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Sparing Nature : The Conflict between Human Population Growth and Earth's Biodiversity /
Are humans too good at adapting to the earth's natural environment? Every day, there is a net gain of more than 200,000 people on the planet-that's 146 a minute. Has our explosive population growth led to the mass extinction of countless species in the earth's plant and animal communi...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Brunswick, N.J. :
Rutgers University Press,
2003.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ""Preface""; ""Chapter 1 Sparing Nature""; ""Chapter 2 The Scattered Seeds""; ""Chapter 3 The Human Wedge""; ""Chapter 4 Genesis of a Crisis""; ""Chapter 5 Germs of Existence""; ""Chapter 6 The Great Restrictive Law""; ""Chapter 7 Good to the Last Drop""; ""Chapter 8 Biodiversity in Action""; ""Chapter 9 Epilogue: The Keystone Species with a Choice""; ""Notes""; ""Index""