| Description |
xii, 660 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. 1. Major Issues That Define the Discipline. 1. What is Conservation Biology? 2. What Is Biological Diversity? 3. Where Is the World's Biological Diversity Found? -- Pt. 2. Valuing Biodiversity. 4. What Is the Value of Biological Diversity? 5. Indirect Economic Values. 6. Ethical Values -- Pt. 3. Threats to Biological Diversity. 7. Extinction. 8. Vulnerability to Extinction. 9. Habitat Destruction, Fragmentation, and Degradation. 10. Overexploitation, Exotic Species, and Disease -- Pt. 4. Conservation at the Population and Species Levels. 11. Problems of Small Populations. 12. Applied Population Biology. 13. Establishing New Populations. 14. Ex Situ Conservation Strategies -- Pt. 5. Practical Applications. 15. Establishing Protected Areas. 16. Designing Protected Areas. 17. Managing Protected Areas. 18. Outside Protected Areas. 19. Restoration Ecology -- Pt. 6. Conservation and Human Societies. 20. Conservation and Sustainable Development at the Local and National Levels |
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21. An International Approach to Conservation and Sustainable Development. 22. An Agenda for the Future -- App. Selected Environmental Organizations and Sources of Information |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [612]-639) index |
| Subject |
Biodiversity conservation.
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Conservation biology.
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| LC no. |
98003507 |
| ISBN |
0878937218 (alk. paper) |
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