Loss of Biodiversity

by Spray, Sharon L.; McGlothlin, Karen L.; Anderson, David; Backus, David; Balch, Alan; Gibbons, J Whitfield; Haskell, David; Minteer, Ben; Press, Daniel

• ISBN13: 9780742525665
• ISBN10: 074252566X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-10-30
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

This book introduces readers to the important concepts for understanding the environmental challenges and consequences of the declining diversity of life on the planet. Contributions from scientists, and academics in the social sciences and humanities provide readers with an initial tool kit for understanding the concepts central to their disciplinary perspective and the multi-dimensional aspects of the loss of biodiversity.

Table of Contents

About the Contributors	vii
Preface	ix
Introduction	xiii
Sharon L. Spray
Karen L. McGlothlin
Life Lines
A Geoscience Perspective on Historical Losses of Biodiversity	3	(26)
David H. Backus
A Changing Balance
An Ecological Perspective on the Loss of Biodiversity	29	(26)
J. Whitfield Gibbons
Karen L. McGlothlin
Diminishing Songbirds
A Conservation Biology Case Study of Eastern Songbirds	55	(20)
David G. Haskell
Valuing Nature
Ethical Perspectives on the Loss of Biodiversity	75	(24)
Ben A. Minteer
Pricing Protection
Understanding the Environmental Economics of Biodiversity Protection	99	(20)
David A. Anderson
The Politics of Biodiversity
A Political Case Study of the Endangered Species Act	119	(30)
Alan Balch
Daniel Press
The Global Challenge
Concluding Thoughts on the Loss of Biodiversity	149	(14)
Sharon L. Spray
Karen L. McGlothlin
Glossary	163	(12)
Index	175