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Biodiversity / Edward O. Wilson, editor, Frances M. Peter, associate editor.
LIBRA QH75.A1 N32 1986
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Government document
- Conference Name:
- National Forum on BioDiversity (1986 : Washington, D.C.)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Biodiversity conservation--Congresses.
- Biodiversity conservation.
- Biodiversity--Congresses.
- Biodiversity.
- Conservation of Natural Resources.
- Ecology.
- Medical Subjects:
- Conservation of Natural Resources.
- Ecology.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 521 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1988.
- Summary:
- This book 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. Biodiversity creates a systematic framework for analyzing the problem and searching for possible solutions.
- Notes:
- "Papers from the National Forum on Biodiversity held September 21-25, 1986, in Washington, D.C., under the cosponsorship of the National Academy of Sciences and the Smithsonian Institution."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0309037832
- 0309037395
- OCLC:
- 17227234
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