A New Century of Biology

In the twentieth century, scientists in the relatively new field of biology played an important role in exposing the threats of environmental degradation, loss of species diversity, habitat fragmentation, scarce energy resources, and human population growth. In the essays found in A New Century of Biology, some of the world's most notable biologists consider how their discipline must evolve to address these problems in the twenty-first century. While acknowledging the real problems their discipline must address, they offer an optimistic agenda for the future.

W. John Kress is head of botany and curator at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History Gary W. Barrett is Odum Professor of Ecology at the University of Georgia's Institute of Ecology