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UNINA9910139801103321 |
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Titolo |
Biodiversity under threat / / editors, R.E. Hester and R.M. Harrison |
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Cambridge, : Royal Society of Chemistry, 2007 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (291 p.) |
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Collana |
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Issues in environmental science and technology ; ; v. 25 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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HarrisonRoy M. <1948-> |
HesterR. E (Ronald E.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Biodiversity |
Ecological heterogeneity |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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9780854042517; i_iv; v_vi; vii_xiii; xiv_xv; xvi_xvii; 001_032; 033_055; 056_080; 081_106; 107_134; 135_160; 161_192; 193_216; 217_251; 252_262; 263-272 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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There is much public concern about threats to global biodiversity. Industrial pollution, changes in agricultural practices and climate change, are all having a direct impact on biodiversity. In this book the Editors provide a broad view of the many pressures imposed by human-induced changes and the many threats to global biodiversity and of the policy responses required to combat them. This excellent text includes the work of some 44 authors and offers a solid description of the current understanding of threats to biodiversity with a range of illustrative examples - a valuable point of referen |
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