BiodiversityThis important book for scientists and nonscientists alike calls attention to a most urgent global problem: the rapidly accelerating loss of plant and animal species to increasing human population pressure and the demands of economic development. Based on a major conference sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences and the Smithsonian Institution, Biodiversity creates a systematic framework for analyzing the problem and searching for possible solutions. |
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Biodiversity E.O. Wilson,National Academy of Sciences (U.S.),Smithsonian Institution Snippet view - 1988 |
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Africa agriculture Amazon Amazonia America artificial insemination biodiversity biological diversity biologists biota biotic birds Brazil breeding California captive Chapter coastal communities conservation countries crop genetic damaged ecosystems deforestation destruction dry forest ecological economic ecosystems effects Ehrlich embryo transfer endangered species endemic environmental environments estimates example extinction fauna Figure flora forestry fynbos gene genetic resources global grasslands habitat hectares human important increase insects International islands Janzen Kayapo land loss Madagascar major mammals million National Park native natural resources number of species organisms pastures plant species plants and animals populations potential prairie preservation Press primates problems production programs protected areas rain forest regions restoration restoration ecology result Science scientific seed soil South Africa square kilometers strategy survival trees tropical forests United University vegetation Washington wetland wild wildlands Wildlife wood grass World Wildlife Fund Yanomami zones