Biodiversity

Biodiversity

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: National Forum on BioDiversity (corporate author, -)
Corporate Authors: National Forum on BioDiversity Corporate Author (corporate author), National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) Content Provider (content provider), Smithsonian Institution Content Provider
Other Authors: Wilson, Edward O. (-), Peter, Frances M.
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press 1988.
Edition:1st ed
Subjects:
Biodiversity conservation > Congresses.
Biodiversity > Congresses.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009622101406719
Table of Contents:
  • Biodiversity
  • Copyright
  • EDITOR'S FOREWORD
  • Contents
  • Chapter 1 The Current State of Biological Diversity
  • THE AMOUNT OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
  • THE NATURAL LONGEVITY OF SPECIES
  • RAIN FORESTS AS CENTERS OF DIVERSITY
  • HOW MUCH DIVERSITY IS BEING LOST?
  • HOW FAST IS DIVERSITY DECLINING?
  • WHAT CAN BE DONE?
  • References
  • PART 1 CHALLENGES TO THE PRESERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY
  • Chapter 2 The Loss of Diversity Causes and Consequences
  • References
  • Chapter 3 Tropical Forests and Their Species Going, Going … ?
  • TROPICAL FORESTS
  • EXTINCTION RATES: FUTURE
  • TROPICAL FOREST AND CLIMATIC CHANGE
  • REPERCUSSIONS FOR THE FUTURE OF EVOLUTION
  • References
  • Chapter 4 Ecological Diversity in Coastal Zones and Oceans
  • COASTS AND OCEANS-A WORLD VIEW
  • LIFE ACCORDING TO THE BOOK OF TAXONOMY
  • ECOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
  • CONCLUSIONS IN PROSPECT
  • References
  • Chapter 5 Diversity Crises in the Geological Past
  • THE PHANEROZOIC RECORD OF EXTINCTION
  • EXTINCTION RATES IN DEEP TIME
  • EVOLUTIONARY CONSEQUENCES OF PAST EXTINCTIONS
  • EXTINCTION IN SHALLOW TIME: THE PLEISTOCENE EXPERIENCE
  • RESEARCH FOR THE FUTURE
  • References
  • Chapter 6 Estimating Reductions in the Diversity of Tropical Forest Species
  • THE ACCEPTED VIEW
  • NUMBER OF SPECIES IN THE TROPICS
  • RATE OF CHANGE IN TROPICAL FOREST AREAS
  • DIVERSITY OF FOREST TYPES IN THE TROPICS
  • RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DEFORESTATION RATE AND LOSS OF SPECIES
  • SEEKING A BETTER ESTIMATE
  • CALLING ATTENTION TO THE POSITIVE TERMS IN THE SPECIES EXTINCTION ISSUE
  • NEED FOR BETTER LAND AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • References
  • Chapter 7 Challenges to Biological Diversity in Urban Areas
  • References
  • PART 2 HUMAN DEPENDANCE ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
  • Chapter 8 Deep Ecology Meets the Developing World
  • References
  • Chapter 9 Screening Plants for New Medicines.
  • THE GLOBAL IMPORTANCE OF PLANT-DERIVED DRUGS
  • THE IMPORTANCE OF HERBAL DRUGS
  • In Hong Kong
  • In Japan
  • In the People's Republic of China
  • THE SEARCH FOR NEW PLANT DRUGS
  • Use of the NAPRALERT Data Base
  • PHARMACOLOGICAL INTEREST IN NATURAL PRODUCTS
  • APPROACHES TO DRUG DISCOVERY FROM PLANTS
  • LACK OF INTEREST IN NEW DRUG DISCOVERY PROGRAMS FROM PLANTS
  • SUMMARY
  • References
  • Chapter 10 Serendipity in the Exploration of Biodiversity What Good are Weedy Tomatoes?
  • THE DISCOVERY OF A NEW TOMATO
  • HOW MUCH IS A WILD TOMATO WORTH?
  • A NEW SPECIES OF WILD MAIZE
  • THE CONTINUING IMPORTANCE OF BOTANICAL EXPLORATION
  • References
  • Chapter 11 The Outlook for new Agricultural and Industrial Products from the Tropics
  • AGRICULTURE
  • NEW CROPS
  • IMPROVEMENT OF CROP SPECIES THROUGH CROSS-BREEDING
  • NATURAL PESTICIDES
  • INDUSTRY
  • FATS AND OILS
  • FIBERS
  • THE ROLE OF THE ETHNOBOTANIST
  • References
  • PART 3 DIVERSITY AT RISK: TROPICAL FORESTS
  • Chapter 12 Our Diminishing Tropical Forests
  • Chapter 13 The Tropical Forest Canopy The Heart of Biotic Diversity
  • THE PROBLEM
  • THE HISTORY
  • References
  • Chapter 14 Tropical Dry Forests The Most Endangered Major Tropical Ecosystem
  • DIVERSITY IN THE DRY FOREST
  • A MANY-FACED THREAT
  • FUTURE PROSPECTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • References
  • Chapter 15 Deforestation and Indians in Brazilian Amazonia
  • THE YANOMAMI OF NORTHERN BRAZIL
  • THE KAYAPO OF CENTRAL BRAZIL
  • THE RIGHTS AND WRONGS OF SHIFTING CULTIVATION
  • INDIAN PRODUCTIVITY IN THE TROPICAL FOREST
  • THE IMPACT OF DEFORESTATION ON INDIAN LIFE
  • INDIAN MANAGERS OF THE RAIN FORESTS
  • References
  • Chapter 16 Primate Diversity and the Tropical Forest Case Studies from Brazil and Madagascar and Importance of the…
  • References
  • PART 4 DIVERSITY AT RISK: THE GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE.
  • Chapter 17 Lessons from Mediterranean-Climate Regions
  • COMMUNITY DIVERSITY IN TROPICAL AND TEMPERATE REGIONS
  • MEDITERRANEAN-CLIMATE FLORISTIC DIVERSITY
  • South Africa
  • California
  • The Mediterranean Basin
  • INCREASING BIOTIC DIVERSITY-THE INVADERS
  • References
  • Chapter 18 Structural and Functional Diversity in Temperate Forests
  • MAINTAINING SUCCESSIONAL STATES
  • MAINTAINING STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY
  • PROTECTING AQUATIC DIVERSITY
  • DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE STEWARDSHIP PROGRAMS
  • INCORPORATING BIODIVERSITY OBJECTIVES INTO MANAGEMENT
  • References
  • Chapter 19 Diversity in and Among Grasslands
  • GRAZING AND AGRICULTURE CONVERSIONS
  • MORE SUBTLE IMPACTS
  • References
  • Chapter 20 Diversity and Biological Invasions of Oceanic Islands
  • SCOPE OF THE PROBLEM
  • WHY ARE ISLANDS SUSCEPTIBLE?
  • WHAT CAN BE DONE?
  • IDENTIFICATION OF PROBLEM SPECIES
  • Herbivorous Mammals
  • Predators
  • Ecosystem-Level Effects
  • Invasion of Intact Native Ecosystems
  • IDENTIFICATION OF CRITICAL HABITATS
  • HABITAT DESTRUCTION
  • ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH ON ISLANDS
  • References
  • PART 5 THE VALUE OF BIODIVERSITY
  • Chapter 21 Economics and the Preservation of Biodiversity
  • References
  • Chapter 22 Commodity, Amenity, and Morality The Limits of Quantification in Valuing Biodiversity
  • References
  • Chapter 23 The Rise of the Global Exchange Economy and the Loss of Biological Diversity
  • References
  • Chapter 24 Why Put a Value on Biodiversity?
  • References
  • Chapter 25 What Mainstream Economists Have to Say About the Value Biodiversity
  • WELFARE CHANGE MEASUREMENT IMPLEMENTS AN EXPLICIT ETHICAL FRAMEWORK
  • THE ECONOMIC APPROACH IS NOT LIMITED TO THE COMMERCIAL DOMAIN
  • THERE IS AN (ALMOST) ADEQUATE CONCEPTUAL BASIS FOR ECONOMIC VALUATION OF BIODIVERSITY.
  • TECHNIQUES FOR EMPIRICAL VALUATION EXIST AND ARE APPLICABLE TO MANY BIODIVERSITY ISSUES, BUT LACK OFINFORMATION CAN BE…
  • POLICY DECISION CRITERIA HAVE BEEN PROPOSED
  • THE EMPIRICAL CUPBOARD IS NOT BARE
  • FURTHER COMMENTS ON THE MAINSTREAM ECONOMICS APPROACH
  • References
  • PART 6 HOW IS BIODIVERSITY MONITORED AND PROTECTED
  • Chapter 26 Monitoring Biological Diversity for Setting Priorities in Conservation
  • THE GAP ANALYSIS CONCEPT
  • AN UNDERLYING CONCEPT
  • References
  • Chapter 27 Information Management for the Conservation of Biodiversity
  • NATURAL HERITAGE DATA CENTERS
  • NETWORKING AND CENTRAL DATA BASES
  • APPLICATIONS OF THE DATA
  • INTERACTIONS WITH SCIENTISTS AND THE PUBLIC
  • References
  • Chapter 28 Identifying and Protecting the Origins of Our Food Plants
  • THE INTERNATIONAL BOARD FOR PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES PROGRAM
  • CROP ORIGINS AND GERMPLASM USE
  • EVALUATION OF THE RESOURCES
  • SCIENTIFIC SUPPORT FOR GENETIC RESOURCES WORK
  • EX SITU AND IN SITU PRESERVATION
  • References
  • Chapter 29 Conserving and Monitoring Biotic Diversity Some African Examples
  • BIOGEOGRAPHIC SETTING
  • PATTERNS OF SPECIES RICHNESS AND ENDEMISM
  • APPROACHES TO THE CONSERVATION OF BIOTIC DIVERSITY IN AFRICA
  • BIOTIC CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS
  • ASSESSING THE ADEQUACY OF CURRENT PROTECTED AREA COVER
  • IDENTIFYING GAPS IN THE NETWORK
  • MONITORING THE SYSTEM
  • LESSONS LEARNED
  • References
  • PART 7 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: HOW CAN THEY HELP
  • Chapter 30 Can Technology Aid Species Preservation?
  • FOUR OBSTACLES TO SPECIES SURVIVAL
  • PROBLEM AND APPLICATION
  • LIMITATIONS OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
  • NUMBERS VERSUS TECHNOLOGY
  • TECHNOLOGY IS EXPENSIVE
  • BUYING TIME
  • References
  • Chapter 31 Conservation of Biological Diversity in Botanical Gardens
  • METHODS OF EX SITU CONSERVATION
  • THE GENETIC CONSEQUENCES OF EX SITU CONSERVATION.
  • SOME PRACTICAL ISSUES
  • WHAT THEN IS THE SPECIFIC ROLE FOR BOTANICAL GARDENS IN CONSERVATION?
  • References
  • Chapter 32 Using Science and Technology to Reestablish Species Lost in Nature
  • REINTRODUCTIONS
  • CAPTIVE BREEDING IN WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
  • References
  • Chapter 33 Intensive Technology in the Care of Ex Situ Populations of Vanishing Species
  • SCOPE OF EX SITU MANAGEMENT PROBLEM
  • NUTRITION
  • ANIMAL RESTRAINT AND CAPTURE
  • BIOMEDICAL RESOURCES
  • IDENTIFICATION AND DATA COLLECTION
  • REPRODUCTION
  • POPULATION BIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR GENETICS
  • INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
  • COMPUTER SOFTWARE AND ISIS
  • IN SITU AND EX SITU METHODS
  • ETHICS AND VALUE SYSTEMS
  • References
  • Chapter 34 Cryobiology, Embryo Transfer, and Artificial Insemination in Ex Situ Animal Conservation Programs
  • EMBRYO TRANSFER
  • CRYOPRESERVATION OF EMBRYOS
  • ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION
  • SEMEN CRYOPRESERVATION
  • FUTURE PROSPECTS
  • References
  • PART 8 RESTORATION ECOLOGY: CAN WE RECOVER LOST GROUND?
  • Chapter 35 Ecological Restoration Reflections on a Half-Century of Experience at the University of Wisconsin-Madison…
  • PIONEERING RESTORATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON ARBORETUM
  • TECHNICAL, ECOLOGICAL FEASIBILITY
  • SOCIAL, ECONOMIC FACTORS
  • References
  • Chapter 36 Restoring Diversity in Salt Marshes Can We Do It?
  • RESTORATION PLANS
  • Projects that Show Losses in Wetland Area
  • Projects That Replace Functional Wetland Habitat with Modified Wetland Habitat
  • CONCLUSIONS CONCERNING RESTORATION PLANNING
  • IMPLEMENTATION OF RESTORATION PROJECTS
  • Assessing Success
  • Summary of Trials
  • Conclusions Concerning Implementation
  • PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • References
  • Chapter 37 Restoration of Degraded Lands in the Amazon Basin
  • NATURAL DISTURBANCES IN AMAZONIA
  • DISTURBANCE BY HUMANS IN AMAZONIA.
  • A ROLE FOR RESTORATION ECOLOGY.

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