Book ID: 81200
Kress, W. John and Gary W. Barrett (eds.)
A New Century of Biology. With Foreword by Ernst Mayr. 2001. XXII, 159 p. Paper bd.
In the twentieth century, scientists in the relatively new field ofbiology played an important role in exposing the threats of environmental degradation, loss of species diversity, habitatfragmentation, scarce energy resources, and human population growth.In the essays found in this book, biologists consider how theirdiscipline must address these problems in the twenty - first century.