Conservation biology : the theory and practice of nature conservation, preservation, and management

Conservation biology : the theory and practice of nature conservation, preservation, and management / Peggy L. Fiedler and Subodh K. Jain, editors.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Fiedler, Peggy Lee, Jain, Subodh K., 1934-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Chapman and Hall, 1992.
Subjects:
Nature conservation.
Plant conservation.
Biodiversity conservation.
Table of Contents:
  • Species richness in plant communities / Peter S. Ashton
  • Hierarchies of cause : toward an understanding of rarity in vascular plant species / Peggy L. Fiedler and Jeremy J. Ahouse
  • Peasant farming systems, agricultural modernization, and the conservation of crop genetic resources in Latin America / Miguel A. Altieri and M. Kat Anderson
  • The new paradigm in ecology : implications for conservation biology above the species level / Steward T. A. Pickett, V. Thomas Parker and Peggy L. Fiedler
  • Reptilian extinctions : the last ten thousand years / Ted J. Case. Douglas T. Bolger and Adam D. Richman
  • Loss of biodiversity in aquatic ecosystems : evidence from fish faunas / Peter B. Moyle and Robert A. Leidy
  • Threats to invertebrate biodiversity : implications for conservation strategies / John E. Hafernik, Jr.
  • Forest fragmentation and the conservation of biological diversity / Larry D. Harris and Gilberto Silva-Lopez.
  • Issues of scale in conservation biology / Reed F. Noss
  • Stochastic modeling of extinction in plant populations / Eric S. Menges
  • The effects of inbreeding on isolated populations : are minimum viable population sizes predictable? / Robert C. Lacy
  • Conservation of Asian primates : aspects of genetics and behavioral ecology that predict vulnerability / Mary C. Pearl
  • Genetic and demographic considerations in the sampling and reintroduction of rare plants / Edward O. Guerrant, Jr.
  • Ecological management of sensitive natural areas / C. Ronald Carroll
  • Park protection and public roads / Christine Schonewald-Cox and Marybeth Buechner
  • From conservation biology to conservation practices : strategies for protecting plant diversity / Donald A. Falk
  • The role of ecological restoration in conservation biology / Laura L. Jackson
  • Why should we conserve species and wildlands? / G. Ledyard Stebbins.

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