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Title Biodiversity change and human health [electronic resource] : from ecosystem services to spread of disease / edited by Osvaldo E. Sala, Laura A. Meyerson, and Camille Parmesan.

Imprint Washington, D.C. : Island Press, c2009.

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Description xiii, 303 p. : ill.
Series SCOPE series ; 69
SCOPE report ; 69.
Note "A project of SCOPE, the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment, and DIVERSTAS, an international programme of biodiversity science, of the International Council for Science."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents pt. 1. Biodiversity and human health : synergisms, trade-offs, and road maps for the future -- pt. 2. Biodiversity and quality of life : beyond physical health -- pt. 3. Decay of ecosystem services following biodiversity change, and consequent impacts on human health -- pt. 4. Biodiversity change and the spread of infectious diseases -- pt. 5. Biodiversity as a resource for medicine.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Biodiversity.
Environmental health.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Sala, Osvaldo E.
Meyerson, Laura A.
Parmesan, Camille, 1961-
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9781597264969 (cloth : alk. paper)
1597264962 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781597264976 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1597264970 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781610911252 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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