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Conference/Meeting: |
National Forum on BioDiversity (1986 : Washington, D.C.), organizer. |
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Title Statement: |
Biodiversity / E.O. Wilson, editor, Frances M. Peter, associate editor. |
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Production: |
Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1988. |
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Description: |
xiii, 521 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm |
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ISBN: |
ISBN 0309037395 (paperback) |
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ISBN 9780309037396 (paperback) |
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ISBN 0309037832 |
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ISBN 9780309037839 |
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General Note: |
"The source of the book is the National Forum on BioDiversity, held in Washington, D.C., on September 21-24, 1986, under the auspices of the National Academy of Sciences and Smithsonian Institution"--Page v. |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: The current state of biological diversity / E.O. Wilson -- The loss of diversity : causes and consequences / Paul R. Ehrlich -- Tropical forests and their species : going, going-? / Norman Myers -- Ecological diversity in coastal zones and oceans / G. Carleton Ray -- Diversity crises in the geological past / David M. Raup -- Estimating reductions in the diversity of tropical forest species / Ariel E. Lugo -- Challenges to biological diversity in urban areas / Dennis D. Murphy -- Deep ecology meets the developing world / James D. Nations -- Screening plants for new medicines / Norman R. Farnsworth -- Serendipity in the exploration of biodiversity : what good are weedy tomatoes? / Hugh H. Iltis -- The outlook tor new agricultural and industrial products from the tropics / Mark J. Plotkin -- Our diminishing tropical forests / Peter H. Raven -- The tropical forest canopy : the heart of biotic diversity / Terry L. Erwin -- Tropical dry forests : the most endangered major tropical ecosystem / Daniel H. Janzen -- Deforestation and Indians in Brazilian Amazonia / Kenneth I. Taylor -- Primate diversity and the tropical forest : case studies from Brazil and Madagascar and the importance of the megadiversity countries / Russell A. Mittermeier -- Lessons from Mediterranean-climate regions / Harold A. Mooney -- Structural and functional diversity in temperate forests / Jerry F. Franklin -- Diversity in and among grasslands / Paul G. Risser -- Diversity and biological invasions of oceanic islands / Peter M. Vitousek -- Economics and the preservation of biodiversity / W. Michael Hanemann -- Commodity, amenity, and morality : the limits of quantification in valuing biodiversity / Bryan Norton -- The rise of the global exchange economy and the loss of biological diversity / Richard B. Norgaard -- Why put a value on biodiversity? / David Ehrenfeld -- What mainstream economists have to say about the value of biodiversity / Alan Randall -- Monitoring biological diversity for setting priorities in conservation / F. William Burley -- Information management for the conservation of biodiversity / Robert E. Jenkins Jr. -- Identifying and protecting the origins of our food plants / J. Trevor Williams -- Conserving and monitoring biotic diversity : some African examples / Brian J. Huntley -- Can technology aid species preservation? / William Conway -- Conservation of biological diversity in botanical gardens / Peter S. Ashton -- Using science and technology to reestablish species lost in nature / Tom J. Cade -- Intensive technology in the care of ex situ populations of vanishing species / Ulysses S. Seal -- Cryobiology, embryo transfer, and artificial insemination in ex situ animal conservation programs / Betsy L. Dresser -- Ecological restoration : reflections on a half-century of experience at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum / William R. Jordan III -- Restoring diversity in salt marshes : can we do it? / Joy B. Zedler -- Restoration of degraded lands in the Amazon Basin / Christopher Uhl -- Increasing diversity by restoring damaged ecosystems / John Cairns Jr. -- Restoring diversity : the search for a social and economic context / John Todd -- Are there alternatives to destruction? / Michael H. Robinson -- Agroecology and in situ conservation of native crop diversity in the Third World / Miguel A. Altieri and Laura C. Merrick -- Alternatives to destruction : research in Panama / Gilberto Ocana [and others] -- Biological engineering for sustainable biomass production / Sinyan Shen -- Preserving biological diversity in the tropical forests of the Asian region / John Spears -- The Tropical Forestry Action Plan : recent progress and new initiatives / F. William Burley -- International development and the protection of biological diversity / Nyle C. Brady -- Diverse considerations / Thomas E. Lovejoy -- The conservation of biodiversity in Latin America : a perspective / Mario A. Ramos -- A major new opportunity to finance the preservation of biodiversity / Robert J.A. Goodland -- And today we're going to talk about biodiversity- that's right, biodiversity / Lester R. Brown -- The effect of global climatic change on natural communities / Robert L. Peters II -- Mind in the biosphere; mind of the biosphere / Michael E. Soulé -- A mammal gallery : five word pictures and three poems / Michael McClure -- Cold water spirit / Larry Littlebird -- A Christian view of biodiversity / John B. Cobb Jr. -- The earth as a living organism / James E. Lovelock -- Epilogue / David Challinor. |
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Credits: |
Credits: Based on the National Forum on BioDiversity, held in Washington, D.C., on September 21-24, 1986, under the auspices of the National Academy of Sciences and Smithsonian Institution. |
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Other Forms: |
Also available via the World Wide Web. |
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Summary, Etc. Note: |
Abstract: This important book for scientists and nonscientists alike calls attention to a most urgent global problem: the rapidly accelerating loss of plant and animal species to increasing human population pressure and the demands of economic development. Based on a major conference sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences and the Smithsonian Institution, Biodiversity creates a systematic framework for analyzing the problem and searching for possible solutions. |
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Local Note: |
NWRCCatalogISO20250428 |
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Additional Physical Forms: |
Online version: National Forum on BioDiversity (1986 : Washington, D.C.). Biodiversity. Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1988 (OCoLC)753428421 |
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Elect. Loc./Access: |
National Academies Press http://www.nap.edu/catalog/989.html |
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http://books.nap.edu/catalog/989.html |
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http://books.nap.edu/books/0309037395/html/index.html |
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Subject: |
Biodiversity conservation--Congresses. |
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Biodiversity--Congresses. |
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Biological diversity. |
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Conservation of Natural Resources--congresses. |
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Ecology--congresses. |
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Biodiversity. |
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Species diversity. |
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Biodiversité--Congrès. |
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Biodiversité--Conservation--Congrès. |
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42.95 nature conservation. (NL-LeOCL)07760363X bcl |
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42.75 insects. (NL-LeOCL)077603508 bcl |
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Equilibre écologique. eclas |
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Protection des espèces naturelles. eclas |
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Biodiversity fast |
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Biodiversity conservation fast |
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Biodiversität gnd |
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Biologie gnd |
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Kongress gnd |
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Biodiversiteit. gtt |
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Natuurbehoud. gtt |
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Biologie. swd |
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Biodiversität. swd |
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Kongress. swd |
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Index - Uncontrolled: |
conservering |
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conservation |
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fauna |
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flora |
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bescherming |
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protection |
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soortendiversiteit |
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species diversity |
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wild |
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wildlife |
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wildbescherming |
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wildlife conservation |
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Biodiversity |
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Ecology (General) |
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Environmental Economics |
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Biodiversiteit |
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Ecologie (algemeen) |
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Milieu-economie |
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Index - Genre/Form: |
Government publications--United States. |
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Congress |
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Conference proceedings. |
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Kongress--Washington (DC)--1986. |
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proceedings (reports) aat |
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Conference papers and proceedings fast |
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Congresses (form) (NL-LeOCL)088142469 gtt |
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Conference papers and proceedings. lcgft |
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Actes de congrès. rvmgf |
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Name Added Entry: |
Wilson, Edward O., editor. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJvRVjmJRdJxjQkQFYT8md |
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Peter, Frances M., editor https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjFkhBcK7xQBQ9fP3ypHG3 |
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National Academy of Sciences (U.S.), issuing body. |
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Smithsonian Institution, issuing body. |