Biodiversity change and human health from ecosystem services to spread of disease
Title:
Biodiversity change and human health from ecosystem services to spread of disease
Author:
Sala, Osvaldo E.
Publication Information:
Washington, D.C. : Island Press, c2009.
Physical Description:
xiii, 303 p. : ill.
Series:
SCOPE series ; 69
SCOPE report ; 69.
General 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."
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.
