Description: Preface. I. INTRODUCTION. 1. Evolution: Then and Now. 2. Basic Concepts of Ecology. 3. Approaches to Human Ecology. II. POPULATION. 4. Population Ecology. 5. The Human Population. III. STRESSORS. 6. Stress and Environmental Physiology. 7. Human Adaptation to Cold and Heat. 8. Adaptation to Altitude, High Activity, and Other Physical Stressors. 9. Adaptation to Biotic Stressors: Malnutrition and Infectious Disease. 10. Modernization, Stress, and Chronic Disease. IV. RESOURCE ACQUISITION. 11. Resources and Community Ecology. 12. Biomes and Human Populations. 13. Ecological Energetics. 14. Human Adaptation and Energy Flow. 15. Nutrient Cycling in Ecosystems. 16. Human Populations and Nutrient Cycles. 17. Optimization Models in Human Ecology. V. CONCLUSION. 18. Human Ecology and the Ecology of Humans. Glossary. References. Index.

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