Global Biodiversity

Volume 1: Selected Countries in Asia
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-77188-707-6
Verlag: Apple Academic Press Inc.

Buch, Englisch, 548 Seiten, Format (B × H): 242 mm x 164 mm, Gewicht: 1046 g

This is the first volume in the new multi-volume set, Global Biodiversity. Each volume in this series aims to provide insightful information on the biodiversity of selected nations in particular regions. The volumes summarize the available data on both wild and cultivated plants, wild and domesticated animals, and microbes of the different nations.

Global Biodiversity, Volume 1: Selected Countries in Asia focuses on selected countries of Asia, providing an abundance of biodiversity information on Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, and Vietnam.

The first chapter in the volume provides an informative overview of what is biodiversity along with biogeographic classifications. It provides explanations of biodiversity patterns and species number; biodiversity conservation, protection, and international commitments and cooperation; biodiversity threats and drivers of change (such as human population growth, climate change, land use change); and the economics of biodiversity as well.

Zielgruppe

Academic and Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pullaiah, T.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Sachbuch, Reise
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Global Biodiversity Threats and Development Trends. Biodiversity in Afghanistan. Biodiversity of Bangladesh. Biodiversity in India. Biodiversity of Indonesia. Biodiversity of Iran. Biodiversity in Iraq. Biodiversity of Japan. Biodiversity in Lebanon. Biodiversity in Malaysia. Biodiversity in Mongolia. Biodiversity in Myanmar. Biodiversity of Nepal: An Overview. Biodiversity of Vietnam.

Über Autor(innen)

T. Pullaiah, PhD, is a former Professor at the Department of Botany at Sri Krishnadevaraya University in Andhra Pradesh, India, where he has taught for more than 35 years. He has held several positions at the university, including Dean, Faculty of Biosciences, Head of the Department of Botany, Head of the Department of Biotechnology, and Member Academic Senate.