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Eden's endemics : narratives of biodiversity on earth and beyond /
"In a narrative that touches on topics ranging from seed banks to science fiction to birdwatching, Callaway argues--through a variety of media and genres--that there is no set, generally accepted way to measure biodiversity"--
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Charlottesville :
University of Virginia Press,
2020.
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| Collection: | Under the sign of nature: explorations in ecocriticism
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Accounting for Biodiversity
- 1. Natural History at the End of the World: Seed Banks, Database, Apocalypse
- 2. Cross Sections of the Tree of Life: Visualization and Evolutionary Supertrees
- 3. A Bird in Hand: Species Encounters in Competitive Birding
- 4. Islands in the Aether Ocean: Speculative Ecosystems in Science Fiction
- 5. Biodiversity Within: The Human Microbiome
- Coda: Nature Writing by Artificial Intelligence
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Recent books in the series