| Publication |
Great Britain, University of California Press, 2002.
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| Description |
xii,340pBlack Spine
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| Summary/Abstract |
Discusses the expansion of environmental diversity through geological time and the pattern of its distribution over the surface of the Earth, and analyzes trends in the condition of the main ecosystem types and the species integral to them.
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| Contents |
The biosphere
The diversity of organisms
Biodiversity through time
Humans, food and biodiversity
Terrestrial biodiversity
Marine biodiversity
Inland water biodiversity
Global biodiversity: responding to change
The phyla of living organisms
Important food crops
Domestic livestock
Recent vertebrate extinctions
Biodiversity at country level
Important areas for freshwater biodiversity
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| Standard Number |
0520236688 Hb.
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