and the Upcoming Water Crisis | |
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An Integrative View of the Urban Ecosystem | |
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The Urban LTERs | |
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Final Remarks | |
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Suggested Readings and Useful Websites | |
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Glossary | |
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Bibliography | |
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Index | |