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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... Restoration of Damaged Ecosystems When human civilization has all but eradicated a native ecosys- tem , ecological restoration may be the last resort . The tallgrass savanna restoration project in the environs of Chicago has brought ...
... Restoration of Damaged Ecosystems When human civilization has all but eradicated a native ecosys- tem , ecological restoration may be the last resort . The tallgrass savanna restoration project in the environs of Chicago has brought ...
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... restoration of life on the planet - its species , its ecological and evolutionary processes , and its particular and total environment . " It promotes high - quality research , publishes and disseminates information , encourages ...
... restoration of life on the planet - its species , its ecological and evolutionary processes , and its particular and total environment . " It promotes high - quality research , publishes and disseminates information , encourages ...
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... Restoration unites professional ecolo- gists and restorationists with committed lay practitioners of ecosystem restoration . SER members are engaged in many restora- tion projects in areas as varied as Philadelphia's streams and brooks ...
... Restoration unites professional ecolo- gists and restorationists with committed lay practitioners of ecosystem restoration . SER members are engaged in many restora- tion projects in areas as varied as Philadelphia's streams and brooks ...
Contents
Chronology | 53 |
Biographical Sketches | 71 |
Statistics Illustrations and Documents | 91 |
Copyright | |
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