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