Biodiversity |
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Author:
| Goldstein, Natalie |
ISBN: | 978-0-8160-8242-1 |
Publication Date: | Jul 2011 |
Publisher: | Facts On File, Incorporated
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $45.00 |
Book Description:
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Examines the important role each life forms plays in its ecosystem as well as the irreversible and extensive consequences that would result from a massive loss of biodiversity. It explores the ecological and evolutionary processes, how these processes depend on the cohabitation of a wide range of life forms within an ecosystem, and how the existence of these diverse organisms maintains a crucial stability in the natural world.
Examines the important role each life forms plays in its ecosystem as well as the irreversible and extensive consequences that would result from a massive loss of biodiversity. It explores the ecological and evolutionary processes, how these processes depend on the cohabitation of a wide range of life forms within an ecosystem, and how the existence of these diverse organisms maintains a crucial stability in the natural world.