David Seaborg (Foundation for Biological Conservation and Research

Broschiertes Buch

How Life Increases Biodiversity

An Autocatalytic Hypothesis

Beschreibung

Life maximizes biodiversity; this is the hypothesis of this book. An atmosphere favorable for life, including high oxygen and the ozone layer, and favorable nitrogen and carbon dioxide levels stimulated increases in biodiversity. This observations and others suggest that life has created a positive feedback loop stimulating biodiversity.

Autor

David Seaborg is an evolutionary biologist and Director of Research for the Foundation for Biological Conservation and Research, an evolutionary biology research foundation located in Walnut Creek, California. His undergraduate degree is from the University of California at Davis in zoology, and his graduate degree is from the University of California at Berkeley, also in zoology. He founded and is President of the World Rainforest Fund, a nonprofit foundation dedicated to saving the earth's tropical rainforests and biodiversity. He also founded and headed the Seaborg Open Space Fund, named in honor of his father, to raise money and awareness to save open space from development in central Contra Costa County.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. September 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 156mm x 235mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 448g
• ISBN-13: 9780367631345
• ISBN-10: 0367631342
• Artikelnr.: 68713232