Suggested readings
Biodiversity, meaning, distribution, assessment, constraints
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Wilson, E.O., 1988. The current state of biological diversity. In: E.O. Wilson
(Editor), Biodiversity National Academic Press, Washington D.C. pp 3-18.
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Wilson E.O. 1992. Diversity of life. Norton Co., N.Y., 424 pp.
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Heywood V.H. and R.T. Watson 1995. Global Biodiversity Assessment. Cambridge
University press 1140 pp.
Origin of agriculture, Megafauna Overkill
and age of human colonization of the Americas
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Martin P.S. 1973. The discovery of America. Science, 179: 969-974.
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Martin P.S. 1984. Prehistoric Overkill: The Global Model. In: Martin P.S.
and R.G. Klein Quaternary extintions. The Arizona Univ. press, pp.354-403.
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Piperno D.R. and Pearsall D.M. 1998. The origins of Agriculture in the lowland
Neotropics. Academic Press, San Diego, 400 pp.
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Smith B.D. 1995. The emergence of Agriculture. Scientific American Library, Washington
DC, 231 pp.
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Zohary D. and Hopf M.. 1993. Domestication of Plants in the Old World: Clarendon
Press, Oxford, 278 pp.
Are there alternatives to current food systems
concentrated in a few crops and organized in monocultures?
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Paoletti M.G. 2000. What Are Alternatives to Improve Landscape Quality and
Biodiversity? In: T.Napier S. Napier and J. Tvrdon, Soil and Water Conservation
Polices and Programs: Successes and Failures. Water and Soil and Water
Conservation Society, CRC press, Boca Raton, pp 31-43..
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Pimentel D. 1997. Techniques for Reducing Pesticide Use:Economic and
Environmental Benefits. J. Wiley and Sons Ltd. 444 pp.
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Wagoner P.A. 1990. Perennial grain development: past effort and potential
for future.Critical Reviews in Plant Science, 9:381-408.
Minilivestock as potential sources of sustainable development
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Defoliart G. 1997. An overwiew of the role of edible insects in preserving
biodiversity. Ecology of Food and Nutrition. 36(2-4):109-132.
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Hardouin J. and Stievenart C. 1993. Invertebrates (Minilivestok) Farming.
CTA (Ceter of Technical Cohoperation), Wageningen, 223 pp.
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Malaisse F. 1998. La base alimentaire quotidienne dans la foer laxe en Afrique.
CTA
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Paoletti M.G. and S.G.F. Bukkens 1997. Minilivestock. Ecology of Food
and Nutrition (s.i.), 36(2-4): 95-346.
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Smythe N. 1991 Steps toward Domesticatingn the Paca (Agouti =Cuniculus
paca) and prospects for the future. In: J.G. Robinson and K.H. Redford
Neotropical Wildlife use and Conservation. University of Chicago Press
Further readings and links
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