BiodiversityEdward O. Wilson, Frances M. Peter 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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... seed stock . Added to this is the fact that research in seed storage has overwhelmingly been done with crop plants . Many of these are plants of early succession , a habitat in which many species possess seed dormancy . Many plants in ...
... seed stock . Added to this is the fact that research in seed storage has overwhelmingly been done with crop plants . Many of these are plants of early succession , a habitat in which many species possess seed dormancy . Many plants in ...
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... seed vectors . Daniel Janzen ( Chapter 14 of this volume ) is studying the use of cattle as forest seed dispersal agents in old pastures in Costa Rica . In a like manner , there may be certain bird or bat species that could provide ...
... seed vectors . Daniel Janzen ( Chapter 14 of this volume ) is studying the use of cattle as forest seed dispersal agents in old pastures in Costa Rica . In a like manner , there may be certain bird or bat species that could provide ...
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... seeds with gene banks are possible and that they have unconditional access to seed held in gene banks , which they can tap if they lose their remaining seeds . Farmers must also know the reasons why others are interested in their seeds ...
... seeds with gene banks are possible and that they have unconditional access to seed held in gene banks , which they can tap if they lose their remaining seeds . Farmers must also know the reasons why others are interested in their seeds ...
Contents
The Current State of Biological Diversity | 3 |
CHALLENGES TO THE PRESERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY | 19 |
Going Going | 28 |
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Biodiversity E.O. Wilson,National Academy of Sciences (U.S.),Smithsonian Institution Snippet view - 1988 |
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