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Overviewience Research Techniques ience Research Techniques Full Product DetailsAuthor: Samuel M. Scheiner (Sam Scheiner is a theoretical biologist with work in various areas of evolution, ecology, and general biology)Publisher: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc Imprint: Academic Press Inc Edition: 2nd edition Dimensions: Width: 22.20cm , Height: 29.50cm , Length: 28.10cm Weight: 17.640kg ISBN: 9780123847195ISBN 10: 0123847192 Pages: 5504 Publication Date: 13 February 2013 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Replaced By: 9780128225622 Format: Mixed media product Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsSAMPLE TABLE OF CONTENTS For Complete Table of Contents, visit www.elsevierdirect.com/biodiversity Agriculture Conservation and Restoration Economics of Biodiversity Environmental Conditions and Effects Evolution Extinctions Genetics Geographic and Global Issues Habitats and Ecosystems Human Effects and Interventions Invertebrates Microbial Topics Plant Biodiversity Population Issues Public Policies and Attitudes Species Interactions and Interrelationships Species Interactions and Interrelationships Systematics and Species Concept Techniques and Measurements Theories and Concepts of Biodiversity VertebratesReviewsThe second edition of the Encyclopedia of Biodiversity updates the first...with 100 new entries and more than 200 revised ones. It now offers more than 350 articles...Topics range from typical biological ones like genetics, population, and evolution to broader subjects like public policy, economics, and human effects on the environment. Novice readers will appreciate the overview of biodiversity theories and concepts sections. --Choice Reviews Online, April 2014 The second edition of the Encyclopedia of Biodiversity updates the first.with 100 new entries and more than 200 revised ones. It now offers more than 350 articles.Topics range from typical biological ones like genetics, population, and evolution to broader subjects like public policy, economics, and human effects on the environment. Novice readers will appreciate the overview of biodiversity theories and concepts sections. --Choice Reviews Online, April 2014 Author InformationSimon A. Levin is the Moffett Professor of Biology at Princeton University and the Director of the Center for BioComplexity in the Princeton Environmental Institute. Previously he was the Alexander Professor of Biology at Cornell University, Director of Cornell's Center for Environmental Research, and the Princeton Environmental Institute. He has served as President of the Ecological Society of America and of the Society for Mathematical Biology. His principal research interests are in understanding how macroscopic patterns and processes are maintained at the level of ecosystems, socioeconomic systems, and the biosphere, in terms of ecological, behavioral and evolutionary mechanisms that operate primarily at the level of organisms. Levin is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a Member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Philosophical Society, and a Foreign Member of the Istituto Veneto. He is a University Fellow of Resources for the Future, a Fellow of the Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics, and a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. He has nearly 500 publications, and is the Editor of the Encyclopedia of Biodiversity and the Princeton Guide to Ecology. He serves on the Science Board of the Santa Fe Institute, which he co-chaired from 2007-2010, and was formerly Chair of the Council of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis. Levin's awards include: the Heineken Prize for Environmental Sciences, Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences, Margalef Prize for Ecology, the Ecological Society of America's MacArthur and Eminent Ecologist Awards, and the Okubo Award of the Society for Mathematical Biology and the Japanese Society for Theoretical Biology Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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