Global Biodiversity. Status of the Earth's Living Resources.1992. XX, 585 p.4to.Hardcover.

Second hand copy. Good state.

Contents (partly): How to Use This Book/ World Conservation Monitoring Centre/ Preface/ Biodiversity-An Overview/ Biological Diversity: Systematics and Diversity (Genetic Diversity/ Systematics and Diversity/ Species Concepts/ Species Inventory)/ Species Diversity (Species Diversity: An Introduction/ Microorganisms/ Lower Plant Diversity/ Higher Plant Diversity/ Nematodes/ Deep-Sea Invertebrates/ Soil Macrofauna/ Fishes/ Higher Vertebrates/ Island Species/ Centres of Species Diversity)/ Species Loss (Species Extinction/ Threatened Species)/ Habitats and Ecosystems/ Uses and Values of Biodiversity: Uses of Biological Resources/ Valuing Biodiversity/ Conservation and Management of Biodiversity: National Policies and Instruments/ International Policies and Instruments/ etc.