Encyclopedia of Biodiversity.(Review)(Brief Article)

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COPYRIGHT 2001 American Library Association

Encyclopedia of Biodiversity. 5v. Ed. by Simon Asher Levin. 2001. 3,100p. bibliogs. glossary. illus. index. tables. Academic, $795 (0-12-226865-2). 333.95.

Edward O. Wilson defines biodiversity as "the totality of the inherited variation of all forms of life across all levels of variation, from ecosystem to species to gene." Written by prominent international authorities, this new encyclopedia contains more than 300 comprehensive articles on all aspects of biodiversity,...

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