Conservation Biogeography

by Robert Whittaker, Robert J. Whittaker, Richard J. Ladle

Book Overview

The Earth's ecosystems are in the midst of an unprecedented period of change as a result of human action. Many habitats have been completely destroyed or divided into tiny fragments, others have been transformed through the introduction of new species, or the extinction of native plants and animals, while anthropogenic climate change now threatens to completely redraw the geographic map of life on this planet. The urgent need to understand and prescribe...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1444335049
• ISBN13: 9781444335040
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.4" x 9.6"