Figuring out flora and fauna: BIODIVERSITY. A BIOLOGY OF NUMBERS AND DIFFERENCE

Biodiversity-- bandwagon, buzz-word, growth industry, global resource... what exactly is it? and how should scientists define it? Despite burgeoning interest in biodiversity the concepts and methods associated with its measurement have received rather little attention. By focusing on this in detail,...

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Published in:The Times higher education supplement 1996 (1252), p.28
Format: Review
Language:English
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Summary:Biodiversity-- bandwagon, buzz-word, growth industry, global resource... what exactly is it? and how should scientists define it? Despite burgeoning interest in biodiversity the concepts and methods associated with its measurement have received rather little attention. By focusing on this in detail, and at an advanced level, Biodiversity: A Biology of Numbers and Difference successfully addresses the issue of how to assign meaningful numerical values to the term biodiversity.
ISSN:0049-3929