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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... 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 32 33 34 37 39 39 39 39 41 43 44 46 47 48 49 50 50 59550 52 52 52 54 54 ཐྭ་ 54 56 57 Boreal ...
... 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 32 33 34 37 39 39 39 39 41 43 44 46 47 48 49 50 50 59550 52 52 52 54 54 ཐྭ་ 54 56 57 Boreal ...
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... Major Ecosystems of the World Tropical Forests 97 97 Grasslands 97 Inland Wetlands 98 Coastal Ecosystems Including Mangrove System 101 Arctic and Alpine Systems 102 Boreal Forests 102 Temperate Forest Systems 102 Arid and Semiarid Lands ...
... Major Ecosystems of the World Tropical Forests 97 97 Grasslands 97 Inland Wetlands 98 Coastal Ecosystems Including Mangrove System 101 Arctic and Alpine Systems 102 Boreal Forests 102 Temperate Forest Systems 102 Arid and Semiarid Lands ...
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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