Title Biodiversity / E.O. Wilson, editor ; Frances M. Peter, associate editor

Published Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1988

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W'PONDS	333.72 Nat/Bio		AVAILABLE
MELB	333.72 NAT-B		AVAILABLE

Description 1 online resource (1 PDF file (xiii, 521 pages)) : illustrations Contents Challenges to the preservation of biodiversity. -- Human dependence in biological diversity. -- Diversity at risk: tropical forests. -- Diversity at risk: the global perspective. -- The value of biodiversity. -- How is biodiversity monitored and protected. -- Science and technology: how can they help? -- Restoration ecology: can we recover lost ground? -- Alternatives to destruction. -- Policies to protect diversity. -- Present problems and future prospects. -- Ways of seeing the biosphere. -- Epilogue Summary This 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 Analysis Biodiversity Biology Deforestation Key item Natural resource management Overseas item Notes Title from PDF title page Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Credits Based on the National Forum on BioDiversity, held in Washington, D.C., on September 21-24, 1986, under the auspices of the National Academy of Sciences and Smithsonian Institution Notes Also available via the World Wide Web Purchased from the Estate of Emeritus Professor W.D. (Bill) Williams Version viewed October 30, 2014 Subject Biodiversity conservation -- Congresses. Biodiversity conservation. Biodiversity -- Congresses. Biodiversity. Conservation of natural resources. Biodiversity. Conservation of Natural Resources. Economic Development. Population Growth. Biology. Conservation of Natural Resources. Ecology. Biodiversity Species diversity SUBJECT United States. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 Genre/Form Congress. Conference papers and proceedings. Author Peter, Frances M., editor Wilson, Edward O., editor National Academy of Sciences (U.S.), sponsor Smithsonian Institution, sponsor National Forum on BioDiversity (1986 : Washington, D.C.) LC no. 87032439 ISBN 030956736X 0585047227 9780309567367 9780585047225

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