Biodiversity: Przewalski's Horse, Edna's Trillium, the Giant Squid, and Over 1.5 Million Other Species

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University Press of America, 2005 - Всего страниц: 162
Biodiversity is a collection of essays on taxonomy, palaeobiology, evolution, biogeography, population biology, ecology (micro- and macro-), conservation biology, and other sub-disciplines that make up the study of the diversity of life on earth. Empirical rather than theoretical, these essays draw strongly upon the author's observations and travels during thirty years of fieldwork as a naturalist in North America and Asia. Biodiversity may be used as an introductory text in undergraduate biodiversity or conservation biology courses or as supplementary reading in more advanced courses.

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TAXONOMY ANIMAL VEGETABLE OR MINERAL? OR DID KING PHILLIP CALL OUT FOUR GALLANT SOLDIERS?
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BIODIVERSITY AN INORDINATE FONDNESS FOR BEETLES
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PALEOBIOLOGY LARGE WINGED CREATURES SEAMONSTERS AND DINOSAURS
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BIOGEOGRAPHY POLAR BEARS AND PENGUINS
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EVOLUTION
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POPULATION BIOLOGY SIZE LONGEVITY AND LIFE HISTORY
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MICROECOLOGY TERRITORIALLY SEXUALITY AND COEXISTENCE
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MACROECOLOGY THE BIG PICTURE
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CONSERVATION BIOLOGY ABUNDANCE CHALLENGED
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WHAT A PIECE OF WORK IS MAN?
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SOURCES AND FURTHER READINGS
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INDEX
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L.L. Gaddy is a field-trained naturalist who holds a Ph.D. in Geography from the University of Georgia. He is president of terra incognita, an environmental consulting firm based in Columbia, South Carolina.

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