Essentials of Conservation Biology
3rd Edition
Published on 1. January 2002
Book
Hardback
660 pages
978-0-87893-719-6 (ISBN)
Description
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. This third edition stresses the need for theory, research, and an interdisciplinary approach in solving conservation problems. Written in clear, non-technical language this book is suitable for undergraduate biology students, as well as students in other disciplines. Its extensive bibliography with over 1000 references also makes it appropriate for graduate students and researchers.
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Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Sunderland
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
illustrations, bibliography
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 185 mm
Weight
1328 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-87893-719-6 (9780878937196)
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Richard B. Primack
Essentials of Conservation Biology
Book
06/2007
4th Edition
Sinauer Associates Inc.,U.S.
€85.60
Article is exhausted; no reprint
Previous edition
Richard B. Primack
Essentials of Conservation Biology
Book
11/2000
2nd Edition
Oxford University Press Inc
€68.27
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Person
RICHARD B. PRIMACK, Boston University, USA.
Content
PART I: MAJOR ISSUES THAT DEFINE THE DISCIPLINE - What is Conservation Biology? - What is Biological Diversity? - Where is the World's Biological Diversity Found? - PART II: VALUING BIODIVERSITY - The Value of Biological Diversity - Indirect Economic Values - Ethical Values - PART III: THREATS TO BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY - Extinction - Vulnerability to Extinction - Habitat Destruction, Fragmentation, and Degradation - Overexploitation, Invasive Species, and Disease - PART IV: CONSERVATION AT THE POPULATION AND SPECIES LEVELS - Problems of Small Populations - Applied Population Biology - Establishing New Populations - Ex Situ Conservation Strategies - PART V: PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS - Establishing Protected Areas - Designing Protected Areas - Managing Protected Areas - Outside Protected Areas - Restoration Ecology - PART VI: CONSERVATION AND HUMAN SOCIETIES - Conservation and Sustainable Development at the Local and National Levels - An International Approach to Sustainable Development - An Agenda for the Future