Textbook of BiodiversityScience Publishers, 2003 M01 10 - 260 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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... IUCN Threatened Categories and ' Unknown ' Categories Census of Threatened Species Common Features of Threatened Species Factors Affecting Ecosystem Degradation and Loss 83 84 85 85 85 86 87 91 91 93 93 95 95 Loss in Diversity of Major ...
... IUCN Threatened Categories and ' Unknown ' Categories Census of Threatened Species Common Features of Threatened Species Factors Affecting Ecosystem Degradation and Loss 83 84 85 85 85 86 87 91 91 93 93 95 95 Loss in Diversity of Major ...
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... with Biodiversity Management Organisations Primarily Involved in Framing Policies and 142 144 144 145 Methodologies for Execution IUCN UNEP UNESCO WWF 145 145 146 147 149 ICSU 149 FAO 150 CAB International 151 WCMC 151 ISBI xiii.
... with Biodiversity Management Organisations Primarily Involved in Framing Policies and 142 144 144 145 Methodologies for Execution IUCN UNEP UNESCO WWF 145 145 146 147 149 ICSU 149 FAO 150 CAB International 151 WCMC 151 ISBI xiii.
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Contents
DEFINITION SCOPE AND CONSTRAINTS | 1 |
GENETIC DIVERSITY | 10 |
Determinants of Genetic Diversity | 18 |
AGROBIODIVERSITY AND CULTIVATED TAXA | 39 |
ECOSYSTEM DIVERSITY | 52 |
VALUES AND USES OF BIODIVERSITY | 67 |
LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY | 81 |
Processes Responsible for Species Extinction | 84 |
Loss of Biodiversity as an Economic Process | 104 |
MANAGEMENT OF PLANT BIODIVERSITY | 144 |
BIODIVERSITY PROSPECTING AND INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS | 183 |
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Glossary | 223 |
Acronyms and Abbreviations | 237 |
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agricultural assessment biodiversity biodiversity conservation Biodiversity Information biological diversity bioprospecting bioresources Biosphere Reserve biotechnology botanic gardens CAB International Centre CITES collection components of biodiversity Conservation Biology Convention crops cultivars cultivated cultural databases deforestation developing countries domesticated Earth ecological economic ecosystem ecosystem diversity effects endemic environment environmental estimated ex-situ conservation fragmentation genetic diversity genome geographic germplasm Global Biodiversity grasslands habitat Heywood human important in-situ inbreeding inbreeding depression India individuals inventory IPRs IUCN km˛ land races landscape loss method microbes minimum viable population National natural Network number of species organisations organisms Oxford Plant Genetic Resources plant species population Press processes programmes protected areas recognised region Research Science scientific seed bank Soulé species diversity species extinction species richness sustainable development taxa taxon taxonomic threatened species trees tropical forests UNEP Washington DC WCMC wetlands wild relatives