Sparing Nature : : The Conflict between Human Population Growth and Earth's Biodiversity / / Jeffrey K. McKee.
Are humans too good at adapting to the earth’s natural environment? Every day, there is a net gain of more than 200,000 people on the planet—that’s 146 a minute. Has our explosive population growth led to the mass extinction of countless species in the earth’s plant and animal communities? Jeffrey K...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2003] ©2005 |
| Year of Publication: | 2003 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. Sparing Nature
- 2. The Scattered Seeds
- 3. The Human Wedge
- 4. Genesis of a Crisis
- 5. Germs of Existence
- 6. The Great Restrictive Law
- 7. Good to the Last Drop
- 8. Biodiversity in Action
- 9. Epilogue: The Keystone Species with a Choice
- Notes
- Index
- About the Author