Description
Biological diversity is understood today as consisting of three components--species diversity, genetic diversity, and ecosystem diversity. Farnham finds that these three tiers coincided with three earlier, disparate conservation traditions that converged when the cause of preserving biological diversity was articulated. He tells the stories of these different historical foundations, recounts how the term came into the environmental lexicon, and shows how the evolution of the idea of biological diversity reflects an evolution of American attitudes toward the natural world.
Book Information
ISBN 9780300120059
Author Timothy J. Farnham
Format Hardback
Page Count 288
Imprint Yale University Press
Publisher Yale University Press
Weight(grams) 544g