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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... ethnobotanists in the world and a pioneer in his field , Richard Evans Schultes is an internationally recognized ... ethnobotany or indigenous peo- ples ' work related to that field . Schultes has published more than 400 technical papers ...
... ethnobotanists in the world and a pioneer in his field , Richard Evans Schultes is an internationally recognized ... ethnobotany or indigenous peo- ples ' work related to that field . Schultes has published more than 400 technical papers ...
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... ethnobotanical and medical researchers to benefit people else- where , though at the source , forests and indigenous ... ethnobotanists and pharmacists and many indigenous people from Brazilian and Peruvian Amazonia , including two ...
... ethnobotanical and medical researchers to benefit people else- where , though at the source , forests and indigenous ... ethnobotanists and pharmacists and many indigenous people from Brazilian and Peruvian Amazonia , including two ...
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... ethnobotany This two - part word refers to the study of people's ( ethno means a race or cultural group ) use of plants ( botany ) . Ethnobotanists study the plants that different peoples use as medicine , food , hallucino- gens , etc ...
... ethnobotany This two - part word refers to the study of people's ( ethno means a race or cultural group ) use of plants ( botany ) . Ethnobotanists study the plants that different peoples use as medicine , food , hallucino- gens , etc ...
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Chronology | 53 |
Biographical Sketches | 71 |
Statistics Illustrations and Documents | 91 |
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