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020 _a9781605352893
040 _cCUS
082 _a333.9516
_bPRI/E
100 _aPrimack, Richard B
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245 0 _aEssentials of conservation biology/
250 _a6th .ed.
260 _aUSA:
_bSinauer,
_c2014.
300 _axv,603 p.
505 _aPart 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.
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