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590816
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GB9768148b420035
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| Main Entry
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Baskin, Yvonne
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| Title & Author
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The work of nature : : how the diversity of life sustains us /\ Yvonne Baskin
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xix, 263 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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1559635193
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: 9781559635196
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| Notes
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"A project of SCOPE, the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment."
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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Foreword / Paul R. Ehrlich -- Preface / Harold A. Mooney and Jane Lubchenco -- Ch. 1. This Web of Life -- Ch. 2. The Keystone Club: Who's Important -- Ch. 3. Community Ties -- Ch. 4. Water: The Essence of Life -- Ch. 5. The Vitality of the Soil -- Ch. 6. Of Plants and Productivity -- Ch. 7. The Power to Shape the Land -- Ch. 8. Climate and Atmosphere -- Ch. 9. Do We Still Need Nature?
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| Abstract
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In The Work of Nature, noted science writer Yvonne Baskin examines the threats posed to humans by the loss of biodiversity. She summarizes and explains key findings from the ecological sciences, highlighting examples from around the world where shifts in species have affected the provision of clean air, pure water, fertile soils, lush landscapes, and stable natural communities. Distilling and bringing to life the work of the world's leading ecologists, The Work of Nature
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Is the first book of its kind to clearly explain the practical consequences of declining biodiversity on ecosystem health and functioning
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Environmentalism
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Biodiversity
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Human ecology
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Conservation of natural resources
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Ecology
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Conservation of Natural Resources
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333.7/2
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GE195.B36 1997
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International Council of Scientific Unions., Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment
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