Biodiversity: Przewalski's Horse, Edna's Trillium, the Giant Squid, and Over 1.5 Million Other SpeciesUniversity 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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... understand and enjoy this green and beautiful planet and the older John Mark Dean , B. B. Gaddy , and Edmund Taylor , Sr. , who have taught me and others to understand and enjoy This One NU1E - 55J - Y9G2 I. PREFACE TABLE OF CONTENTS ...
... understand and enjoy this green and beautiful planet and the older John Mark Dean , B. B. Gaddy , and Edmund Taylor , Sr. , who have taught me and others to understand and enjoy This One NU1E - 55J - Y9G2 I. PREFACE TABLE OF CONTENTS ...
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... understand the biodiversity of this earth . From this blend of science and personal experience , I have ended up with something more like " biodiversity - lite " than a text . It was my intention , however , to write something that ...
... understand the biodiversity of this earth . From this blend of science and personal experience , I have ended up with something more like " biodiversity - lite " than a text . It was my intention , however , to write something that ...
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... understand these species and their diversity . Microbiologists argue that the basic unit of life is the cell ; ecologists counter by saying that the ecosystem is the most important unit . From my view as a naturalist and field biologist ...
... understand these species and their diversity . Microbiologists argue that the basic unit of life is the cell ; ecologists counter by saying that the ecosystem is the most important unit . From my view as a naturalist and field biologist ...
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... understanding of how the planet works , one must always be aware of what some have called " macroecology . " If , however , if you want to understand what biology is really about , you must look at the species , the basic unit 3 ...
... understanding of how the planet works , one must always be aware of what some have called " macroecology . " If , however , if you want to understand what biology is really about , you must look at the species , the basic unit 3 ...
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... understanding of species biology and species interactions , one can only then begin to understand phylogeny , community structure , and ecosystem function and piece together the fantastic puzzle we know of as life on earth . A young ...
... understanding of species biology and species interactions , one can only then begin to understand phylogeny , community structure , and ecosystem function and piece together the fantastic puzzle we know of as life on earth . A young ...
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TAXONOMY ANIMAL VEGETABLE OR MINERAL? OR DID KING PHILLIP CALL OUT FOUR GALLANT SOLDIERS? | 11 |
BIODIVERSITY AN INORDINATE FONDNESS FOR BEETLES | 21 |
PALEOBIOLOGY LARGE WINGED CREATURES SEAMONSTERS AND DINOSAURS | 35 |
BIOGEOGRAPHY POLAR BEARS AND PENGUINS | 49 |
EVOLUTION | 61 |
POPULATION BIOLOGY SIZE LONGEVITY AND LIFE HISTORY | 75 |
MICROECOLOGY TERRITORIALLY SEXUALITY AND COEXISTENCE | 85 |
MACROECOLOGY THE BIG PICTURE | 105 |
CONSERVATION BIOLOGY ABUNDANCE CHALLENGED | 115 |
WHAT A PIECE OF WORK IS MAN? | 129 |
SOURCES AND FURTHER READINGS | 140 |
INDEX | 151 |
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