About This Textbook
Environmental Biology enables students to develop a nuanced understanding of today’s most pressing environmental issues. This text helps students grasp the scientific foundation of these issues so that they can better understand the world around them and their impact upon it. This open textbook covers the most salient environmental issues, from a biological perspective.
The text is designed for an introductory-level college science course. Topics include the fundamentals of:
- ecology
- biodiversity
- pollution
- climate change
- food production
- human population growth
Author
Matthew R. Fisher
Publisher
Open Oregon
Publish Date
August 27, 2018
Level
Undergraduate
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Instructor, Biology Dept.
Frank Williams, Langara College
Not only do I recommend this text but I may use it myself for a first year environmental ecology course. It needs elaboration, some updating, and additions in places, but it is well written, well organized, and covers the basics well. If the book was a house,„