TY - BOOK AU - Primack, Richard B TI - Essentials of conservation biology SN - 9781605352893 U1 - 333.9516 PY - 2014/// CY - USA PB - Sinauer N1 - 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 ER -