World Atlas of Biodiversity: Earth's Living Resources in the 21st Century

摘要: List of tables, figures and maps Foreword Introduction CHAPTER 1: THE BIOSPHERE The living planet Productivity the carbon cycle 2: DIVERSITY OF ORGANISMS Biodiversity Evolution systematics Groups names Species concepts diversity assessment Numbers species organisms phyla 3: BIODIVERSITY THROUGH TIME fossil record Patterns diversification extinction 4: HUMANS AND Use natural resources Human origins Impacts early hominids on environment Appropriation net primary production Current use wild 5: PATTERNS TRENDS IN GLOBAL distribution biological Diversity as a basis for conservation action Global trends in biodiversity Recent vertebrate extinctions 6: MARINE seas composition movement seawater major zones oceans life Biological Vertebrate Major marine communities Shallow water Corals coral reefs Seagrasses Algae kelp forests Oceanic pelagic Deep-sea impact World capture fisheries Other impacts biosphere current status Management ecosystems 7: TERRESTRIAL terrestrial Forests Temperate needleleaf Tropical moist dry Sparse trees parkland Forest plantations Changes forest cover Pressures protection management Non-forest Tundra Grasslands savannas Shrublands Deserts semi-deserts 8: INLAND WATER Inland habitats Lotic systems: rivers catchment basins Lentic systems Wetlands inland waters animals humankind Uses factors influencing Assessment Index