Essentials of conservation biology/
- 6th .ed.
- USA: Sinauer, 2014.
- xv,603 p.
Part I Major Issues That Define the Discipline -- What Is Conservation Biology? -- What Is Biodiversity? -- Where Is the World's Biodiversity Found? -- Part II Valuing Biodiversity -- Ecological Economics -- Indirect Use Value -- Ethical Values -- Part III Threats to Biodiversity -- Extinction -- Vulnerability to Extinction -- Habitat Destruction, Fragmentation, Degradation, and Global Climate Change -- 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 Networks of Protected Areas -- Managing Protected Areas -- Conservation Outside Protected Areas -- Restoration Ecology.