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Coherent and compelling general account of the biodiversity crisis by the renowned palaeontologist (The Miner's Canary, Time Frames and the superb Reinventing Darwin). Eldredge demonstrates the importance of maintaining biodiversity and takes the reader on a journey which reveals its twin faces - over thirty million living species and the ecosystems through which these species transform the sun's energy into life-sustaining matter - and the many threats to biodiversity presented by virtually all human interaction with the earth.
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<TABLE><TR><TD> <TD>Preface: The Biodiversity Crisis <TR><TD>Pt. II <TD>The Ok Avango as Primordial Eden <TR><TD>Ch. 2 <TD>Biodiversity, Evolution, and Ecology <TR><TD>Ch. 3 <TD>The Tree of Life <TR><TD>Ch. 4 <TD>Ecosystem Panorama <TR><TD>Ch. 5 <TD>Biodiversity - A Threatened Natural Treasure <TR><TD>Ch. 6 <TD>Striking a Balance <TR><TD>App. I <TD>Animal Species Extinct Since Circa 1600 <TR><TD>App. II <TD>Essential Microbes, Fungi, Animals, and Plants <TR><TD> <TD>Bibliography of Suggested Readings <TR><TD> <TD>Index
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