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Description: |
564 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 515-547) and index. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: What is conservation biology? -- What is biological diversity? -- Where is biological diversity found? -- Loss of biological diversity -- Vulnerability to extinction -- Habitat destruction, fragmentation, and degradation -- Exotic species introductions, disease, and overexploitation -- Direct economic values of diversity -- Indirect economic values -- The ethical value of biological diversity -- The problems of small populations -- Population biology of endangered species -- Establishing protected areas -- Designing protected areas -- Managing protected areas -- Outside protected areas : working with people and restoring the environment -- Ex situ conservation strategies -- Establishing new populations -- How are species and habitats legally protected? -- International agreements -- International funding -- An agenda for the future. |
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Additional Physical Forms: |
Online version: Primack, Richard B., 1950- Essentials of conservation biology. Sunderland, Mass., U.S.A. : Sinauer Associates, ©1993 (OCoLC)624819300 |
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Table of contents http://www.gbv.de/dms/bs/toc/123144272.pdf |