Biodiversity under threat / / editors, R.E. Hester and R.M. Harrison

• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, : Royal Society of Chemistry, 2007
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (291 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.95
• Soggetto topico: Biodiversity; Ecological heterogeneity
• Altri autori: HarrisonRoy M. <1948-> HesterR. E (Ronald E.)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Biodiversity under threat
• ISBN: 1-84755-765-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910139801103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Issues in environmental science and technology ; ; 25.