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Conservation biology / edited by Ian F. Spellerberg - xiii, 242 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, maps (some color), 1 portrait ; 25 cm

Includes index

Themes, terms, and concepts; Changes in biological diversity; Conserving biological diversity / Politics and economics / Legislation / Conservation strategies / Conservation education / Biological conservation and site classification; the importance of abiotic variables / Taxonomy and systematics / The genetic basis of conservation biology / Ian F. Spellerberg -- Jeffrey A. McNeely -- Michael O'Connell -- David W.H. Walton -- Mark N. Boulton, David Knight -- D. Graham Pyatt -- Nigel Maxted -- Alan J. Gray Conservation of populations / Conservation of habitats / Communities and ecosystems / Protected areas : where should they be and why should they be there? / Ex situ conservation / Restoration and conservation gain / Risk and uncertainty : mathematical model and decision making in conservation biology / Alan J.A. Stewart, Michael J. Hutchings -- Keith J. Kirby -- Sue McIntyre, G.W. Barrett, H.A. Ford -- R.L. Pressey -- David Worley -- Robert F. Pywell, P.D. Putwain -- Hugh Possingham

ISBN: 0582228654 9780582228658

Nat. Bib. No.: GB9623382 bnb

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Biodiversity conservation
Nature conservation
Ecosystem management
Wildlife conservation
Nature - Conservation

Subjects--Index Terms: Natural resources Conservation

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Aufsatzsammlung

LC Class. No.: QH75.S635 / C6 1996

Dewey Class. No.: 333.9516 639.9

National Agricultural Library Call No.: QH91.8.B6C66 / 1996