The Mediterranean region : biological diversity in space and time /
It is becoming clear that the Mediterranean region is one of the "hottest" of the biodiversity hotspots on the planet. There is also an increasing concern for the conservation, adaptive management, and restoration of the unique natural ecosystems and cultural landscapes that characterize t...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2010.
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Edición: | 2nd ed. |
Colección: | Oxford biology.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | It is becoming clear that the Mediterranean region is one of the "hottest" of the biodiversity hotspots on the planet. There is also an increasing concern for the conservation, adaptive management, and restoration of the unique natural ecosystems and cultural landscapes that characterize this area. The region's biological and cultural heritage as well as its huge wealth of biodiversity is now at real risk. This brings a further urgency to the task of communicating detailed butreadily accessible information on the Mediterranean biota, and an ecological, historical and evolutionary per. |
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Notas: | Revised edition of: Biology and wildlife of the Mediterranean region / Jacques Blondel and James Aronson. 1999. |
Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xv, 376 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780191574283 0191574287 |