Biodiversity change and human health from ecosystem services to spread of disease / [electronic resource] : edited by Osvaldo E. Sala, Laura A. Meyerson, and Camille Parmesan. - Washington, D.C. : Island Press, c2009. - xiii, 303 p. : ill. - SCOPE series ; 69 . - SCOPE report ; 69. .

"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."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9781610911252 (electronic bk.)




Biodiversity.
Environmental health.


Electronic books.

QH541.15.B56 / B572 2009

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