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Essentials of conservation biology

Title
Essentials of conservation biology / Richard B. Primack.
Author
Primack, Richard B., 1950-
Publication
Sunderland, Mass. : Sinauer Associates, ©2002.

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Description
xvi, 698 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
Summary
This volume combines theory with 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.
Subject
  • Conservation biology
  • Conservation of natural resources
  • Conservation of Natural Resources
  • Conservation of natural resources
  • Conservation biology
  • Artenreichtum
  • Naturschutz
  • Artenschutz
  • Conservation de la biodiversité
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [645]-678) and index.
Contents
pt. 1. Major Issues that Define the Discipline -- 1. What Is Conservation Biology? -- 2. What Is Biological Diversity? -- 3. Where Is Biological Diversity Found? -- pt. 2. Valuing Biodiversity -- 4. Ecological Economics and Direct Economic Values -- 5. Indirect Economic Values -- 6. Ethical Values -- pt. 3. Threats to Biological Diversity -- 7. Extinction -- 8. Vulnerability to Extinction -- 9. Habitat Destruction, Fragmentation, Degradation, and Global Climate Change -- 10. Overexploitation, Invasive 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. Extablishing Protected Areas -- 16. Designing Networks of 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 -- 21. An International Approach to Conservation and Sustainable Development -- 22. An Agenda for the Future.
ISBN
  • 0878937196
  • 9780878937196
LCCN
2002008076
OCLC
  • ocm49871760
  • 49871760
  • SCSB-14360432
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library