Biodiversity Change and Human Health - From Ecosystem Services to Spread of Disease

Informationen zum Autor Osvaldo E. Sala is the Sloan Lindemann Distinguished Professor of Biology and director of the Environmental Change Initiative at Brown University. Laura A. Meyerson is an assistant professor at the University of Rhode Island, where she conducts research on biological invasions. Camille Parmesan is an associate professor in integrative biology at the University of Texas, Austin. Klappentext "Biodiversity Change and Human Health" brings together leading experts from the natural science and social science realms as well as the medical community to explore the explicit linkages between human-driven alterations of biodiversity and documented impacts of those changes on human health. The book utilizes multidisciplinary approaches to explore and address the complex interplay between natural biodiversity and human health and well-being. Zusammenfassung Exploring the link between human well-being and the environment! this work brings together experts from the natural science and social science realms as well as the medical community to explore the explicit linkages between human-driven alterations of biodiversity and documented impacts of those changes on human health.

Product details

• Authors: Osvaldo E. (EDT)/ Meyerson Sala, Osvaldo E. Meyerson Sala
• Assisted by: Laura A Meyerson (Editor), Laura A. Meyerson (Editor), Camille Parmesan (Editor), Osvaldo E Sala (Editor), Osvaldo E. Sala (Editor)
• Publisher: Island Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2008
• EAN: 9781597264976
• ISBN: 978-1-59726-497-6
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Scope; Scope Series; Scope; Scientific Committee on Proble
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology