Description |
xvi, 698 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
Contents |
I. Major Issues That Define the Discipline -- Ch. 1. What Is Conservation Biology? -- Ch. 2. What Is Biological Diversity? -- Ch. 3. Where Is the World's Biological Diversity Found? -- II. Valuing Biodiversity -- Ch. 4. Ecological Economics and Direct Economic Values -- Ch. 5. Indirect Economic Values -- Ch. 6. Ethical Values -- III. Threats to Biological Diversity -- Ch. 7. Extinction -- Ch. 8. Vulnerability to Extinction -- Ch. 9. Habitat Destruction, Fragmentation, Degradation, and Global Climate Change -- Ch. 10. Overexploitation, Invasive Species, and Disease -- IV. Conservation at the Population and Species Levels -- Ch. 11. Problems of Small Populations -- Ch. 12. Applied Population Biology -- Ch. 13. Establishing New Populations -- Ch. 14. Ex Situ Conservation Strategies -- V. Practical Applications -- Ch. 15. Establishing Protected Areas -- Ch. 16. Designing Networks of Protected Areas -- Ch. 17. Managing Protected Areas -- Ch. 18. Outside Protected Areas |
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Ch. 19. Restoration Ecology -- VI. Conservation and Human Societies -- Ch. 20. Conservation and Sustainable Development at the Local and National Levels -- Ch. 21. An International Approach to Conservation and Sustainable Development -- Ch. 22. An Agenda for the Future |
Summary |
This volume combines theory and applied and basic research to explain the connections between conservation biology and environmental economics, ethics, law, and the social sciences. It stresses the need for theory, research, and an interdisciplinary approach in solving conservation problems |
Analysis |
Conservation of the environment |
Notes |
Previous ed.: 1998 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [645]-678) |
Subject |
Ecology.
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Nature conservation.
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Conservation biology.
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LC no. |
2002008076 |
ISBN |
0878937196 |
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