This new four-volume set, Global Biodiversity, provides a wealth of insightful information on the biodiversity of selected nations around the world. The volumes provide informative summaries of the available data on both wild and cultivated plants, wild and domesticated animals, and microbes of the different nations selected.
In this book, which is unique in its scope, diversity and the wealth of information it contains, contributors from a variety of academic disciplines tackle an issue of enduring importance to the protection of biodiversity and enhance our ...
This pioneering work is the first to examine IPBES in this way and is essential reading for researchers and scholars of International Relations, Environmental and Biodiversity Politics, Science-Policy Interfaces and Global Environmental ...
The book is an important introduction to current themes in ecological research to students, and is a highly engaging read for specialists, many of whom in ecology have been influenced by Mr. Hanski s work."
"Written by Tim Hirsch with Kieran Mooney, Robert H'oft, and David Cooper"--P. 90.
African plant genetic resources. Development and Cooperation 4:24-26. McGough, H.N., Mathew, B.F., Peter, H., Read, M., Wertel N. and Wijnands, O. 1989. A report on the status and cultivation of Cyclamen species and other geophytes in ...
This fourth volume in the new multi-volume set Global Biodiversity is a rich resource on the biodiversity of a selection of countries in the Americas and in Australia.
The number of species found at a given point on the planet varies by orders of magnitude, yet large-scale gradients in biodiversity appear to follow some very general patterns.
In this book, which is unique in its scope, diversity and the wealth of information it contains, contributors from a variety of academic disciplines tackle an issue of enduring importance to the protection of biodiversity and enhance our ...
Key questions addressed in this volume include: - Which ecosystem services are most likely to attract voluntary international payments? - How can we assess the international demand for particular ecosystem services?
The complete field guide to stick and leaf insects of Australia . Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing . Burbidge AA . 2004. Threatened animals of Western Australia . Perth : Department of Conservation and Land Management . Caterino MS .