Biodiversity: An Introduction - Softcover

Gaston, Kevin; Spicer, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0632049537 ISBN 13: 9780632049530

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 1998

Synopsis

This book is a short and simple introduction to biodiversity-- how it arose, where it occurs, why it is important and what should be done to maintain it. Although it will be of interest to conservation and environment professionals, the text is written primarily with undergraduate students in mind.

As a result, it provides a timely overview of serious attempts made to quantify and describe biodiversity in a scientific manner, and also acts as a point of entry into the primary literature. I ncorporated into the text are a number of exercises designed to encourage active learning and promote debate of some of the more controversial issues.

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• Provides an affordable overview of biodiversity in under 150 pages.
  
• Learning exercises encourage consideration and debate of some of the more controversial issues.
  
• Annotated suggestions for further reading.
  
• Based on a proven and successful course structure.
  
• Emphasis on clarity and accessibility.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

This book is a short and simple introduction to biodiversity - how it arose, where it occurs, why it is important and what should be done to maintain it. Designed primarily with undergraduate students in mind, although also of interest to conservation and environment professionals, it provides a timely overview of the serious attempts made to quantify and describe biodiversity in a scientific way as well as acting as a point of entry into the primary literature. Incorporated into the text are a number of exercises designed to encourage active learning and promote debate of some of the more controversial issues.

About the Author:

Kevin J. Gaston is Professor of Biodiversity and Conservation at the University of Sheffield. He has broad research interests in the fields of biodiversity, macroecology and conservation biology.

John I. Spicer is a Reader in Marine Biology at the University of Plymouth. His research interests range from the ecophysiology of marine animals through to the functional biodiversity of marine systems.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0632049537
• ISBN 13: 9780632049530
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 133