LEADER 00800nam0-22003011i-450- 001 990001126090403321 010 $a90-286-0144-9 035 $a000112609 035 $aFED01000112609 035 $a(Aleph)000112609FED01 035 $a000112609 100 $a20000920d1974----km-y0itay50------ba 101 0 $aeng 200 1 $aInfinite-dimensional Lie algebras$fRalph K. Amayo, Ian Stewart 210 $aLeyden$cNoordhoff$dc1974 610 0 $aAlgebre di lie 676 $a512.55 700 1$aAmayo,$bRalph K.$042016 702 1$aStewart,$bIan 801 0$aIT$bUNINA$gRICA$2UNIMARC 901 $aBK 912 $a990001126090403321 952 $a10-E-41$b16718$fMA1 959 $aMA1 962 $a17B65 996 $aInfinite-dimensional Lie algebras$9345003 997 $aUNINA DB $aING01 LEADER 03835nam 2200721Ia 450 001 9910965309103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786611965884 010 $a9781281965882 010 $a128196588X 010 $a9780226500829 010 $a0226500829 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226500829 035 $a(CKB)1000000000579315 035 $a(EBL)432181 035 $a(OCoLC)309340967 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000270649 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11228131 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000270649 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10261615 035 $a(PQKB)10418889 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000113820 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC432181 035 $a(DE-B1597)524040 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226500829 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL432181 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10265972 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL196588 035 $a(Perlego)1852778 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000579315 100 $a20070718d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWhat is biodiversity? /$fJames Maclaurin and Kim Sterelny 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (231 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780226500812 311 08$a0226500810 311 08$a9780226500805 311 08$a0226500802 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [186]-205) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $t1. Taxonomy Red in Tooth and Claw -- $t2. Species: A Modest Proposal -- $t3. Disparity and Diversity -- $t4. Morphology and Morphological Diversity -- $t5. Development and Diversity -- $t6. Explorations in Ecospace -- $t7. Conservation Biology: The Measurement Problem -- $t8. Conservation Biology: The Evaluation Problem -- $t9. Concluding Remarks -- $tNotes -- $tReferences -- $tReferences 330 $aIn the life sciences, there is wide-ranging debate about biodiversity. While nearly everyone is in favor of biodiversity and its conservation, methods for its assessment vary enormously. So what exactly is biodiversity? Most theoretical work on the subject assumes it has something to do with species richness-with the number of species in a particular region-but in reality, it is much more than that. Arguing that we cannot make rational decisions about what it is to be protected without knowing what biodiversity is, James Maclaurin and Kim Sterelny offer in What Is Biodiversity? a theoretical and conceptual exploration of the biological world and how diversity is valued. Here, Maclaurin and Sterelny explore not only the origins of the concept of biodiversity, but also how that concept has been shaped by ecology and more recently by conservation biology. They explain the different types of biodiversity important in evolutionary theory, developmental biology, ecology, morphology and taxonomy and conclude that biological heritage is rich in not just one biodiversity but many. Maclaurin and Sterelny also explore the case for the conservation of these biodiversities using option value theory, a tool borrowed from economics. An erudite, provocative, timely, and creative attempt to answer a fundamental question, What Is Biodiversity? will become a foundational text in the life sciences and studies thereof. 606 $aBiodiversity 606 $aEcology 615 0$aBiodiversity. 615 0$aEcology. 676 $a333.95 686 $aWI 2000$2rvk 700 $aMaclaurin$b James$01806844 701 $aSterelny$b Kim$0488531 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910965309103321 996 $aWhat is biodiversity$94356242 997 $aUNINA