Global Biodiversity in a Changing Environment Scenarios for the 21st Century

The scientific community has voiced two general concerns about the future of the earth. Firstly, climatologists and oceanographers have focused on the changes in our physical environment, ie climate, oceans, and air. And secondly, environmental biologists...

 Biodiversity of Malaria in the World Biodiversité du paludisme dans le monde - English version, completely updated

One million dead a year, 500 million with the disease, 2.5 billion people at risk: this is the malaria balance sheet in 2007. The distribution and seriousness of the disease depend on the pathogens and vectors involved, as well as environmental conditions...

 Nature in Fragments The Legacy of Sprawl

Sprawl creates and contributes to habitat loss, fragmentation, pollution, and a host of other environmental problems. This new collection focuses on the impact of sprawl on biodiversity and the measures that can be taken to alleviate it. With contribution...

 The Smaller Majority

In over 400 spectacular, full-Color photographs, Piotr Naskrecki brings us eye to eye with the smaller majority-the 99 percent ot animal lite that are smaller than a human finger. Those featured in the book live in threatened biodiversity hotspots around ...