Harold A Mooney: 3 books
The Work of Nature
How The Diversity Of Life Sustains Us
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
"We do not question that flesh and bone and leaf litter will decay to dust, that seeds will sprout season after season and find renewed nourishment in the soil, that rivers can flow endlessly without running dry, that we can breathe a lifetime without depleting the air of oxygen.... What humans have...
Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests
Ecology and Conservation
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
Though seasonally dry tropical forests are equally as important to global biodiversity as tropical rainforests, and are one of the mrepresentative and highly endangered ecosystems in Latin America, knowledge about them remains limited because of the relative paucity of attention paid to them by scientists...
Invasive Alien Species
A New Synthesis
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
Invasive alien species are among today's mdaunting environmental threats, costing billions of dollars in economic damages and wreaking havoc on ecosystems around the world. In 1997, a consortium of scientific organizations including SCOPE, IUCN, and CABI developed the Global Invasive Species Programme...