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_aPrimack, Richard B.,
_d1950-
245 1 0 _aEssentials of conservation biology /
_cRichard B. Primack
250 _aFirst Edition
264 3 4 _aSunderland, Massachusetts :
_bSinauer Associates ;
_c1993.
300 _a564 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c24 cm.
500 _aIncludes appendix (pages 512-514) and index (pages 549-564).
504 _aIncludes bibliography (pages 515-547).
505 2 _aPart 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.
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_aConservation biology
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_aBiodiversity conservation
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_aConservation of natural resources
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_aBiología de la conservación
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_aConservación de la biodiversidad
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_aConservación de los recursos naturales
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_aLatin America
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_aAmérica Latina
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_cLIBRO
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