Biodiversity under threat / editors, R.E. Hester and R.M. Harrison

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Harrison, Roy M., 1948-

Hester, R. E. (Ronald E.)

Royal Society of Chemistry (Great Britain)

Series:

Issues in environmental science and technology ; 25.

Issues in environmental science and technology ; v. 25

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biodiversity.

Ecological heterogeneity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (291 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Royal Society of Chemistry, 2007

Language Note:

English

Summary:

There is much public concern about threats to global biodiversity. Industrial pollution, changes in agricultural practices and climate change, are all having a direct impact on biodiversity. In this book the Editors provide a broad view of the many pressures imposed by human-induced changes and the many threats to global biodiversity and of the policy responses required to combat them. This excellent text includes the work of some 44 authors and offers a solid description of the current understanding of threats to biodiversity with a range of illustrative examples - a valuable point of referen

Contents:

9780854042517; i_iv; v_vi; vii_xiii; xiv_xv; xvi_xvii; 001_032; 033_055; 056_080; 081_106; 107_134; 135_160; 161_192; 193_216; 217_251; 252_262; 263-272

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-84755-765-1

OCLC:

226316310