what we have taken from nature Smil, Vaclav. creator text bibliography Print books. mau ©2013 2013 monographic eng

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viii, 307 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. I. The earth's biomass: stores, productivity, harvests -- Biomass: definitions and compositions -- Biomass stores: means and extremes -- Biomass productivities -- Phytomass harvests -- Zoomass harvests -- Land cover and productivity changes -- II. History of the harvests: from foraging to globalization -- The evolution of foraging -- Crops and animals -- Biomass fuels and raw materials -- III. Adding up the claims: harvests, losses, and trends -- Changing land cover and land use -- Harvesting the biosphere -- Long-term trends and possible worlds. Vaclav Smil. Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-295) and indexes. Biomass Biosphere Environmental auditing Natural resources Accounting Earth (Planet) Surface TP360 .S55 2013 9780262018562 (hardcover : alk. paper) 2012021381 DLC 120828 20180515074605.0 9780262528276 eng