Biodiversity Conservation: A Very Short Introduction

by Macdonald and Prof David W. Macdonald

Book Overview

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring

Extinction is a natural process. In geological time there have been several periods of mass extinction. One of these periods is unfolding right now but all the evidence suggests that current extinction rates are between a hundred and a thousand times greater than the background rate. To put this in to context, a quarter of all known mammalian species is at risk. The current extinction crisis...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199592276
• ISBN13: 9780199592272
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.4" x 6.9"