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Kenya lead, 647f locally supported agriculture, 287
ecotourism, 311 leaching, 237 logging, 114
fertility rates, 224f cation exchange capacity, 239 U.S., 340f
highway, 294 soil horizon, 237f logistic growth curve, 85, 85f, 86f
overgrazing and deforestation, 242 lead, 477 carrying capacity and, 85
parks and protected areas, 317 fuel emissions, 26 Loma Prieta earthquake, 58
restoring ecosystems, 317–318 leachate, 647f London, England, 368, 490f
species, 305f U.S. emissions, 476f, 477f Long Term Ecological Research (LTER)
wildlife declines, 304 lead poisoning, 385 program, 370
keystone species, 101–102, 102f Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design longlining, 457, 457f
sea otters as, 102, 102f (LEED), 366, 368 Los Angeles, California
Keystone XL pipeline, 537–538, 560–562 De Anza College Kirsch Center and, 671, air pollution and response, 467–468, 476
Kill-a-Watt meter, 673, 673f 671f, 672, 675f chaparral, 117f
kinetic energy, 48, 48f, 49f green building approaches and, 367t water diversion for, 421
Kings Canyon National Park, 341 LEED. See Leadership in Energy and Environ- Louisiana, 182, 406f, 407–408, 413f
K-selected species, 87 mental Design Louv, Richard, 312
K-T mass extinction, 77 legislation, 187 Love Canal, 644, 645
Kubiske, Mark, 142f bill becoming law, 188f Lovejoy, Thomas, 348–349, 348f
kudzu (Pueraria montana), 306f fresh water pollution, 431–432 low-input agriculture, 275
Kuhn, Thomas, 31 L’Enfant, Pierre Charles, 360, 360f low-pressure system, 472
Kunstler, James Howard, 551 Leopold, Aldo, 66, 157–158, 157f Loyola University Chicago, 589f, 677, 677f,
Kuroshio current, 45 Lerner, Heather, 74–75, 74f 679, 681
kwashiorkor, 264–265 Lerner, Jaime, 376 Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council,
Kyoto Protocol, 196, 528 levees, 407, 418–419 188–189
emissions and, 528, 528f Lewis and Clark College, 682 lungfish, 72f
Lewis Center at Oberlin College, Ohio, 676f lynx (Felis lynx), 117
life expectancy, 219
L life-cycle analysis, 287, 640f, 641
La Niña, 444 light energy, 49–50 M
labeling light pollution, 33f, 369 Maasai, 320, 320f
GM foods, 286 light rail, 364f maca (Lepidium meyenii), 309f
organic, 275f, 275t light reactions, 50 MacArthur, Robert, 346–347
lahars, 60 limiting factors, 85 macromolecules, 47
Lake Erie, 93 density-dependent, 86 macronutrients, 129
Lake Huron, 93, 94 density-independent, 86 Madagascar
Lake of the Ozarks, 94 invasive species and, 110 insects, 313f
Lake St. Clair, 93 population density and, 85–86 plant, 310
lake(s), 412 limnetic zone, 412 Mäder, Paul, 276, 276f
excess water withdrawals, 415–416 linear regression, 82 magma, 52
littoral zone plants, 413f Linnaeus, Carl, 73 magnesium, 42t
Lal, Rattan, 248 lipids, 47 maize, transgenic, 284–285
lampreys, 72f Lipo, Carl, 24–25 malaria
land degradation, 240 literacy, fertility rates and, 224, 224f avian, 69–70
agricultural policies and, 255–256 lithification, 56 DDT use and, 383
land preservation lithosols, 116 wetlands drainage, 256
urbanization and, 368 lithosphere, 52, 52f, 127 Malawi, 224f
land trusts, 344 plate movements, 53 Malay Archipelago, 68
land use littoral fish species, 100–101, 105f Maldives
animal production and, 268f littoral zone, 323f rising sea levels and, 501–502
sprawl and, 359–360 livability, sustainability and, 372 underwater cabinet meeting, 500f
landfill gas, 634 livable cities, 360–368 malnutrition, 264–265, 264f
landfills creating, 360–361 Malpai Borderlands, 252–253, 252f, 253f
capped, 632f green buildings, 366, 367f, 367t, 368 Malthus, Thomas, 210, 210f
Fresh Kills, 626–628, 626f parks and, 365–366 mammals, 72f
sanitary, 631–633 “smart growth,” 362–363 Mancera, Ángel, 467
landraces, 262 sustainability, 372 mangroves, 448, 448f
landscape ecologists, 131–132 transit options, 363–364 manipulative experiment, 30
landscape ecology, 131–132, 132f walkable neighborhoods, 363 mantle, 52, 52f
remote sensing, 132–133 zoning, 361–362 Mao Zedong, 207, 218
landslides, 60, 60f livestock agriculture, 267–270 marasmus, 265
tsunamis and, 60–61 Living Planet Index, 301, 301f marbled murrelet, 114
largemouth bass, 104, 105f Living with Lions, 320f Marcellus Shale, 180–181, 180f
Las Vegas, Nevada, 358f lizards, 72f marginal benefit curve, 161f
Latin America, 219t loam, 238 Mariana Trench, 439
latitudes, biome, 117–118, 118f lobbying, 186 marine conservation, 461–463
latitudinal gradient, 297 local governments marine ecosystems, 444–450
bird species, 298f environmental policy made by, 189–190, 190f biodiversity, 449–450
lava, 55 market incentives, 202 intertidal ecosystems, 445, 448
law of conservation of matter, 41 local people, fossil fuel extraction and, 561 open-ocean, 450
layers, atmospheric, 468–469, 469f local self-sufficiency, globalization and, vertical movement of water, 442–443
I-12 leachate, 632 687–688, 687f marine life, 450–453
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