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 |
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Biology |
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Deforestation |
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Key item |
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Natural resource management |
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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 |
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Purchased from the Estate of Emeritus Professor W.D. (Bill) Williams |
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Version viewed October 30, 2014 |
Subject |
Biodiversity conservation -- Congresses.
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Biodiversity conservation.
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Biodiversity -- Congresses.
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Biodiversity.
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Conservation of natural resources.
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Biodiversity.
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Conservation of Natural Resources.
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Economic Development.
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Population Growth.
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Biology.
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Conservation of Natural Resources.
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Ecology.
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Biodiversity |
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Species diversity |
SUBJECT |
United States. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 |
Genre/Form |
Congress.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Author |
Peter, Frances M., editor
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Wilson, Edward O., editor
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National Academy of Sciences (U.S.), sponsor
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Smithsonian Institution, sponsor
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National Forum on BioDiversity (1986 : Washington, D.C.)
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LC no. |
87032439 |
ISBN |
030956736X |
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0585047227 |
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9780309567367 |
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9780585047225 |
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