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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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Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Book/Text | Use in library | QH75 .M93 1983 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xiii, 274 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Subject
- 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