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A major thrust of scientific concern in recent years has been the problems of documenting and conserving biodiversity and the establishment of systems of sustainable development. The aim of this volume is to review the practical application of species concepts and appropriate technologies for as wide a diversity as possible of living organisms.
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Viruses. Bacteria. Uncultivatable prokaryotes. Algae. Lichens. Fungi. Vascular plants. Marine invertebrates. Nematodes. Insect herbivores and parasitoids. Insect vectors of animal and human diseases. Parthogenetic insects. Terrestrial non-insect invertebrates. Fishes. Reptiles. Birds. Mammals. The ideal species definition - why we cannot get it. Concluding discussion and recommendations.
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Edited By: MF Claridge, AH Dawah and MR Wilson
439 pages, 6 b/w photos, 24 line illus, tabs
'...Evidently, no modern biologist can afford to miss this book!' Crustaceana, 71:3 (1998)