Biodiversity and Landscapes
Subtitle: A Paradox of Humanity
Contributors: Ke Chung Kim (Editor); Robert D. Weaver (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: August 26, 1994
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 447
ISBN-13: 9780521417891
Subjects: Ecological science, the Biosphere; Management of land & natural resources; Wildlife; Life Sciences - Biology - General; Ecology; Science; Nature; Social aspects; Science/Mathematics; Biological diversity conservation--Social aspects; Science / Biology; Biological diversity conservat; Biodiversity conservation; Economic aspects; Ecosystem management
First sentence: Biodiversity - the biotic basis of plants, animals, and microbes on the earth - is being reduced at an alarming rate, just at the time when we need it most for sustaining human life.