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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... wild relatives of those species , and test their special qual- ities . A barley from Ethiopia furnished a gene that now protects California's barley crops from yellow dwarf virus ; Asian rice has been fortified by genes from an Indian ...
... wild relatives of those species , and test their special qual- ities . A barley from Ethiopia furnished a gene that now protects California's barley crops from yellow dwarf virus ; Asian rice has been fortified by genes from an Indian ...
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... wild predators like lions and to diseases spread by wildlife . They are prohibited from hunting in the national park but can kill wild animals that stray onto their ranches . The government has been experimenting with ways to convince ...
... wild predators like lions and to diseases spread by wildlife . They are prohibited from hunting in the national park but can kill wild animals that stray onto their ranches . The government has been experimenting with ways to convince ...
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... Wild pollinators must now take up some of this slack in pollinating crops . Collectively , wild and domestic bees provide pollination services 40 to 50 times more valuable than the market price of all honey produced in the United States ...
... Wild pollinators must now take up some of this slack in pollinating crops . Collectively , wild and domestic bees provide pollination services 40 to 50 times more valuable than the market price of all honey produced in the United States ...
Contents
Chronology | 53 |
Biographical Sketches | 71 |
Statistics Illustrations and Documents | 91 |
Copyright | |
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