Millipedes and moon tigers; science and policy in an age of extinction.(Brief article)(Book review)

From: SciTech Book News | Date: June 1, 2007 | Copyright information

9780813926230

Millipedes and moon tigers; science and policy in an age of extinction.

Nash, Steve.

U. of Virginia Press

2007

166 pages

$22.95

Hardcover

GE180

Nash (journalism, U. of Richmond) describes how science is being used to help protect essential parts of rapidly transforming landscapes, and how it is sometimes ignored, putting ...

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