Biodiversity /
This important book for scientists and nonscientists alike 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. Based on a major conference sponsored by the National...
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| Format: | Conference Proceeding Book |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
National Academy Press,
1988.
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| Summary: | This important book for scientists and nonscientists alike 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. Based on a major conference sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences and the Smithsonian Institution, Biodiversity creates a systematic framework for analyzing the problem and searching for possible solutions. |
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| Item Description: | Title from PDF title page. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 PDF file (xiii, 521 pages)) : illustrations |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Production Credits: | Based on the National Forum on BioDiversity, held in Washington, D.C., on September 21-24, 1986, under the auspices of the National Academy of Sciences and Smithsonian Institution. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780309567367 030956736X 0585047227 9780585047225 |