Species Richness Patterns in the Diversity of Life - Adams, Jonathan; SpringerLink (Online service) (Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2009)
Local-scale patterns in species richness -- The Holy Grail of ecology: Latitudinal gradients -- Deep time and mass extinctions -- Hotspots and coldspots -- The march of Cain: Humans as a destroyer of species -- Knowing what is out there -- The current threats -- Holding on to what is left.
Keywords: Biodiversity; Ecology .; Environment; Ecosystems; Nature conservation; Biodiversity; Ecology; Environment, general; Ecosystems; Nature Conservation