Conservation Biology: The Theory and Practice of Nature Conservation Preservation and Management - Softcover

David K. Brown, John W.; Real, Herman G.; Faulkner

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0412019612 ISBN 13: 9780412019616

Publisher: Lepidoptera Research Foundation, Incorporated, 1992

Synopsis

A major shift is underway in the field of biology, as many biologists see that the systems with which they work are rapidly disappearing. Conservation Biology: the theory and practice of nature conservation, preservation and management represents the state-of-the-art in the field. The editors have brought together a number of leading authorities in the fields of biological diversity and conservation whose contributions cover both species and habitats. The integrated chapters of this book cover the patterns and processes of diversity, rarity and extinction; the fragmentation of habitats; deforestation and conversion; the monitoring, assessment, and management of biological diversity; and the practice of conservation biology. Conservation Biology deals with some of the most crucial biological issues of our time. It will be a valuable reference for ecologists and evolutionary biologists concerned with this new and rapidly growing field.

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Fiedler and Jain's book is a step toward the development of community level conservation biology encompassing a much broader spectrum of biodiversity...particularly meaningful to students studying conservation biology, and it would be a useful introductory textbook Global Ecology and Biogeography Lectures; certainly worth the attention of ecologists seriously interested in the application of their science - New Biological Books; Fiedler and Jain's book is a step toward the development of community level conservation biology encompassing a much broader spectrum of biodiversity...particularly meaningful to students studying conservation biology, and it would be a useful introductory textbook Global Ecology and Biogeography Lectures; certainly worth the attention of ecologists seriously interested in the application of their science - New Biological Books; Fiedler and Jain's book is a step toward the development of community level conservation biology encompassing a much broader spectrum of biodiversity...particularly meaningful to students studying conservation biology, and it would be a useful introductory textbook Global Ecology and Biogeography Lectures

About this edition

• Publisher: Lepidoptera Research Foundation, Incorporated
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0412019612
• ISBN 13: 9780412019616
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 507