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Encyclopedia of Biodiversity
Natural History, July, 2001
Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, edited by Simon Asher Levin (Academic Press, 5 vols., 2001; $695)
The "story of a complex, self-organizing system--the biosphere--whose pieces can be examined individually, but cannot be understood outside the context of the whole" is told in 313 lengthy articles, each with a glossary, a bibliography, and cross references. "Fungi," for instance, has seven sections covering aspects from how fungi grow and the environmental niches they occupy to their industrial uses and the implications for species endangerment. The encyclopedia has a second story to tell, writes the project's editor in chief: "The coevolution of the biosphere and Homo sapiens, the first species whose own activities can feed back to influence the evolution of the biosphere on time scales that could lead to its own demise. For the online version, go to www.apnet.com/ideal referenceworks/.
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