Biodiversity : a reference handbook / Anne Becher
- Bib ID:
- 2180719
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Becher, Anne
- Description:
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- Santa Barbara, Calif. ; Oxford : ABC-CLIO, c1998
- xv, 275 p. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0874369231
- Series:
- Contemporary world issues.
- Summary:
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This timely volume explores the multiple issues surrounding biological diversity. In addition to an overview of the major issues in biodiversity, this book features a chronology and biographical sketches of important individuals in the field. Readers also will find related statistics, documents, and illustrations, as well as a directory of organizations that includes web site addresses. A glossary and detailed listing of print and electronic sources complete an informative volume that students, librarians, policy makers, environmentalists, and others will welcome as an invaluable addition to academic and public libraries.
- Full contents:
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- 1. Biodiversity: An Overview
- 2. Chronology
- 3. Biographical Sketches. Edwin Bustillos. Rachel Louise Carson. Paul Ehrlich. Thomas Eisner. Rodrigo Gamez. Stephen Jay Gould. Daniel Janzen. Stephen Kellert. Winona LaDuke. Aldo Leopold. Thomas Lovejoy. James Lovelock. Wangari Maathai. Russell Mittermeier. Gary Nabhan. Amooti Ndyakira. Steve Packard. Paula Palmer. David M. Raup. Richard Evans Schultes. Vandana Shiva. Michael Soule. Edward O. Wilson
- 4. Statistics, Illustrations, and Documents
- 5. Directory of Organizations
- 6. Print Resources
- 7. Nonprint Resources.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
- Biodiversity
- Copyright:
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- Published status:
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- Publication date:
- 1998
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