| Main Title |
Living planet in crisis : biodiversity science and policy / |
| Publisher |
Columbia University Press, |
| Place Published |
New York : |
| Year Published |
1999 |
| OCLC Number |
39982153 |
| Subject Added Ent |
Biological diversity conservation--Government policy--Congresses;
Endangered species--Social aspects--Congresses;
Biological diversity--Congresses;
Biodiversite--Conservation--Politique gouvernementale--Congr es;
Esp eces en danger--Aspect social--Congr es;
Biodiversite--Congr es
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| Holdings |
| Library |
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Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Date Modified |
| ERAM |
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QH75.A1L58 1999 |
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Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA |
06/17/2005 |
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| Collation |
xxiv, 311 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm. |
| Notes |
Based on a conference held at the American Museum of Natural History in 1995. Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents Notes |
The magnitude of global biodiversity and its decline / Nigel E. Stork -- Dimensions of biodiversity: targeting megadiverse groups / Norman I. Platnick -- The medium is the message: freshwater biodiversity in peril / Melanie L.J. Stiassny -- Requiem ternam: the last five hundred years of mammalian species extinctions / Ross D.E. MacPhee and Clare Flemming / Perspective: soil biodiversity- life in soil / Diana H. Wall -- Perspective: Petruchio's paradox: the oyster or the pearl? / G. Carleton Ray -- Regional and global patterns of biodiversity loss and conservation capacity: predicting future trends and identifying needs / Joel Cracraft -- Biodiversity, agricultural productivity, and people / Joel Burnett -- The implications of biodiversity loss for human health / Francesca T. Grifo and Eric Chivian -- Biodiversity loss and its implications for security and armed conflict / Arthur H. Westing -- The economic consequences of biodiversity loss / Dominic Moran and David Pearce -- Perspective: biodiversity in agricultural and forestry systems / David Pimentel -- Saving biodiversity and saving the biosphere / Norman Myers -- The facts of life (on earth) / Thomas E. Lovejoy -- Convention on biological diversity: program priorities in the early stage of implementation / Kalemani J. Mulongoy, Susan Bragdon, and Antonella Ingrassia -- Strange bedfellows: why science and policy don't mesh and what can be done about it / Jeffrey A. McNeely -- Seeing the world as it really is: global stability and environmental change / Peter H. Raven and Joel Cracraft -- Perspective: scientists' public responsibilities / Strachan Donnelly. |
| Author Added Ent |
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| PUB Date Free Form |
c1999. |
| BIB Level |
m |
| LCCN |
98031465 |
| ISBN |
0231108648 (cloth : alk. paper) 0231108656 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| OCLC Time Stamp |
20050616141052 |
| Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
| Language |
eng |
| Origin |
OCLC |
| Type |
CAT |
| OCLC Rec Leader |
03037cam 2200373 a 45010 |
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