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Melina F. Laverty, Eleanor J. Sterling, Amelia Chiles, Georgina Cullman
Book Code: GR4120
ISBN: 0-313-34120-6
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-34120-5
220 pages, figures; halftones; tables
Greenwood Press
Publication: 10/30/2008
List Price: $49.95 (UK Sterling Price: £27.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects:
Series Title: Science 101
Description: What should the average person know about science? Because science is so central to life in the 21st century, science educators and other leaders of the scientific community believe that it is essential that everyone understand the basic concepts of the most vital and far-reaching disciplines. Biodiversity 101 does exactly that. This accessible volume provides readers -- whether students new to the field or just interested members of the lay public -- with the essential ideas of the origins of humans using a minimum of jargon and mathematics. Concepts are introduced in a progressive order so that more complicated ideas build on simpler ones, and each is discussed in small, bite-sized segments so that they can be more easily understood.
Table of Contents:
  • Series Foreword
  • Preface
  • Chapter One: What is Biodiversity?
  • Chapter Two: Where is the Worlds Biodiversity?
  • Chapter Three: Why is Biodiversity Important?
  • Chapter IV: The State of the Worlds Biodiversity
  • Chapter V. Conserving Biodiversity: Strategies and Solutions
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
LC Card Number: 2008028518
LCC Class: QH541
Dewey Class: 333
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