Jeffrey K McKee

Broschiertes Buch

Sparing Nature

The Conflict Between Human Population Growth and Earth's Biodiversity

Beschreibung

A study of the relationship between earth's population explosion and the mass extinction of countless species of plant and animal communities. It is suggested that humans and their ancestors have had negative impacts on species biodiversity for nearly two million years, and that extinction rates have accelerated since the origins of agriculture.

Autor

Jeffrey K. McKee is an associate professor in the department of anthropology as well as the department of evolution, ecology, and organismal biology at The Ohio State University. He is the author of The Riddled Chain: Chance, Coincidence, and Chaos in Human Evolution (Rutgers University Press) and coauthor of Understanding Human Evolution.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 238mm x 154mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 352g
• ISBN-13: 9780813535586
• ISBN-10: 0813535581
• Artikelnr.: 21981157