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Title
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Biodiversity
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Caption
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The 1980s witnessed a rise in concerns related to species conservation, due to growing awareness of the close link between economic development, deforestation, and extinction. This shift is evidenced by this publication by famed biologist, naturalist, and writer Edward O. Wilson which features the first appearance of the word “biodiversity” (defined as the variety of life in the world). Wilson writes, “The diversity of life forms, so numerous that we have yet to identify most of them, is the greatest wonder of this planet... The book before you offers an overall view of this biological diversity and carries the urgent warning that we are rapidly altering and destroying the environments that have fostered the diversity of life forms for more than a billion years.”
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Creator
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Edward O. Wilson and Frances M. Peter
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Date Created
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1988
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Publisher
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National Academy Press
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Place of Publication
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Washington, D.C.
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Rights
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In Copyright
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Rights Holder
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National Academy of Sciences
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Bibliographic Citation
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Edward O. Wilson and Frances M. Peter. “Biodiversity” Washington, D.C: National Academy Press, 1988. Depository QH75.A1 N32 1986. ISBN: 9780309037839
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Filename
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exh-vanishing_EWilson_001.jpeg
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exh-vanishing_EWilson_003.jpeg
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Case Number
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Understanding Extinction - Species & Human Impacts
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Item Number
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4
