Name: The Work of Nature: How the Diversity of Life Sustains Us (en Inglés)
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Author: Baskin, Yvonne ; Mooney, Harold a. ; Lubchenco, Jane
ISBN: 9781559635202

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The Work of Nature: How the Diversity of Life Sustains Us (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Prefacio de

Editorial

Año

1998

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

282

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

22.8 x 15.1 x 2.0 cm

Peso

0.39 kg.

ISBN

1559635207

ISBN13

9781559635202

Categorías

Ecología, la biosfera
Ecología aplicada
Conservación del medioambiente

The Work of Nature: How the Diversity of Life Sustains Us (en Inglés)

Yvonne Baskin (Autor) · Harold A. Mooney (Prefacio de) · Jane Lubchenco (Prefacio de) · Island Press · Tapa Blanda

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The lavish array of organisms known as "biodiversity" is an intricately linked web that makes the earth a uniquely habitable planet. Yet pressures from human activities are destroying biodiversity at an unprecedented rate. How many species can be lost before the ecological systems that nurture life begin to break down?In The Work of Nature, noted science writer Yvonne Baskin examines the threats posed to humans by the loss of biodiversity. She summarizes and explains key findings from the ecological sciences, highlighting examples from around the world where shifts in species have affected the provision of clean air, pure water, fertile soils, lush landscapes, and stable natural communities.As Baskin makes clear, biodiversity is much more than number of species -- it includes the complexity, richness, and abundance of nature at all levels, from the genes carried by local populations to the layout of communities and ecosystems across the landscape. Ecologists are increasingly aware that mankind's wanton destruction of living organisms -- the planet's work force -- threatens to erode our basic life support services. With uncommon grace and eloquence, Baskin demonstrates how and why that is so.Distilling and bringing to life the work of the world's leading ecologists, The Work of Nature is the first book of its kind to clearly explain the practical consequences of declining biodiversity on ecosystem health and function.