Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Novacek, Michael J.
2. American Museum of Natural History.

Description

1. 223 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.

Subject

1. Biodiversity
2. Biodiversity conservation
3. Extinction (Biology)

Contents

1. Biodiversity: wildlife in trouble / Edward O. Wilson -- Profile: Abebe Getahun -- What's this biodiversity and what's it done for us today? / Norman Myers -- Case study: the Audubon guide to seafood -- Deforestation in the tropics / Robert C. Repetto -- Biodiversity and human health / Francesca T. Grifo -- Profile: Kevin Browngoehl -- Biodiversity: what it is and why we need it / Paul R. Ehrlich, Simon A. Levin -- Hot spots / David Ehrenfeld -- Case study: the Green Guerillas, New York City -- What have we lost, what are we losing? / Peter H. Raven -- Profile: Amy Vedder -- Chemical prospecting: the new natural history / Thomas Eisner -- Profile: Dolores R. Santoliquido -- Evolution, extinction, and humanity's place in nature / Niles Eldredge -- Case study: St. Lucia parrot recovery -- Profile: Clare Flemming -- The 40,000-year plague: humans, hyperdisease, and first-contact extinctions / Ross D.E. MacPhee, Preston A. Marx -- Prehistoric extinctions and ecological changes on Oceanic Islands / Helen F. James -- Case study: brown-eyed, milk-giving... and extinct: losing mammals since A.D. 1500 -- Global warming, loss of habitat, and pollution: introduction to "Thompson's ice corps," "nest gains, nest losses," and "hormonal sabotage" / Kefyn M. Catley -- Thompson's ice corps / Mark Bowen -- Nest gains, nest losses / Scott K. Robinson -- Case study: Lake Victoria -- Hormonal sabotage / Theo Colborn, Dianne Dumanoski, John Peterson Myers -- Case study: reefs in crisis -- The new geologic force: man / Fairfield Osborn -- Profile: Jane Goodall -- Case study: Humpback Whale Conservation Genetics Project, Madagascar -- Conservation biology and wildlife management in America: a historical perspective / Curt Meine -- Profile: Jaime A. Pinkham --
2. Managing the biosphere: the essential role of systematic biology / Joel Cracraft -- Case study: Wilderness Preservation Act, U.S.A. -- How to grow a wildland: the gardenification of nature / Daniel H. Janzen -- Case study: the Belize Ethnobotany Reserve project -- Profile: Penelope Bodry-Sanders -- The economic value of earth's resources / Graciela Chichilnisky -- Profile: Michael Balick -- Case study: Jaguars -- Strategies and solutions: mapping the biodiversity / Prashant M. Hedao -- Community-based approaches for combining conservation and development / Nick Salafsky -- Case study: restoration of the Elwha River by dam removal, Washington -- No free lunch in the rain forest / Charles M. Peters.

Call number

1. JSE 01-1881

Note

1. "An American Museum of Natural History book."

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references.

Title

1. The biodiversity crisis : losing what counts / Michael J. Novacek, editor.

Imprint

1. New York : New Press : Distributed by W.W. Norton, 2001.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references.

Added author

1. Novacek, Michael J.
2. American Museum of Natural History.

LCCN

1. 99054732

ISBN

1. 1565845706 (pbk.)

Research call number

1. JSE 01-1881