Biodiversity and global change

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TextPublication details: Wallingford, Oxon, UK : CAB International in association with the International Union of Biological Sciences, 1994.Description: vi, 227 p. : illustrations, mapsISBN:

0851989314
9780851989310

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333.95 BIO

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Contents:

Role of the International Council of Scientific Unions in biodiversity and global change research / J.W.M. La Riviere -- Towards biodiversity in politics / H. Alders -- Biodiversity : an introduction / O.T. Solbrig -- Dynamical systems, biological complexity, and global change / G. Nicolis -- Biodiversity at the molecular level / J.C. Mounolou -- Genetic diversity and its role in the survival of species / W. van Delden -- Geophysiological aspects of biodiversity / J.E. Lovelock -- Past efforts and future prospects towards understanding how many species there are / R.M. May -- Biodiversity in microorganisms and its role in ecosystem function / D.L. Hawksworth -- Evolutionary outline of living organisms as deduced from 5S ribosomal RNA sequences / H. Hori -- Role of biodiversity in marine ecosystems / P. Lasserre -- Role of mammal biodiversity in the function of ecosystems / V. Sokolov -- Role of biodiversity in the functioning of Savanna ecosystems / E. Medina and O. Huber -- Global change, shifting ranges and biodiversity in plant ecosystems / T. Van der Hammen -- Shifting ranges and biodiversity in animal ecosystems / J.H. Stock -- Life-history attributes and biodiversity / D.L. Urban [and others] -- Global change and alien invasions : implications for biodiversity and protected area management / I.A.W. Macdonald -- Human aspects of biodiversity : an evolutionary perspective / R.K. Colwell.

Summary: The loss of biodiversity of organisms and the effects of global change are two major issues that confront biologists and environmental scientists. This text assesses biodiversity loss in the context of global change.

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Proceedings of a symposium held at the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences in Amsterdam, Sept. 3-4, 1991 during the 24th Assembly of the International Union of Biological Sciences.

"Reprinted with corrections and minor amendments ..."--T.p. verso.

"Foreword to the revised edition"--P. [ix].

Included Index.

Role of the International Council of Scientific Unions in biodiversity and global change research / J.W.M. La Riviere --
Towards biodiversity in politics / H. Alders --
Biodiversity : an introduction / O.T. Solbrig --
Dynamical systems, biological complexity, and global change / G. Nicolis --
Biodiversity at the molecular level / J.C. Mounolou --
Genetic diversity and its role in the survival of species / W. van Delden --
Geophysiological aspects of biodiversity / J.E. Lovelock --
Past efforts and future prospects towards understanding how many species there are / R.M. May --
Biodiversity in microorganisms and its role in ecosystem function / D.L. Hawksworth --
Evolutionary outline of living organisms as deduced from 5S ribosomal RNA sequences / H. Hori --
Role of biodiversity in marine ecosystems / P. Lasserre --
Role of mammal biodiversity in the function of ecosystems / V. Sokolov --
Role of biodiversity in the functioning of Savanna ecosystems / E. Medina and O. Huber --
Global change, shifting ranges and biodiversity in plant ecosystems / T. Van der Hammen --
Shifting ranges and biodiversity in animal ecosystems / J.H. Stock --
Life-history attributes and biodiversity / D.L. Urban [and others] --
Global change and alien invasions : implications for biodiversity and protected area management / I.A.W. Macdonald --
Human aspects of biodiversity : an evolutionary perspective / R.K. Colwell.

The loss of biodiversity of organisms and the effects of global change are two major issues that confront biologists and environmental scientists. This text assesses biodiversity loss in the context of global change.

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