Extinction: The Causes and Consequences of the Disappearance of Species

by Paul R. Ehrlich

Examines the problem of disappearing species and analyzes the causes of the accelerated rate of extinction and what can be done to halt the trend

Genres: Nonfiction, Science, Ecology, Environment

400 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published April 12, 1981

About the author

Paul Ralph Ehrlich is an American biologist and educator who is the Bing Professor of Population Studies in the department of Biological Sciences at Stanford University and president of Stanford's Center for Conservation Biology. By training he is an entomologist specializing in Lepidoptera (butterflies), but he is better known as an ecologist and a demographer, specifically for his warnings about unchecked population growth and limited resources. Ehrlich became a household name after publication of his controversial 1968 book The Population Bomb.

Reviews

[Leroy Wow · Rating 5 out of 5]

Not only outright extinction, but also loss of genetic diversity of plants and wildlife degrade the ecosystem services that keep the biosphere going. Underrated book.