Townsend, C: Ecological applications: toward a sust world

Townsend, C. (2008). Ecological Applications: toward a sustainable world. Australia: Blackwell. Chapter 1. (1 copy)

An overview of the biodiversity crisis and humans’ role in it. The scale of the biodiversity problem, ecosystem function and services, drivers of biodiversity loss, habitat loss, invaders, overexploitation, habitat degradation, global climate change, social/political/economic aspects of the situation.