Biodiversity

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Edward O. Wilson, Frances M. Peter
National Academies Press, Jan 1, 1988 - Science - 521 pages
This book 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. Biodiversity creates a systematic framework for analyzing

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The Current State of Biological Diversity
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CHALLENGES TO THE PRESERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY
19
Going Going
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