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008 120828s2013 maua b 001 0 eng
010 _a2012021381
020 _a9780262018562 (hardcover : alk. paper)
035 _a(OCoLC)808684323
040 _aDLC
_beng
_cDLC
_dAU
049 _aAlfaisal Main Library
050 0 0 _aTP360
_b.S55 2013
100 1 _aSmil, Vaclav.
245 1 0 _aHarvesting the biosphere :
_bwhat we have taken from nature /
_cVaclav Smil.
260 _c©2013.
264 _aCambridge, Mass. :
_bMIT Press,
_c©2013.
300 _aviii, 307 p. :
_bill. ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [255]-295) and indexes.
505 0 _aI. 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.
650 0 _aBiomass.
650 0 _aBiosphere.
650 0 _aEnvironmental auditing.
650 0 _aNatural resources
_xAccounting.
651 0 _aEarth (Planet)
_xSurface.
655 0 _2local
_94
_aPrint books.
776 1 _cElectronic resource
_z9780262312257
942 _2lcc
_cBOOKS