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A wealth of wild species : storehouse for human welfare

Title
A wealth of wild species : storehouse for human welfare / Norman Myers.
Author
Myers, Norman.
Publication
Boulder, Colo : Westview Press, 1983.

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Description
xiii, 274 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Subject
  • Nature conservation > Economic aspects
  • Biology, Economic
  • Protection des espèces naturelles
  • Wildtiere
  • Wildpflanzen
  • Nutzung
  • Natuurbehoud
  • Economische aspecten
  • Nature conservation
  • Nutzen
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. [229]-254.
Contents
Prologue -- Wild species: a key factor in our daily lives -- Part one. Agriculture -- A tale of a few wild corn stalks -- The genetic guts of modern agriculture -- More genes for mealtimes -- New foods coming on line -- Insect food of the future -- Part two. Medicine -- Plants and medicine -- Plants as sources of anticancer drugs -- Animals and medicine -- Marine life and medicine -- Part three. Industry -- Plants and industry -- Growing gasoline -- Some esoteric uses of wildlife -- Part four. Genetic engineering -- The ultimate genetic contribution -- Epilogue -- Dollars and sense.
ISBN
  • 0865311323
  • 9780865311329
  • 0865311331
  • 9780865311336
LCCN
82020121
OCLC
  • ocm08953737
  • 8953737
  • SCSB-9614635
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library