Biodiversity and Global Change

by Otto Thomas Solbrig, P. G. W. J. van Oordt, Van Emden Solbrig, et al.

The loss of biodiversity of organisms and the effects of global change (including changes in soil, water, vegetation and atmosphere) are two major issues that confront today's biologists and environmental scientists. The objective of this book is to assess biodiversity loss in the context of global change.
The first three chapters deal with organizations, political and general questions. These are followed by consideration of the meaning and practical consequences of complexity and non-linearity, the significance for biodiversity studies of advances in molecular biology and population genetics, and interactions between biota and the atmosphere. The third part of the book assesses overall biodiversity and biodiversity in microorganisms, marine systems, terrestrial systems and in the past. Three chapters dealing with the management of biodiversity conclude the book, which addresses a topical issue, of interest to a wide range of biological and environmental scientists.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0851989314
• ISBN13: 9780851989310
• Release Date: October 1994
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 240 Pages