Stuart L. Pimm
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Websites : Stuart L. Pimm at Duke University, The Pimm Group
Doris Duke Professor of Conservation Ecology, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, N.C., and Extraordinary Professor, Conservation Ecology Research Unit, University of Pretoria, South Africa. Author of The World According to Pimm: A Scientist Audits the Earth and others.
Primary Contributions (5)
Desertification, the process by which natural or human causes reduce the biological productivity of drylands (arid and semiarid lands). Declines in productivity may be the result of climate change, deforestation, overgrazing, poverty, political instability, unsustainable irrigation practices, or…
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Publications (3)
The Balance of Nature?: Ecological Issues in the Conservation of Species and Communities
Ecologists, although they acknowledge the problems involved, generally conduct their research on too few species, in too small an area, over too short a period of time. In The Balance of Nature?, a work sure to stir controversy, the distinguished theoretical ecologist Stuart L. Pimm argues that ecology therefore fails in many ways to address the enormous ecological problems now facing our planet. Ecologists describing phenomena on larger scales often use terms like stability,...
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A Scientist Audits the Earth
"Through a globe-circling tour of the planet, a conservation ecologist checks environmental statistics and reveals the importance of understanding where these numbers come from in order to evaluate current awareness of the planet's potential environmental peril."-Forecast
Praise for the hardcover edition (published as The World According to Pimm)
"Among ecologists who can apply their understanding of basic science to the modern human predicament, Stuart Pimm is one of the very best in the...
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