Title Eden's endemics : narratives of biodiversity on earth and beyond / Elizabeth Callaway

Published Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2020

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Description 1 online resource Series Under the sign of nature : explorations in ecocriticism Under the sign of nature. Contents Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Accounting for Biodiversity -- 1. Natural History at the End of the World: Seed Banks, Database, Apocalypse -- 2. Cross Sections of the Tree of Life: Visualization and Evolutionary Supertrees -- 3. A Bird in Hand: Species Encounters in Competitive Birding -- 4. Islands in the Aether Ocean: Speculative Ecosystems in Science Fiction -- 5. Biodiversity Within: The Human Microbiome -- Coda: Nature Writing by Artificial Intelligence -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Recent books in the series Summary "In a narrative that touches on topics ranging from seed banks to science fiction to birdwatching, Callaway argues--through a variety of media and genres--that there is no set, generally accepted way to measure biodiversity"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed Subject Literature and science. Biodiversity. Biodiversity conversation Human ecology and the humanities. LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General. Biodiversity Human ecology and the humanities Literature and science Form Electronic book LC no. 2019058283 ISBN 0813944589 9780813944586

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