What Is Biodiversity?

Szerző: James Maclaurin, Kim Sterelny

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Kötés: Puha kötésű

Kiadó: The University of Chicago Press

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In the life sciences, there is wide-ranging debate about biodiversity. While nearly everyone is in f...

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Szerző

James Maclaurin, Kim Sterelny

Nyelv

Angol

Kötés

Könyv - Puha kötésű

Kiadva

2008

oldal

224

EAN

9780226500812

ISBN

0226500810

Enbook ID

04547141

Kiadó

The University of Chicago Press

Súly

372

Méretek

228 x 153 x 17

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In the life sciences, there is wide-ranging debate about biodiversity. While nearly everyone is in favor of biodiversity and its conservation, methods for its assessment vary enormously. So what exactly is biodiversity? Most theoretical work on the subject assumes it has something to do with species richness - the number of species in a particular region - but in reality, it is much more than that. Arguing that we can not make rational decisions about what it is to be protected without knowing what biodiversity is, James Maclaurin and Kim Sterelny offer in "What Is Biodiversity?" a theoretical and conceptual exploration of the biological world and how diversity is valued.Here, Maclaurin and Sterelny investigate not only the origins of the concept of biodiversity, but also how that concept has been shaped by ecology and more recently by conservation biology. They explain the different types of biodiversity important in evolutionary theory, developmental biology, ecology, morphology, and taxonomy and conclude that biological heritage is rich in not just one biodiversity but many. Maclaurin and Sterelny also explore the case for the conservation of these biodiversities using option value theory, a tool borrowed from economics.An erudite, provocative, timely, and creative attempt to answer a fundamental question, "What Is Biodiversity?" will become a foundational text in the life sciences and studies thereof.

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