Book ID: 95252
Maclaurin, James and Kim Sterelny
What is Biodiversity? 2008. 14 b/W figs. IX, 217 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.
In the life sciences, there is wide-ranging debate aboutbiodiversity. While nearly everyone is in favor ofbiodiversity and its conservation, methods for itsassessment vary enormously. So what exactly isbiodiversity? Most theoretical work on the subjectassumes it has something to do with species richnesswith the number of species in a particular regionbut in reality, it is much more than that. Arguing that wecannot make rational decisions about what it is to beprotected without knowing what biodiversity is, JamesMaclaurin and Kim Sterelny offer in What Is Biodiversity?a theoretical and conceptual exploration of the biologicalworld and how diversity is valued.