Extinction Rates (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780198548294)

As the need increases for sound estimates of impending rates of animal and plant species extinction, scientists must have a firm grounding in the qualitative and quantitative methods required to make the best possible predictions. Extinction Rates offers the most wide-ranging and practical introduction to those methods available. With contributions from an international cast of leading experts, the book combines cutting-edge information on recent and past extinction rates with treatments of underlying ecological and evolutionary causes. Throughout, it highlights apparent differences in extinction rates among taxonomic groups and places, aiming to identify unresolved issues and important questions. Written with advanced undergraduate and graduate students in mind, Extinction Rates will also prove invaluable to researchers in ecology, conservation biology, and the earth and environmental sciences.

Author: John H. Lawton
ISBN-10: 019854829X
ISBN-13: 9780198548294
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 02/09/1995
Pages: 246
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.19h x 6.16w x 0.61d