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by misinterpretation nor by usurpation. Perhaps the "error" lies within the
practice of using the term in a too restricted sense?
WT
- Original Message -
From: "Martin Meiss"
To:
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 9:57 AM
Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Defining bio
Just in case you missed it, be sure to check out Andrew Yost's post on
a parallel thread addressing this same topic. He gives the history of term
"biodiversity" and quotes some authors with very interesting insights.
Now for my one-fiftieth of a dollar: I think it is futile and wron
This has been an interesting thread. I may have missed something, but I
don't recall anyone mentioning David Takacs' book 'The Idea of Biodiversity:
Philosophies of Paradise' (Johns Hopkins, 1996) which includes interviews
with then-prominent (mostly still active) ecologists and conservation
biolo
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Subject: [ECOLOG-L] Defining biodiversity, and does the term capture the
public's attention?
Hi everyone,
I have just returned from the Ecological Society of Australia meeting and among
other issues, there was much discussion about the term biodiversity. Many
lost art, but it might be worth resurrecting as just one way
of resisting inflated pomposity.
WT
- Original Message -
From: Martin Meiss
To: Wayne Tyson
Cc: ECOLOG-L@listserv.umd.edu
Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 2:10 PM
Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Defining biodiversity, a
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> humans form interdependencies and encounter limitations in the business of
> living, dying, and changing. However, I'm sure some will come up with much
> better responses to Ritchie's most reasonable request.
>
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re some will come up with much
better responses to Ritchie's most reasonable request.
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From: "Ritchie, Euan"
To:
Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 3:05 PM
Subject: [ECOLOG-L] Defining biodiversity, and does the term capture the
public'
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> ecolo...@listserv.umd.edu] On Behalf Of William Silvert
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Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 8:58 AM
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Among scientists there are many different definitions which serve different
purposes.
Consumer media has been so successful by always having "the latest" or
"newest" version or brand or style of consumer product. As ecologists, we
crave biodiversity because we are excited about discovering a species we've
not seen before. What both of these disparate concepts have in common is
"th
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From: "Ritchie, Euan"
To:
Sent: segunda-feira, 13 de Dezembro de 2010 23:05
Subject: [ECOLOG-L] Defining biodiversity, and does the term capture the
public's attention?
Hi everyone,
I have just returned from the Ecological Society of Australia meeting and
amo
If you want to appeal to a broad spectrum of the U.S. public, any phrase
with "diversity" in it has been poisoned by wingnuts. It raises the
haunting spectre of being forced to rub shoulders with people of undesirable
race, ethnicity, sexual preference, social standing, state of health, funny
acce
Hi everyone,
I have just returned from the Ecological Society of Australia meeting and among
other issues, there was much discussion about the term biodiversity. Many
people argue that this term is hard to define, and importantly, the public have
no idea what it actually means and therefore the
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