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.