Textbook of BiodiversityCRC Press, 2003 M01 10 - 276 pages A comprehensive text and reference book covering all the aspects of biodiversity science for students and researchers of biodiversity, plant science, biotechnology, as well as zoology. |
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... increasing outpouring of information that vastly transgressed different disciplines, from Morphology to Molecular Biology, from Systematics to Sociopolitical Economics and from Taxonomy to very advanced technologies. The subject matter ...
... increasing outpouring of information that vastly transgressed different disciplines, from Morphology to Molecular Biology, from Systematics to Sociopolitical Economics and from Taxonomy to very advanced technologies. The subject matter ...
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... increased (Harper and Hawksworth 1994). The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) held in 1992 at Rio de Janeiro (Rio Summit or Earth Summit) has also substantially elevated the status of Biodiversity ...
... increased (Harper and Hawksworth 1994). The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) held in 1992 at Rio de Janeiro (Rio Summit or Earth Summit) has also substantially elevated the status of Biodiversity ...
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... increased to 8 billion. We are not going to simply expand the load on the land presently available, but actually multiply the load. Evidence suggests that the Green Revolution is likely to peter out. Grain and pulse yields have stopped ...
... increased to 8 billion. We are not going to simply expand the load on the land presently available, but actually multiply the load. Evidence suggests that the Green Revolution is likely to peter out. Grain and pulse yields have stopped ...
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Contents
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WILD TAXA | 20 |
4 AGROBIODIVERSITY AND CULTIVATED TAXA | 39 |
5 ECOSYSTEM DIVERSITY | 52 |
6 VALUES AND USES OF BIODIVERSITY | 67 |
7 LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY | 81 |
8 CONSERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY | 106 |
10 BIODIVERSITY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY | 176 |
11 BIODIVERSITY PROSPECTING AND INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE SYSTEM S | 183 |
References | 195 |
Glossary | 223 |
Acronyms and Abbreviations | 237 |
Subject Index | 243 |
Author Index | 250 |
9 MANAGEMENT OF PLANT BIODIVERSITY | 144 |
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