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Biodiversity II : understanding and protecting our biological resources / Marjorie L. Reaka-Kudla, Don E. Wilson, and Edward O. Wilson, editors.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : Joseph Henry Press, 1997.Description: 1 online resource (v, 551 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0585037272
  • 9780585037271
  • 9780309055840
  • 0309055849
Other title:
  • Biodiversity 2
  • Biodiversity two
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Biodiversity II.DDC classification:
  • 333.95/16 20
LOC classification:
  • QH75 .B5228 1997eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction / Edward O. Wilson -- Biodiversity : what is it? / Thomas E. Lovejoy -- Biodiversity : why is it important? / Ruth Patrick -- Biodiversity at its utmost : tropical forest beetles / Terry L. Erwin -- Measuring global biodiversity and its decline / Nigel E. Stork -- Butterfly diversity and a preliminary comparison with bird and mammal diversity / Robert K. Robbins and Paul A. Opler -- The global biodiversity of coral reefs : a comparison with rain forests / Marjorie L. Reaka-Kudla -- Common measures for studies of biodiversity : molecular phylogeny in the eukaryotic microbial world / Mitchell L. Sogin and Gregory Hinkle -- The rich diversity of biodiversity issues / Norman Myers -- Human-caused extinction of birds / David W. Steadman -- Global warming and plant species richness : a case study of the Paleocene/Eocene boundary / Scott L. Wing -- Plant response to multiple environmental stresses : implications for climatic change and biodiversity / Irwin N. Forseth -- Names : the keys to biodiversity / F. Christian Thompson.
Systematics : a keystone to understanding biodiversity / Ruth Patrick -- Biodiversity and systematics : their application to agriculture / Douglass R. Miller and Amy Y. Rossman -- Snout moths : unraveling the taxonomic diversity of a speciose group in the neotropics / M. Alma Solis -- Phylogeny and historical reconstruction : host-parasite systems as keystones in biogeography and ecology / Eric P. Hoberg -- Comparative behavioral and biochemical studies of bowerbirds and the evolution of bower-building / Gerald Borgia -- Microbial biodiversity and biotechnology / Rita R. Colwell -- The impact of rapid gene discovery technology on studies of evolution and biodiversity / Carol J. Bult [and others] -- Initial assessment of character sets from five nuclear gene sequences in animals / Timothy P. Friedlander, Jerome C. Regier, and Charles Mitter -- Gap analysis for biodiversity survey and maintenance / J. Michael Scott and Blair Csuti.
Conservation of biodiversity in neotropical primates / James M. Dietz -- Using marine invertebrates to establish research and conservation priorities / James D. Thomas -- Ecological restoration and the conservation of biodiversity / William R. Jordan, III -- Tropical sustainable development and biodiversity / Patrick Kangas -- Wildland biodiversity management in the tropics / Daniel H. Janzen -- Taxonomic preparedness : are we ready to meet the biodiversity challenge? / Quentin D. Wheeler and Joel Cracraft -- Museums, research collections, and the biodiversity challenge / Leslie J. Mehrhoff -- Resources for biodiversity in living collections and the challenges of assessing microbial biodiversity / Richard O. Roblin -- Integration of data for biodiversity initiatives / David F. Farr and Amy Y. Rossman -- Information management for biodiversity : a proposed U.S. national biodiversity information center / Bruce L. Umminger and Steve Young -- Santa Rosalia, the turning of the century, and a new age of exploration / Marjorie L. Reaka-Kudla, Don E. Wilson, and Edward O. Wilson.
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Introduction / Edward O. Wilson -- Biodiversity : what is it? / Thomas E. Lovejoy -- Biodiversity : why is it important? / Ruth Patrick -- Biodiversity at its utmost : tropical forest beetles / Terry L. Erwin -- Measuring global biodiversity and its decline / Nigel E. Stork -- Butterfly diversity and a preliminary comparison with bird and mammal diversity / Robert K. Robbins and Paul A. Opler -- The global biodiversity of coral reefs : a comparison with rain forests / Marjorie L. Reaka-Kudla -- Common measures for studies of biodiversity : molecular phylogeny in the eukaryotic microbial world / Mitchell L. Sogin and Gregory Hinkle -- The rich diversity of biodiversity issues / Norman Myers -- Human-caused extinction of birds / David W. Steadman -- Global warming and plant species richness : a case study of the Paleocene/Eocene boundary / Scott L. Wing -- Plant response to multiple environmental stresses : implications for climatic change and biodiversity / Irwin N. Forseth -- Names : the keys to biodiversity / F. Christian Thompson.

Systematics : a keystone to understanding biodiversity / Ruth Patrick -- Biodiversity and systematics : their application to agriculture / Douglass R. Miller and Amy Y. Rossman -- Snout moths : unraveling the taxonomic diversity of a speciose group in the neotropics / M. Alma Solis -- Phylogeny and historical reconstruction : host-parasite systems as keystones in biogeography and ecology / Eric P. Hoberg -- Comparative behavioral and biochemical studies of bowerbirds and the evolution of bower-building / Gerald Borgia -- Microbial biodiversity and biotechnology / Rita R. Colwell -- The impact of rapid gene discovery technology on studies of evolution and biodiversity / Carol J. Bult [and others] -- Initial assessment of character sets from five nuclear gene sequences in animals / Timothy P. Friedlander, Jerome C. Regier, and Charles Mitter -- Gap analysis for biodiversity survey and maintenance / J. Michael Scott and Blair Csuti.

Conservation of biodiversity in neotropical primates / James M. Dietz -- Using marine invertebrates to establish research and conservation priorities / James D. Thomas -- Ecological restoration and the conservation of biodiversity / William R. Jordan, III -- Tropical sustainable development and biodiversity / Patrick Kangas -- Wildland biodiversity management in the tropics / Daniel H. Janzen -- Taxonomic preparedness : are we ready to meet the biodiversity challenge? / Quentin D. Wheeler and Joel Cracraft -- Museums, research collections, and the biodiversity challenge / Leslie J. Mehrhoff -- Resources for biodiversity in living collections and the challenges of assessing microbial biodiversity / Richard O. Roblin -- Integration of data for biodiversity initiatives / David F. Farr and Amy Y. Rossman -- Information management for biodiversity : a proposed U.S. national biodiversity information center / Bruce L. Umminger and Steve Young -- Santa Rosalia, the turning of the century, and a new age of exploration / Marjorie L. Reaka-Kudla, Don E. Wilson, and Edward O. Wilson.

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