01955nam a22002657a 4500001000400000003000600004005001700010008004100027020003500068020003800103020002300141020002600164020002400190040008200214082001700296245007100313264003900384300004600423504004000469520098100509650003201490655004501522700001901567776010301586552OCoLC20250915130235.0250915b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a0122268652q(set : alk. paper)  a9780122268656q(set : alk. paper)  a0122268679q(v. 2)  a9780122268670q(v. 2)  a0122268695q(v . 4)  aMountains of the Moon UniversitycLibrary and Information Services  bEnglish00a333.950322100aEncyclopedia of biodiversity /ceditor-in-chief, Simon Asher Levin 1aSan Diego :bAcademic Press,c2001  axxxi, 826 pages :billustrations ;c29 cm  aIncludes bibliographical references  aThe Encyclopedia of Biodiversity brings together, for the first time, a study of the dimensions of diversity. It examination of the services biodiversity provides, and measures to protect it. Major themes of the work include the evolution of biodiversity, systems for classifying and defining biodiversity, ecological patterns and theories of biodiversity, and an assessment of contemporary patterns and trends in biodiversity. Subject areas include: agriculture, conservation and restoration, economics of biodiversity, environmental conditions and effects, evolution, extinctions, genetics, geographic and global issues, habitats and ecosystems, human effects and interventions, invertebrates, microbial biodiversity, plant biodiversity, population issues, public policies and attitudes, species interactions and interrelationships, systematics and species concept, techniques and measurements, theories and concepts of biodiversity and vertebrates. Publisherʼs description 0aBiodiversityvEncyclopedias 7aEncyclopedias.2fast0(OCoLC)fst014237981 aLevin, Simon A08iOnline version:tEncyclopedia of biodiversity.dSan Diego : Academic Press, 2001w(OCoLC)902832832