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Nature’s Tapestry

Uncovering the Beauty and Importance of Biodiversity

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Estado: Activo
ISBN-13: 9789587984613
DOI: 10.51573/Andes.9789587984606.9789587984613
Tipo de contenido principal: Texto (legible a simple vista)
Tipo de contenido del producto: Texto (legible a simple vista)
Idioma del texto: Inglés
Número de páginas del contenido principal: 176 Páginas
Sello editorial: Ediciones Uniandes
Tipo de edición: Nueva edición
Número de edición: 1
Ciudad de publicación: Bogotá
País de publicación: Colombia
Fecha de publicación: 2023-09-01

Profesional / académico

Chapter 1 - In the beginning  everything was ocean • [1]

Colombia was born under the sea • [2]

The oasis in the Caribbean desert • [4]

The Pacific: An ocean on its own terms • [8]

Chapter 2 - Cambrian Park • [13]

Once upon a time at sea... • [14]

The great Cambrian explosion • [14]

A tour of the Cambrian Park • [15

Chapter 3 - The Last Frontier • [25]

Deep dive • [26]Five percent explored • [27]

How did a coral conquer the world? • [29]

The temptation of the twilight zone • [31]

Open knowledge for the deep sea • [32]

Chapter 4 - Synergies in the rainforest • [35]

The tree kingdom  • [36]The synergies become the land • [38]

Chapter 5 - From the mountains to the rivers • [43]

From the top • [44]With the mountains comes change • [47]

There is no life without water • [53]

Chapter 6 - The point of no return • [59]

The race against time • [59]

The sixth great extinction of life • [60]

The arrival of the invaders • [63]

And the weather starts to change • [65]

And deterioration takes the continents • [66]

Do our conservation measures work? • [67]

How will the extinction of species affect us? • [70]

Institutional framework for biodiversity  and ecosystem services • [71]

Chapter 7 - Life support • [73]

The essential element • [74]

Water management • [76]

Water disasters • [78]

The plastic era • [80]

The steroid overflow • [81]

The cure is worse than the disease • [82]

Our encounter with water • [84]

Chapter 8 - Microbiota: hidden biodiversity • [91]

Redefining the body • [92]

Probiota • [93]

Our synergies • [96]

What if we don’t function well as an ecosystem? • [98]

And do all living organisms work in the same way? • [99]

Viruses, shapers of life • [102

apter 10 - The biodiversity vs. development  dilemma • [119]

Can the biodiversity crisis be humanized? • [120]

Hydroelectric • [123]

Legalization of illicit crops • [124]

Invasive species • [125]

GM seeds • [126]

Vegetarian? • [127]

Does the cultivation of oil palm  affect biodiversity? • [128]

Chapter 11 - Why do we depend  on biodiversity? • [129]

Towards a new development model • [131]

Immediate opportunities • [136]

One last word for education • [146]

References cited • [149

  • NAT011000 NATURALEZA > Conservación y Protección Ambiental (Principal)
  • SCI070000 CIENCIA > Ciencias de la vida > Zoología > General
  • 574.5 Ciencias naturales y matemáticas > Ciencias de la vida > Biología > Ecología (Principal)
  • 579 Ciencias naturales y matemáticas > Ciencias de la vida > Colección y preservación
  • Medio ambiente
Juan Armando Sánchez Muñoz
Nombre invertido: Sánchez Muñoz, Juan Armando
Género: Masculino
Identificadores:
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Propio / Privado Facultad Ciencias
Nombre invertido: Defler, Thomas R
Género: Masculino