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Primack, Richard B.

Essentials of conservation biology/ Richard B.Primack - 6th ed. - USA: Sinauer Associates, Inc, 2014. - 603 p.

Part I Major Issues That Define the Discipline --
Chapter 1 What Is Conservation Biology? --
Chapter 2 What Is Biodiversity? --
Chapter 3 Where Is the World's Biodiversity Found? --
Part II Valuing Biodiversity --
Chapter 4 Ecological Economics --
Chapter 5 Indirect Use Value --
Chapter 6 Ethical Values --
Part III Threats to Biodiversity --
Chapter 7 Extinction --
Chapter 8 Vulnerability to Extinction --
Chapter 9 Habitat Destruction, Fragmentation, Degradation, and Global Climate Change --
Chapter 10 Overexploitation, Invasive Species, and Disease --
Part IV Conservation at the Population and Species Levels --
Chapter 11 Problems of Small Populations --
Chapter 12 Applied Population Biology --
Chapter 13 Establishing New Populations --
Chapter 14 Ex Situ Conservation Strategies --
Part V Practical Applications --
Chapter 15 Establishing Protected Areas --
Chapter 16 Designing Networks of Protected Areas --
Chapter 17 Managing Protected Areas --
Chapter 18 Conservation Outside Protected Areas --
Chapter 19 Restoration Ecology --
Part VI Conservation and Human Societies --
Chapter 20 Conservation and Sustainable Development at the Local and National Levels --
Chapter 21 An International Approach to Conservation and Sustainable Development --
Chapter 22 An Agenda for the Future.

ISBN: 9781605352893

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Conservation biology
Biodiversity conservation

Dewey Class. No.: 333.9516 / PRI/E