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Naeem, Shahid
Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, Columbia University, USA
Bunker, Daniel E.
Department of Biological Sciences, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA
Hector, Andy
Institute of Environmental Sciences, University of Zurich
Loreau, Michel
Department of Biology, McGill University, Canada
Perrings, Charles
ecoSERVICES Group, Arizona State University, USA
Print publication date: 2009 (this edition)
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: September 2009 Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-954795-1 |
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doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199547951.003.0001
Abstract: Conventional approaches to ecology often lack the necessary integration to make a compelling case for the critical importance of biodiversity to ecosystem functioning and human wellbeing. This linear approach does not prepare one for understanding and applying ecology in the context of the modern world. A different, rather unconventional approach is needed for understanding ecology and environmental biology, one that asks the question that is rarely asked — What is the significance of biodiversity to human wellbeing? That is what this book asks.
Keywords: ecology, biodiversity, human wellbeing, unconventional approach, 
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Introduction: the ecological and social implications of changing biodiversity. An overview of a decade of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning research
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