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Title

Conservation biology for all / edited by : Navjot S. Sodhi, Paul R. Ehrlich.

Publication

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2010.

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Additional Authors

• Sodhi, Navjot S.
• Ehrlich, Paul R.

Description

xvi, 344 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.); 26 cm.

Summary

'Conservation Biology for All' provides cutting-edge but basic conservation science to a global readership. A series of authoritative chapters have been written by the top names in conservation biology with the principal aim of disseminating cutting-edge conservation knowledge as widely as possible.

Series Statement

Oxford biology

Uniform Title

Oxford biology

Subject

• Conservation biology
• Biodiversity
• Naturschutz
• Nature conservation

Genre/Form

Electronic books.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction / Navjot S. Sodhi and Paul R. Ehrlich -- Conservation biology: past and present / Curt Meine -- Biodiversity / Kevin J. Gaston -- Ecosystem functions and services / Cagan H. Sekercioglu -- Habitat destruction: death by a thousand cuts / William F. Laurance -- Habitat fragmentation and landscape change / Andrew F. Bennett and Denis A. Saunders -- Overharvesting / Carlos A. Peres -- Invasive species / Daniel Simberloff -- Climate change / Thomas E. Lovejoy -- Fire and biodiversity / David M.J.S. Bowman and Brett P. Murphy -- Extinctions and the practice of preventing them / Stuart L. Pimm and Clinton N. Jenkins -- Conservation planning and priorities / Thomas Brooks -- Endangered species management: the US experience / David S. Wilcove -- Conservation in human-modified landscapes / Lian Pin Koh and Toby A. Gardner -- The roles of people in conservation / C. Anne Claus, Kai M.A. Chan, and Terre Satterfield -- From conservation theory to practice: crossing the divide / Madhu Rao and Joshua Ginsberg -- The conservation biologist's toolbox -- principles for the design and analysis of conservation studies / Corey J.A. Bradshaw and Barry W. Brook.

ISBN

• 9780199554249 (pbk.)
• 0199554242 (pbk.)
• 9780199554232 (hbk.)
• 0199554234 (hbk.)

LCCN

^^2010278302

OCLC

• 430842406
• SCSB-9989755

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library