| Biodiversity: An Ecological Perspective Softcover Repri Edition Contributor(s): Abe, Takuya (Editor), Levin, Simon A. (Editor), Higashi, Masahiko (Editor) |
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ISBN: 146127334X ISBN-13: 9781461273349 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Life Sciences - Biology - Nature | Environmental Conservation & Protection - General - Science | Life Sciences - Ecology |
| Dewey: 333.7 |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.96 lbs) 294 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Ecology |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Despite acknowledgment that loss of living diversity is an international biological crisis, the ecological causes and consequences of extinction have not yet been widely addressed. In honor of Edward O. Wilson, winner of the 1993 International Prize for Biology, an international group of distinguished biologists bring ecological, evolutionary, and management perspectives to the issue of biodiversity. The roles of ecosystem processes, community structure and population dynamics are considered in this book. The goal, as Wilson writes in his introduction, is "to assemble concepts that unite the disciplines of systematics and ecology, and in so doing to create a sound scientific basis for the future management of biodiversity." |