Bio Diversity (Record no. 36520)
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| fixed length control field | 05507nam a2200181 a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780309037839 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 0309037832 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 574 |
| Item number | BIO |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | E.O.Wilson |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Bio Diversity |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Washington, D.C. : |
| Name of publisher | National Academy Press, |
| Year of publication | 1988. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xiii, 521 pages : |
| Other physical details | illustrations (some color) ; |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Included Index |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | The current state of biological diversity / E.O. Wilson --<br/>The loss of diversity : causes and consequences / Paul R. Ehrlich --<br/>Tropical forests and their species : going, going-? / Norman Myers --<br/>Ecological diversity in coastal zones and oceans / G. Carleton Ray --<br/>Diversity crises in the geological past / David M. Raup --<br/>Estimating reductions in the diversity of tropical forest species / Ariel E. Lugo --<br/>Challenges to biological diversity in urban areas / Dennis D. Murphy --<br/>Deep ecology meets the developing world / James D. Nations --<br/>Screening plants for new medicines / Norman R. Farnsworth --<br/>Serendipity in the exploration of biodiversity : what good are weedy tomatoes? / Hugh H. Iltis --<br/>The outlook tor new agricultural and industrial products from the tropics / Mark J. Plotkin --<br/>Our diminishing tropical forests / Peter H. Raven --<br/>The tropical forest canopy : the heart of biotic diversity / Terry L. Erwin --<br/>Tropical dry forests : the most endangered major tropical ecosystem / Daniel H. Janzen --<br/>Deforestation and Indians in Brazilian Amazonia / Kenneth I. Taylor --<br/>Primate diversity and the tropical forest : case studies from Brazil and Madagascar and the importance of the megadiversity countries / Russell A. Mittermeier --<br/>Lessons from Mediterranean-climate regions / Harold A. Mooney --<br/>Structural and functional diversity in temperate forests / Jerry F. Franklin --<br/>Diversity in and among grasslands / Paul G. Risser --<br/>Diversity and biological invasions of oceanic islands / Peter M. Vitousek --<br/>Economics and the preservation of biodiversity / W. Michael Hanemann --<br/>Commodity, amenity, and morality : the limits of quantification in valuing biodiversity / Bryan Norton --<br/>The rise of the global exchange economy and the loss of biological diversity / Richard B. Norgaard --<br/>Why put a value on biodiversity? / David Ehrenfeld --<br/>What mainstream economists have to say about the value of biodiversity / Alan Randall --<br/>Monitoring biological diversity for setting priorities in conservation / F. William Burley --<br/>Information management for the conservation of biodiversity / Robert E. Jenkins Jr. --<br/>Identifying and protecting the origins of our food plants / J. Trevor Williams --<br/>Conserving and monitoring biotic diversity : some African examples / Brian J. Huntley --<br/>Can technology aid species preservation? / William Conway --<br/>Conservation of biological diversity in botanical gardens / Peter S. Ashton --<br/>Using science and technology to reestablish species lost in nature / Tom J. Cade --<br/>Intensive technology in the care of ex situ populations of vanishing species / Ulysses S. Seal --<br/>Cryobiology, embryo transfer, and artificial insemination in ex situ animal conservation programs / Betsy L. Dresser --<br/>Ecological restoration : reflections on a half-century of experience at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum / William R. Jordan III --<br/>Restoring diversity in salt marshes : can we do it? / Joy B. Zedler --<br/>Restoration of degraded lands in the Amazon Basin / Christopher Uhl --<br/>Increasing diversity by restoring damaged ecosystems / John Cairns Jr. --<br/>Restoring diversity : the search for a social and economic context / John Todd --<br/>Are there alternatives to destruction? / Michael H. Robinson --<br/>Agroecology and in situ conservation of native crop diversity in the Third World / Miguel A. Altieri and Laura C. Merrick --<br/>Alternatives to destruction : research in Panama / Gilberto Ocana [and others] --<br/>Biological engineering for sustainable biomass production / Sinyan Shen --<br/>Preserving biological diversity in the tropical forests of the Asian region / John Spears --<br/>The Tropical Forestry Action Plan : recent progress and new initiatives / F. William Burley --<br/>International development and the protection of biological diversity / Nyle C. Brady --<br/>Diverse considerations / Thomas E. Lovejoy --<br/>The conservation of biodiversity in Latin America : a perspective / Mario A. Ramos --<br/>A major new opportunity to finance the preservation of biodiversity / Robert J.A. Goodland --<br/>And today we're going to talk about biodiversity- that's right, biodiversity / Lester R. Brown --<br/>The effect of global climatic change on natural communities / Robert L. Peters II --<br/>Mind in the biosphere; mind of the biosphere / Michael E. Soulé --<br/>A mammal gallery : five word pictures and three poems / Michael McClure --<br/>Cold water spirit / Larry Littlebird --<br/>A Christian view of biodiversity / John B. Cobb Jr. --<br/>The earth as a living organism / James E. Lovelock --<br/>Epilogue / David Challinor. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | 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. |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Peter, Frances M; |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Reference Books |
| Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Reference | Main Library | Main Library | Reference | 20/12/2016 | Photocopy | 335.00 | 574 BIO | 005445 | Reference Books |