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What is biodiversity? /

In the life sciences, there is wide-ranging debate about biodiversity. While nearly everyone is in favor of biodiversity and its conservation, methods for its assessment vary enormously. So what exactly is biodiversity? Most theoretical work on the subject assumes it has something to do with species...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Maclaurin, James
Otros Autores: Sterelny, Kim
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Taxonomy red in tooth and claw
  • Species: a modest proposal
  • Disparity and diversity
  • Morphology and morphological diversity
  • Development and diversity
  • Explorations in ecospace
  • Conservation biology: the measurement problem
  • Conservation biology: the evaluation problem
  • Concluding remarks.