Author : Yvonne Baskin,International Council of Scientific Unions. Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment
Publisher : Shearwater Books
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1997-02
Category : Nature
ISBN : UOM:39015036072711
The Work of Nature by Yvonne Baskin,International Council of Scientific Unions. Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment Pdf
The lavish array of organisms known as "biodiversity" is an intricately linked web that makes the Earth a uniquely habitable plane. In this book, a noted science writer examines the threats posed to humans by the loss of biodiversity and explains key findings from the ecological sciences. It is the first book of its kind to clearly explains the practical consequences of declining biodiversity of ecosystem hjealth and function and, consequently, on human society.