Encyclopedia of Biodiversity / Edition 2

by Simon A Levin (Editor)

Overview

The 7-volume Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, Second Edition maintains the reputation of the highly regarded original, presenting the most current information available in this globally crucial area of research and study. It brings together the dimensions of biodiversity and examines both the services it provides and the measures to protect it. Major themes of the work include the evolution of biodiversity, systems for classifying and defining biodiversity, ecological patterns and theories of biodiversity, and an assessment of contemporary patterns and trends in biodiversity.

The science of biodiversity has become the science of our future.  It is an interdisciplinary field spanning areas of both physical and life sciences. Our awareness of the loss of biodiversity has brought a long overdue appreciation of the magnitude of this loss and a determination to develop the tools to protect our future.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780123847195
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	03/07/2013
Edition description:	2nd Revised ed.
Pages:	5504
Product dimensions:	11.80(w) x 12.00(h) x 9.60(d)

About the Author

Simon 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

Table of Contents

SAMPLE TABLE OF CONTENTS

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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

Vertebrates

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The eagerly awaited new edition of the American Library Association/RUSA Outstanding Reference Source for 2001, now in 7 volumes 

Editorial Reviews

"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

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