Losing Strands in the Web of Life: Vertebrate Declines & the Conservation of Biological Diversity (Worldwatch paper)
By Unknown Author.
Description
One of the clearest ways to judge how we are affecting the Earth's biological life-support systems is to examine the status of those organisms closest to ourselves-the 50,000 species of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish. Currently, about one in every four of these vertebrate animals is in serious trouble-either declining strongly, or restricted to small populations, or already threatened with extinction. Most vertebrates are in trouble because the ecological communities to which they belong are being dismantled by habitat loss, overhunting, and invasions of non-native spe...
ISBN(s)
1878071432, 9781878071439
