The Mediterranean region : biological diversity in space and time /

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Edition:2nd ed.
Imprint:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Description:1 online resource (xv, 376 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:English
Series:Oxford biology
Oxford biology.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11199256
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Other uniform titles:Blondel, J. (Jacques)
Blondel, J. (Jacques). Biology and wildlife of the Mediterranean region.
ISBN:9780191574283
0191574287
9780199557998
0199557993
9780199557981
0199557985
Notes:Revised edition of: Biology and wildlife of the Mediterranean region / Jacques Blondel and James Aronson. 1999.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:It is becoming clear that the Mediterranean region is one of the "hottest" of the biodiversity hotspots on the planet. There is also an increasing concern for the conservation, adaptive management, and restoration of the unique natural ecosystems and cultural landscapes that characterize this area. The region's biological and cultural heritage as well as its huge wealth of biodiversity is now at real risk. This brings a further urgency to the task of communicating detailed butreadily accessible information on the Mediterranean biota, and an ecological, historical and evolutionary per.
Other form:Print version: Mediterranean region. 2nd ed. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010 9780199557981
Standard no.:9786612502026