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Biodiversity 101 / Melina F. Laverty ...[et al.].
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Science 101.
- Science 101 series, 1931-3950
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Biodiversity--Popular works.
- Biodiversity.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (218 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2024.
- Other Title:
- Biodiversity one hundred one
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- What should the average person know about science? Because science is so central to life in the 21st century, science educators and other leaders of the scientific community believe that it is essential that everyone understand the basic concepts of the most vital and far-reaching disciplines. Biodiversity 101 does exactly that. This accessible volume provides readers -- whether students new to the field or just interested members of the lay public -- with the essential ideas of the origins of humans using a minimum of jargon and mathematics. Concepts are introduced in a progressive order so t
- Contents:
- Contents; Series Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. What Is Biodiversity?; 2. Where Is the World's Biodiversity?; 3. Why Is Biodiversity Important?; 4. The State of the World's Biodiversity; 5. Conserving Biodiversity: Strategies and Solutions; Glossary; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-196) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9798400618833
- 9786612420214
- 9781282420212
- 1282420216
- 9781573569842
- 1573569844
- OCLC:
- 609857285
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