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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... deforested section of the Amazon Basin , this experiment builds on the theory of island biogeography proposed by Robert ... deforestation to public attention and having invented debt - for - nature swaps , whereby a conservation ...
... deforested section of the Amazon Basin , this experiment builds on the theory of island biogeography proposed by Robert ... deforestation to public attention and having invented debt - for - nature swaps , whereby a conservation ...
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... deforestation and habitat alteration create shrinking islands of natural habitat in seas of deforested pastures or suburban resi- dential expansion . Wilson has published hundreds of articles and several books for 88 Biographical ...
... deforestation and habitat alteration create shrinking islands of natural habitat in seas of deforested pastures or suburban resi- dential expansion . Wilson has published hundreds of articles and several books for 88 Biographical ...
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... deforestation , may alter climate on a global scale . Predictions of global warming are still uncertain - with projected effects ranging from tolerable to very severe - but the potential risks are very great . Our massive tampering with ...
... deforestation , may alter climate on a global scale . Predictions of global warming are still uncertain - with projected effects ranging from tolerable to very severe - but the potential risks are very great . Our massive tampering with ...
Contents
Chronology | 53 |
Biographical Sketches | 71 |
Statistics Illustrations and Documents | 91 |
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