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Biodiversity change and human health : from ecosystem services to spread of disease / edited by Osvaldo E. Sala, Laura A. Meyerson, and Camille Parmesan.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- SCOPE report ; 69.
- SCOPE series ; 69
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Biodiversity.
- Environmental health.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (320 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Island Press, c2009.
- Summary:
- Biodiversity Change and Human Health brings together leading experts from the natural science and social science realms as well as the medical community to explore the explicit linkages between human-driven alterations of biodiversity and documented impacts of those changes on human health. The book utilizes multidisciplinary approaches to explore and address the complex interplay between natural biodiversity and human health and well-being.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Biodiversity and human health : synergisms, trade-offs, and road maps for the future
- pt. 2. Biodiversity and quality of life : beyond physical health
- pt. 3. Decay of ecosystem services following biodiversity change, and consequent impacts on human health
- pt. 4. Biodiversity change and the spread of infectious diseases
- pt. 5. Biodiversity as a resource for medicine.
- Notes:
- "A project of SCOPE, the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment, and DIVERSTAS, an international programme of biodiversity science, of the International Council for Science."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781610911252
- 1610911253
- OCLC:
- 750192987
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