Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 176
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Trim: 6 x 9
978-0-7425-2567-2 • Paperback • October 2003 • $42.00 • (£32.00)
Dr. Sharon L. Spray is assistant professor of political science and environmental studies at Elon University and teaches courses in American politics, international environmental policy, and domestic environmental politics and law. Dr. Karen L. McGlothlin is assistant professor of biology at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, and teaches courses in invertebrate zoology, island ecology, entomology, and developmental biology.
Part 1 Preface
Part 2 Introduction
Chapter 3 1. Life Lines: A Geoscience Perspective on Historical Losses of Biodiversity
Chapter 4 2. A Changing Balance: An Ecological Perspective on the Loss of Biodiversity
Chapter 5 3.Diminishing Songbirds: A Conservation Biology Case Study of Eastern Songbirds
Chapter 6 4. Valuing Nature: Ethical Perspectives on the Loss of Biodiversity
Chapter 7 5. Pricing Protection: Understanding the Environmental Economics of Biodiversity Protection
Chapter 8 6. The Politics of Biodiversity: A Political Case Study of the Endangered Species Act
Chapter 9 7. The Global Challenge: Concluding Thoughts on the Loss of Biodiversity
Part 10 Glossary
Loss of Biodiversity represents a valuable resource for faculty who teach introductory courses on the environment and who wish to employ a multidisciplinary approach to their teaching. Sophisticated in style and content, it is, nevertheless, written at a level appropriate for beginning undergraduates. One of the book's strengths is the objective approach that the authors and editors employ, allowing both students and instructors to form their own opinions as to how the problem of biodiversity loss might best be solved. This provides a solid base from which engaging class discussions can occur.
— Ecology
Highly recommended.
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