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Biodiversity: Taking stock of life

Author
various authors
Monograph
National Geographic Vol. 195(2)(Millennium Supplement)
Date
1999
Source
IUCN (ID: ANA-064592)
Publisher | Place of publication
National Geographic Society | Washington, DC, USA
Pages
2 - 132; 131 p.
Document type
Monography/book
Language
English
Field of application
International
Subject
Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Biodiversity Comprehensive description
Abstract

Contents: 1. Biodiversity: Taking stock of life 2. The variety of life. Wilderness headcount. The sixth extinction. Restoring Madagascar. In search of solutions 3. Under Arctic ice 4. Forest elephants 5. Diatoms, plant with a touch of glass 6. Ants and plants: a profitable partnership