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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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