Theme 23: Biodiversity
Publication Date
2001
Location
Brazil
Description
Earth biomes are being deconstructed, through unprecedented rates of species disappearance or invasion (McCann 2000). This, added to the threat of global environmental change and changes in values of a developed society, caused that biodiversity became a topic that has captured the attention of the public as well as the scientific community. Such concern on the importance of biodiversity is based in four basic reasons clearly described by West (1993): (i) morality, that aims for the protection of species; (ii) aesthetics, as people desire to see and appreciate the living parts of nature; (iii) economics and, (iv) the array of “services” provided by the natural ecosystems. It is vital to know how badly is affecting ecosystem function human alarming rate of destroying the original diversity.
Citation
Deregibus, V. A.; Jacobo, E. J.; and Ansin, O. E., "Grassland Use and Plant Diversity in Grazed Ecosystems" (2001). IGC Proceedings (1985-2023). 21.
(URL: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/19/23/21)
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Grassland Use and Plant Diversity in Grazed Ecosystems
Brazil
Earth biomes are being deconstructed, through unprecedented rates of species disappearance or invasion (McCann 2000). This, added to the threat of global environmental change and changes in values of a developed society, caused that biodiversity became a topic that has captured the attention of the public as well as the scientific community. Such concern on the importance of biodiversity is based in four basic reasons clearly described by West (1993): (i) morality, that aims for the protection of species; (ii) aesthetics, as people desire to see and appreciate the living parts of nature; (iii) economics and, (iv) the array of “services” provided by the natural ecosystems. It is vital to know how badly is affecting ecosystem function human alarming rate of destroying the original diversity.
