Biodiversity : An Ecological Perspective

Takuya Abe

ISBN 10: 146127334X / ISBN 13: 9781461273349

Published by Springer, Springer US, 2012

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - 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.'.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Biodiversity : An Ecological Perspective
• Publisher: Springer, Springer US
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 146127334X
• ISBN 13: 9781461273349
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 155H x 17D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 155 millimeters height by 17 millimeters depth
• Weight: 470 grams

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Synopsis

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."

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Despite acknowledgment that loss of living diversity is an international biological crisis, the ecological causes and consequences of extinction have not been widely addressed. The roles of ecosystem processes, community structure, and population dynamics are considered in this book.