Resources
Suggested Reading on Biodiversity.

Biodiversity
Author: Patent, D.H.
Publisher: Clarion Books, NY: 1996

Biodiversity
Author: Wilson, E.O. (ed.)
Publisher: National Academy Press, Washington, DC: 1988

Biology of Plants
Authors: Raven, P.H., R.F. Evert, and S.E. Eichhorn
Publisher: Worth Publishers, NY: 1992

The Book of Life
Editor: Gould, S.J.
Publisher: W.W. Norton, NY: 1993

Conservation and Biodiversity
Author: Dobson, A.P.
Publisher: Scientific American Library, NY: 1996

Darwin for Beginners
Authors: Miller, J. and B.V. Loon
Publisher: Pantheon Books, NY: 1982

The Diversity of Life
Author: Wilson, E.O.
Publisher: W.W. Norton, NY: 1992

Economic Botany: Plants in Our World
Authors: Simpson, B.B. and M.C. Ogorzaly
Publisher: McGraw-Hill, NY: 1995

Extinction: Bad Genes or Bad Luck?
Author: Raup, D.M.
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co., NY: 1991

Extinction: The Causes and Consequences of the Disappearance of Species
Authors: Ehrlich, P. and A. Ehrlich
Publisher: Random House, NY: 1981

From Gaia to Selfish Genes: Selected Writings in the Life Sciences
Author: Barlow, C.
Publisher: MIT Press, Cambridge, MA: 1991

Ghost Bears: Exploring the Biodiversity Crisis
Author: Grumble, R.E.
Publisher: Island Press, Covelo, CA: 1992

Here Today: Portraits of Our Vanishing Species
Authors: Middelton, S. and D. Liittschwager
Publisher: Chronicle Books, San Francisco: 1991

Insects and Flowers: The Biology of a Partnership
Author: Barth, F.G.
Publisher: Princeton University Press, NJ: 1985

Insects and Flowers: A Biological Partnership
Author: Brackenbury, J.
Publisher: Blandford, London (Distributed in the U.S. by Sterling Pub. Co., NY): 1995

Introductory Plant Biology
Author: Stern, K.L.
Publisher: Wm. C. Brown, Dubuque, IA: 1997

An Introduction to the Study of Insects, 6th edition
Authors: Borrer, D.J., C.A. Triplehorn, and N.F. Johnson
Publisher: Saunders College Publications, Philadelphia, PA: 1989

Keeping Options Alive: The Scientist Basis for Conserving Biodiversity
Authors: Reid, W.W. and K.R. Miller
Publisher: World Resourses Institute, Washington, DC: 1989

Lost Wild America: The Story of Our Extinct and Vanishing Wildlife
Author: McClung, R.M
Publisher: Linnet Books, CT: 1993

Plant Extinction: A Global Crisis
Authors: Koopowitz, H. and H. Kaye
Publisher: Stone Wall, Washington, DC: 1983

The Preservation of Species: The Value of Biological Diversity
Author: Norton, B.G. (ed.)
Publisher: Princeton University Press, NJ: 1986

The Private Life of Plants: A Natural History of Plant Behaviour
Author: Attenborough, D.
Publisher: Princeton University Press, NJ: 1995

Saving Nature's Legacy: Protecting and Restoring Biodiversity
Authors: Noss, R.F. and A.Y. Cooperrider
Publisher: Island Press, Washington, DC: 1994

The Value of Life: Biological Diversity and Human Society
Author: Kellert, S.R.
Publisher: Island Press/Shearwater Books, Washington, DC: 1996

Vanishing Flora
Author: Stermer, D.
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams Inc., NY: 1995

The Way Nature Works
Author: Rees, R.
Publisher: Macmillan, NY: 1992

 



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