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040			_aB-IKIAM
041			_aSPA
082	0	0	_a577 _bS641
100	1		_aSmil, Vaclav.
245	1	4	_aThe earth's biosphere : _bevolution, dynamics, and change / _cVaclav Smil.
260			_aCambridge, Mass. : _bMIT Press, _cc2002.
300			_aviii, 346 p. : _bill., maps ; _c24 cm.
505	8		_aMachine generated contents note: Preface -- 1 Evolution of the Idea -- From Veradsky to a Science of the Global Environment -- 2 Life in the Universe -- Attributes, Constraints, and Probabilities -- 3 Life's Diversity and Resilience -- Metabolisms, Species, Catastrophes -- 4 Energizing the Biosphere -- Solar Radiation and the Earth's Heat -- 5 Water and Material Flows -- Biospheric Cycles -- 6 The Biosphere's Extent -- The Moveable Boundaries -- 7 The Biosphere's Mass and Productivity -- Quantifying Life's Presence and Performance -- 8 The Biosphere's Dynamics and Organization -- Fundamental Rules and Grand Patterns -- 9 Civilization and the Biosphere -- The Earth Transformed by Human Action -- 10 Epilogue -- Appendixes -- References -- Scientific Name Index -- Name Index -- Subject Index.
650		0	_aBiosphere.
942			_2ddc _cBK _aB-IKIAM _b7-12-2017 _zbv.