Biodiversity: A Reference HandbookCurrent threats to biodiversity, extinction of species, and major changes in human behavior that experts think are needed to conserve existing biodiversity are all addressed. Successful examples of biodiversity conservation provide a hopeful conclusion for the book. Filled with data, anecdotes, and examples, Biodiversity will capture the interest of a variety of readers from students to scientists. |
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... ISBN 0-262-61089-2 This book is an updated second edition of one of the first books addressing species and habitat loss . It was designed to set the record straight on some misconceptions about the mass extinction wave currently ...
... ISBN 0-262-61089-2 This book is an updated second edition of one of the first books addressing species and habitat loss . It was designed to set the record straight on some misconceptions about the mass extinction wave currently ...
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... ISBN 0-553-05744-8 This book muses on the threats to life on earth that have arisen due to humankind's interference with nature and describes theories and experiments that attempt to preserve biodiversity . Special attention is given to ...
... ISBN 0-553-05744-8 This book muses on the threats to life on earth that have arisen due to humankind's interference with nature and describes theories and experiments that attempt to preserve biodiversity . Special attention is given to ...
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... ISBN 1-55963-152 - X This book describes and critiques traditional ecosystem manage- ment , with a focus on the Greater North Cascades in the Pacific Northwest . Fragmented wilderness crisscrossed by roads and bald demarcation strips ...
... ISBN 1-55963-152 - X This book describes and critiques traditional ecosystem manage- ment , with a focus on the Greater North Cascades in the Pacific Northwest . Fragmented wilderness crisscrossed by roads and bald demarcation strips ...
Contents
Chronology | 53 |
Biographical Sketches | 71 |
Statistics Illustrations and Documents | 91 |
Copyright | |
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