Biodiversity under threat /

In this book the editors have provided a broad view of the many pressures imposed by human-induced changes and the many threats to global biodiversity and of the policy responses required to combat them.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Harrison, Roy M., 1948-, Hester, R. E. (Ronald E.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Royal Society of Chemistry, [2007]
Series:Issues in environmental science and technology ; v. 25.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Impacts of agricultural change on farmland biodiversity in the UK
  • The extent and future of global insect diversity
  • Biological invasions in Europe : drivers, pressures, states, impacts and responses
  • The deep sea : if we do not understand the biodiversity, can we assess the threat?
  • Threatened habitats : marginal vegetation in upland areas
  • Trends in biodiversity in Europe and the impact of land-use change
  • Tropical moist forests
  • The implementation of international biodiversity initiatives : constraints and successes
  • Biodiversity assessment and change : the challenge of appropriate methods
  • Drivers and pressures on biodiversity in analytical frameworks.