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020 _a0122268652
_q(set : alk. paper)
020 _a9780122268656
_q(set : alk. paper)
020 _a0122268679
_q(v. 2)
020 _a9780122268670
_q(v. 2)
020 _a0122268695
_q(v . 4)
040 _aMountains of the Moon University
_cLibrary and Information Services
_bEnglish
082 0 0 _a333.9503
_221
245 0 0 _aEncyclopedia of biodiversity /
_ceditor-in-chief, Simon Asher Levin
264 1 _aSan Diego :
_bAcademic Press,
_c2001
300 _axxxi, 826 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c29 cm
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references
520 _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
650 0 _aBiodiversity
_vEncyclopedias
655 7 _aEncyclopedias.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst01423798
700 1 _aLevin, Simon A
776 0 8 _iOnline version:
_tEncyclopedia of biodiversity.
_dSan Diego : Academic Press, 2001
_w(OCoLC)902832832
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_cMMU_H01
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