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Animals in Dangerby Gill GouldISBN 0865927790 (0-86592-779-0)
Hardcover, Rourke Pub Group
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Biodiversityby Edward Osborne Wilson, Smithsonian Institution, Frances M. Peter, National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)ISBN 0309037832 (0-309-03783-2)
Hardcover, National Academy Press
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Biodiversityby National Academy of Sciences, Edward O. Wilson, Smithsonian Institution, National Forum on Biodiversity (1986 Washington, D.C.), Frances M. PeterISBN 0309037395 (0-309-03739-5)
Softcover, Natl Academy Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Biodiversity'Book summary:This important book for scientists and nonscientists alike calls attention to a most urgent global problem: the rapidly accelerating loss of plant and animal species to increasing human population pressure and the demands of economic development. Based on a major conference sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences and the Smithsonian Institution, "Biodiversity" creates a systematic framework for analyzing the problem and searching for possible solutions. [via]
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Biodiversity: An Introductionby Kevin J. Gaston, John I. SpicerISBN 1405118571 (1-4051-1857-1)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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This concise introductory text provides a complete overview of biodiversity - what it is, how it arose, its distribution, why it is important, human impact upon it, and what should be done to maintain it.
- Timely overview of the serious attempts made to quantify and describe biodiversity in a scientific way
- Acts as an easy entry point into the primary literature
- Provides real-world examples of key issues, including illustrations of major temporal and spatial patterns in biodiversity
- Designed primarily with undergraduate students and course lecturers in mind, it will also be of interest to anyone who requires an overview of, and entry to, the vast literature on these topics.
- All the figures included in the book are downloadable from the Blackwell Publishing website
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Biodiversity and Global Changeby Otto T. Solbrig, H.M. Van Emden, C.A.B. International, International Union of Biological Sciences, Otto Thomas Solbrig, P.G.W. Van Oordt, H. M. Van Emden, P. G. W. J. Van OordtISBN 0851989314 (0-85198-931-4)
Softcover, C A B Intl
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Biodiversity and Human Healthby Francesca Grifo, Joshua RosenthalISBN 1559635010 (1-55963-501-0)
Softcover, Island Pr
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The Biodiversity Crisis : Losing What Countsby Michael J. NovacekISBN 1565845706 (1-56584-570-6)
Softcover, New Press, The
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Biodiversity Crisis : Losing What Counts'Book summary:The fastest mass extinction of species in Earth's history, intriguingly explored in an illustrated companion to the American Museum of Natural History's permanent exhibit. The Biodiversity Crisis offers general audiences a clear understanding of the current threat to life on Earth posed by the fastest mass extinction in Earth's history, which has taken place over the last five hundred years. Unlike prior extinctions, this one is clearly a direct result of human activity, not of natural phenomena. Yet the public remains unaware of the crisis in sustaining biodiversitythe variety and interdependence of all living things on Earth. Published in conjunction with the American Museum of Natural History, whose major Hall of Biodiversity recently opened to great acclaim, the book defines biodiversity, demonstrates its importance to life as we know it, and presents strategies and solutions, including what we can do in our own homes and communities, for stopping the escalating rate of species' extinction. It combines essays by experts including E. O. Wilson, Niles Eldredge, and Peter Raven; profiles of naturalists such as Jane Goodall; and case studies. Engaging and accessible, The Biodiversity Crisis presents the best scientific thinking in language and images that we can all understand, and is illustrated with photographs and drawings and supplemented with a resource section and a glossary of key terms. Black-and-white photographs and illustrations throughout.
The New Press is pleased to announce the publication of this new title with the American Museum of Natural History, a collaboration that began with the publication of Epidemic! in 2000.
Founded in 1869, the American Museum of Natural History in New York City is one of the world's preeminent institutions for scientific research and education, visited by more than four million people annually. Three new titles, Earth, The Biodiversity Crisis, and Cosmic Horizons, are companion volumes to three major new permanent exhibitions at the museum: the David S. and Ruth L. Gottesman Hall of Planet Earth, the Hall of Biodiversity, and the Frederick Phineas and Sandra Priest Rose Center for Earth and Space. [via]
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Biological Diversity: The Coexistence of Species on Changing Landscapesby Michael A. HustonISBN 0521369304 (0-521-36930-4)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Biometry: The Principles and Practice of Statistics in Biological Researchby F. James Rohlf, Robert R. SokalISBN 0716724111 (0-7167-2411-1)
Hardcover, W H Freeman & Co
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The Biophilia Hypothesisby Stephen R. Kellert, Edward O. WilsonISBN 1559631473 (1-55963-147-3)
Softcover, Island Pr
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Canadian Biodiversity Strategy: Canada's Response to the Convention on Biological Diversityby CanadaISBN 0662232216 (0-662-23221-6)
Hardcover, Biodiversity Convention Office, Environment Canada
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Climate Change and Biodiversityby Thomas E. Lovejoy, Lee Jay HannahISBN 0300104251 (0-300-10425-1)
Hardcover, Yale University Press
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The Crystal Desertby David G. CampbellISBN 0618219218 (0-618-21921-8)
Softcover, Mariner Books
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The Crystal Desert: Summers in Antarcticaby David G. CampbellISBN 0395680824 (0-395-68082-4)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin Company
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Cultures of Habitat: On Nature, Culture, and Storyby Gary Paul NabhanISBN 1887178961 (1-887178-96-1)
Softcover, Counterpoint
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Decimation of World Wildlife: Japan as Number Oneby Tom MillikenISBN 9839952005 (983-99520-0-5)
Hardcover, Asia-Pacific Peoples Environment Network
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The Dialectical Biologistby Richard C. Lewontin, Richard LevinsISBN 0674202813 (0-674-20281-3)
Hardcover, Harvard University Press
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The Dialectical Biologistby Richard Levins, Richard LewontinISBN 067420283X (0-674-20283-X)
Softcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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The Diversity of Lifeby Edward O. WilsonISBN 0393319407 (0-393-31940-7)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Diversity of Life: With a New Introduction'Book summary:Humans, the Harvard University entomologist Edward O. Wilson has observed, have an innate--or at least extremely ancient--connection to the natural world, and our continued divorce from it has led to the loss of not only "a vast intellectual legacy born of intimacy" with nature, but also our very sanity. In The Diversity of Life, Wilson takes a sweeping view of our planet's natural richness, remarking on what on the surface seems a paradox: "almost all the species that ever lived are extinct, and yet more are alive today than at any time in the past." (Wilson's elegant explanation is a scientific education in itself.) This great variety of species is, of course, threatened by habitat destruction, global climate change, and a host of other forces, and Wilson revisits his oft-stated call for the protection of wilderness and undeveloped land, noting that "wilderness has virtue unto itself and needs no extraneous justification." We should, he continues, regard every species, "every scrap of biodiversity," as precious and irreplaceable, without attempting to quantify that regard with utilitarian measures such as "bio-economics." In short, Wilson offers with this book a simple, workable environmental ethic that extends the work of Aldo Leopold and other conservationists. A remarkably productive and influential scientist, Wilson is also a fine writer, and his survey of biodiversity makes for welcome and instructive reading. --Gregory McNamee [via]
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Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc - The Diversity of Life: ISBN 0393964574 (0-393-96457-4)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc - The Diversity of Life: ISBN 0393989801 (0-393-98980-1)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc - The Diversity of Life: With a New Introduction: ISBN 0393319407 (0-393-31940-7)
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The Diversity of Living Organismsby R.S.K. BarnesISBN 0632049170 (0-632-04917-0)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Diversity of Living Organisms'Book summary:Such is the pressure on teaching time in schools and universities that students are taught less and less of the diversity that is life on this planet. Most students, and indeed most professional biologists that these students become, know far more of cell function than of biodiversity. This text is a profusely illustrated, quick-reference guide to all types of living organisms, from the single-celled prokaryotes and eurkaryotes to the multicellular fungi, plants and animals. All surviving phyla and their component classes are characterised and described, as are their lifestyles, ecology, relationships, and within-group diversity (with orders displayed in list form). Overall, the book's aim is to provide biologists and others with a clear, concise picture of the nature of all groups of organisms with which they may be unfamiliar. [via]
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Ecoagriculture: Strategies to Feed the World and Save Wild Biodiversityby Sara J. Scherr, Jeffrey A. McNeelyISBN 1559636459 (1-55963-645-9)
Softcover, Island Pr
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The End of Evolution: A Journey in Search of Clues to the Third Mass Extinction Facing Planet Earthby Peter WardISBN 0553374699 (0-553-37469-9)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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The End of Evolution: On Mass Extinctions and the Preservation of Biodiversityby Peter WardISBN 0553088122 (0-553-08812-2)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Endangered Species: Opposing Viewpointsby Brenda StalcupISBN 1565103653 (1-56510-365-3)
Hardcover, Greenhaven Pr
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Endangered Species: Opposing Viewpointsby Helen CothranISBN 0737705051 (0-7377-0505-1)
Softcover, Greenhaven Pr
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Fate of the Wild: The Endangered Species Act and the Future of Biodiversityby Bonnie B. BurgessISBN 0820324922 (0-8203-2492-2)
Softcover, Univ of Georgia Pr
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The Forgotten Pollinatorsby Gary Paul Nabhan, Stephen L. BuchmannISBN 1559633530 (1-55963-353-0)
Softcover, Island Pr
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Future Is An Ancient Lake. Traditional Knowledge, Biodiversity And Genetic Resources For Food And Agriculture In Lake Chad Basin EcosystemsISBN 9251050643 (92-5-105064-3)
Softcover, Renouf Pub Co Ltd
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The Future of Lifeby Edward Osborne WilsonISBN 0679768114 (0-679-76811-4)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Future of Life'Book summary:The eminent Harvard naturalist and Pulitzer Prize winner Edward Wilson marshals all the prodigious powers of his intellect and imagination in this impassioned call to ensure the future of life. Opening with an imagined conversation with Henry David Thoreau at Walden Pond, he writes that he has come "to explain to you, and in reality to others and not least to myself, what has happened to the world we both have loved." Based on a love affair with the natural world that spans 70 years, Wilson combines lyrical descriptions with dire warnings and remarkable stories of flora and fauna on the edge of extinction with hard economics. How many species are we really losing? Is environmentalism truly contrary to economic development? And how can we save the planet? Wilson has penned an eloquent plea for the need for a global land ethic and offers the strategies necessary to ensure life on earth based on foresight, moral courage, and the best tools that science and technology can provide. -- Lesley Reed [via]
The Global Ecology Handbook: What You Can Do About the Environmental Crisis The Global Tomorrow Coalition Practical Supplement to the Pbs Seriesby Global Tomorrow Coalition, Walter H. CorsonISBN 0807085014 (0-8070-8501-4)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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The Growth of Biological Thought: Diversity, Evolution, and Inheritanceby Ernst E. MayrISBN 0674364465 (0-674-36446-5)
Softcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Growth of Biological Thought: Diversity, Evolution, and Inheritance'Book summary:No one in this century can speak with greater authority on the progress of ideas in biology than Ernst Mayr. And no book has ever established the life sciences so firmly in the mainstream of Western intellectual history as "The Growth of Biological Thought." Ten years in preparation, this is a work of epic proportions, tracing the development of the major problems of biology from the earliest attempts to find order in the diversity of life, to modern research into the mechanisms of gene transmission. [via]
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Handbook Of Biodiversity Methods: Survey, Evaluation And Monitoringby Philip Shaw David Hill, Philip Shaw, Graham Tucker, Matthew Fasham, Michael ShewryISBN 0521823684 (0-521-82368-4)
Hardcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Honorary Tiger: The Life of Billy Arjan Singhby Duff Hart-daviesISBN 0413775534 (0-413-77553-4)
Hardcover, Methuen Pub Ltd
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Impacts of Europe's Changing Climate: An Indicator-Based Assessmentby European Environment AgencyISBN 9291676926 (92-9167-692-6)
Hardcover, European Environment Agency
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The Insect Societiesby Edward Osborne WilsonISBN 0674454952 (0-674-45495-2)
Softcover, Belknap Pr
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Invasive Species in a Changing Worldby Harold A. Mooney, Richard J. HobbsISBN 155963782X (1-55963-782-X)
Softcover, Island Pr
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Island Biology, Illustrated by the Land Birds of Jamaicaby David Lambert LackISBN 0520030079 (0-520-03007-9)
Hardcover, Univ of California Pr
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Last Chance to Seeby Douglas Adams, Mark CarwardineISBN 0345371984 (0-345-37198-4)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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The Last Tiger: Struggling for Survivalby Valmik ThaparISBN 0195680006 (0-19-568000-6)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press
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Legacy: Conserving New York State's Biodiversityby Nature Conservancy (U.S.), New York (State), New York State Biodiversity Research Institute, New York State Biodiversity Project, Center for Biodiversity and Conservation (American Museum of Natural History), New York Natural Heritage ProgramISBN 1555572367 (1-55557-236-7)
Hardcover, New York State Biodiversity Project
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Life on Earth: A Natural Historyby David AttenboroughISBN 0316057479 (0-316-05747-9)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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Life Out of Bounds: Bioinvasion in a Borderless Worldby Chris BrightISBN 0393318141 (0-393-31814-1)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Losing Paradise: The Growing Threat to Our Animals, Our Environment, and Ourselvesby Paul G. IrwinISBN 0757000037 (0-7570-0003-7)
Softcover, Square One Pub
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Marine Biodiversity : Patterns and Processesby Rupert F. G. Ormond, Martin V. Angel, John D. Gage, Crispin TickellISBN 0521552222 (0-521-55222-2)
Hardcover, Cambridge University Press
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Measuring & Monitoring Plant Populationsby Caryl L. ElzingaISBN 0160617146 (0-16-061714-6)
Softcover, Bernan Assoc
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Measuring and Monitoring Biological Diversity: Standard Methods for Amphibiansby Maureen A. Donnelly, Ronald W. Heyer, W. Ronald HeyerISBN 1560982845 (1-56098-284-5)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Measuring and Monitoring Biological Diversity: Standard Methods for Mammalsby Don E. Wilson, James D. Nichols, Mercedes S. Foster, F. Russell Cole, Rasanayagam RudranISBN 1560986379 (1-56098-637-9)
Softcover, Smithsonian Inst Pr
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Metacommunities: Spatial Dynamics And Ecological Communitiesby Mathew A. Leibold, Marcel Holyoak, Robert D. HoltISBN 0226350649 (0-226-35064-9)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Metacommunities: Spatial Dynamics And Ecological Communities'Book summary:Until recently community ecologya science devoted to understanding the patterns and processes of species distribution and abundancefocused mainly on specific and often limited scales of a single community. Since the 1970s, for example, metapopulation dynamicsstudies of interacting groups of populations connected through movementconcentrated on the processes of population turnover, extinction, and establishment of new populations.[via]
Metacommunities takes the hallmarks of metapopulation theory to the next level by considering a group of communities, each of which may contain numerous populations, connected by species interactions within communities and the movement of individuals between communities. In examining communities open to dispersal, the book unites a broad range of ecological theories, presenting some of the first empirical investigations and revealing the value of the metacommunity approach.
The collection of empirical, theoretical, and synthetic chapters in Metacommunities seeks to understand how communities work in fragmented landscapes. Encouraging community ecologists to rethink some of the leading theories of population and community dynamics, Metacommunities urges ecologists to expand the spatiotemporal scales of their research.More editions of Metacommunities: Spatial Dynamics And Ecological Communities:
The Nature of Diversity: An Evolutionary Voyage of Discoveryby Deborah A. McLennan, D. R. BrooksISBN 0226075907 (0-226-07590-7)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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Nature's Economy: A History of Ecological Ideasby Donald WorsterISBN 0521468345 (0-521-46834-5)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Nature's Economy: The Roots of Ecologyby Donald WorsterISBN 0871561972 (0-87156-197-2)
Hardcover, Random House, Incorporated
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One Planet : A Celebration of Biodiversityby Nicolas Hulot, Phillippe Bourseiller, Steve Bloom, Gilles MartinISBN 0810955342 (0-8109-5534-2)
Hardcover, Abrams , Incorporated, Harry N.
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› Find signed collectible books: 'One Planet : A Celebration of Biodiversity'Book summary:Our planet, with all its spectacular diversity, is a source of endless fascination-the stunning success of books like Earth from Above is proof of that. Now comes this spellbinding volume, filled with glorious images from the world's greatest nature photographers. This breathtaking work celebrates the amazing variety of species and ecosystems and how various forces affect them positively and negatively. In his absorbing, informative text, journalist Nicolas Hulot presents a lucid portrait of eight ecosystems (forests, oceans, deserts, poles, mountains, wetlands, grasslands, and cities), the species that inhabit them, and the role humans play in each. One Planet, just in time for Earth Day, is a loving photographic tribute to the beauty of the earth-it will remind us all how important it is to preserve this exquisite planet. [via]
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Phylogenic Analysis of Morphological Databy John J. WiensISBN 1560988169 (1-56098-816-9)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Playing God in Yellowstone: The Destruction of America's First National Parkby Alston ChaseISBN 0156720361 (0-15-672036-1)
Softcover, Harcourt
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A Practitioner's Guide to Freshwater Biodiversity Conservationby Nicole Silk, Kristine Ciruna, David Allan, David Braun, Ronald BjorklandISBN 1597260444 (1-59726-044-4)
Softcover, Island Pr
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Precious Heritage: The Status of Biodiversity in the United Statesby Nature Conservancy (U.S.), Association for Biodiversity Information, Jonathan S. Adams, Lynn S. Kutner, Bruce A. SteinISBN 0195125193 (0-19-512519-3)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Principles of Conservation Biologyby C. Ronald Carroll, Gary K. MeffeISBN 0878935215 (0-87893-521-5)
Hardcover, Sinauer Associates Inc
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Seeds of Change: The Living Treasure The Passionate Story of the Growing Movement to Restore Biodiversity and Revolutionize the Way We Think Aboutby Ken AusubelISBN 0062500082 (0-06-250008-2)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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The Sixth Extinction: Patterns of Life and the Future of Humankindby Roger Lewin, Richard LeakeyISBN 0385468091 (0-385-46809-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sixth Extinction: Patterns of Life and the Future of Humankind'Book summary:Richard Leakey, One Of The World's Foremost Experts On Man's Evolutionary Past, Now Turns His Eye To The Future And Doesn't Like What He Sees.
To the philosophical the earth is eternal, while the human race -- presumptive keeper of the world's history -- is a mere speck in the rich stream of life. It is known that nothing upon Earth is forever; geography, climate, and plant and animal life are all subject to radical change. On five occasions in the past, catastrophic natural events have caused mass extinctions on Earth. But today humans stand alone, in dubious distinction, among Earth's species: Homo Sapiens possesses the ability to destroy entire species at will, to trigger the sixth extinction in the history of life. In The Sixth Extinction, Richard Leakey and Roger Lewin consider how the grand sprawl of human life is inexorably wreaking havoc around the world. The authors of Origins and Origins Reconsidered, unimpeachable authorities on the human fossil record, turn their attention to the most uncharted anthropological territory of all: the future, and man's role in defining it. According to Leakey and Lewin, man and his surrounding species are end products of history and chance. Now, however, humans have the unique opportunity to recognize their influence on the global ecosystem, and consciously steer the outcome in order to avoid triggering an unimaginable upheaval. [via]More editions of The Sixth Extinction: Patterns of Life and the Future of Humankind:
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The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinctionsby David QuammenISBN 0684827123 (0-684-82712-3)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Structure of Evolutionary Theoryby Stephen Jay GouldISBN 0674006135 (0-674-00613-5)
Hardcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Structure of Evolutionary Theory'Book summary:The theory of evolution is regarded as one of the greatest glimmerings of understanding humans have ever had. It is an idea of science, not of belief, and therefore undergoes constant scrutiny and testing by argumentative evolutionary biologists. But while Darwinists may disagree on a great many things, they all operate within a (thus far) successful framework of thought first set down in The Origin of Species in 1859.
In The Structure of Evolutionary Theory, a monumental labor of academic love, Stephen Jay Gould attempts to define and revise that framework. Using the clear metaphors and personable style he is so well known for, Gould outlines the foundation of the theory and attempts to use it to show that modern evolutionary biology has lost its way. He then offers his own system for reconciling Darwin's "basic logical commitments" with the critiques of modern scientists.
Gould's massive opus begs a new look at natural selection with the full weight of history behind it. His opponents will find much to criticize, and orthodox, reductionist Darwinists might feel that Gould has given them short shrift. But as an opening monologue for the new century's biological debates, The Structure of Evolutionary Theory sets a mountainous precedent in exhaustive scholarship, careful logic, and sheer reading pleasure. --Therese Littleton [via]
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Surveying Natural Populationsby Martin A. Buzas, Lee-Ann C. HayekISBN 0231102410 (0-231-10241-0)
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To Save a Bird in Perilby David R. ZimmermanISBN 0698106717 (0-698-10671-7)
Hardcover, Coward, McCann & Geoghegan
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Travels in Search of Endangered Speciesby Jeremy MallinsonISBN 0715393464 (0-7153-9346-4)
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Tree of Life: The Incredible Biodiversity of Life on Earthby ROBIN STRAUSS, Margot ThompsonISBN 1553376692 (1-55337-669-2)
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The Unified Neutral Theory of Biodiversity and Biogeographyby Stephen P. HubbellISBN 0691021287 (0-691-02128-7)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Dept of Art &
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Uno's Gardenby Graeme BaseISBN 0810954737 (0-8109-5473-7)
Hardcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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The Variety of Life: A Survey and a Celebration of All the Creatures That Have Ever Livedby Colin TudgeISBN 0198503113 (0-19-850311-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Variety of Life: A Survey and a Celebration of All the Creatures That Have Ever Lived'Book summary:It takes a brave writer to tackle the truly Herculean task of describing The Variety of Life with the astronomical numbers of organisms living today, let alone all those that have fallen by the wayside over the billions of years of life on Earth. No one is quite sure how many living species there are, but it is estimated to be somewhere between 10 million and 100 million. Fortunately, since the days of the great Swedish naturalist Linnaeus, around 250 years ago, life has been grouped and classified into hierarchical schemes. As a result, it is possible to encompass this enormous variety of life by describing the relatively few groups into which it can be clustered. And, since the mid-19th century and the Darwin-Wallace theory of evolution by natural selection, classification has taken on an extra, evolutionary dimension.
Colin Tudge, a well-known British science writer, has training in whole animal biology and a self-proclaimed love for the natural-historical foray among our fellow creatures. The first part of this big book (all of 90 pages) deals with the thorny problems of what Tudge rightly calls the craft and science of classification. Since the 1950s, the word cladistics has terrorized many traditional naturalists and biologists. But it is here to stay, and Tudge provides a very welcome guide that will be invaluable to both lay people and students.
The bulk of the text, nearly 500 pages, forms part II and includes the descriptions of the main groups, from the most primitive (alpha proteobacteria) prokaryotes to Eupatorium, a large genus of 1,800 or so species of plant. In between these two groups, at either end of the biological spectrum, lie all the more familiar bugs and beasts, including ourselves. Inevitably, given so many millions of organisms, difficult choices have to be made. Some groups are only dealt with at phylum level (for example, brachiopods), while others are detailed down to family level (for example, primates). Some extinct groups (not surprisingly, the dinosaurs) get a look, but not many overall. The short epilogue concerns conservation and is followed by a useful reference list of sources and an index. Altogether, the 600-odd pages are enlivened with a large number of excellent black-and-white drawings of individual organisms and diagrams illustrating evolutionary relationships. For all natural historians and anyone interested in biology, the The Variety of Life is a must. --Douglas Palmer, Amazon.co.uk [via]
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A View from the Machan: How Science Can Save the Fragile Predatorby Ke. Ullasa Karanta, Maya RamaswamyISBN 8178241374 (81-7824-137-4)
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The Way of the Tiger: Natural History and Conservation of the Endangered Big Catby K. Ullas KaranthISBN 0896580105 (0-89658-010-5)
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What Evolution Isby Ernst MayrISBN 0465044263 (0-465-04426-3)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'What Evolution Is'Book summary:Gathering insights from his seven-decade career, the renowned biologist Ernst Mayr argues that evolution is now to be considered not a theory but a fact--and that "there is not a single Why? question in biology that can be answered adequately without a consideration of evolution."
Mayr, emeritus professor of zoology at Harvard University, has long been one of the world's foremost researchers in genetic and evolutionary theory. In this overview of past and current scientific thought, he discusses key concepts and terms, among them the origin of species, the (somewhat metaphorical) "struggle for existence," and agents of micro- and macroevolution. Somewhat against the grain, he argues against reduction and for the study of evolution at the phenotypic, not genetic, level. In his concluding pages, Mayr offers a careful overview of human evolution, adding his view that humankind is indeed unique--though "it has not yet completed the transition from quadrupedal to bipedal life in all of its structures."
Advanced students of the life sciences, as well as readers looking for a survey of current evolutionary theory, will find Mayr's book a useful companion. --Gregory McNamee [via]
Wild Solutions: How Biodiversity Is Money In The Bankby Paul R. Ehrlich, Andrew BeattieISBN 0300076363 (0-300-07636-3)
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Wild Tigers of Ranthamboreby Valmik Thapar, Fateh Singh RatoreISBN 0195677935 (0-19-567793-5)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wild Tigers of Ranthambore'Book summary:Through photographs by Fateh Singh Rathore and Valmik Thapar, this book illustrates the fate of the tiger from the early days of the Ranthambore Sanctuary and Project Tiger, through to the present, taking a look into the future of the tiger in the new millennium. An essay by Thapar evokes the first few years of the sanctuary and goes on to discuss the difficulties of tiger conservation in an economically backward and overpopulated country like India. It brings alive the fascination of observing the secret life of this predominantly nocturnal animal.
This lavishly produced book contains 125 excellent photographs which will make this a delight for those interested in the fate of this magnificent animal.
In this new edition, the author has added an epilogue in which he discusses the current plight of the dwindling tiger population and how to upgrade the conservation methods to protect the endangered species. [via]More editions of Wild Tigers of Ranthambore:
Wildlife Crisisby James Fisher, Philip, World Wildlife FundISBN 0241018986 (0-241-01898-6)
Hardcover, Published with the co-operation of the World Wildlife Fund [by] Hamilton
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