| Main Title |
Wild solutions : how biodiversity is money in the bank / |
| Author |
Beattie, Andrew J.
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| Other Authors |
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| Publisher |
Yale University Press, |
| Year Published |
2004 |
| OCLC Number |
56648101 |
| ISBN |
0300105061; 9780300105063 |
| Subjects |
Biodiversity ;
Zoology, Economic ;
Biological diversity
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| Internet Access |
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| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
Modified |
Checkout
Status |
| EHAM |
QH541.15B56 B42 |
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Region 1 Library/Boston,MA |
01/28/2005 |
| ERAM |
QH541.15.B56B42 2004 |
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Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA |
01/14/2005 |
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| Edition |
2nd ed. |
| Collation |
xii, 261 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Notes |
Previous edition: 2001. Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-254) and index. |
| Contents Notes |
"In this book, two ecologists explain how the millions of species living on Earth - some microscopic, some obscure, many threatened - not only help keep us alive but also hold possibilities for previously unimagined products, medicines, and even industries. In an Afterword written especially for this edition, the authors consider the impact of two revolutions now taking place: the increasing rate at which we are discovering new species because of new technology available to us and the accelerating rate at which we are losing biological diversity. Also reviewed and summarized are many "new" wild solutions, such as innovative approaches to the discovery of pharmaceuticals, the "lotus effect," the ever-growing importance of bacteria, molecular biomimetics, ecological restoration, and robotics."--BOOK JACKET. |
| Place Published |
New Haven, Conn. ; London : |
| PUB Date Free Form |
2004. |
| BIB Level |
m |
| Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
| Merged OCLC records |
316498371 |
| OCLC Time Stamp |
20050127093321 |
| Language |
eng |
| Origin |
OCLC |
| Type |
CAT |
| OCLC Rec Leader |
01415cam 22003258a 45020 |
