Biodiversity: A Biology of Numbers and Difference - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0865428042 ISBN 13 : 9780865428041

Editeur : Blackwell Science Ltd, 1996

Synopsis

Particularly since the Rio conference on the global environment, the term "biodiversity" is being increasingly used in both the scientific community and the public domain. However, the term has as yet no precise definition in scientific terms. In a series of reviews, the authors of this volume explore in-depth the primary scientific issues of biodiversity, defining the current status of the science, and setting the research agenda for the future.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Since biodiversity began to be used in the late 1980s as a call–to–arms by conservation biologists, it has emerged as a topic of scientific investigation in its own right. By the 1990s, biodiversity has become a key concept in the biological and environmental sciences. Biodiversity: A Biology of Numbers and Difference explores the underlying principles of this new research subject: the measurement of biodiversity, its spatial and temporal patterns, and the ways in which its study can and should inform conservation biology. No one doubts the central importance of biodiversity in ecology, but its scientific basis has required appraisal and clarification. With this book, the study of biodiversity takes an important step forward. A landmark text, defining the status of a new and developing science. An authoritative series of reviews from the leading scientists in the field. Ideal as a textbook for the many new courses in biodiversity and for courses in ecology and biogeography.

Quatrième de couverture

Since it began to be used in the late ′80s as a call to arms by conservation biologists, biodiversity has emerged as a topic of scientific investigation in its own right. In the ′90s it has become one of the key concepts in the biological and environmental sciences. Biodiversity: A Biology of Numbers and Difference explores the underlying principles of this new subject of research: the measurement of biodiversity, its spatial and temporal patterns, and the ways in which its study should inform conservation biology. No one doubts the central importance of biodiversity in ecology but its scientific basis has required appraisal and clarification. With this book, the study of biodiversity takes an important step forward. No one doubts the central importance of biodiversity in ecology but its scientific basis has required appraisal and clarification. With this book, the study of biodiversity takes an important step forward.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Blackwell Science Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0865428042
• ISBN 13: 9780865428041
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 432
• Éditeur: Gaston Kevin J.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible