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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... ECOSYSTEM DIVERSITY Introduction Classification of Ecosystems Measuring Ecosystem Diversity Major Ecosystem Types of the World Tropical Moist Forests Temperate Forests Arid and Semiarid Ecosystems 25 26 26 26 27 27 28 29 29 29 30 30 31 ...
... ECOSYSTEM DIVERSITY Introduction Classification of Ecosystems Measuring Ecosystem Diversity Major Ecosystem Types of the World Tropical Moist Forests Temperate Forests Arid and Semiarid Ecosystems 25 26 26 26 27 27 28 29 29 29 30 30 31 ...
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K V Krishnamurthy. Boreal Forests Arctic and Alpine Systems Grasslands Wetland Ecosystems Freshwater Wetlands Marine Ecosystems Agroecosystems Urban and Periurban Diversity Introduction 57 57 57 60 60 61 62 64 64 Nature of Urban ...
K V Krishnamurthy. Boreal Forests Arctic and Alpine Systems Grasslands Wetland Ecosystems Freshwater Wetlands Marine Ecosystems Agroecosystems Urban and Periurban Diversity Introduction 57 57 57 60 60 61 62 64 64 Nature of Urban ...
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... Ecosystem Degradation and Loss 83 84 85 85 85 86 87 91 91 93 93 95 95 Loss in Diversity of Major Ecosystems of the World Tropical Forests 97 97 Grasslands 97 Inland Wetlands 98 Coastal Ecosystems Including Mangrove System 101 Arctic and ...
... Ecosystem Degradation and Loss 83 84 85 85 85 86 87 91 91 93 93 95 95 Loss in Diversity of Major Ecosystems of the World Tropical Forests 97 97 Grasslands 97 Inland Wetlands 98 Coastal Ecosystems Including Mangrove System 101 Arctic and ...
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... Ecosystem Restoration In - situ or Ex - situ Conservation ? 115 116 123 124 124 125 128 130 131 131 132 133 133 134 Ex - situ Conservation of Microbes Social Approaches to Conservation Sacred Groves 135 136 137 Sthalavrikshas People's ...
... Ecosystem Restoration In - situ or Ex - situ Conservation ? 115 116 123 124 124 125 128 130 131 131 132 133 133 134 Ex - situ Conservation of Microbes Social Approaches to Conservation Sacred Groves 135 136 137 Sthalavrikshas People's ...
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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 km² 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