XV. TEXTBOOKS
Cunningham, William P., and Mary Ann Cunningham. Principles of Environmental
Science: Inquiry and Applications. 3rd ed.
McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2006. Call no.: XV CUN
Contents: Preface; Chapter 1. Understanding Our
Environment; Chaper 2. Principles of Ecology: Matter, Energy, and Life;
Chapter 3. Populations, Communities, and Species Interaction; Chapter
4. Human Populations; Chapter 5. Biomes and Biodiversity; Chapter 6.
Environmental Conservation: Forests, Grasslands, Parks, and Nature
Preserves; Chapter 7. Food and Agriculture; Chapter 8. Environmental
Health and Toxicology; Chapter 9. Air: Climate and Pollution;
Chapter 10. Water: Resources and Pollution; Chapter 11.
Environmental Geology and Earth Resources; Chapter 12. Energy; Chapter
13. Solid and Hazardous Waste; Chapter 14. Sustainability and
Human Development; Chapter 15. Environmental Science and Policy;
Glossary; Credits; Index.
Enger, Eldon D., and Bradley F. Smith. Environmental Science: A Study of
Interrelationships. 10th ed.
McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2006. Call no.: XV ENG
Contents: Part I. Environmental Science in a Social
Context; Part II. Ecological Principles and Their Application; Part
III. Energy; Part IV. Resource Management; Part V. Pollution and
Policy; Glossary; Credits; Index.
Fuller, Harry J., and Zane B. Carothers. The Plant World: A Text in
College Botany. 4th ed. Holt, rRnehart
and Winston, 1963. Call no.: XV FUL
Contents: Preface to the Fourth Edition; Preface to the
Third Edition; 1. The Nature of Plant Science; 2. Seed Structure and
Germination; 3. The Gross Structure and Activities of Flowering Plants;
[etc.], Glossary; Index.
Greulach, Victor A., and J. Edison Adams. Plants: An Introduction to Modern
Botany. 2nd ed. John Wiley &
Sons, 1967. Call no.: XV
GRE
Contents: Section I. Man and the World of Plants; Section
II. Levels of Plant Organization; Section III. Plants
in Action; Section IV. From Generation to Generation;
Appendix: Some Basic Chemistry for Botany Students; Index.
Mauseth, James D. Botany:
An Introduction to Plant Biology. 3rd ed.
Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2003. Call no.: XV MAU
Contents: Introduction to Plants and Botany; Introduction
to the Principles of Chemistry; Part 1. Plant Structure; Part 2. Plant
Physiology and Development; Part 3. Genetics and Evolution; Part 4.
Ecology; Glossary; Index.
Raven, Peter H., Ray F. Evert, and Helena Curtis. Biology of Plants.
2nd ed. Worth Publishers, 1976. Call no.:
XV RAV
Contents: Introduction; Section 1: The Plant Cell; Section
2: Photosynthesis and Respiration: Harvesting the Sun; Section 3:
Genetics and Evolution; Section 4: Diversity of Plants; Section 5: The
Plant Body of Angiosperms: Itrs Structure and Development;
Section 6: Growth Regulators and Growth Responses; Section 7: Water and
Soil Relationships; Section 8: Ecology; Appendix A:
Fundamentals of Chemistry; Appendix B: Metric System Temperature
Conversion Scale; Appendix C: Classification of Organisms; Appendix D:
Geologic Eras; Glossary; Illustration Acknowledgments; Index.
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