BiodiversityEdward O. Wilson, Frances M. Peter This book calls attention to a most urgent global problem: the rapidly accelerating loss of plant and animal species to increasing human population pressure and the demands of economic development. Biodiversity creates a systematic framework for analyzing |
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... Science 177 : 762-765 . Guppy , N. 1984. Tropical deforestation : A global view . Foreign Affairs 62 : 928–965 . Hinegardner , R. 1976. Evolution of genome size . Pp . 179–199 in F. J. Ayala , ed . Molecular Evolution . Sinauer ...
... Science 177 : 762-765 . Guppy , N. 1984. Tropical deforestation : A global view . Foreign Affairs 62 : 928–965 . Hinegardner , R. 1976. Evolution of genome size . Pp . 179–199 in F. J. Ayala , ed . Molecular Evolution . Sinauer ...
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... Science Foundation . Desert Plants 3 : 175–192 . Iltis , H. H. 1983. From teosinte to maize : The catastrophic sexual transmutation . Science 222 : 886– 894 . Iltis , H. H. , O. L. Loucks , and P. Andrews . 1970. Criteria for an optimum ...
... Science Foundation . Desert Plants 3 : 175–192 . Iltis , H. H. 1983. From teosinte to maize : The catastrophic sexual transmutation . Science 222 : 886– 894 . Iltis , H. H. , O. L. Loucks , and P. Andrews . 1970. Criteria for an optimum ...
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... SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY But if such technological treatments and repairs are possible , why can not science and technology simply save biodiversity ? Perhaps , as H. L. Mencken is reported to have said in a different context : " For ...
... SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY But if such technological treatments and repairs are possible , why can not science and technology simply save biodiversity ? Perhaps , as H. L. Mencken is reported to have said in a different context : " For ...
Contents
The Current State of Biological Diversity | 3 |
CHALLENGES TO THE PRESERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY | 19 |
Going Going | 28 |
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Biodiversity E.O. Wilson,National Academy of Sciences (U.S.),Smithsonian Institution Snippet view - 1988 |
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activities Africa agriculture Amazon America artificial insemination biodiversity biological diversity biologists biota biotic birds Brazil breeding California captive CHAPTER climate coastal communities conservation countries damaged ecosystems deforestation destruction dry forest ecological economic ecosystems effects Ehrlich embryo transfer endangered species endemic environment environmental estimates example extinction fauna Figure forestry fynbos gene genetic resources global grasslands habitat hectares human important increase insects International islands Kayapo land loss Madagascar major mammals million National Park native natural resources number of species organisms pastures plant species plants and animals populations potential prairie preservation Press primates problems production programs protected areas rain forest regions restoration restoration ecology result Science scientific seed soil Soulé square kilometers strategy survival trees tropical forests United University vegetation Washington wetland wild wildlands wildlife wood grass World Bank World Wildlife Fund Yanomami zones