Essentials of conservation biology /
Primack, Richard B., 1950-
Essentials of conservation biology / Richard B. Primack - First Edition - 564 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes appendix (pages 512-514) and index (pages 549-564).
Includes bibliography (pages 515-547).
Part I. Major Issues that Define the Discipline -- 1 What is conservation biology? -- 2 What is biological diversity? -- 3 Where is biological diversity found? -- Part II. Threats to Biological Diversity -- 4 Loss of biological diversity -- 5 Vulnerability to extinction -- 6 Habitat destruction, fragmentation, and degradation -- 7 Exotic species introductions, disease, and overexploitation -- Part III. The Value of Biological Diversity -- 8 Direct economic values of diversity -- 9 Indirect economic values -- 10 The ethical value of biological diversity -- Part IV Conservation at the Population Level -- 11 The problems of small populations -- 12 Population biology of endangered species -- Part V. Practical Applications -- 13 Establishing protected areas -- 14 Designing protected areas -- 15 Managing protected areas -- 16 Outside protected areas : working with people and restoring the environment -- 17 Ex situ conservation strategies -- 18 Establishing new populations -- Part VI. Conservation and Human Societies -- 19 How are species and habitats legally protected? -- 20 International agreements -- 21 International funding -- 22 An agenda for the future.
0878937226
Conservation biology
Biodiversity conservation
Conservation of natural resources
Biología de la conservación
Conservación de la biodiversidad
Conservación de los recursos naturales
Latin America
América Latina
333.9511
Essentials of conservation biology / Richard B. Primack - First Edition - 564 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes appendix (pages 512-514) and index (pages 549-564).
Includes bibliography (pages 515-547).
Part I. Major Issues that Define the Discipline -- 1 What is conservation biology? -- 2 What is biological diversity? -- 3 Where is biological diversity found? -- Part II. Threats to Biological Diversity -- 4 Loss of biological diversity -- 5 Vulnerability to extinction -- 6 Habitat destruction, fragmentation, and degradation -- 7 Exotic species introductions, disease, and overexploitation -- Part III. The Value of Biological Diversity -- 8 Direct economic values of diversity -- 9 Indirect economic values -- 10 The ethical value of biological diversity -- Part IV Conservation at the Population Level -- 11 The problems of small populations -- 12 Population biology of endangered species -- Part V. Practical Applications -- 13 Establishing protected areas -- 14 Designing protected areas -- 15 Managing protected areas -- 16 Outside protected areas : working with people and restoring the environment -- 17 Ex situ conservation strategies -- 18 Establishing new populations -- Part VI. Conservation and Human Societies -- 19 How are species and habitats legally protected? -- 20 International agreements -- 21 International funding -- 22 An agenda for the future.
0878937226
Conservation biology
Biodiversity conservation
Conservation of natural resources
Biología de la conservación
Conservación de la biodiversidad
Conservación de los recursos naturales
Latin America
América Latina
333.9511